ABOUT KRISTIN TAYLOR
“Shifting your relationship to fear.
When fear shows up for you, think of it as an invitation that asks;
“Are you ready to grow?””
I bring over twenty years of clinical and coaching experience to my clients …
In 1997, I earned my master’s degree in counseling psychology and was trained as a therapist. In 2007, I transitioned into coaching where my approach to human growth and transformation was greatly influenced by my counseling background. Since becoming a coach, I have supported college students, executives, artists, entrepreneurs and CEOs in activating their life’s purpose with greater courage as they become more liberated from the unwelcome influence of self-doubt. My approach represents a powerful combination of psychology, mindfulness and neuroscience. My areas of expertise include;
Development of emotional-regulation and emotional intelligence to support greater resilience, leadership and connection with others
Healing past wounds and updating stories that keep clients “stuck”
Liberating clients from “Imposterism” and igniting their most authentic and inspiring leadership presence
I am the host of the podcast How I Made It Through which explores the intersection of personal growth and spiritual experience: https://www.eiqmediallc.com/category/podcasts/howimadeitthrough/
I have authored two books on emotional intelligence and resilience that are currently taught on college campuses across the nation (re:MIND and The Basics).
“I highly recommend Kristin. Her professional warmth combined with her natural talent and years of experience as a coach, researcher, author and trainer for both corporations and individuals makes her exceptional in her field. She is very grounded, a skilled listener and offers well thought out insights. She understands the neuroscience behind decision making and how to create sustainable change, as well as the importance of the mind, body, spirit connection. She taught me concrete tools that were simple, yet powerful change agents and worked to keep me engaged between sessions. She appreciated my journey and helped me restore balance and purpose in my life as I moved through a very difficult time. Thank you Kristin!”
My story
How I came to do this work…
I have always looked the part. I know, that’s a weird thing to say. I get it. Stay with me here because this “looking the part” thing is both a privilege and a curse… Throughout my life, I had perfected the art of looking like I had everything together, while inside I felt like I was dying. The struggles were shaped by mounting anxiety, self-doubt, self-criticism, overwhelm and fatigue. But damn, if I didn’t look the part. A number of years back, after landing a promotion, I was at a loss for how to navigate a toxic culture. Upon reaching out for help, a colleague simply said; “You’re Kristin Taylor, you’ll know what to do!”
It was both the worst advice I’d ever received and the straw that broke the camel’s back. Listen, it was not like I was unaware that the mask was no longer working. It was just that I was no longer willing to keep trying the same ineffective coping strategies over and over without getting any real relief. I had been to multiple therapists (hell, I was a trained therapist myself), but the anxiety only grew with each successive professional advancement. I felt like I was killing myself — I was having panic attacks, losing sleep and feeling a level of fatigue and depression that was sucking the joy out of life. The word burnout held new meaning for me.
Then, I was laid off. And then laid off again — all in a matter of 14 months. It sucked. And, it was an opening. It was an opening to a process of completely pouring myself into my own healing and transformation with unrestrained commitment and practice. This awakening (to what it really takes to heal from the unwelcome influence of anxiety) also enlivened my over twenty years of clinical and coaching experience in that I could no longer “talk about” healing, but instead actively practice a healing route, too.
Imagine that.
I tell you what, how I wish any number of those therapists had taught me what I now teach my clients. At the risk of sounding immodest, how I wish I had had me as a therapist. I recently had a client say; “What you have taught me is priceless. There simply is not enough money in the world to equal how much I have grown because of this powerful work.”
I get it. Boy, do I ever get it.