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Tanya Kay

Connection • Awareness • Relationship • Real-life integration. Parenting is messy, beautiful and full of teachable moments. This is your invitation to begin.

Together, I will take you beyond behaviour & quick fixes, into deeper understanding of yourself & your children ♥️ With deep honour and an open heart, I am excited to share that I am now stepping forward under the name Tanya Kay. This shift is more than a name change, it’s a rebirth. A shedding of old layers, a return to the essence of who I truly am. It reflects a deepening of my path, my purpose and the way I offer my presence and service in the world. For years, I’ve held space as the heart behind “A Journey of Remembrance,” guiding others back to their truth. That vision is still alive but now it lives through me more fully. I’ve come to realise that I am the living, breathing embodiment of that remembrance. This next chapter is about owning that truth and stepping out from behind the name and allowing myself to be fully seen. Tanya Kay is not just a name, it is the energy I now stand in. Grounded in love, clarity, deep listening and presence. Kay, meaning “keeper of the keys,” speaks to the sacred role I hold in supporting others through life’s transitions, unlocking deeper truths, honouring their pivotal moments and reconnecting them with their own inner knowing. This sacred work is offered online or in person through 1:1 sessions and group journeys. If something here is stirring something in you, I’d love to connect. You’re welcome to explore my current offerings, book a session or simply reach out for a conversation. Whether you have questions, a quiet curiosity or just feel the nudge, send me a message or let’s set up a call.

04/02/2026

I believe a child’s emotions aren’t something to manage. I believe they’re information.

They tell us what’s happening inside the body long before words, logic or behaviour make sense.

So much parenting advice jumps straight to strategies, consequences or calming techniques but skips the nervous system entirely and when we skip the body, I believe we miss the message.

Big emotions aren’t a child being difficult. I believe they’re a body asking for safety, support or understanding.

This is why my work looks different.

I don’t teach children to suppress feelings or parents to control them. I help families learn how to listen to sensations, signals, rhythms and needs beneath the emotion.

Because when a child feels felt in their body:
• emotions move instead of getting stuck
• behaviour softens naturally
• trust and confidence grow
• connection replaces power struggles

When parents understand what’s happening underneath, they stop blaming themselves and start responding with more clarity and calm.

This is the work I’m devoted to.

✨ This is exactly why I’ve created my Personalised Emotional Support Cards ✨

These are individually designed for your child and paired with parent guidance so you’re not guessing what to say or do when emotions run high.

They help:
• your child understand what they’re feeling in body-safe ways
• you respond with confidence instead of reactivity
• emotions be worked through, not managed or suppressed

If this resonates, I invite you to follow along or send me a DM with the word CARDS and I’ll let you know when this offering opens and how it could support your child.

This isn’t about fixing emotions.
It’s about finally understanding them.

Tanya Kay ♥️

03/02/2026

Most children aren’t struggling because they’re “too emotional.”

They’re struggling because no one ever taught them what their emotions mean so their body does the talking instead.

Through big reactions.
Through shutdown.
Through anxiety, control, perfectionism or people-pleasing.

What we often call behaviour is actually a nervous system asking:
Am I safe?
Am I understood?
Does anyone know what’s happening inside me right now?

When children don’t have language for their inner world, the body becomes the messenger.

But when a child is supported to notice:
• where feelings live in their body
• what helps them settle or move energy through
• and that emotions are welcome, not inconvenient
Something changes at a deep level.

They stop fighting themselves.
They stop thinking they’re “too much.
They start trusting their inner signals instead of overriding them.

This is why the work I’m offering isn’t generic or one-size-fits-all. My offerings are being created to support both children and parents, together.

They include:
• personalised, child-friendly tools that help your child understand their emotions and nervous system
• visual and somatic supports that they can return to in real moments, not just calm ones
• guided prompts and explanations for parents so you know what to say and how to support without guessing
• resources that help you stay connected and regulated when emotions run high

This isn’t about controlling emotions or teaching children to self-regulate alone. It’s about co-regulation, safety and understanding again and again until the nervous system learns it doesn’t have to protect itself this hard anymore.

Not strategies layered on top of overwhelm. Not behaviour charts or quick fixes but personalised, relationship-centred tools that help children build a trusting relationship with themselves with supported parents beside them.

So why is this an important offering for me? Because when children feel safe inside themselves, everything else has something solid to grow from.

If this resonates, you’re welcome to follow along or send me a DM if you’d like to be notified as these offerings become available.

Tanya Kay ♥️

02/02/2026

🌿 Why I include nature in nervous system support for children 🌿

I don’t include nature in my work because it looks nice or feels calming in theory. I include it because children’s nervous systems respond to it.

So much emotional support focuses on talking, thinking or fixing behaviour but when a child is overwhelmed, frustrated or dysregulated their nervous system isn’t available for logic or words yet.

Nature does something powerful. It slows the body before we ask the mind to catch up.

Fresh air, movement, space, scent, uneven ground, distance to look at these are regulating inputs. They help the nervous system move out of fight, flight or freeze and back into safety.

For some children, especially sensitive, deep-feeling kids, being outside removes pressure:
• no one is watching
• nothing is being demanded
• their body can reset without being told to “calm down”

When nature is paired with gentle, nervous-system-informed support, children learn:
• how to notice what’s happening inside their body
• how to move frustration or overwhelm instead of storing it
• how to return to calm in a way that feels natural, not forced

This isn’t about sending kids outside to “burn energy.” It’s about meeting their nervous system where it is.

✨This is why I’ve created a new personalised offering ✨

I now offer individually designed nature-based nervous system support cards, created specifically for your child paired with a parent guidebook so you know how to use them in real-life moments, not just calm ones.

Each set is:
• personalised to your child
• designed to support regulation through the body
• grounded in nature, movement and safety
• supportive for parents too not just the child

Nature isn’t an add-on in this work. It’s a core part of helping children feel safe in their bodies again.

If you feel a quiet yes, you’re probably exactly who this is for. I invite you to follow along or DM me to be the first to know when I’ll be offering this powerful, personalised nervous system support for children and their parents.

(These cards are examples from a set of cards I’ve created for our 12-year-old son, shaped around how he experiences the world and what his nervous system needs.)

Tanya Kay ♥️

01/02/2026

This card is one from a set of cards I created specifically for our daughter Gracie to honour and protect one of her most beautiful strengths, curiosity.

Gracie experiences the world through wondering. She notices details others miss, asks big questions and is naturally drawn to explore, observe and understand how things work. Curiosity isn’t something we’re trying to teach her, it’s something already alive inside her.

But curiosity needs support, not just encouragement.

Without guidance, for Gracie it can tip into overwhelm, rushing or scattered energy. With the right support it becomes confidence, focus and deep learning.

That’s why this card doesn’t push answers or outcomes.

✨It slows curiosity down so her body can stay regulated while she explores
✨It teaches her to notice curiosity in her body, not just her mind
✨It gives her permission to take things one small step at a time
✨It helps her stay grounded while still following her natural wonder

This card sends a powerful message to Gracie that her curiosity is safe. That she doesn’t need to rush and that she can explore in a way that feels good in her body.

That’s the heart of these personalised cards. They aren’t about correcting a child. They’re about protecting their strengths while supporting their nervous system.

When a child feels their natural way of being is understood and supported, confidence grows organically and for me that’s what this work is really about.

If you’ve ever wished your child’s natural strengths were understood and supported, not rushed or reshaped, you’re not alone.

This personalised emotional support work will be opening to a small number of families. Follow along or send me a message if you’d like to be on the list to receive details when it opens.

Tanya Kay ♥️

30/01/2026

This card is one from a set of cards I created specifically for our daughter Gracie not just for her age but how her nervous system experiences overwhelm.

When Gracie feels overwhelmed it doesn’t show up as one clear emotion. It shows up as too much at once, too many thoughts, sensations, expectations or internal pressure. Her system needs help slowing, gathering and grounding, not fixing or reasoning.

That’s why this card doesn’t say:
“Calm down.”
“Take a breath.”
“Tell me what’s wrong.”

Instead, it meets her where she actually is. How she is wired

✨The images shows how overwhelm feels in her body, stormy, cloudy, heavy
✨The steps gently guide her from her head back into her body
✨The final grounding step gives her a sense of purpose and connection, turning overwhelm into something safe and meaningful rather than something to get rid of.

This isn’t accidental. Every word, image, and action is chosen to match how Gracie processes emotions, not how adults wish children would or how other kids might.

That’s the power of personalised emotional support cards. They don’t ask children to change their feelings. They help children move through them in a way their body understands. When a child feels understood at this level, regulation becomes possible.

This is why these cards work because they’re attuned to each child as an individual.

If you’ve ever wished your child had support that truly fits them, you’re not alone. This personalised emotional support work will be opening to a small number of families soon.

It will include an in-depth parent consultation, a personalised set of emotional regulation cards created specifically for your child, a child-friendly support guide that brings each card to life, clear parent prompts showing you how to introduce and use the tools in real-world moments not just calm ones and continuous on going 1:1 support to help implement changes in your family.

This work is designed to meet your child at the body level, where emotions actually live, while supporting you to respond with confidence, clarity, and connection.

Follow along or send me a message if you’d like to be on the list to receive details when it opens.

Tanya Kay ♥️

29/01/2026

Imagine a generation of children who grow up trusting their bodies, understanding their emotions and knowing they are safe to be seen and heard.

Children who don’t need to be told to “calm down” because they’ve learned how to listen to what their body is communicating.

Children who can name what they’re feeling instead of acting it out.

Children who don’t internalise shame for having big emotions, sensitive nervous systems or strong inner worlds.

This is not about raising perfectly regulated children. It’s about raising supported children.

When a child understands:
• what’s happening inside their body
• why emotions show up the way they do
• and that connection comes before correction

Something powerful shifts. Confidence grows from safety. Courage grows from being understood. Emotional resilience grows from being met and not managed.

This is the heart behind much of the work I’m ready to offer soon.
Not quick fixes.
Not behaviour charts.
But personalised tools that help children build a relationship with themselves with supported parents beside them.

I believe when we change how children experience their emotions, we don’t just change childhood, we change the future.

If this resonates, follow along. You’re also welcome to send me a DM if you’d like to be notified when these offerings are ready or want to learn more as they unfold.

Tanya Kay ♥️

28/01/2026

For a long time, I’ve described what I do as “support” and yes it is supportive but calling it just support doesn’t tell the whole story.

At the heart of my work with children and parents is a deep understanding of emotions not as something to manage, suppress or rush through but as vital messengers of what’s happening inside the body and nervous system.

Emotions are not the problem I believe they’re the information.

What I offer is specialised, intentional work that helps families understand why emotions show up the way they do and how to respond in ways that create safety, regulation and connection.

I don’t work from quick fixes or surface strategies. I work with emotions at the body level where frustration, fear, shutdown, anger and overwhelm actually live.

This work is about:
• emotional development
• nervous system science
• trauma-informed care
• intuitive, body-based awareness
• and real-life parenting (not theory)

It’s not about “fixing” a child or stopping emotions. It’s about helping children feel safe and helping parents feel confident staying present when emotions run high.

I’ve walked this path as a parent. I’ve seen it in classrooms as a teacher. I’ve sat with families in the middle of big feelings and uncertainty.

This is not generic support. It is specialised nervous-system-led emotional work, grounded in the body and in relationships.

If you’re a parent who feels like generic advice doesn’t fit your child, you’re responding to something deeper and your intuition is right.

Over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing more of this work through practical tools, gentle guidance and supportive offerings including emotion cards, guidebooks and 1:1 sessions created to meet families right where they are.

If this way of understanding emotions speaks to you, I invite you to follow along. I’ll be sharing more over the coming weeks including practical tools, emotion cards, guidebooks and 1:1 support.

You’re also welcome to send me a DM if you’d like to be notified when these offerings are ready.

Tanya Kay ♥️

27/01/2026

Why working with children and emotions feels like my calling

For as long as I can remember, helping children has been at the center of my life. As a trained teacher in New Zealand and overseas and a mum to six incredible kids, I’ve seen firsthand how children carry emotions, patterns and sensitivities that often go unseen but deeply shape who they are.

Over the years, I’ve guided countless parents, helping them understand their children, navigate emotional moments and create environments where kids feel safe, heard and empowered. I’ve also learned that supporting a child isn’t just about managing behaviour, it’s about nurturing their whole being, helping them connect with their inner wisdom and strength.

This is why the work I do now feels like my true calling. I combine my own experience as a mum and teaching experience with healing modalities, nervous system awareness and soul-led guidance to create opportunities where children and parents can:
✨ Understand and regulate big emotions
✨ Build confidence and courage
✨ Access their inner guidance and self-healing abilities
✨ Strengthen connection and belonging

Each session, workshop or package I offer is designed to meet children where they are and parents where they need support. From 1:1 sessions, family guidance, to tools and card decks for daily emotional support, every part of my work is informed by love, respect and real-life experience.

For me, this is more than work. It’s a life purpose. To help children feel safe in their emotions, parents feel confident in their guidance and families find harmony that lasts beyond any single moment.

If you’re a parent, caregiver or family seeking gentle, grounded support with emotions whether it’s meltdowns, overwhelm or just guiding your child to be their authentic self then I’m your person.

I have a few offerings I’m getting ready to share very soon, each created with a lot of care and intention. If you’d like to be the first to know when they’re released, send me a DM and I’ll keep you in the loop.

Tanya Kay ♥️

26/01/2026

✨New offering - Confidence & Courage personalised support package that grows with your child.✨

Many children want to feel confident but underneath, they’re navigating fear of getting it wrong, worry about being seen or hesitation to try something new.

My personalised Confidence & Courage cards were created to meet children where they are, gently, safely and in a way their nervous system can actually receive. The images are examples of personalised cards for our daughter Gracie.

Each set is paired with a personalised child-friendly support book that:
• Puts your child’s big feelings into simple, relatable language
• Walks your child through common moments they struggle with
• Helps them understand what’s happening inside their body
• Offers reassuring inner dialogue they can return to again and again

Rather than telling a child to “be brave,” the personalised support book helps them recognise their feelings, feel supported and imagine themselves moving through challenges step by step.

As a parent you will also be supported too. Each page includes parent prompts, so you know:
• How to talk about confidence without pressure
• How to guide courage without forcing
• How to support emotional growth while staying connected

You’ll receive:
✨ Personalised Confidence & Courage cards
✨ A supportive story-based book your child can revisit anytime
✨ Parent prompts to guide calm, confidence-building conversations
✨ Tools that work in real life in situations like before school, during worries, after tough moments

This isn’t about changing your child. It’s about helping them feel safe enough to try, supported enough to wobble and trusted enough to grow.

Created by a mum of six, a teacher and a healer blending emotional development, nervous system awareness and deep respect and understanding for each child’s unique way of being.

If you’d love to support your child’s confidence and courage in a way that feels calm, connected and doable this offering was made for you.

DM “CONFIDENCE” to learn more. I’m almost ready to launch this new offering.

Tanya Kay ♥️

25/01/2026

If your body feels tired, your heart feels full or your nervous system needs a pause, it’s not too late.

Join us tomorrow morning (26th Jan) for our final beach breathwork session. Meet us at 6.20am at a quiet, secluded and private spot at Waihi Beach

Message me for more details or to join us.

Tanya Kay ♥️

25/01/2026

Mamas, let’s get real for a minute, one of the biggest myths that I’ve been seeing and reading time and time again about the nervous system is that regulation = staying calm.

Regulation isn’t about avoiding big emotions or pretending everything’s fine. It’s about feeling what comes up AND finding your way back to grounded. It’s about moving through your feelings, not getting stuck in them.

And that rush of stress, anger or frustration? It’s not “bad.” It’s your nervous system doing exactly what it’s designed to do.

Your nervous system is complex, flexible and resilient. The real magic is learning how to navigate emotions without losing yourself.

If you’re ready to feel more in control, more present and more connected with your children without shutting down or spiraling, I’d love to support you either in person or online.

Send me a message and let’s create that space for you either in person or online.

Tanya Kay ♥️

24/01/2026

✨ Introducing another new offer coming soon✨

One of the most important things a child can learn isn’t how to behave, I believe it’s how to express what they feel.

Emotions are not problems to be fixed. They are messages from the nervous system saying, “something matters here.”

When children are supported to express their emotions safely:
• their nervous system learns regulation through connection
• they build emotional language instead of acting feelings out
• emotional overwhelm doesn’t get stored in the body
• trust deepens “I am safe to be all of me”

When emotions are dismissed, rushed or shut down, they don’t disappear. They often resurface as big behaviours, shutdown, anxiety or power struggles.

✨ This is why I’ve created my Personalised Emotional Support Cards ✨

These are not just cards for your child as they also come with parent guidance and support so you know how to use them in real life moments, not just calm ones.

Each set includes:
• personalised cards for your child’s emotional world
• clear parent guidance on when and how to use each card
• nervous-system–informed language you can use when words are hard
• support for co-regulation before expecting self-regulation
• gentle prompts to help your child express rather than explode

You can use the cards:
• in the middle of an emotional moment
• during calm times to build emotional awareness
• as a bridge when talking feels too hard
• to reduce power struggles and increase connection
• as a shared language between you and your child

They’re designed to support both child and parent so you don’t feel like you have to figure it all out alone.

When parents feel supported, children feel safer and when children feel safe, emotions don’t need to come out through behaviour.

If you’d like to learn more about the personalised cards, send me a message or comment “CARDS” 💛

Tanya Kay ♥️

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