You cry at dog videos, fall apart at sunsets, and have seventeen tabs open in your heart at all times. You're not too much. You've just never had enough space.
Begin your journey"For the woman who has
always been too much —
and never enough."
I am Elya Rae Quinn — life coach, dog companion, and fellow traveller on the winding path of late-discovered neurodivergence. I know what it is to feel everything at full volume in a world that keeps asking you to turn it down.
My practice is rooted in the belief that sensitivity is not a flaw. That the woman who cries at sunsets, who melts when a dog looks at her, who journals at 3am because her mind is a universe — she is not broken. She is extraordinary.
I work with you online from anywhere in the world, or in person — at my place among the green hills of Covelo, or at yours, somewhere in Galicia, with one of my dogs as my assistant or co-coach.
"Sensitive.
Expansive.
Whole."
Life doesn't arrive in neat categories — and neither do you. Integral Life Coaching is a space where all of it is welcome: your relationships, your work, your body, your love life, your sense of purpose, your free time, your spiritual path. Whatever is asking for your attention right now. Sometimes what hurts in one area is only the echo of something unmet somewhere else entirely. A relationship that feels off. A body that won't settle. A restlessness that has no name. I hold the whole picture — because that's where the real answers live. This is a space of complete acceptance. We dive in together, look at what's there, and explore it with curiosity rather than criticism. I act as your soundboard — reflecting, questioning, holding space. We can connect with your future self and engineer the path back from there. We can surface the beliefs that have been quietly running the show, and build new habits that slowly, gently overwrite them. Online from wherever you are, or in person in Galicia.
In the company of my dogs, something in us softens and tells the truth. The dog becomes a mirror — responding not to who you think you should be, but to who you actually are in this moment. The dog doesn't judge. It just reflects. And from that reflection, we find new ways. In person only — at my home in Covelo, or I come to you, somewhere in Galicia.
For those navigating the tender, brave territory of gender identity — exploring who you are beyond the categories you were given. Together we work on understanding your relationship to gender, untangling the expectations you've carried without choosing them, reconnecting with your authentic expression, and finding the ground beneath your feet where you can simply exist as yourself. Identity & Expression Coaching. Online from wherever you are, or in person in Galicia.
The page has always known you. There is something that happens when pen meets paper — a part of you that only speaks in writing, that has been waiting for permission to be heard. Journal coaching uses writing as a portal — to excavate what you already know but haven't yet met, to name what has lived unnamed, to catch the thoughts that otherwise keep flying around like sparrows and finally let them land. We go in together, one sentence at a time. You don't need to write well. You just need to be willing to be honest. Online from wherever you are, or in person in Galicia.
We meet online for a free 20 minutes — just the two of us, no agenda, no pressure. We see if something clicks. That's all.
If it feels right, we take the time to design the space together. What are we working towards? How often do we meet — a single session, a package, weekly, every two weeks, monthly? We put it in writing, because a good container holds what needs to be held. And because life is what it is, we always have a little room to adjust the course.
Integral Life Coaching, Gender Coaching and Journal Coaching sessions are 50 minutes. Dog-Assisted Coaching is an experience of their own — between 2 and 4 hours, in person, without haste. The reflection needs space to unfold.
Every good captain knows where the ship is, where it's headed, and has a clear course charted for the journey. We always work with a destination — not as a fixed point, but as a north star. Something to move towards. Adjustable, alive, and always yours. The journey back to who you have always truly been.
Send me a message and we'll find a time for a free first conversation. I work in English, German, and Spanish.