meet carla padilla

Summer of 2023, our home was chaos--making three different meals for everyone, fighting, mess, bedwetting, very picky eating, meltdowns almost every night before bed, explosive emotions, anxiety at school, and a general unawareness of what was going on inside of us. We all got assessed by a neuropsychologist, and boy were we surprised!

My totally neurodivergent household (Four of us with high-masking Autism [ASD1] + ADHD, plus one with moderate needs Autism [ASD2]) needed help. After epic amounts of research and many, many experiments with everything from vitamins to diet to sensory input, things are now running pretty darn well. We are thankfully without daily meltdowns and explosions, and we’re having a lot of fun these days.

Flashback to 2021, I was also sick in bed, unsure if I would die in my sleep, because doctors didn’t know what was going on with me. It was either just anxiety, like they thought, or something terminal, according to the internet.

Today, after a journey with a western doctor, a naturopath, a functional counselor, a talk therapist, a spiritual director, a neuropsychologist, a community of artists I now call my best friends, many books, much research, an ocean of tears, and many acts of faith, I am happier and healthier than I have ever been, ever.

My hope is that with the knowledge gained through my long and varied experience, your path to healing can be accelerated.

I am finally living a life that isn’t plagued by chronic pain, chronic fatigue, self-hatred or daily feelings of physical and mental overload in my parenting. My life has margin, peace and joy that I had written off years ago as only being for someone else.

It is now my life’s work to encourage you that you can have the same. 

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Testimonials

from coaching clients and podcast listeners

Learning the truth about how you're made and finding tools to support the way you're made is like getting a super power overnight, while unloading some self-hatred. For a long time I just thought I was a charismatic leader with wasted potential, because I couldn't seem to figure out how to not crash in my execution. Working with Carla has been revelatory, and so encouraging as I move deeper toward holistic care in my leadership and artistry.

Haley

Coaching Client

I've learned some brilliant, practical ways to help my spicy brain find some organization. As an artist, getting organized was overwhelming for me, and I'm grateful that I can find solutions in each episode to help guide me to a more well-rounded way of caring for my family's needs.

Jenna A.

Pod listener

Before starting my journey with Neurospicy Soulcare, I was fatigued and too sluggish to handle day to day responsibilities as a homeschool mom of three. For the past two months of working with Carla, I'm so encouraged by how much better I feel, and how much healthier I can continue to become for the long term. Taking the first step and really examining your health and lifestyle can be so difficult, but with Carla's support and gentle nudging, I feel like she's a cheerleader alongside me: willing to help troubleshoot, support and encourage every step of the way

Melissa

Coaching Client

Carla and Frank's podcast provides personal anecdotes and experiences and humanizes the experience of living neurodivergently. Their easy approach and candidness on the subject helps me support my neurodivergent friends better. They have a way of bringing people into their world. Carla has a way of providing clarity and humanity to the idea of holistic care to your body. She is extremely knowledgeable about how the mind, soul and body interacts. She uses language that is accessible and people-focused, so someone without any experience in this field can take away something to improve their way of living.

Juliana

Pod Listener

I had done naturopath stuff when I met Carla. All of it was super helpful, but through working with Carla I realized a lot of things about my health I didn't know before, and therefore was working with an incomplete picture. She has helped me so much in navigating life with ADHD and helping me center not just my body, but my mind and emotional health as well. 10,000% recommend seeing Carla--you'll never regret investing in your health.

Aly R.

Coaching Client

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