“The world you perceive is made by your mind. The mind is not you.”
- Ramana Hamashi,
Mystic, Philosopher, Teacher
Let’s cut to it: the question “Who am I?” is the real life-changer, not the 47 hacks you’ve been googling at 2 a.m.
Most of us spend our lives duct-taping solutions onto problems that wouldn’t even exist if we actually knew ourselves. I’m not here to cheerlead you into “success” or hand you a motivational participation ribbon. I’m here to walk you right into the uncomfortable, liberating center of everything: you. When you stop chasing shiny fixes and start getting brutally honest about who you are, why you do what you do, and what actually matters to you… Suddenly the chaos makes sense. The noise drops. The path clears. Your life becomes something you’re steering instead of surviving. If you’re done patching holes and ready to get real — welcome. This is where the real work (and the real freedom) starts.
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What is happening to me? Why does it all seem hard and overwhelming?
Mood swings, hormone chaos, body changes, identity questions — mid-life shifts, whatever and however they show up, are a whole-self, soul-level transformation.
This is coaching for women in the wild middle. You may be 35 or 55...if weird, hard things are happening, come see me and we will work together to ground your nervous system, calm the overwhelm, and rediscover the version of you who’s ready to rise.
You don’t need fixing — you need shifting, support, and some damn good tools.
Whether you're a returning client, a coach yourself, or simply needing support that meets you where you are now — without a specific transition, - (even if you're a man!)
I still offer deep, intuitive, high-impact coaching grounded in NLP, Core Transformation, and mind-body healing.
Come with a crisis, a shitty pattern, a stubborn block, a spiral, a goal — we’ll go under the surface and find relief and motivation to get beyond the current stuck state you find yourself in.
I use parts work, trauma-informed therapy, and PACE for people who are ready to stop and start shifting.
Here's something nobody told you: ADHD in women looks nothing like what you've seen in the textbooks. It looks like being exceptionally capable, highly functional, and quietly exhausted — right up until the point it doesn't. Many women manage beautifully on sheer intelligence and willpower, building elaborate internal systems just to keep up.
Then life compounds: children, stress, career, and perimenopause arrive — and the hormonal chaos that follows doesn't just disrupt your mood, it rewires your brain's ability to cope.
Research shows that over 94% of women with ADHD say their symptoms worsen significantly during perimenopause. And yet most were never diagnosed — because for decades, ADHD was studied almost exclusively in hyperactive little boys.
If you've spent your life feeling like you're running a race everyone else seems to find easier, this is not a character flaw. It is a neurological reality — and it is finally being understood.
Awakening FROM WIThin
To Transform the World.
Hi, I’m Tara Kanerva — a holistic coach, educator, mother, and devoted student of the wild, holy mess that is womanhood. I have spent over ten years walking with women through birth, midlife — those strange, sacred thresholds where everything shifts and something unknown stirs awake. My work blends intuition and neuroscience, soul and soil, to help you remember or create your own unique rhythm. If you’re standing at a crossroads, unsure where to go, I may be exactly who you need to bravely look forward and find clarity, courage and light.
TRANSFORMATIONAL NLP COACHING
The truth is, women move through seasons that no one really names out loud. Your magical body recalibrates. Your hormones rewrite the rules. And it’s not a wrecking ball — it’s wisdom. This is the moment to stop pushing through and start listening. Because what’s emerging is the beginning of who you’re becoming.
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And now after more than a decade of coaching and learning about the mind and the body and the power of change, I am using that same expertise to navigate the second spring, as we so sweetly call it. - The torrent of mid-life and all it's complications and recalibrations!
These transitions mess with your hormones and your identity.They shake your sleep, your body, your sense of self and your certainty.They make you question who the hell you are and what you want — while slowly revealing the answer.
You deserve support that sees you as the fierce, tender, brilliant woman you can be.This chapter of you is not a problem to be fixed, but a story still unfolding.
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Here’s what I know:I use tools, real ones. Evidence-based Neuro-science, Holistic-Healing, Trauma-Informed. Using NLP, Core Transformation, Wholeness, Parts-work, Body wisdom, and good old-fashioned talk therapy when that's what you need. We do not do any of this to numb the pain, but to alchemize it.To help you remember that your mind is not your enemy — it’s your magic.And then, I can be a life-line as you figure out what the heck is going as your 40s and 50s turn you into someone you sometimes don't know and might not even want to know.
Wild at Heart
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Wise Within
What we need right now is more women who have detoxed themselves so completely from the world's expectations that they are full of nothing but themselves.
What we need are women who are FULL of their own selves.
A woman who is full of herself knows and trusts herself enough to say and do what must be done.
She lets the rest burn.
- Glennon Doyle
Modern Witch & Goddess of Words
"Working with Tara has been incredibly helpful in both my personal and professional life. Not only is Tara highly insightful and skilled but she also brings humour and a huge amount of empathy to her coaching.
The tools that Tara uses (primarily NLP and Core Transformations) are incredibly effective and unlike talk therapy, you never have to talk about anything traumatic if you don't want to. Plus the changes stick! them trust you.”
- Charlotte, Physio Therapist & Coach
Tara is one of the most effective coaches I've ever worked with! She is also smart and kind and reallllyyyy good at what she does! Highly recommend!
- Katharine PHD - Parenting Coach,
"Tara is incredible- life changing- I have been working with her for close to ten years now and she continues to provide amazing guidance, practical advice and strategies, ideas and support.
She is an amazing listener, a wonderful person and an absolute gem. She is fantastic at what she does and I am grateful to know her!!"
- Jen, Corporate Leader
Words of Wisdom.
A sprinkle of humor, a dash of science, and a generous serving of musings and epiphanies.
I'm feverishly scribbling away, pouring my heart into every word, but I won't unveil my masterpiece until my expression feels complete...
In the meantime, you can read my blog articles here and stay tuned—this space will soon overflow with articles, blogs, and impassioned rants. Just give me a moment to carve out the time.
Until then, xo Tara.