Portland studio window overlooking the Steel Bridge and Mount Hood

The Center Within

You’re not broken.
You may be carrying more than your system can recover from.

The Center Within is a nervous system health institute for high-capacity people who’ve done a lot right and still feel wired, depleted, or not like themselves. We start by finding what’s driving it, then rebuild capacity and support in the right order.

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What we do

The connector of the dots.

Most people are already getting care from several places, and nobody is connecting it. I hold the full picture: your assessment, your labs, your brain mapping, and the team working with you. Then I reconcile what they show into one plan you can live with.

01Nervous system
regulation
At the center
02

Brain mapping
+ neurofeedback

03

Trauma +
psychiatric care

04

Clinical labs
+ biomarkers

05

Fitness
medicine

06

Somatic +
integrative care

07

Community

One team. One plan.

BrainBodyBeing

One coordinated team working from one plan instead of seven, with regulation at the center and every other pillar built around it.

Clinical care, brain mapping and neurofeedback, bodywork, breathwork, sound healing and community, coordinated as one.

Founders, leaders, parents, caregivers and other high-performing individuals who have seen a lot of providers and are still looking for care that connects.

HyperactivationThe windowHypoactivation
Activation rises. Energy dips. Context matters.
BrainBodyBeingYou
Biology. Lived experience. Life around you.

How it comes together

The nervous system
is the foundation.

A nervous system health institute. One connected approach to the whole person.

  1. 01

    Regulate

    Notice your body's signals and make room to pause.

  2. 02

    Restore

    Make space for rest, replenishment and support.

  3. 03

    Integrate

    Bring that support into the rhythms of daily life.

Regulate → Restore → Integrate

The shared roadmap

Why one team, one plan

Your roadmap connects the pieces. It is one plan the whole team works from, not separate recommendations for you to reconcile alone.

We bring your assessment, labs, brain mapping and care conversations into that shared roadmap. As the data and your life change, we revise it together—so the team stays aligned around the person, not just the findings.

  1. 01

    Read the full picture

  2. 02

    Connect it in one roadmap

  3. 03

    Review and revise together

From reflection to a roadmap

Three steps. One connected plan.

  1. 01

    Load Check

    A free, five-minute reflection on your current load. Educational, not a diagnosis.

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  2. 02

    Consultation or program

    A virtual consultation with Lili, or Return to Center: a twelve-week founding cohort for 25 individuals, by application.

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  3. 03

    A plan

    Your assessment and, when indicated, labs and brain mapping connect in one roadmap. The team reviews and refines it with you.

Consultation options

Initial Consultation · 90 min
$520
Baseline Package
$795
Follow Up · 45 min
$250
Check In · 20 min
$125

Cash pay. Superbills are available within 72 hours. Labs and imaging are billed separately.

Made for

Capable on the outside.
Carrying a lot underneath.

The founder who keeps leading, then lies awake replaying the day.

The parent holding work, the household and everyone else’s needs.

The caregiver who has seen many providers and still feels alone with it.

FoundersLeadersParentsCaregivers

People carrying work, family and invisible labor.

Find your next step

Find your next step.

Four questions. About 30 seconds.

Question 1 of 4

What brings you here today?

How it works

How it works.

  1. 01

    Take the Load Check

  2. 02

    Book your first visit

  3. 03

    Review, and test when clinically appropriate

  4. 04

    Follow and refine your plan

Good to know.

A GENTLE PAUSE

What feels heaviest right now?

Nothing you select is saved or shared.

Lili Bornio Carrillo, PA-C, in a white top against a grounded interior

The founder

The care I could not find.

My own burnout brought me here. A corporate career, raising a family and running a business taught me how much a person can carry while still appearing capable.

I built The Center Within around what I had been missing: the capacity to meet whatever life keeps putting in front of me, and a system that knew how to help me heal as a whole person — nervous system at the center.

My training spans internal medicine, psychiatry, functional medicine and hormone health. I am a Certified Elite Brain Health Clinician through Amen University.

Lili Bornio Carrillo, PA-C
Founder & Lead Clinician

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In her words

Lili’s story, in three parts.

Lili’s story, Part 1
Lili’s story, Part 2
Lili’s story, Part 3

The team

Different disciplines. Shared context.

Functional medicine

Lili Bornio Carrillo, PA-C

Neurofeedback & photobiomodulation

Pete Beaman, RN · Ryan Dekoning, B.S. Neuroscience

Breathwork

Phil Horning

Physical training

Stacey Hurford

Sound healing

Kristi Littman · Taylor Meyers

Acupuncture

Dr. Teresa Nicola, L.Ac.

Massage therapy & bodywork

Erin Barnes, DPT

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