Kayla Nicole revealed in a new interview that she turned to therapy after her breakup with Travis Kelce last year, which has helped her deal with Travisā public new relationship with Taylor Swift. āIām so thankful for therapy because had I not done that, I donāt know how I would be reacting in the moment right now. No clue,ā Kayla, 31, told PEOPLE on October 24. The fitness guru explained that she usually relied on working out to release her stress, but that wasnāt enough for her to get over her split from Travis, 34, in the summer of 2022 after they dated on and off for five years.
āJust full transparency, I went through this major breakup, major life change, and I had lost a substantial amount of weight within a very short amount of time,ā Kayla shared. āI wasnāt sleeping, I wasnāt eating. I was really abusing melatonin to sleep at night.ā She continued, āIām posting content and people are like, āYou look so good. Tell us your tricks. You look amazing.ā And Iām like, āIām miserable. Iām miserable. Iām depressed.ā My abs were amazing, I had a six-pack. And it was like, āI had never felt so bad in my life.ā ā
āSo, I started going to therapy and quickly realized, okay, itās one thing to be physically fit, but itās another thing to be mentally fit,ā Kayla added. āYou could be in the best shape of your life, but mentally, if you are not a healthy person, itās not going to feel good.ā She also shared that sheās learned to focus on āthe mental health component of working outā from talk therapy. āI think that when your mind is in a healthy place, your body will follow,ā she said.
Kayla told PEOPLE sheās in a much better place today thanks to her therapy sessions. She also revealed the advice sheād give her past self to deal with the ongoing media frenzy over the Travis-Taylor romance. āBuckle the f*** up, sweetie,ā she said in the interview. āYou thought the worst had already come, but buckle up and take all of the tools right now and put them in your bag because youāre going to need them,ā she added.
Kayla previously hinted at how she feels about her exās newfound romance in her open letter to Black women that garnered attention from fans. She didnāt mention Travis in the letter, but she did talk about Black women being called āa traitor for falling in loveā and the ongoing ābacklash and embarrassmentā they receive. Since then, Kaylaās made a few posts about living her best life as Travis and Taylorās relationship escalates. After the football player and the āCruel Summerā singer made cameos on Saturday Night Live on October 14, she posted a selfie video on Instagram, where she spoke about how well she was doing. āI hope you guys are having a great day. Iām having a fantastic day, thank you so much for asking,ā she said.
Kayla and Travis dated on and off from 2017 to 2022, but the Super Bowl winner confirmed he was single at the start of 2023. Over six months later, Travis and Taylor went public with their relationship after she attended several of his football games. Travis recently took the Grammy Award winner on a PDA-filled date night in Kansas City, Missouri after she went to her fourth Chiefs game.