Kaye Heyes | ADHD Coaching and NLP

About Kaye

Kaye is an ADHD Coach, facilitator and educator, positive psychology practitioner, laughter yoga leader, and NLP Master Practitioner. She helps late-diagnosed adults prioritise their emotional and physical well-being, so that can live wholeheartedly, develop positive relationships with themselves and others, and deal with change and uncertainty.

Kaye particularly enjoys working with those who are starting to suspect they’re ADHD or have just received a diagnosis. Her passion is enabling people with ADHD realise their potential and take real steps towards their dreams, fuelled by her own real-life experience of a late diagnosis of ADHD (age 51).

She supports people of all ages and backgrounds to increase their confidence, reduce anxiety, and increase joy and clarity in their lives through a holistic approach.

As a single parent to two neurodivergent teens, she has learned how important it is to prioritise her own wellbeing and make space & time for embodied and ongoing self-care practices within her daily routines.

Her own daily practises include: sea-swimming, tai chi, mindfulness, remembering to pause throughout the day, journaling, walking, time in nature, yoga nidra, lots of cat and child hugs, and as much hammock-time as possible.

Her holistic and somatic approaches working with ADHD adults includes: 

• Getting to know your nervous system and vagas nerve support – with polyvagal approaches
• Creativity, such as metaphor, stories, poetry, drawing, collage, Lego
• Emotional regulation and practising mindful awareness
• Learning how to clarify and embody your boundaries
• Drawing out your strengths and values, and learning to inhabit those
•  Inner relationship Focusing and tuning into your felt sense to harness your body compass
• Intentional harnessing of positive emotions, such as curiosity, fun and joy.

Kaye particularly enjoys working with those who are starting to suspect they’re ADHD or have just received a diagnosis. Her passion is enabling people with ADHD realise their potential and take real steps towards their dreams, fuelled by her own real-life experience of a late diagnosis of ADHD (age 51). 

She supports people of all ages and backgrounds to increase their confidence, reduce anxiety, and increase joy and clarity in their lives through a holistic approach.

“Whilst studying for my Master’s in 2021, I was diagnosed with ADHD and dyspraxia at the age of 51. And suddenly my life made sense! I realised that a lifetime of struggles with anxiety and depression, imposter syndrome, self-harm and disordered eating were not because I was ‘broken’ but were due to my not understanding my differently-wired brain.

This finally helped me to make sense of my life-long struggles and recognise the various strategies I had developed to both mask and overcome my executive function and mental health challenges. Undiagnosed ADHD unfortunately led to a 40 years+ struggle with the shame of unrealised potential and a history of self-medicating with harmful behaviours. Now I am able to bring this deep understanding and lived experience of trauma to my coaching.

My passion, born from these experiences, is helping people understand themselves so that they can develop their own strategies for their unique brains and ways of experiencing the world. I combine psycho-education, trauma awareness and practical and creative NLP techniques with the science of positive psychology. I want to help people move beyond surviving to thriving, as I have. I help people connect to their strengths, motivations, and values and make incremental changes in their daily lives, which can quickly build up to substantial transformation.”

Qualifications and Accreditations

• Senior Accredited Coaching Practitioner, EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council)
• Senior Member, ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists)
• Masters of Science (MSc) in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (University of East London)
• ADHD For All (ICF accredited, Gold Mind Academy)
• Understanding ADHD: Current Research and Practice (Kings College London)
• Introduction to Focusing (British Focusing Association)
• Becoming a Trauma Informed Practitioner (ICF accredited via the Weekend University)
• An Introduction to Polyvagal Theory with Group Supervision (ICF accredited, with Deb Dana, via PESI UK)
• International Certificate in Laughter Yoga Leadership (Laughter Yoga International University)
• Master Practitioner in Neuro-linguistic Programming – NLP (INLPTA)
• Diploma in Nutritional Therapy (College of Naturopathic Medicine)
• Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language – TEFL (UCLAN)
• B.A. (Hons) in Social and Political Science, (University of Cambridge)

 Booking

You can contact Kaye using the form below with any enquiries.
“If you would like to experience what it would be like to work with me, you can book a free 20-30 minute discovery call via my website or here

You can also read testimonials from my clients on my website: https://happieryou.co.uk/ “

Pricing:

• 45-minute “What Now?!” coaching session post diagnosis or realisation: £69 with £10 discount on any further coaching or workshops
• 1:1 Coaching : self-funded from £100 per session or from £125 per hour for Access To Work clients
• Group coaching programmes available: https://happieryou.co.uk/
• Regularly runs free or low-priced events and workshops which can be booked on EventBrite: https:www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/happier-you-adhd-supporttoloveyourlife-72601325543gl=1u74safupMQ..gaNzA1Njc0MDE1LjE2OTk5ODYyMzI.ga_TQVES5V6SH*MTY5OTk4NjIzMS4xLjAuMTY5OTk4NjIzMS4wLjAuMA.