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Tanya Kay Listening inward. Seeing what’s possible. Choosing to live differently. This shift is more than a name change, it’s a rebirth. This is your invitation to begin.

Mother • Writer • Parenting Resources • Space Holder • 1:1 • Personalised Retreats • Two Black Doors With deep honour and an open heart, I am excited to share that I am now stepping forward under the name Tanya Kay. 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.

What would you write about if nobody interrupted you? Not for an hour but for a whole weekend.Imagine pulling up a stool...
11/10/2026

What would you write about if nobody interrupted you? Not for an hour but for a whole weekend.

Imagine pulling up a stool at this wooden table, opening your laptop or journal, wrapping your hands around a hot coffee and wondering where to begin.

And then the words start coming.

Perhaps it’s the first few pages of a book you’ve been thinking about for years. A story you want to tell. Ideas you’ve scribbled on bits of paper but never had the time to explore.

Or maybe it’s something entirely different. Thoughts you’ve never put into words before. Questions you’ve been sitting with. Things you want to make sense of in a beautiful journal you’ve bought especially for this time away.

You make another coffee, forgetting what the time is. Eventually you look up, realise you’re hungry and wander outside for some fresh air.

You breathe a sigh of relief because there’s no one asking what’s for dinner, no washing waiting to be folded, no reason to stop because somebody else needs you.

And if your shoulders are beginning to feel the hours you’ve spent writing, imagine wandering over to Andrea from Healing with Andrea for a beautiful massage before returning to more writing and ideas.

Perhaps you write another ten pages or perhaps you don’t pick up your pen again that day and have an outside bath under the stars instead.

That’s what I love about the possibilities of Two Black Doors. It doesn’t have to be a holiday filled with activities. It could be a few days devoted to something you’ve wanted to give your attention to for a very long time.

Writing. Journaling. Reading. Thinking. Creating or discovering what happens when you finally have enough time to finish a thought.

🖤 Two Black Doors, Athenree 🖤

Bookings are open for stays from the beginning of December. If you can imagine yourself sitting at this table, we’d love to welcome you.

Just send me a message with the dates you’re thinking of and we can have a chat, check availability and work out what suits you.

Tanya Kay and Two Black Doors ♥️
Reconnect • Rest • Remember

08/10/2026

Two Black Doors in Athenree is all ready for the weekend 🖤

We’ve got two friends coming to stay and I’ve just finished getting everything ready for them.

Fresh linen, little touches here and there and a beautiful space waiting for them to arrive.

I love the thought of them having this space to slow down, enjoy the surroundings and just be, with nowhere else they need to be.

Can’t wait for them to experience it for themselves.

Bookings are opening from the beginning of December, for those wanting a few nights away or a more personalised retreat for one or two people.

If you’ve been following along and can imagine yourself spending some time here, feel free to reach out. I’d love to have a chat about what you’re looking for.

Tanya Kay and Two Black Doors ♥️

Some evenings at Two Black Doors in Athenree look like this. Imagine finishing your day here.You can watch the sunset fr...
08/10/2026

Some evenings at Two Black Doors in Athenree look like this. Imagine finishing your day here.

You can watch the sunset from the cabin or wander onto the grassy reserve, take a blanket, find a spot by the water and simply stay awhile.

Watch the colours change. Listen to the birds. Feel the day coming to an end.

There’s nowhere you need to rush off to, nothing you need to get done. You can stay until the last bit of light disappears if you want to.

That’s what we want Two Black Doors to offer. A few days where life can be a little slower, where you can sleep in, have your morning coffee outside, walk by the water, read, rest, explore or do absolutely nothing.

Our doors are opening from the beginning of December for stays and personalised retreats for one or two people.

If you’ve been craving a few days away, some quiet, some space or simply somewhere beautiful to exhale, send me a message. We’d love to welcome you through the two black doors. Personalised 1-2 people retreats are also available.

Tanya Kay and Two Black Doors ♥️
Reconnect • Rest • Remember

I can’t let people down. Does this sound and feel familiar?Someone asks you to do something and before you’ve even thoug...
07/10/2026

I can’t let people down. Does this sound and feel familiar?

Someone asks you to do something and before you’ve even thought about whether you actually want to, you’ve said yes.

You’re already tired but you squeeze one more thing in.

You change your plans to make things easier for someone else.

You don’t speak up because you don’t want to create tension or upset anyone.

You say it’s fine when actually it isn’t and when you do finally say no, you feel guilty about it afterwards.

So what could be underneath this? Could it be because you don’t want them to be disappointed in you or you don’t want them to think you’re selfish or that you need to keep everyone happy?

When we’ve carried beliefs like these for a long time, saying yes can almost become automatic and we can become so used to checking what everyone else needs that we forget to check in with ourselves.

This is something I work with in my 1:1 sessions using Havening and other approaches, exploring the beliefs underneath some of the patterns we keep repeating.

Sessions are available in person in Athenree or online via Google Meet.

If any of these things sound like you and you feel like it might be time to do something about them, I’d love to chat.

No pressure, no big commitment, let’s start with a conversation to see where you’re at and whether I might be the right person to help.

Tanya Kay ♥️

I’ve changed my bio to just three lines.Listening inward.Seeing what’s possible.Choosing to live differently.I keep comi...
06/10/2026

I’ve changed my bio to just three lines.

Listening inward.
Seeing what’s possible.
Choosing to live differently.

I keep coming back to these three things in my own life and in the work I do and listening inward has probably been a lifetime lesson for me.

There have been years of my life where there was so much noise with kids, work, relationships, school, appointments, washing, meals, decisions, everyone needing something that I’m not sure I even knew what I thought or needed half the time.

I became really good at getting on with it even when I was tired or when something didn’t feel right or when my body was telling me otherwise.

I also spent a lot of time checking outside myself. Am I doing the right thing? What does everyone else think? What should I do?

There are some days I still catch myself doing it but I now try to catch myself sooner.

Sometimes listening inward is noticing I’m getting snappy with the kids and realising I actually need a few minutes without anyone talking to me.

Sometimes it’s changing my mind.

Sometimes it’s saying no when the easier thing would be to say yes.

Sometimes it’s admitting that something I thought I wanted doesn’t actually feel right anymore.

And sometimes it’s simply sitting with something for a while instead of immediately asking someone else what they think I should do.

I really want my kids to know how to listen to themselves but I can’t just tell them to trust themselves, listen to their bodies and honour what they need, they need to see me doing it too.

Imperfectly because I definitely don’t get it right all the time.

Maybe that’s a big part of parenting we don’t talk about enough. We’re not only raising our children, we’re showing them what it looks like to be human.

A pondering for you ♥️
What has your body been trying to tell you lately that you might have been too busy to hear?

Tanya Kay ♥️

Imagine walking in here knowing you don’t have to get up for anyone tomorrow morning.No alarm.No lunches to make.No wash...
05/10/2026

Imagine walking in here knowing you don’t have to get up for anyone tomorrow morning.

No alarm.
No lunches to make.
No washing waiting.
No one asking where something is.
No reason to get out of bed until your body is ready.

You climb under the linen sheets, maybe read for a while, sip tea that’s still hot and for once, there’s nothing you need to get done before you can allow yourself to rest.

I think that’s the part we sometimes miss, that it’s not always that we need more sleep but that we need to experience what it feels like to have nothing to do.

To wake naturally.
To lie there a little longer.
To notice the birds outside.
To make a coffee and climb straight back into bed with it if we want to.

That kind of unhurried time gives our body a chance to relax.

Our breathing slows.
Our shoulders drop.
Our mind doesn’t have to be three steps ahead.

And slowly we remember what it feels like to simply be, rather than constantly doing.

That’s a big part of what we’re creating at Two Black Doors. Not somewhere you come to fit more into your days. Somewhere you come to finally have less in them.

Bookings are now open from the beginning of December onwards.

You can come simply to stay and enjoy the space exactly as it is or we’re also creating personalised private retreats for one or two people, shaped around what you’re needing at the time.

So whether you’re craving a few quiet days where absolutely nothing is expected of you or something a little deeper with support from Andrea and me, send me a message and we can start the conversation of what’s possible for you.

Can’t wait to officially open the doors to Two Black Doors.

Tanya Kay and Two Black Doors ♥️
Reconnect • Rest • Remember

We finally have a logo for Two Black Doors 🖤 and I think it captures so much of what we want this space to be.The black ...
03/10/2026

We finally have a logo for Two Black Doors 🖤 and I think it captures so much of what we want this space to be.

The black doors, the pōhutukawa, the warmth as you step inside and those three words underneath:

Reconnect • Rest • Remember

Because that really is the heart of it.

Whether you come simply to stay for a few nights, come for a personalised retreat just for you or with one other person or join us for one of the deeper experiences Andrea and I are beginning to create here, we want walking through those doors to feel like you can leave some of the noise of everyday life on the other side, pause and take a deep breath in.

I’d genuinely love to know what you think of our logo. What does it make you feel when you look at it? Does it capture what you imagine Two Black Doors to be? Would love your thoughts.

Tanya Kay and Two Black Doors ♥️
Reconnect • Rest • Remember

We finally have a name for our little cabin… Two Black Doors. 🖤Quite literally, there are two black doors at the front b...
01/10/2026

We finally have a name for our little cabin… Two Black Doors. 🖤

Quite literally, there are two black doors at the front but for us it also represents what happens when you walk through them.

Our intention has always been for this space to feel like somewhere you can exhale. Somewhere life can slow down for a bit. No rushing, no big list of things you need to do or see. Just a beautiful, quiet space to rest, reconnect and maybe remember what it feels like to have nowhere else you need to be.

Coffee outside in the morning. A long bath. Walking by the estuary. Reading in bed. Sitting under the pōhutukawa. Or doing absolutely nothing at all.

There are three different ways we’re beginning to imagine people experiencing Two Black Doors.

✨You’ll be able to simply come and stay and enjoy the space for what it is.

✨We’re also starting to create personalised retreats for one person, where the few days are shaped around you, what you’re needing and where you’re at.

✨And private retreats for two, whether that’s partners, friends, sisters, mother and daughter or two people who simply want some intentional time away together.

These won’t be big group retreats or packed schedules. We want them to feel spacious, personal and really intentional, with the experience shaped around the people who are coming through the doors.

While we’re still creating all of this, we’d love to start hearing from the people who feel drawn to it.

So if you’re reading this thinking I need this, please message me. You don’t need to wait until we officially launch or know exactly what you want.

Just share with me whether you’re interested in a stay, a retreat just for you or a retreat for two or simply share with me what you feel like you need right now.

Those early conversations are going to help us shape what we create and you’ll also be the first to hear when we’re ready to start opening the doors.

So yes… enquiries are very welcome now.

Tanya Kay at Two Black Doors ♥️
Reconnect • Rest • Remember

Do you ever feel like no matter what you do, it’s never quite enough?You second-guess yourself.You compare yourself to o...
01/10/2026

Do you ever feel like no matter what you do, it’s never quite enough?

You second-guess yourself.

You compare yourself to others.

You worry about what people think.

You overthink something you said hours later.

You push yourself to do more, give more, be more and when something doesn’t work out, there’s that familiar little voice…

“Maybe I’m just not good enough.”

Sometimes we’ve carried a belief like this for so long that we don’t even realise how much it’s influencing the way we live, the choices we make and how we feel about ourselves but a belief isn’t necessarily the truth. It may simply be something you learned to believe.

This is something I work with in my 1:1 sessions using Havening and other gentle approaches.

Sessions are available in person in Athenree or online via Google Meet.

If you’re curious about the beliefs that might be sitting underneath some of your own patterns, send me a message. I’d love to help you move through this.

Tanya Kay ♥️

What do you believe about yourself?Not the things you say out loud but the quieter beliefs underneath them.I’m not good ...
30/09/2026

What do you believe about yourself?

Not the things you say out loud but the quieter beliefs underneath them.

I’m not good enough.
I’m too much.
I’m not capable.
I always get it wrong.
I have to keep everyone happy.
I need to prove myself.
I can’t trust myself.
I’m not worthy of being seen, heard or chosen.

We can carry these beliefs for years without really questioning them yet they can quietly shape so much of the way we live.

The opportunities we say yes or no to.
The relationships we stay in.
The boundaries we struggle to hold.
How much we charge for our work.
Whether we speak up or stay quiet.
How we respond when someone disagrees with us.
How much rest we allow ourselves.
Even the way we speak to ourselves when nobody else is listening.

Sometimes these beliefs were formed through experiences we had when we were much younger. At the time, our brain made meaning from what was happening around us, and that meaning can become something we continue to live from long after the experience itself has passed.

But a belief isn’t necessarily the truth. It may simply be something you learned to believe.

This is one of the things I love exploring through Havening.

Rather than just trying to convince yourself to “think more positively”, Havening can help us gently work with the emotional charge and experiences connected to a belief, while supporting the brain and body to experience something different.

Because sometimes the question isn’t how do I become more confident? It’s what have I been believing about myself that keeps telling me I’m not?

1:1 sessions are held in my purpose-built cabin in Athenree, a private, quiet and nurturing space where you can begin exploring some of the beliefs, patterns and experiences that may be shaping the way you see yourself and live your life.

Using Havening and other gentle approaches, we can begin to unravel where these beliefs may have come from, how they’re affecting you now and support you in creating space for something different.

Sessions are available in person in Athenree or online via Google Meet.

If you’ve read this and thought, “I know there’s something here for me,” trust that curiosity. Send me a message for more information or to arrange a time for a no obligation chat.

Tanya Kay ♥️

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