I’m Kata, a Certified Transformational Life Coach, teacher, speaker and mentor

A natural-born conversationalist, story-teller, performer and present moment dweller, I’m passionate about helping people like you embrace their true selves by unlearning what’s holding you back and relearning who you really are. When we connect to ourselves, we are unstoppable!

But how did I get here?

After nearly a decade of teaching, directing theatre and mentoring, I began feeling a calling to embrace my natural strengths and get back to my true self.

I became a Transformational Life Coach and Embodied Sleep Specialist, so I could help others do the same. 

I had to go through my own process of unlearning what was holding me back so I could embrace the life that was waiting for me…

• Overcoming the label of a learning difficulty (dyspraxia, the less glamorous cousin of dyslexia), to realise that whilst it is part of me, it's not the whole story. Like all labels, it could be dissolved.

• Healing from depression in my earlier years, which I now believe was an intense period of unlearning that came about because I had been focusing on what I felt were my failings, rather than my strengths.

• Took a leap of faith in my career, moving from a very clear-cut vocational career to self-employment as a life coach involved me relearning at every level. It is said that being your own boss is the greatest personal development project you’ll ever have!

• Released myself from trying to fit into the mould of a system that wasn’t set up to support my strengths. I stopped worrying so much about not ‘getting’ Excel and began focusing on my authentic gifts.

Relearning my strengths and connecting to my true essence:

• Everything changed when I finally recognised my previously hidden strengths and abilities. My lightbulb moment came during a social change project I was working on: the work allowed me to be in flow and to start seeing where my strengths lay. My creativity and communication and zest for life returned with abundance, I felt like I'd got back to me.

• Inner belief - From here, I realised I could create a new identity for myself based on my natural self-belief and strengths - rather than external things.

• Embarking on a new path - So I left my teaching job and set out on a path that was focused on relearning and reconnecting with who I am by really owning and celebrating it! I learnt from incredible teachers, trainers and coaches and experienced all kinds of self-discovery along the way, all of which has shaped me into the coach I am today.

By connecting with who I was meant to be, instead of who I thought I should be, I was able to create  a whole new way of being...and I want to help you do the same.

CREDENTIALS

I am a qualified coach working towards ICF accreditation (ACC). I have trained at leading schools including Animas Centre for Coaching and The Somatic School. I have a certification in group coaching as well as being a specialist practitioner in Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterning and Reiki Level II. I hold a PGCE in Drama from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.