Kayla Sue Coaching

Hi, I'm Kayla

I help you be resilient, love yourself, have great relationships, and love the life you're living!  The world is returning to some "new normal" and it is time to get out there again. I believe that love, nature, and relationships are powerful medicine that the world needs right now. I’m here to share that with you.

 

The facts:

• I’m a JRNI certified life coach.

• I’m also a licensed therapist with 15 years of experience.

• I love books. I have 5 library cards and about 99 more books than I need.

• I love nature. I love mountain biking, snowboarding, camping, paddle boarding, fishing, and gardening. 

• I live in Denver with my partner, our two dogs, the cat, and 4 chickens.

• I call myself a hippie 2.0. I don’t wear patchouli or listen to jam bands. I do care a lot about the planet, kindness, and peace.

• Onions are the scum of the earth. It is a fact.

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How’d I get here?

Like a lot of people I work with, I’ve struggled to accept myself and love myself, flaws and all. I was a black sheep in the rural Midwest. I grew up in a small community and was on the outside by the time I moved there in kindergarten. Like most queer kids, I had the persistent feeling that there was something wrong with me. That nagging feeling followed me into adulthood and I ended up accepting less than stellar friendships.

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When I was 22, I packed up my things and moved to Colorado without a plan. It worked out! I arrived in Boulder on a cold, spring day. People were outside, they were exercising, and they seemed happy. I knew this would be my home. I grew up spending a lot of time outside, but really found my connection to nature here in Colorado. I’ve learned so much about myself and the world by spending time in nature, hiking, mountain biking, snowboarding, and camping. This is why I also love helping other people reconnect and learn from nature. 

 

In between outdoor adventures, I worked in restaurants and met a lot of cranky people. If you've ever worked customer service, you know just how rude people can be.  I realized that if people had better relationships with themselves, they might be a little more compassionate, and the world might be better for it, so I became a therapist. As a therapist, I’ve worked with all sorts of people, but I kept noticing a common thread in my work. People thrive when they feel seen and heard. People get depressed, anxious, lonely, and don’t fare well when they don’t have good relationships. A big part of that starts with loving yourself. 

I will always be a therapist and love the work I do in the mental health field. Caring for our mental health doesn't just happen in therapy though. As a coach, my mission is to help people have great, meaningful, and fulfilling relationships to themselves, to others, and to the world around them.

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