In 2020, I became a certified life coach. While I'm out of the coaching business industry and no longer identify as a “life coach”, I still believe in the value of coaching philosophy and practices. While I figure out if / how to offer my services as a coach with integrity, this pages serves to briefly describe what coaching is and my approach to offering services. I am also available for speaking engagements and workshops on self-coaching practices. Scroll down or book a call with me to learn more.

What is coaching?

Coaching is a conversation during which my questions and your answers peel back layers of social and cultural conditioning, bring awareness to neurobiological influences, and help you understand any situation more clearly. As a result, you will discover who you are, what you want, and how to take action with authority. So how does coaching produce life-changing results? By equipping you with the following:

Awareness

CBT-based “thought work” and critical thinking skills that will change how you view yourself and the world.

Practice

Mindfulness, self-attunement, and processing of feelings to build a resilient and more confident you.

Power

Take radical responsibility for your life and your role in both the problems and the solutions.

Through coaching, I can help you to develop the ability to self-coach so that you can benefit from these skills on your own. By learning to utilize these approaches, you will continue to benefit from our coaching sessions for the rest of your life.

This is not about positive thinking, the laws of the attraction, or woo-woo wishfulness. This is a neuroscience-based practical tool that almost anyone can use and benefit from. Scroll down or jump here for my client testimonials.

One of my favorite things to coach myself and others on is time and energy management. Click here for loads of tips and tricks!

Check out my personal essays on navigating life with self coaching tools here.

I made a ton of resources on coaching skills, from networking to dating to clearing your email inbox. Contact me for a link to them all.

I provide one 30 minute free coaching session. If you want to continue with additional sessions, we can talk about what that might cost.

I acknowledge my privilege and the stolen land and labor that built the society I live in and benefit from. As such, I offer discounts on coaching to Black, Indigenous, and people of color, regardless of financial need. I also offer options for bartering and a sliding scale rate. Payment plans are available. Please contact me or book a call to learn more.

Having doubts? I remember having that feeling.

When I first discovered coaching, the idea of investing in my empowerment made my stomach turn and my palms sweaty. Yet paying for coaching could be the highest-return investment you will ever make. It certainly was for me! 

So why is your brain giving you so many excuses not to sign up?  Two reasons:

1) We are socialized to invest in what benefits patriarchy and capitalism
Like gym memberships, beauty products, college and masters’ degrees, weddings, and vacations. And not like our confidence, empowerment, or ability to think for ourselves.

2) As humans, we are still largely motivated by our survival instincts
This includes a scarcity mindset, where giving up something we have (our money) is seen as risky, and not worth the potential reward, even if that reward is a lifetime of being confident, bold, and brave.

That is why investing in yourself might be a scary yucky feeling. But imagine running your own B-Corp company, of successfully lobbying Congress for carbon reduction laws, or of discovering low-impact ways of upcycling electric vehicle parts, and doing so without the impostor syndrome, people pleasing, or constant self-criticism. That’s the transformation coaching can bring. And that, my friend, is priceless.

I can also help with…

Want a coaching workshop for your organization? I also provide in-person and virtual workshops for any size group on a variety of topics. Click here to learn more.

Want me to speak on or moderate a panel? I am available for speaking engagements and panel moderating. Please contact me to discuss.

Testimonials

  • Kate played an instrumental role in guiding me through the complex and confusing state of mind I found myself in after completing my master's degree. With her support, I was able to clarify and articulate my priorities with confidence. Kate provided me with valuable tools to discern when to decline opportunities that didn't align with my goals, all while promoting an abundance mindset. What truly sets Kate apart is her exceptional ability to listen and make me feel truly heard and understood. Her expertise in the sustainability field has been invaluable as I navigate my career path and determine where I can make the greatest impact.

    Olya K

  • "Coaching with Kate helped empower me to calmly deal with both personal and professional struggles. I was surprised at the amount of progress I made in just four sessions. I recommend Kate to anyone who feels the weight of the climate crisis, especially professionally, as she recognizes how the climate crisis is a sharp, concise issue that magnifies everything."

    -Chris D

  • "Working with climate change for the first time meant a lot of devastating information to process. While it feels empowering to work with others toward a more equitable future, managing the associated disasters brought a lot of anxiety. I wanted a female with experience in the field to make the work sustainable. Kate’s coaching has given me a workable method to challenge my self-doubts, inner-critic, and unhelpful repetitive narratives. Kate is responsive, reliable and passionate about her role as a coach. Working with her, I feel supported and cared for, as well as empowered to reach my goals and reinforce desirable qualities."

    Alyssa R

  • “Kate's direct approach to making tangible changes in people's thinking is incredibly valuable and efficient. I’ve benefited from Kate's coaching after just one package, especially in the awareness of how our mind can get stuck in places that don’t help us. Kate has helped me increase my self-awareness and find more effective ways of dealing with life's challenges.”

    Hari B.

  • "Kate gave me the tools to feel good about going to work and not feeling like I needed an escape hatch. We also uncovered some deeply held beliefs about my confidence and self esteem that I am now able to work on and address. This is really really important work to learn how to do."

    Alex G.

  • "Kate helped me tone down the drama in my mind and gave me tools to practice making decisions for myself that are rooted in what I want for myself when the anxiety, fear and judgment is taken out of the equation. As the old folk in London say she’s a ‘real bobby dazzler!’"

    Isra J

  • “Working with Kate helped me to learn the skills, tools, and techniques necessary to manage my mind around the uncertainty, confusion and loneliness that the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown created for me. Kate’s coaching helped put me at ease when I struggled to cope with the isolation of lockdown and frustration of being away from my friends and family. I am grateful to have coached with her and definitely recommend her as a coach if you are looking for one.”

    Cheyne S

  • "Kate is a vibrant and insightful coach who will help you to wade through the opinions coloring your perception to find the facts so you can develop strategies based in reality."

    Tabby W

  • "Kate’s coaching helped me to handle a particularly difficult adversary I was encountering in my non profit work and that adversary was me. Through several sessions working with Kate, I quickly and efficiently gained the tools I could use to short circuit an internal loop that was a completely counterproductive thought process. I will be continuing my work with Kate in the coming year."

    Matt C

My Coaching Philosophy & Business Values

I believe that self-confidence and confidence can be harmed by patriarchy, sexism, and misogyny. Additional socialization, limitations, and expectations weigh on those who are black, indigenous, people of color; neurodiverse, disabled, fat, gender-non-conforming, LGBTQA+, or any other marginalized identity impacted by institutional and internalized systems of oppression.

Coaching is how you can liberate your mind from socializations, internalized oppressions, and outdated coping mechanisms; how you can build self-confidence, agency, and trust in yourself and your expertise; and how you can love yourself unconditionally, lead with curiosity and compassion, and build strong, healthy relationships with yourself and others.

My coaching business is based in the principle of just commerce, as taught by Trudi Lebron, and guided by the following values:

 Integrity & honesty

Stewardship & quality

Diversity, equity, & inclusion

 Service & generosity