If you feel you need help with life’s challenges, contact our experienced therapist Heather Kempton at Optimal-Life.
Heather Kempton is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Certified High Performance Coach who believes healing is the foundation of transformation. At Optimal Life, Heather helps people move from survival to self trust, from fragmentation to wholeness. When you’re ready to rise beyond healing, Optimal Life Performance offers the bridge to purpose driven growth and sustainable high performance.
I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and Certified High Performance Coach (CHPC) with over two decades of experience walking alongside people through some of the most meaningful and transformative seasons of their lives.
A mother, wife, athlete, and lifelong student of human potential, my work is more than a profession; it’s a reflection of who I am. I’ve spent my life studying transformation, but more importantly, living it.
At Optimal Life, my counselling practice is a space for healing, self understanding, and reconnection, a place where individuals, couples, and families find steadiness in the midst of life’s complexity.
My counselling approach integrates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Gottman Method principles, supporting emotional awareness, communication, and practical skill building. I work with clients navigating a range of experiences, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, grief, ADHD, life transitions, and relational challenges.
Each session is designed to meet you where you are, to help you feel seen, supported, and capable of making meaningful change. Together, we explore what’s holding you back, cultivate new tools for regulation and communication, and strengthen your ability to trust yourself and your relationships again.
Counselling is where we begin to untangle what hurts, to make sense of your story, understand your patterns, and reconnect with your sense of agency and possibility. It’s where healing begins to take root and life starts to feel whole again.
Through years of clinical practice, I’ve learned that healing is not the end of the story, it’s the threshold. Eventually, we are called to rise, not only to repair what’s been broken, but to build what’s possible. To move beyond survival into alignment, energy, and purpose.
That is where Optimal Life Performance, my coaching practice comes in.
Counselling helps us stabilize.
Coaching helps us expand.
The bridge between the two is where transformation becomes sustainable.
Trained by Brendon Burchard and the High Performance Institute, my coaching framework is research based and neuroscience informed, focusing on six key areas of high performance: Clarity, Energy, Courage, Productivity, Influence, and Purpose.
Many of my clients begin with counselling at Optimal Life, and when they reach a place of emotional steadiness and self awareness, they choose to continue their journey through Optimal Life Performance, where the focus shifts from healing to creating, from managing life to mastering it.
This integrative pathway allows for a seamless transition between emotional recovery and purposeful growth, helping clients live in alignment, with more connection, presence and overall sense of aliveness.
I know what it feels like to hold it all, to care deeply, achieve greatly, and still feel stretched thin. I’ve walked through burnout, overwhelm, perfectionism, and people pleasing, and I’ve rebuilt my life from a place of alignment, clarity, and grounded freedom.
That’s why this work matters so much to me. It’s not just practical theory, it’s lived experience turned into practice.
Whether we begin with counselling or bridge into coaching, my mission remains the same: to help you reconnect with who you are, rise into your potential, and build a life that finally feels like it fits.
Optimal Life is where healing begins, a space to slow down, understand your story, and rebuild from the inside out. It’s where awareness turns into acceptance, and acceptance becomes the foundation for lasting change. Here, we focus on emotional regulation, communication, connection, and self trust, the essential work of coming home to yourself.
Optimal Life Performance is where that inner work expands into purposeful action, aligning mindset, energy, and performance so you can live, lead, and create from alignment and authenticity. It’s about translating healing into growth, self awareness into impact, and potential into practice.
Together, they form a full spectrum path, from healing to thriving, from surviving to creating, from self understanding to self actualization.
Five years ago, I was at the lowest point in my life, and working with Heather transformed everything. Her Adlerian, holistic, and self-empowerment approach gave me the tools to rebuild my confidence and take control of my journey. With her deep and broad knowledge in healing and self-improvement, she guided me through profound growth. Heather’s intelligence and sharp insight made every session truly helpful, providing not just support but real, lasting change. I am forever grateful for her wisdom, compassion, and the empowerment she has given me.
Doing something like this was new for me, but Heather instantly made me feel comfortable and at ease to share and talk things out. She has a special way with her words and methods that makes you shift your way of thinking to help you move to that next step, or next level. She creates a very safe environment and lets the conversation flow with ease. I truly appreciate her time, expertise and approach.
When I first started seeing Heather about 4-5 years ago, I was going through a difficult breakup. My self-worth was at an all-time low, and I felt powerless—honestly, I was a bit of a mess. But with Heather’s guidance, everything started to change.
She helped me break the cycle of settling for relationships that didn’t align with my values or boundaries. Just two weeks after she encouraged me to explore those and accept that not putting time into meaningless relationships was an act of self-respect, I met my now fiancé—and for the first time, I had the clarity and confidence to recognize that he was truly worth my time.
Heather has also helped me realize that I can and should dream bigger. She constantly encourages me to step into opportunities I never believed I deserved before. Through our work together, I’ve developed the tools to feel worthy, reclaim my power, and make decisions that serve me. One of my biggest breakthroughs was when she supported me through leaving a professional situation that no longer served me, helping me navigate the guilt and step into empowerment instead.
Looking back, I hardly recognize the person I was when I started. I feel more confident, self-assured, and capable than ever, and I’m so grateful for Heather’s role in my continued growth. If you're considering working with Heather, I can’t recommend her enough. She creates a safe, supportive space to help you gain clarity, confidence, and the tools to truly step into your best self. If you’re feeling stuck, lost, or unsure of your worth, trust me—Heather will help you find your way forward.
Heather was wonderful. I was able to reach her easily via text and email and shortly book an appointment for the next day. The office is a professional calm space, she was easy to speak with and sent me an abundance of interesting material in different formats after just the first session.
Heather is multi talented and really enjoys what she does. She’s changed my life around for the better I’m very thankful I’ve met her!
Heather was wonderful to deal with! She put together a personalized nutrition guide for me to help reach my goals. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to make a positive change in their life!
Heather has really helped me get my life and my nutrition back on track. I've had a rough year of injuries which lead to a lack of overall motivation. I went to Heather for help with my nutrition and she has exceeded my expectations. She pays very close attention to details and she has been able to coach me through the ups and downs. She has taught me so much about proper nutritional fueling for performance and she has always been very quick to answer any questions or concerns I may have. I would recommend Heather to anybody and everybody who wants to perform at a higher level. Thanks Heather!
