Maryam "Mia" R. Maldonado Brown is a Relational Healing Coach. As a middle child, she has been facilitating relationships her whole life!  She founded Touch Postitive in 2018 to formalize her offerings.

“Relational trauma” refers to the mental, emotional, and somatic harm caused by a relationship that wasn't safe. It happens in friendships, marriages, workplaces, and families of origine. While talk therapy is paramount in recovering, relational trauma is inflicted while in vulnerable connection with another person, and the cure lies in the experiencing the a similar dynamic with a safer person. Through experiencing safety, respect, and caregiving when choosing vulnerability - and building skills to create more such relationships in one's life - Relational Healing can and does come to pass. 

Mia is a Cuddlist Certified Therapeutic Holding / Cuddle Practioner. CPI Cuddle Party Certified Facilitator, ordained Minister in the Universal Life Church, and bohique (healer) in the tradition of her mother's Taino lineage.