Our Team

Elijah (he/him/his)
Addiction and Trauma Recovery Coach - Founder

Meet Elijah, Original Founder of Safe Tide Recovery

Elijah Evans is the original founder and visionary behind Safe Tide Recovery. The idea for Safe Tide Recovery began through Elijah’s own journey with trauma, mental health, identity, survival, and the long process of learning what safety truly means.

Elijah’s story is rooted in years of navigating painful family dynamics, chronic abuse, emotional neglect, and a system that often misunderstood or dismissed what he was experiencing. After first being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 18, Elijah spent years trying to understand himself, his symptoms, and the deeper wounds that shaped his life. Over time, he came to recognize that much of what he was carrying was connected to complex trauma and the lasting impact of growing up in unsafe environments.

From a young age, Elijah struggled with suicidal thoughts, emotional overwhelm, rage, self-blame, and the feeling that he had been left alone with pain that others either could not see or did not know how to help. He also faced the difficult process of coming out as trans, learning how to set boundaries, and trying to build a life of his own while still carrying the weight of trauma, instability, and repeated loss.

Throughout his healing journey, Elijah experienced moments where the mental health system offered only short-term care, dismissal, insurance roadblocks, or a lack of meaningful support. For a long time, he felt like people treated him as the problem instead of recognizing the pain and trauma underneath. Being later diagnosed with C-PTSD helped him begin to understand himself in a new way. That understanding became a turning point in his recovery.

As Elijah continued healing, he began developing tools that helped him work through trauma, emotional intensity, and the aftermath of painful experiences. Those tools became the first foundation of Safe Tide Recovery. His goal was to create something for people who have been told to “just get over it,” people who have been dismissed, and people who need support that feels safe, compassionate, and real.

Through his recovery journey, Elijah connected with Mel, a close friend who became a co-founder of Safe Tide Recovery. Together, they helped shape Elijah’s original vision into a supportive space for people navigating trauma, mental health struggles, addiction recovery, identity, and self-trust.

For Elijah, Safe Tide Recovery is deeply personal. It is a reminder that people are not broken because of what they survived. They deserve support, understanding, and tools that meet them with compassion instead of judgment.

His hope is that Safe Tide Recovery becomes a place of safety for people who have felt alone in their pain — a place where healing is possible, recovery is honored, and every person is reminded that they are worthy of help, hope, and a life beyond survival.

Mel (she/her/hers)
Addiction and Trauma Recovery Coach - Co-Founder
Background in Psychology

Meet Mel, Co-Founder of Safe Tide Recovery

Mel is a co-founder of Safe Tide Recovery, a trauma-informed healing space created to support people as they navigate trauma, identity, emotional overwhelm, recovery, and self-trust.

Her work is shaped by compassion, lived experience, and a deep belief that healing should feel safe, gentle, and human. After walking through her own journey with trauma, CPTSD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder, Mel understands how painful it can be to feel misunderstood, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself.

As a co-founder, Mel brings warmth, creativity, emotional insight, and a nurturing spirit into Safe Tide Recovery. She is passionate about creating resources that help people slow down, listen to their nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and feel less alone in their healing.

Beyond Safe Tide Recovery, Mel is passionate about working with children and understanding the emotional experiences that shape people from an early age. With a background in psychology, Mel brings a compassionate, developmentally informed perspective to her work. She believes deeply in emotional safety, self-trust, and the power of feeling seen, supported, and valued.

Mel's hope is that Safe Tide Recovery reminds people of one simple truth:

Healing does not have to be rushed.
You are allowed to return to yourself gently.