Somatic UX + Behavior Design Audit
Abstract Spirals
Somatic UX
Designing systems that work with human capacity—not against it.
Somatic UX brings nervous-system awareness, accessibility, behavioral design, and human connection into digital health, AI, learning, and workplace experiences.
Then immediately give people three ways to work with you:
SOMATIC UX AUDIT
Find where overwhelm, cognitive/sensory load, unclear orientation, or missing trust signals are affecting the experience.
STRATEGY + ADVISORY
Work with teams designing or redesigning products, services, learning experiences, AI-supported systems, or healthcare experiences.
EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS
Bring Somatic UX into the room through nervous-system, sensory, listening, accessibility, and capacity-aware experiences.
Then keep most of the excellent audit material you already have farther down the page.[ [Schedule a Chat ] [ Download Overview ]
Why Somatic UX?
Design for what people feel, not just what they click.
Behavior change is not purely cognitive — it’s somatic.
When tension rises, clarity drops. When a user feels rushed, unsure, or overloaded, their nervous system quietly exits the experience.
Somatic UX helps you see:
Where overwhelm happens
Where cognitive or sensory load causes drop-off
Where safety signals are missing
Where small shifts in tone or pacing create ease
Where users need more capacity-building, not more instructions
When the body feels supported, behavior change becomes possible.
Somatic UX In Practice
INTEGRATE — Capacity-Aware Digital Wellness
How do we design wellness technology that doesn’t require people to override themselves to participate?
LISTENING — Sensory Experience + ILS
What does listening teach us about sensory load, pacing, choice, regulation, and the relationship between technology and human support?
HEALTHCARE — Human Experience Inside Complex Systems
What signals tell us someone is confused, overwhelmed, unsupported, or disappearing from an experience before traditional metrics catch it?
AI — Designing the Bridge Back to People
How do we build AI-supported systems that recognize when someone needs information, when they need a tool—and when they need another human?
The Principles of Somatic UX
Principles of Somatic UX
Somatic UX asks us to design for the human experience—not just the interaction.
Orientation before pressure.
Capacity before compliance.
Signals are information.
Choice creates agency.
More engagement isn’t always better.
The screen isn’t the destination.
Design pathways back to life.
These principles help us notice where systems create unnecessary friction, overwhelm, or demand—and where design can create more clarity, agency, and capacity.
What is your experience asking of people?
A Somatic UX Audit identifies the signals traditional UX metrics may miss.
What You Receive
A gentle, thorough audit grounded in polyvagal science + behavior design.
Somatic UX Review
A full analysis of safety cues, pacing, overwhelm triggers, tone, and sensory load.
Behavior-Design Analysis
Where habits break down, where motivation doesn’t match capacity, and how to rebuild behavior loops.
Onboarding & Engagement Audit
Clarity, first impressions, cognitive and emotional load, and where users disconnect.
Trauma-Informed Communication Review
Consent, micro-repair opportunities, supportive language, and emotionally grounded instructions.
Somatic Behavior Map
A visual map showing how users move between states: safety → curiosity → engagement, or overwhelm → freeze → exit.
Actionable Recommendations
5–12 clear improvements you can implement immediately to support retention and user trust.
How It Works
A simple four-step process
1. Intake Call
A soft, pressure-free conversation about your product’s goals and challenges.
2. Full Audit
A deep review of your product using somatic UX, polyvagal science, trauma-informed design, and behavior-change frameworks.
3. Roadmap Delivery
A clean, organized document outlining insights, rewrites, design recommendations, and somatic behavior pathways.
4. Walkthrough Session
A 60–90 minute live session to review findings, prioritize changes, and translate everything into immediate next steps.
Optional add-on: Implementation support + team training.
Who This Is For
This audit is ideal for:
Digital-health apps
Mental health or coaching platforms
Wellness startups
Women’s health products
EdTech + growth platforms
Corporate wellbeing teams
Community-based learning ecosystems
Perfect if your product is experiencing:
High drop-off
Low conversion to core behaviors
Onboarding overwhelm
Engagement that feels “heavy” or inconsistent
Users who don’t follow through on intended behaviors
Why Work With Julie
Somatic UX is where your product becomes more human.
I’m Julie Johnson — somatic coach, behavior-design consultant, and founder of the Integrate Trauma-Informed Network and the Integrate app, a polyvagal-informed digital-health platform.
I specialize in designing experiences that blend:
Somatic intelligence
Polyvagal theory
Trauma-informed communication
Behavior design + DBT micro-skills
Community-based healing ecosystems
My work helps teams create products that feel like clarity, breath, belonging, and gentle forward motion.
Investment
Flexible pricing for early-stage teams and growing products.
Mini Audit
For early-stage products
$500–$1,200
Full Somatic UX + Behavior Design Audit
For active platforms
$2,000–$6,500
Implementation Support & Team Training
Custom based on scope
Payment plans available for mission-driven teams.
Ready to Explore an Audit?
Let’s build a product that supports the nervous system as deeply as it supports the mind.
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P.S.
If your product is craving a more nervous-system–aware design, I’d love to talk.