“I remember feeling a weight had been lifted after the first session.”
When I started working with Kate, I was struggling to create a work life balance and was feeling frustrated and guilty at not being able to spend time with family and friends. Work had taken over my evenings and weekends. The pressure and stress of the job was also getting me down. I felt trapped in my job due to salary, familiarity and assumption that teaching was all I could do as it is all I have done for nearly 20 years. As a result of my coaching experience with Kate, I have been able to make so many changes. I no longer see myself as just a teacher and have opened myself up to opportunities outside education. Kate put me at ease, really made me think about what I wanted and allowed me to explore ideas fully. Coaching gave me confidence in my abilities. I am no longer scared of applying for jobs outside my comfort zone and I will be starting a new job role in September. My new role excites me and I'm more than ready for a new challenge. I feel I can now stop myself from taking on too much and sustain a work life balance. I've learnt that not everything will get done, but that's ok.
Lisa, Teacher
“Coaching with Kate has enabled me to do some serious soul searching and take a much-needed look at how I view myself"
Hannah, Teacher
“Coaching has given me a much clearer view of what I actually want and value in my work and helped me develop an achievable plan on how to get there.”
Dani, Teacher
“Kate supported me to create a new mindset towards my teaching job. I have been able to establish new habits that have increased my feeling of control over work & balance in my life.”
Lou, Teacher
“I have been able to identify priorities and actions that serve my real needs and desires and more importantly that I have been able to carry out and enjoy.”
"Kate provided me with an extremely effective mirror! Through her considerable listening skills and insightful questioning, she was able to reflect back to me in a way that made it easy to clearly identify the road ahead. Already, my routine had changed. I have been able to identify priorities and actions that serve my real needs and desires and more importantly that I have been able to carry out and enjoy. As a busy teacher I thoroughly appreciated Kate's understanding and experience of the education sector. It was great to be able to get straight to the heart of the key issues without feeling the need to explain the specific context. I felt that Kate's own experience enabled her to empathise, challenge effectively and to appreciate the complexities of my specific circumstances. All of which allowed me to feel confident in her ability to support me to bring about real change."
Mary, Senior Teacher
“Coaching with Kate has enabled me to make conscious, empowering decisions…there is no longer a mountain to climb.”
“I held the belief that 'if I can't work this out myself, then it is my own fault. I will have to live with it'. But the trouble was the things I needed to change, impacted on most of what I want and the energy I need to push forwards with making my life the way I want it to be - home, parenting and career life. Kate kept me in the driving seat so that I remained clear it was my choice and my responsibility. Her open style of questioning got me curious about what it would be like if I was daring enough to make change. This helped me to shift from ambivalent to motivated. Coaching with Kate has enabled me to make conscious, empowering decisions so that I no longer feel that there is a mountain to climb. I feel in control and confident.”
Fiona, Teacher
“She has been really transformative in guiding me. She has really given me the security to open up my vulnerabilities to achieve and move forward from what was blocking me.”
My goals have shifted around a lot over the course of our sessions, yet Kate has taken what has often been a fairly unbridled ride and helped me to define and refine my thinking. As a person with big ambitions and bold ideas, she has been really transformative in guiding me to distil my energy to the task in hand and set smaller, clear goals. She is a warm and approachable personality, I feel like we have known each other in a former life! As such she has really given me the security to open up my vulnerabilities to achieve and move forward from what was blocking me.
EJ, Entrepreneur
“I would definitely recommend Kate’s coaching skills. They are an invaluable vehicle for raising awareness, seeing new possibilities and fast tracking your own solutions. Thank you, Kate!”
I have really enjoyed working with Kate and having her as my coach. She has a calm and relaxed approach, making the sessions feel comfortable and creating a space where I feel I can really explore issues and consider them on a deeper level. Whether my goals were personal or work based, Kate was easy to talk to and picked up on the subtleties that I missed when thinking out loud. In identifying these and reflecting them back, she has challenged my thinking and allowed me to develop fresh perspectives on the issues I have worked on. She listens carefully and this is evident in the insightful and purposeful questions she asks. These have enabled me to consider issues thoroughly, identifying new possibilities and avenues of action that I would have not found otherwise.
Rachael, Teacher and School Governor
“Overall, I now have a clearer idea of the direction in which I want to go in my career and I am confident that I have the ability to overcome whatever obstacles come my way in the future.”
I have greatly enjoyed my coaching sessions with Kate over the last few months. During our sessions she has supported me in setting new goals and building my confidence in my career. I really appreciated the direct approach in which I was led to start thinking about making new career goals and how I could set them in a way that was achievable for me. Since starting my sessions with Kate I have doubled the number of freelance projects I have taken on and was able to pitch new ideas to people in my field, who I admire, for new collaborations. I was also able to increase engagement on my professional social media accounts by researching my previous successful posts and tailoring any new posts to suit my audience. I plan to take this momentum and continue it to build new opportunities !
Jemma, Museum Educator
“Thanks for the gift of insight!”
"A great chance for me to reflect on what is going on in my life, and to focus on the areas for improvement. In the busyness of life it can all feel like noise, but the session helped to bring clarity to my situation. The question of how does my behaviour 'serve me' was one that we discussed and I have found myself using this since in different situations. I feel more confident that I can manage my workload and any gaps in my knowledge. Thanks for the gift of insight!"
Claire, NQT Teacher
