What I do
My name is Tanya Hicks
I make the invisible visible.
I create tools that show what your life is actually costing you – so you can stop blaming yourself for what was never your fault.
Then I help you reduce what drains, protect what sustains, and restore room so choice can return.
Sovereignty is the outcome.
Capacity is what makes it sustainable.
Some of the Doors People Arrive Through:
“I’m exhausted, but nothing is technically wrong.”
You’re getting through your days, meeting expectations, and functioning - but your body feels permanently depleted.
Different doors. Same threshold.
What I Know For Sure
Effort isn't your issue.
This isn't opinion. This is 2,100+ hours of clinical practice exclusively with neurodivergent clients. ACA Level 2 registration. A Master of Counselling. And a nervous system that taught me the hard way before the training ever started
Here's what that experience shows:
Some of you have tried harder than anyone will ever know. Some of you have adapted so well no one sees the cost. Some of you have only just discovered why it was always this hard. Some of you are done with self-help books that ask you to fix yourself inside systems that were never designed for you.
And still, the cost keeps rising.
Because effort can get you through a season. It can't sustain a life.
Capacity doesn't come from trying harder. It returns when pressure is reduced.
Less pressure. More room.
That's the work.
The Destination
Capacity looks like:
A nervous system that can settle
Limits that hold without guilt, rage, or collapse
A life you don't have to recover from
Choice without punishment.
That's what becomes possible.
CAPACITY SUSTAINABILITY CALCULATOR
What is this costing you?
The Calculator is a 25–30 minute assessment designed to answer one honest question:
Is your current environment sustaining your capacity – or consuming it?
It does not diagnose what's wrong with you. It measures what's real.
You'll leave with:
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A clear picture of what this is costing you
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Clarity on where the load is coming from
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A pathway forward that respects your limits
Each book removes a specific barrier to choice:
The Series
DESIGNED FOR MORE is an eight-book architecture.
The Calculator reveals the truth. The books help you live once you can see it.
Most people start at Book 1. Some arrive having already done some of this work.
The Calculator shows you where to begin.
Book 1: – Recognition
Book 4: – Choice
Book 2: – Pattern
Book 5: – Connection
Book 3: – Safety
Book 6: – Expansion
Book 7: – Integration
Book 8: – The Story
Speaking
From cost to sovereignty.
I speak at conferences, leadership events, and live audiences on:
Why effort stops working – and what capacity actually requires
Why nervous system safety is the prerequisite for choice
Why systems not designed for us keep extracting cost
For anyone who knows something is costing too much - and for those designing systems meant to support them.
These talks optimise.
They name what's actually happening – and what becomes possible once conditions change.
About Tanya
I'm Tanya Hicks.
Neuro-Affirming Counsellor. Author. Speaker. AuDHD. Mindfulness Yoga Teacher. Self-perceived Sparkly Alien.
I work with people who know something is costing too much - whatever door brought them here.
I'm not interested in helping you become a better performer inside an unsustainable system.
I'm interested in helping you live a life that doesn't cost you your health, safety, or stability.
LGBTQI+ affirming. Neurodivergent affirming. All bodies welcome.
Not as a statement. As a structure.
And I'll say this clearly:
I am not the authority on your experience. You are.
The goal of this work is your authority, not mine.