About Taryn
I met Taryn in a transitional moment in my life when I was feeling overwhelmed and insecure. I wanted to make some important changes as I felt quite stuck in an unfulfilling situation, but the choices I had scared me. Talking with my family was confusing me, so I asked Taryn for help. I still remember how uplifted I was after the first time we met. Taryn was able to deeply understand me, she made me see my situation in a different light, and I started feeling braver and less anxious. Now I’m happy, I quit a stressful job, I moved and started studying again. Taryn’s light and authenticity were incredibly precious to me and I am very grateful for her help.
Taryn Sudding came into our lives three years ago, when she came to live with us. Since then, we have seen her every day, and she has been a delight to live with. She radiates warmth and sincerity without losing her innate sense of fun. When diagnosed with cancer, she accepted her situation with calmness and strength, and applied her ever-positive energy to healing herself, at the same time using her experience to help others. Always observant, Taryn treads lightly upon the earth and clearly cares for all living beings. She has an intuitive understanding of others. It is clear that she has a special connection with children, and when working with children with special needs she has frequently shown herself able to establish a rapport with even the most challenging individuals. Blessed with an inner calm and great listening skills, Taryn has an ability to nurture and help people find the best in themselves. She is a woman of unquestionable integrity and is utterly dependable.
I have known Taryn Sudding for around 18 years. She has the most beautiful, light and loving energy which always makes me feel safe, and immediately lifts my spirits. As someone who has worked to coach others in life as well as being a counsellor, I am able to recognize the qualities needed in someone to be able to successfully help others. I find myself being able to open up to Taryn and share my challenges and troubles. I always leave my interaction with Taryn with direction and steps that I can take to move forward with more certainty and ease. And not to forget lightness and more joy. Taryn is an asset in anyone’s life and I am immensely grateful that she is in mine.
In the last few years I have often enjoyed speaking and talking with Taryn about complicated issues going on in my life. We meet up, have a chat and I always come away feeling lighter and a lot more positive. I have been trying to think what it is about Taryn that makes me feel light and positive after speaking with her and I realized what it is: the quality of her listening. She listens so well - without judgement and without any kind of agenda. This is so helpful when you are dealing with things like career uncertainty and personal issues around creative ego versus creative ideals. This quality of listening then translates into such thoughtful advice or just a different perspective that you kind of go, “Ha! I never thought of it like that!” And then you are left feeling like the things that burden you can be solved or if not solved then at least approached with a different perspective. Thank you, Taryn!
I have known Taryn for almost 20 years. We gravitated towards each other as I recognized a lot of my favorite character traits in her. Genuine, sensitive, caring, compassionate, nurturing, creative, strong, talented and humble. Hard to ignore. My first impression of Taryn still rings true to this day. I want to spend more time around this person or even, I need to know her secret. Every time I see her, I leave with new energy and a full heart. She has a way of seeing exactly what you need at exactly the right time and always has a kind word or a way of listening that makes you know… everything is going to be ok. She calms angry clouds and brings everything back to the basic need of being heard, being seen and being appreciated. I am so delighted to be able to work on her logo and be a part of this journey. It is one of proper joy and right timing and everything coming together when it was meant to. It couldn't be with a more incredible human being. Thank you for feeding my crazy, creative, sensitive soul Tazzy. Much love.
About cool mindz
My name is Hugo , I am 7 turning 8 on 1st of June. My favorite word is dog. I loved drawing the doodle. It was having fun and I was drawing different emotions of us. Do all those emotions live in your brain? Yes. What was the strongest emotion for you that you drew? Probably the happy one and the mad one. Why did you draw a hamburger? Because he was talking to the hamburger, that was asking the cleverist person in the world, the brain, if he had one. And did he have one? No
My name is Mikayla Yeo and I am Taryn’s first cool minder.
So far I've had 6 sessions and I've already learnt so much about myself. In each session you will be presented with new challenges and do things you didn't realize you enjoyed so much. The space is safe and I know that Taryn has my best interests at heart. She is someone who has life experience and wisdom that we can all learn from. You will receive feedback from her after each session so you know exactly what happened in the session. I've also got my own cool minder book that contains so many life tools. Since starting this program I've felt more positive and creative than I felt in a long time. I've been given affirmations that apply to me. Working with Taryn so far has been so much fun and I'm looking forward to the rest of my sessions. I truly trust and know that she just wants me to be the best me I can be. She has made me realize my importance in the world and she makes me feel so special and unique.
Hello my name is Rio and I am 10 years old and my favourite word is questions. Because questions can be anything. How did you feel doodling inside your brain? I just went completely wild on the creative side, and my morals bit of the brain I thought was quite a good one, coz it means instead of being one side that you don’t like, that you hate, I thought that one side could be one where all your feelings and your morals were and the other side could be where the wild side of you comes and you don’t know why you’re doing it, instead of thinking about it hard – which is not a bad thing to do. So ya.
A final word from Taryn
When I asked for a few testimonials from the people in my life, I could never have imagined receiving the kind offerings from those who have written these. I’m not one for praise and am always incredibly humbled by the outpouring of love and support I receive daily. For those who don’t know me, I look forward to meeting you and am so grateful to be of assistance.
