Su-May Lee
5/5
Keyla is *PHENOMENAL*. She truly has a gift.
I was looking to organize my home. During the pandemic, I felt the strain of my disorganized home as we were all home, all... the... time. In what had previously been my private oasis for at least 2 days a week.
I was introduced to Keyla because my close friend felt Keyla might be a good match. She was a life coach and was so organized.
We met to explore options. She heard about my situation and agreed to help me with organizing. She also explained how she became a life coach. Upon further discussion of my family life, she said gently and with great compassion, "Ah, you lost your space." I was thunderstruck. I knew then that I NEEDED to work with her…as a life coach. She GOT IT. She GOT me.
Little did I know I needed help with organizing my mental and emotional spaces, as well as to create some overt physical spaces for myself in my own home. I was coming to learn that my clutter was serving a purpose. It communicated a need.
From the very first session, I felt truly listened to by Keyla. She created the space for me to share whatever it is that I needed to, from the truly joyful to the weepingly sorrowful and to roiling, red hot anger. Just being listened to by Keyla was therapeutic.
Usually, we started with cleansing breaths. Then she might read a moving poem she had hand-picked for me. Once, she guided me on a meditative “journey,” where I visualized my “sanctuary” and met my “guide” who gave me a “gift". I remember and continue to keep that gift inside me. I also return to my sanctuary and my guide any time I need .
When I didn’t know the way forward, she taught me about the labyrinth walk. I still remember the card that I drew that day. “Your future happiness is certain.”
When I knew what needed to be done, but couldn't do it., Keyla creatively helped me to internalize the way. By bringing a jar, beautiful rocks, and some paints, she reminded me that the biggest one goes first. Then, the second largest, and so forth. “What about the paints?” you ask? I painted these rocks with words or images. It was a lesson that involved all my senses: I felt the coolness of the jar, the smoothness of my rocks, I heard the clank of rocks on jar. I could smell the paints as my brush glided across the rocks. OK, well, I did not taste as I did not eat the paints nor did she make some “Stone Soup.”
I WAS in a hypnotic trance.
Keyla is gently fierce and tenacious. If one technique didn't work, she came up with another. For a while, I had troubles extricating myself from the Netflix quagmire. Keyla again had me use my senses as well as exercise my problem solving skills. She asked me to pretend that I had just finished watching a Netflix show. Then she had me come up with a dedicated thought I could have to trigger the action I desired next. She intuited that I had some ambivalence, because some days not only would I want to watch another episode, but I might have the time and energy to do so. So instead of just turning the TV off I was able to build in a self check-in mechanism and decide, rather than just let Netflix’s auto play, whether it was appropriate to watch another episode. I practiced each thought and step. I pressed the buttons of the remote control--TV off--, heard that static sound as the TV discharged. Getting up, I put the remote control away. I folded my couch blankie and put it away. I thwacked the pillows and turned the lights off. This exercise truly worked and with every evening that I repeated it, I built more self trust. I changed my mindset. When I watched one or two episodes, I *GOT* to enjoy the series for that much longer. I got to savor more moments. I became the kind of person that only watches one or two episodes.
Keyla helped me organize my house, including reclaiming space. Together, we moved my armchair back into MY office. It was such a tight fit, that I teased her that we were birthing it into the office. We dissolved into peals of laughter.
She has helped me change my life for the better. Contact her. You'll be so glad you did!