How an Eating Disorder Survivor Became a Behavioral Healthcare Leader
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What personal challenges did Kayla Nozaki face on her journey?
I never struggled with a substance abuse addiction. Mine was with an eating disorder. I feel like I'm more so now my true authentic self. And I think that that comes with being transparent about my history. And if anybody has anything to say about it, I'm happy to sit down, have conversations. And I think that's where the power comes from and the confidence.
Kayla Nozaki is a behavioral health care leader, entrepreneur, and the founder of KDB and Associates. She helps addiction and mental health treatment providers strengthen clinical operations, improve patient care, and expand access to life-changing services for the communities they serve.
I get up, I go to treatment centers, I meet with the people, I identify their strengths, their weaknesses, I help them in their areas of weakness, and I'm there and present to help them build a facility that's going to give back to the community and provide the resources that they say they're going to provide. We have AI, we have chat GPT, we have all this, you know, technical stuff. But in my line of work, it's all about people and making sure that people stay people and that we stay connected. And that's really what I try to do because.
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Welcome to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast, the Woman in Power edition. For Inside Success, I am Ray Gutierrez. Joining me today is Kayla Nozaki. I've got some show notes here. It says here that you empower women through treatment centers to deliver exceptional care, transforming lives affected by addiction and mental health challenges.
Kayla, is that correct? That is correct.
Rock and roll. Gosh, where do we begin?
Oh, my gosh.
How does Kayla define her role as a behavioral healthcare leader?
I don't even know.
Well, what are we going to learn about you today in your Women in Power episode?
I think we're going to learn a lot about how I kind of came into my role, my challenges, my successes, just overall what I give back to the community.
Right on. Where does your story begin? Like, we always like to say our North Star, the reason why you get out of bed. What's that reason for you?
My children.
Right on.
My children are the reason I get out of bed. They're the reason I breathe. They're the reason I do what I do. And they're just phenomenal human beings. They allow me to give parts of myself to other people to make a difference in their life.
So mom over entrepreneurship. So I would say mompreneur.
Yes, exactly.
What's it like being a mompreneur? How are you balancing this? By the grace of God. Right on. Amen to that.
You know what? I have a lot of help. I have an amazing live-in nanny who has helped me for the past six years raise my kids. And, you know, I have a great support system, and that's how I get through it.
Talk about your support system. Are these folks that have been part of your tribe since day one? Are you building your tribe day by day? Who is part of your village?
I feel like I'm adding to my village. I have my core people that have been with me, you know, from day one. Sure. But honestly, I mean, my tribe is growing. And so, of course, I'm adding to it. Right on. But yeah, just adding, adding to it.
It looks like folks are leaning into thought leaders. You know, back in the day, people were into influencers and all these sorts of characters. But folks are into higher learning now. People are reading again. What are your thoughts on what's happening with the energy of day-to-day life? And what role do you play in that?
I think in the day-to-day life is just making sure, you know, we have AI, we have chat GPT, we have all this, you know, technical stuff. But in my line of work, it's all about people and making sure that people stay people and that we stay connected. And that's really what I try to do because, you know, with addiction, there's a lack of connection.
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