Hi, Im Kate,
Holistic Wellbeing and Transition Coach, Somatic Practitioner, Educator and author of Rest & Rise.
I help women navigate periods of change without losing themselves in the process.
Through holistic wellbeing coaching, neuroscience-informed education and somatic practices, I support women to move beyond overwhelm, build resilience and create sustainable changes that reflect what genuinely matters to them.
Why I Do This Work
My work has been shaped by professional knowledge, personal experience and more than 30 years of supporting people to learn, grow and create change.
For much of my life, I was an educator, business owner, mother and capable person who was accustomed to managing whatever needed to be done. But there came a point when physical illness, environmental stress and the cumulative demands of life exceeded my capacity to keep pushing through.
Like many women, I had become very good at functioning. I could continue meeting responsibilities and caring for others, even when my own wellbeing was asking for attention. Eventually, it became clear that determination and willpower were no longer enough.
Stepping back gave me space to restore my health, but it also raised deeper questions. I wanted to understand how prolonged stress affects the mind and body, why we can know what would support us yet struggle to do it, and what helps meaningful change become sustainable.
Those questions led me more deeply into holistic wellbeing and somatic practice, followed by formal studies in applied health and postgraduate neuroscience.
They also changed the way I understood many of the women around me: intelligent, capable women who appeared to be coping but were privately exhausted, overwhelmed or disconnected from themselves.
I realised that women did not need another person telling them to try harder. They needed support to understand what was happening, reconnect with their own needs and build the capacity to make choices that genuinely reflected who they were becoming.
This understanding became the foundation of the Elemental Method: a structured, whole-person framework for navigating change with greater awareness, resilience and self-trust.
How I Support Women
A Grounded, Forward-Focused Approach
I believe meaningful change begins with understanding rather than judgement.
We may explore how past experiences and established patterns are influencing your life today, but our work is primarily focused on the present and what you want to create from here.
My role is not to tell you how your life should look. It is to provide thoughtful guidance, education, practical tools and a supportive space in which you can hear yourself more clearly.
Depending on your needs, our work may include:
understanding patterns of stress, overwhelm and depletion;
recognising the relationship between thoughts, emotions and physical responses;
reconnecting with your needs, boundaries and values;
exploring identity and purpose during periods of change;
developing practical ways to support your energy and wellbeing;
strengthening self-trust and decision-making; and
turning insight into realistic, sustainable action.
You remain the expert on your own life. My role is to help you access that wisdom and use it with greater clarity and confidence.
More than mindset—and more than a self-care checklist
Many women have spent years following an unwritten script: work hard, care for others, remain capable and keep going.
Over time, it can become difficult to recognise your own limits, needs and desires. You may know that something needs to change but feel too tired, overwhelmed or uncertain to work out what that change should be.
Sometimes this recognition follows a visible transition—menopause, illness, grief, separation, changing family responsibilities or a shift in work. At other times, nothing obvious has happened. The life you have built simply no longer feels like the life you want to keep living.
My work begins with where you are now.
Together, we explore the patterns affecting your energy, emotions, choices and wellbeing. We consider what your mind and body are communicating, what matters to you and what may no longer fit.
I combine holistic wellbeing coaching with accessible neuroscience and practical somatic tools. This helps you develop greater awareness and steadiness, clarify your needs and values, and make sustainable changes that work within the reality of your life.
The aim is not to create a permanently calm or perfectly balanced life. It is to help you understand yourself more fully and respond to change with greater capacity, flexibility and self-kindness.
The Experience Behind My Approach
I bring together extensive experience in education with formal study in health, neuroscience, somatic practice and holistic coaching.
More than 30 years in professional education
I have worked across early childhood, primary, secondary and community education. This experience allows me to translate complex ideas into clear, practical learning that can be understood and applied in everyday life.
Postgraduate neuroscience
My Graduate Certificate in Neuroscience deepened my understanding of stress, emotion, attention, learning, ageing, neuroplasticity and behaviour change. It informs my work without reducing the complexity of a woman’s life to brain science alone.
Applied health studies
My studies in applied health included anatomy, physiology, nutrition and women’s health, supporting a broader understanding of the many factors that influence wellbeing.
Somatic practice
My somatic training includes body awareness, conscious breathing, mindful movement, meditation and sensory grounding. These practices help bring the body into the conversation rather than relying on thinking and insight alone.
Holistic wellbeing coaching
My coaching training provides a client-centred foundation for exploring lifestyle, values, behaviour and sustainable change. This means our work considers the whole person—your mind, body, relationships, environment, responsibilities and lived experience.
What I Believe
I believe women are powerful when they feel supported, resourced and grounded.
I believe change does not need to be dramatic to be meaningful. It needs to be intentional and sustainable.
I believe rest is a biological necessity, not something we must earn.
I believe clarity becomes more available when we stop overriding our own needs and internal cues.
I believe the body carries information that is worth noticing and understanding.
I believe growth can include both discomfort and self-kindness.
I believe every woman deserves the opportunity to create a life that genuinely feels like her own.
Beyond the Work
I live in Coffs Harbour on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales and work with women locally and online.
I am a mother of two adult sons and share my life with my husband, Olly. When I am not working with clients or developing programs, you will often find me near the ocean, walking through the forest, pottering in the garden or spending time with the animals that help keep me grounded.
Music and creativity have always been important parts of my life. I love singing, theatre, reading and travelling—anything that offers a different perspective or creates genuine human connection.
These parts of my life are not separate from my work. They continually remind me that wellbeing is not only about managing stress. It is also about meaning, creativity, connection, pleasure and having enough space to feel fully present in your own life.
If you are navigating change, feeling disconnected from yourself or beginning to question what you want from the next part of your life, you do not have to work it all out alone.