Hi! My name is Kay. My passion is helping women with ADHD (like me) to overcome the challenges of neuro-diversity.
Especially women who feel out of control and don’t feel like they can get it together. Or who think it’s too late, or they are too old or beyond help for some other reason. Or they think they have tried everything and they’ve given up on themselves—basically, women who want to become their own best friend, rather than their own worst enemy.
Many women with ADHD or ADD do not get diagnosed as children. If you slipped through the net, the chances are that you spent a long time beating yourself up for being late, disorganized, clumsy, addicted, impulsive, compulsive, disorganized or unable to pay attention to details. You may have lost interest in things before you completed them.
If you have symptoms of ADHD, or a formal diagnosis, Ayurveda and CBT can help you. You can change the stubborn habits or addictions that are frustrating you, no matter how many times you have failed.
You can learn to trust yourself again and make lasting changes. I know. I have radically changed pretty much everything about my life, and so I’m here to say you can do the same! I learned to put some basic routines in place and take small actions in a systematic way. I figured out the stuff that was holding me back, and I’m still a work in progress. We all are.
I’m especially interested in helping people heal their relationship with food or alcohol and their bodies. Food really is medicine, and it has the power to heal both body and mind. However, everyone has different dietary needs, and what is best for one person may not be at all useful for another. Therefore, Ayurveda is not a rigid diet with fixed rules and black-and-white instructions. It does not use external measurements like counting calories, carbs or fat. Rather, Ayurveda encourages us to look inside ourselves to determine our own needs and then choose the foods that can help us find balance. I have learned to combine and prepare food that gives me tons of energy, improves my health, and leaves me feeling completely satisfied.
My Background
Professionally, I have a rich background in health, both as a practitioner and teacher in nursing, alternative therapies, health coaching and CBT counselling for eating disorders. I have helped many people overcome severe eating disorders using cognitive behavioural therapy. Although I can certainly draw on knowledge and experience from these mainstream disciplines, I have found that Ayurveda and Yoga have the tools to cut to the chase and allow change to happen much more quickly, especially when combined with the tools of CBT. Yoga and Ayurveda have given me a richer and more robust body, mind and spirit framework to practice and help others.
I eat, sleep and breathe Ayurveda…
because of its transformational benefits and how awesome it makes you feel. I’m so excited to share it!
Personally, I have come a long way and made many changes to my lifestyle. So much so that my life is pretty much unrecognizable from how it was ten years ago. I’m so much fitter, have so much more flexibility and energy and look 20 years younger than I did before making some big lifestyle changes. I’ve kicked some addictive behaviours and gone from someone who could hardly get up and down stairs to someone who teaches yoga. My joints are pain-free, and I enjoy a totally upgraded quality of life. Granted, I’m no LuLu Lemon …. YET ….. But I started where I was when I was over 50, and I’m steadily improving my health and fitness all the time! If you have habits destroying your health, you can do the same too.
It’s never too late to change!
Contact me here to see how I can help you.
What People Say
“O, thank you! That was so sweet and uplifting! You’re giving me wings. I really loved my work with you. I was in awe how quickly you could get to the essence of the problem and come up with an action plan. I hope that one day I will be able to help people like that. It was wonderful to meet you more in person. Have a great weekend! 🙏 ”
“Thank you so much for my Ayurvedic Consultation today. I loved the way you guided me to connect deeply with all aspects of myself so that I could identify what I really wanted to achieve through the Spring Detox at Equinox. Your approach is very client-centred, I felt you really listened to what I said and held the space beautifully. You gave me the time and space to come up with my own answer. By the end of the session, I had formulated a personalised holistic detox plan that goes far beyond juicing and kitcheree. Thank you very much for your care.” ”
“That was a phenomenal coaching call yesterday. I’m so appreciative that you helped me discover that perhaps finding more of my KAPHA will lead me in the direction that I want to evolve in. The soft, slow and steady side of me that may be buried at times. 🙏 ☯️ 💛. Thank you for helping me to find the balance! ”
“Kay, thank you so much. I feel so seen and heard. And so much insight!! My Doshas report feels so on point. Thank you so much. I value your time and your way of offering this journey. ”