I see you. I built Kea Coaching to guide you from overwhelm to calm, confidence, and hope.

How do we do this?

Providing parents of neurodivergent children, and neurodivergent young adults, with the tools, resources, and support to:

• Feel more relaxed, calm, and self-regulated

• Be more positive and engaged at school, church, and work

• Build the motivation to succeed

• Grow more resilient and improve mental well-being

Kea Coaching at a glance

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We start with where you are

Together we create a customized plan for your situation, built on evidence-based tools and systems.

We walk alongside you

You get coaching and mentoring as you put your plan into practice, including support through challenges and difficult moments.

You’re never on your own

You have access to a library of resources and the support of a community through weekly parent support meetings.

Why Kea?

Kea Coaching origin story

Between my husband of 33 years and our five young adult children, we live with autism, ADHD, bipolar, and other neurodiversities. But I didn't understand that for years; the diagnoses were slow in coming and often initially inaccurate or incomplete. I parented as best as I knew how, learning the hard way (repeatedly) that traditional parenting approaches hardly ever worked; in fact, they almost always backfired. Through years of studying, seeking answers, and trying new strategies, our family gradually made progress from almost constant stress and overwhelm to a more sustainable state of relative calm. The best way I can explain how we were able to make that shift is to talk about two types of birds: starlings and kea parrots.

Starlings, like neurotypical people, are wired to flock together in patterns (murmurations), fall in line, and please — which is why traditional parenting works reasonably well for them.

Kea, like neurodivergent individuals, are wired much differently. For example, their intellect and problem solving skills are remarkable, but they have zero ability to fly in murmurations — which is, in part, why traditional parenting falls short.

The most impactful shift in our family came when I understood, accepted, and eventually embraced the fact that I wasn't parenting starlings — I was parenting kea.

That mindset change opened the door for my children to embark on their own journeys towards accepting and embracing who they are on their own terms.

Neurodivergent people differ from neurotypical ones, in motivation, behavior, and capability, as much as kea parrots differ from starlings. And they need different conditions to thrive.

Kea Coaching's mission is to empower you — whether you're raising a neurodivergent child or are a neurodivergent young adult yourself — to understand, create, and navigate an environment built specifically for kea.

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evidence based

faith affirming

nervous system first

lds & lds adjacent

strengths based