Hi, my name’s Maya, and thanks for stopping by. I’m a mindfulness coach, and a proud member of the Choctaw Nation. My father was a Native American warrior, teacher, and writer. My mother is also a writer, as well as an Astrologer, and holistic therapist.
I've travelled rapidly through construction, The Armed Forces, Horticulture, the Emergency Services, Hospitality, Catering, Housekeeping, Customer Service, Retail, and of course, Health and Wellness…to list a few…
Quite a lot, right?
For most of my working life, I’ve flitted from job to job. I’ve struggled with maintaining attention, staying still, managing time, and saving money. My mother and sister described me as the White Rabbit from Alice and Wonderland.
In my childhood and adolescent years, I struggled with anger, eating, and inner peace. As a teenager I was diagnosed with OCD, an eating disorder, and depression.
My eating disorder merged into a drug addiction, and my mental health was undeniably aggravated by hormonal contraception.
I lived moment to moment, crisis to crisis, throwing myself into something wholeheartedly and intensely, from hobbies to relationships, then lost interest out of nowhere and changed direction, suddenly.
I watched my peers complete University, save for mortgages, and stay on track, whilst people in my circle lived paycheck-to-paycheck and partied.
I’d dropped out of higher education because it was stressful and boring. I wanted to live a meaningful life but was only capable of pursuing fun.
This is because, as Dr. Daniel G. Amen says, “ADD is a dopamine deficit disorder, and an adrenaline deficit disorder…people with ADD can focus with excitement or interest, but not without it.”
This explained why my time with the Fire Service was one of the longest jobs I’d held down. Each call-out presented the exercise, variety, and adrenaline, needed to stimulate my otherwise underactive brain.
It also bought me to a goal. Until then, the only goals I had been successful in solidifying, were ones that involved losing weight. I saw a counsellor when I was at rock bottom, and I saw doctors when I needed help.
What I really needed, was someone to sit down with me, and ask “In a world of infinite possibility, what is your ideal job?”. My headspace wasn’t dark and chaotic through choice, it just lacked meaning and direction.
Dr Linda Gregory describes a deep fear within people known as “the unsung song-syndrome”. “It’s a fear of dying, with our song still inside of us, having not met our full potential”. We all have a song to sing, a gift to bring to this world, but for many it remains hidden, buried, unsung.
What led me out of addiction was a goal, and what alleviates my ADHD is meditation. For now, my focus is on bringing meditation into businesses, institutions, and to individuals, whilst training as as ADHD coach.
"People cannot heal the Earth until they heal themselves, they cannot heal themselves until they change."
John Twobirds Arbuckle
In loving memory of
John Twobirds Arbuckle
Warrior, Veteran, Teacher, Husband, Father.