I am Kayleigh, a certified BodyMind maturation coach and somatic practitioner in training. I guide women to reconnect with their body and the wisdom it holds, and to uncover the stories that shape their identity and unconsciously run their lives. The depth of this work transforms lives, not always in big dramatic ways, but in ways that bring you more into alignment with who you truly are.
Three years ago, if you had told me I would be a trained coach, I would have laughed. I didn't think much of the coaching industry; and I believed I knew everything there was to know about myself. I used to think, 'if I am still stuck after years of therapy, how could a coach possibly help?'.
What I soon came to learn was that intellectually, I knew a lot: my history/traumas, personality traits, coping mechanisms and behaviours. I also had a lot of tools to help me feel that life was improving. But I felt a deep stirring for more than improvement, I longed for freedom.
No matter how much life improved, I couldn't shake who I was at the core and the fearfulness that showed up everywhere I looked. Here's how it looked for me:
- I would say yes, when everything in my body was saying no.
- I would stay in situations I had long outgrown, often only moving on when the status quo had compromised my health and well-being.
- I was a chronic overthinker, unable to make simple decisions, and terrified by any form of commitment.
- I was gripped by a deep need to try to control everything, including what others thought of me, leading to a life of people-pleasing and self-abandonment.
- I was disconnected from my body, always rushing around trying to tick things off a never-ending to-do list. Using food for fuel but also to stuff down my feelings and keep me numb.
It was clear to me that insight alone was never going to stop me being caught in these tight loops of survival behaviour.
What helped me to begin changing my perception of life and my relationship with myself, and the work I now offer, is BodyMind Maturation.
BodyMind Maturation coaching is rooted in human ontology (the study of being a human being), somatic experiencing and deep inquiry.
It is an exploration of:
- Who you are being
- Where that way of being has come from
- How that way of being lives in the body and nervous system
- How all of this not only shapes, but creates, the world you experience.
This work supports you in safely coming back into connection with your body and discovering what you are carrying emotionally, energetically and your nervous system responses.
As your awareness deepens, a destabilisation occurs and, what once seemed fixed and solid loosens. From there, a space opens up from which something new and more alive and authentic can emerge.
This work is for you if you:
- Are feeling disconnected from yourselve, and feel called to discover who you truly are.
- Experience yourself as being stuck in loops no matter what you do.
- Are living a life that's been built to keep you safe, but is slowly suffocating you.
- Find your relationships rely on you suppressing your voice, your truth, and your desires.
- Are a parent or may be in the future, and you want to break generational cycles.
- Have done lots of inner work and life is ‘good’, but you still feel restless or unfulfilled.
- Are ready to get honest without yourself, and take responsibility for changing your life.