MEET LEANN

I'm Leann Herron, a Kink-Aware Professional, Kink Coach, BDSM Coach, Transformation Coach for Women, and Educator. I am the Founder of Finding Resilience with Leann and Kink Your Way, and the Creator and Host of the Happiness On Tap Podcast and the Kink Your Way Podcast. 

In my personal life, I am a married collared submissive, married to my Sir in a monogamous relationship where we embrace our unique kink lifestyle. I have over 9 years of personal experience in the BDSM community.

I'm deeply passionate about sharing my knowledge and experience to help people live unapologetically kinky lives—lives that aren’t just successful, but electrifying and deeply fulfilling.   

How Kink Became My Path to Personal Liberation and Coaching

There’s a moment in everyone’s journey when you realize you’re not broken. You’re just buried. For me, that moment came with leather cuffs, a blindfold, and a safe word.

Before I ever identified as a kink coach and bdsm coach, I was a seeker. I had been doing the work: inner child healing, trauma recovery, nervous system regulation, and spiritual exploration. But something was still missing. I was navigating life from my head, not my body. And then came kink.

Kink entered my life not with a bang (well, maybe eventually!) but with a whisper of curiosity. I had been intrigued by BDSM, but like many women raised to be “good girls,” I filed it under taboo or maybe later. Later finally came when I realized that the shame I carried about desire, pleasure, and control was keeping me small, silent, and disconnected from my deepest self.

My first real experience with BDSM was life-changing. Not because it was perfect or polished, but because it cracked something open in me. In submission, I found power. In boundaries, I found freedom. In sensation, I found presence. And in communication, I found my voice.

Kink wasn’t just about sex. It was about reclaiming the parts of me I’d buried: the part that wanted, the part that roared, the part that delighted in surrender and demanded trust. It was sacred, healing, and wildly transformative.

As I explored deeper, I discovered the principles at the heart of healthy kink: Safe, Sane, and Consensual. These mirrored the very foundations of trauma recovery and personal growth. Consent, communication, and clear boundaries are not just kink skills. They’re life skills. Kink taught me to know my limits, express my needs, honor my body’s responses, and explore without shame.

Over time, friends and clients began asking questions. How did I get so confident? So embodied? So unapologetic in my desires? That’s when I knew my journey wasn’t just personal. It was meant to be shared. 

Becoming a kink coach wasn’t just a career decision. It was a soul calling. I created Kink Your Way and began offering shame-free, trauma-informed coaching to individuals and couples who are curious, cautious, or craving deeper connection and pleasure.

Today, I coach individuals to awaken their desires, dismantle shame, and discover empowerment through exploration. Kink and BDSM are tools. They are not fixes or trends. They are doorways to healing, embodiment, and radical self-acceptance.

This path isn’t for everyone. But if it’s whispering to you like it did to me, maybe it’s your time too.

Certifications
Certified Life Coach and Health Coach from the Health Coach Institute  (HCI), a program grounded in behavioral psychology, neuroscience,  intuitive listening, habit change, and healthy lifestyle design. HCI is  accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and fully  approved by the Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT).

As a transformation coach and holistic health coach, I have completed extensive training in:

• Holistic Health and Advanced Nutrition (Heart Health, Weight Loss, and Diabetes)
• Behavioral Psychology
• Nervous System Regulation (neuroscience, somatic therapy, psychology, and holistic health practices)
• Energy Healing (chakras, crystals, frequency) integrated healing plans
• Habit Change
• Burnout Recovery
• Anxiety & Overwhelm
• Emotional Wellness
• Personal Growth
• Life Coaching
• Career Coaching
• Money Coaching
• Love & Relationship Coaching
• Spirituality

Degrees
Associate of Applied Science in Legal Studies and a Bachelor of Science  in Criminal Justice Administration blending practical skills with a  strong educational foundation.

Core Competencies
20 years of experience in accounting across both for-profit and  non-profit sectors, and 13 years as a Legal Assistant and Paralegal,  bringing a wealth of diverse expertise and experience to my coaching  practice.

Please  note that I am not a licensed therapist, and I highly encourage you to  seek therapy, if needed, outside of our work together to bring a more  holistic approach to your life.