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This is a place where I express my thoughts.....part insight, part humour, part science, part experience, part dream.....



AI Isn’t Replacing Coaching — It’s Deepening It....at least, so far.
Why I’m leaning into AI as a 48-year-old NLP coach who still worships the human nervous system I’ve been in the coaching world for over two decades now — trained in neurolinguistic programming, parts work, neuroscience-informed coaching, quantum healing, and a whole alphabet soup of other modalities devoted to one question: How do we help humans become more conscious, more compassionate, and more free? I am — and always will be — in total reverence of the human brain. The cap
Tara Kanerva
4 days ago4 min read


Pregnancy and Stress: Nurturing Mental Health During Maternity
Built for this.
Every ache is wisdom.
Every surge is creation.
Visualize the birth—
and your strength will remember its way home
Tara Kanerva
Nov 32 min read


“Because Today Still Matters — Even When It Doesn’t Feel Like It”
So maybe that’s the secret. Not manifesting joy or pretending to love the journey — but muttering “fuck it” under your breath and moving one
Tara Kanerva
Nov 32 min read


Tara Kanerva — On Paper & Off Script
My CV, Resume, List of Accomplishments....for those who care. I am not really one of those who do. But I sometimes it's nice to know. So...
Tara Kanerva
Aug 123 min read


On Feeling Like a Fraud. Sometimes.
By Tara, circa 2020 Early this morning, in my kayak on the lake, lost in the mist before it warmed and lifted off the water, I...
Tara Kanerva
Oct 23, 20243 min read


Why does NLP and Time Line Therapy® work so well compared to the rest?
We get this question all the time. It's presented to us sometimes before we begin, genuinely, and often with a hint of healthy skepticism. It's asked by our clients all the time while they are in process and experiencing change in the moment; amazed, most often with a delightful look of total shock. And it's asked by family members and loved ones who are witness to someone who is tangibly changing into a different, stronger and more positive person right before their eyes.
Tara Kanerva
Oct 23, 20243 min read


Life Coaching is so Lame. Right?
Ok. So Life Coaches. Trendy and uppity or lame or totally not for you, right? We're the first to admit that Life Coaching appears...
Tara Kanerva
Oct 23, 20243 min read


The Freedom of Never Blaming Anyone for Anything Ever Again!
By Tara Kanerva - Circa 2018 Many years ago I went to a week-long training in NLP. I barely knew what I was getting into. I was starting...
Tara Kanerva
Oct 22, 20243 min read


Coaching at the best of times, and other fairy tales.
Once upon a time, there was a very ambitious, determined youngish woman who wanted to live a life of meaning and be of help to others. ...
Tara Kanerva
Sep 27, 20242 min read
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