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About us

Welcome to Lakunakai

Trauma is messy and so is an overstimulated nervous system.

Hello! I’m Cherie the Founder of Lakunakai. Many would describe me as a mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, business owner, and a natural problem solver.

For several years, I thrived in the real estate and financing sectors, assisting clients in overcoming obstacles to achieve their goals. These industries were fast-paced and high-pressure, demanding exceptional problem-solving abilities, communication skills and I truly enjoyed every challenge. However, in 2021, our family became a medical family, and the demands of being everything to everyone just wasn’t possible to achieve, leading me to take a step back.

Lakunakai is a bit of a passion project. One that has allowed me to share my knowledge on how to navigate trauma and work with an overstimulated nervous system. Supportive Little Buddies were born as a way to teach both parent and child foundational knowledge derived from neuroscience, psychology and emotional intelligence so they could build a good foundation and pull themselves out of the grips of trauma. I wish I had them when I was a child, though in all fairness I did have a buddy just one without these skills broken down.

I invite you to follow us and share our content with those you may feel could benefit from what we do.

*Lakunakai provides certain educational content and provides access to information, but is not a substitute or replacement for the advice of health care professionals. Lakunakai was made by parents with life experience and personal interests. For more information on Lakunakai please refer to our Terms of Service.*

Why we are called Lakunakai?

Lacuna means a missing portion in a book or manuscript.

Kai means 'keeper of the keys and earth' and in Japanese it has a few meanings but the ones we were drawn to are ocean, restoration and recovery.

Goal: If each of us can find the missing page in our manuscript, then we can become the master of our own sea (as in ourselves).

A clapotis wave is formed by two colliding wave patterns, for example one from the west and the other from the east. Like a clapotis wave, when life events collide with one another, sometimes it can result in what feels like a standing wave that is much higher and contains a lot of energy - just like how trauma can overwhelm the central nervous system. After the collision of the waves, the wave collapses and a new pattern must be formed.

Just like our supportive little buddy's, our founder has hand drawn our logo.

Why a wave logo?