Hi, I’m Kelsey. And I’m so delighted you’re here.

I’m a therapist, business mentor, group facilitator, community tender, and writer. I’m also a woman who has spent many years uncovering my own unique path to wholeness.

I’m passionate about our collective mental health and well-being, supporting creatives to build businesses and lives that feel spacious and easeful, and stepping outside the hustle culture of capitalism. And I also deeply love to support humans to feel truly at home within themselves.

For a long time, I felt a little out of place, like my way of working and being in the world didn’t quite fit with what was expected of me.

I kept settling for jobs, relationships and friendships that were “fine” but didn’t really light me up. I was never able to truly be myself. I was always hiding something, and most of the time I didn’t even realize it.

On some level, I knew I wanted more, but I had convinced myself that I was happy and everything was as it should be.

I was disconnected from myself, from my values, from what was most important to me.

Instead, I had internalized what was most important to everyone else and what I “should” do with my life. I walked the path that had been laid out for me.

Let me tell you a story.

And then one day, I got tired of it.

One day I realized that where I had ended up was miles away from where I actually wanted to be, and I started listening. I started listening to the stirrings of my soul once again.

Maybe right now you are noticing that sense of disconnection from your own body, from your desires, from your longing. Maybe you are standing at a crossroads and trying to decide which route will take you back to your whole self. Or maybe, like me, you’re miles away from where you wanted to end up and have no idea how that happened.

I see you. I’ve felt all of those things too.

Somewhere along the way I made the decision to carve out a new path, a path back to what I, not anyone else, actually wanted my life to look like. It hasn’t been easy. I’ve made mistakes, I’ve double backed, I’ve gotten lost and then found. But it’s been worth it, because now I am living a life that I once only dreamed of, a life in alignment with my desires. And while I still have a long way to go, and I know this journey is a lifelong one, I feel whole, complete, and happy – for real this time.

And that’s what I’m passionate about. That’s why I’m here doing this work. Because I want that for you too.

My path has been a winding one…

But looking back,
I wouldn’t have it any other way.

I was born and raised on so-called Salt Spring Island, BC on the unceded and traditional lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich), Quw'utsun (Cowichan) and Stz'uminus (Chemanius) First Peoples. I grew up spending hours alone in the forests outside my childhood home, and then lived for several years with my family on our sailboat traveling around Mexico, Central and South America. I developed a deep love and passion for protecting the earth and all its inhabitants.

And so I decided to carve my own path. I quit, and started a private practice. Over the next few years I built a fully booked out therapy practice, and then began to transition to coaching other therapists, and eventually creative humans in general.

And now, here we are. I’ve gone from crushing anxiety and burnout to building a business that offers me the privilege of doing work that I love, while having the flexibility to prioritize my own desires and needs outside of work too. And I’d love nothing more than to walk on that path with you.

I followed this dream, and got a BSc in Biology and Environmental Studies, before working for a time as the National Director of a small but mighty climate justice organization, traveling across Canada working with youth and Indigenous communities.

But soon, I realized the work I loved the most was with people - supporting people to access their most authentic, creative, and courageous selves.

And so, I dove deep into mental health work, going back to school for a year of psychology courses and working to support unhoused folks struggling with trauma and addictions. Fast forward a few years to 2018 when I finished my Masters in Counseling Psychology at the University of Victoria and began working as a therapist at an in-patient facility for men transitioning out of incarceration. I loved the work, but I struggled to thrive in the structure of a traditional 9-5.