“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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Whether you're preparing for birth or finding your footing afterward, you're crossing one of the biggest thresholds of your life. Birth coaching gives you a few sessions to get grounded in all of this and make the very best of it all.
Birth sometimes causes anxiety, sometimes excitement, and almost always, a desire to be ready for it! It's a big deal, giving birth, and there is tons of opportunity to do this your way. Find your own unique way to make this as good as it can be for you and for your baby.
Working with me can quiet the noise, calm the fear, and create a birth or postpartum experience rooted in strength, compassion, and clarity.
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.
OFFERINGS
Limitless Coach for Coaches: If you’re a coach looking for mentorship and an intelligent, highly focused and in-depth group of people to discuss coaching with in person - learn cutting-edge tools and refine your skills - come join our Limitless Coach group. Click or contact me if you want more information! Join us for our first free gathering on December 19th at 1 pm
Core Reset 10-Week SERIES: Starts February! It's a hybrid of training, teaching and coaching.This is for those wanting to learn as much as they want to change. It's great to open a channel to stay on track in the new year. This 10-week program, full of hands-on learning NLP tools, healing modalities and parts work will be great for those wanting to lead and self-lead as they adapt, excel and grow! Join me to learn more on December 17th at 2pm or January 14th at 2 pm!
AI Community for Leaders: My brilliant friend, Iain, and I are launching a new community for leaders who want to learn more about and possibly (probably) integrate AI into their coaching practices. This is a must for anyone intending on coaching for the next 5+ years! We will be meeting bi-weekly (twice monthly) on Mondays at noon. We will hold our first meeting on January 12th.
PRIVATE 2 DAY RESET RETREAT:A private, 1-on-1 immersion with Tara Six hours per day • Two transformative days • Deep clarity, realignment & renewal This is not a group retreat. This is something totally unique.
This is you and me—working intensely together for two full days to reset your direction and help you step forward clearer, lighter, and more confident than you’ve felt in years. January/February days available to book now and $1000 off if you book before the New Year!
May Retreat: And if you’re dreaming of a beautiful, relaxing nature retreat in Ontario, I’m hosting one at the end of May (28th - 30th). It’s going to be pure magic. More details coming soon!
One-on-One Coaching (Limited Availability): I’m now offering one-on-one coaching just three days a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays), focusing on highly motivated people who are stuck in transition, especially around major life changes. If that’s you, let’s talk. January deal for coaching is $350 off my regular Monthly Coaching Fee of $1200/month for unlimited sessions to break through a stuck state.
That’s it, that's all!
Feel free to hit reply to learn more about any of these, and I can’t wait to reconnect.
With warmth and excitement,
Tara
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, and the infamous menopausal stage — 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.
SHE
I can help make your birth one that is magical or peaceful or just less scary and less anxiety-filled. I can help in the challenging days and weeks and months after birth when life can seem unrecognizable.
I gave birth to three children — with all the blood and tears and awe that brings.I was a doula for years, holding hands in rooms where women discovered their strength by going straight through the fire.And now, I’m walking into the wild landscape of perimenopause —Where no one hands you a map, but you still have to find your way.I began this journey into NLP coaching to help women have peaceful births. The wiring in our brains does indeed change our beliefs, our fears, our state and therefore, our experience.
Birth
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.
Midlife
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
&
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 themselves.
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.
