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SenseMakes, LLC

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What Informs Us

"The body always leads us home...if we can simply learn to trust sensation and stay with it long enough for it to reveal appropriate action, movement, insight, or feeling." Pat Ogden

"The way you judge a culture is not by achievements or failures, but to what extent does it honor or disregard essential human needs." Gabor Mate 

"If you want to improve the world, start by making people feel safe." Stephen Porges 

Who We Are

We are life partners of 30+ years who brought together our education, research and practices of trauma and communication to develop services and educational experiences that will increase individual, relational, and community resilience
 

Welcome.

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I'm Sunni.

 I'm Brian

and we're Daisy Mae "Doodlebug" and Baxter Hulahoop

couple - Sunni and Brian Lutton, cofounders of SenseMakes

We brought together our work to find multiple, cost-effective ways to offer  services and education that cultivates connection while also providing Resilience-Focused/Trauma-Informed Communication Literacy with which to more actively participate in our world. 

What sets us apart?

Our capacity to respond to both trauma and systemic oppression. This is why we believe "communication" is so important.
 

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SenseMakes in the world - Brian and Sunni protesting
SenseMakes in the world - Brian and Sunni protesting
SenseMakes in the world - Brian and Sunni protesting

What We Offer

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featuring

narrative-based support
communication ethics 
somatic-narrative literacy

interpersonal, relational, family, intercultural, and organizational communication perspectives

communication pedagogy
media-technology
communication for social change

 

Personal & Professional Development

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Mental Health Counseling

Group Events

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| Storyings |

Sun Feb 8th @ 11:30 am

Mental Health Professional Development

| Training & Education |

| Mental Health Counseling Clinical Supervision |

| Mentorship |

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Consistent with SenseMakes foundational understanding that individuals are not a 'solo self' but rather a 'being-in- the-world',

SenseMakes' services move across individual, relational, and more collective wellbeing.

The Collaboration Team

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Daisy Mae
"Doodlebug"

 

Baxter HulaHoop

 

Contact
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Get In Touch

Start Your Journey to Wellbeing

*woman- & disability-owned business

Phone

352-756-1466

Email

Address

Gainesville, FL

© 2025 by SenseMakes, LLC

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