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kate mccready

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It’s time to align & elevate your
work, life and leadership.

Live well. Work well.
Make Meaning.
 
 
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Work, live & lead consciously, fulfilled & in flow.

Hi. I'm Kate.

I'm a work-life & leadership coach, speaker and experience designer based in Melbourne, Australia.
I'm on a mission to help people expand their potential and impact in life and work.

I believe the world needs conscious and purpose driven people stepping up as leaders
in their careers, business and lives.  

Are you ready to be the change agent, business owner, emerging leader, pioneer,  founder, creator, world shaker or meaning maker you've always wanted to be?

Meaningful Work

Meaningful Work

Do work that taps into your highest potential & makes a difference to yourself & others. 

Work-life design

Work-Life Design 

Craft your work-life with intention for greater wellbeing, flow and harmony.

Conscious Business conscious leadership

Conscious Business & Leadership

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Whole Self Development

Expand cultural & organisational awareness and impact for purpose + profit.

Consciously learn & grow personally, professionally & spiritually.

 

The Good Work Revolution Podcast

Inspiration, motivation and interesting conversation about working and living with more meaning and purpose.

 
 
 
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Podcast #032 Reflections - Discover your Calling
Podcast #032 Reflections - Discover your Calling
How to be effortless
How to be effortless
Podcast #31 Melissa Ambrosini - Following your Truth
Podcast #31 Melissa Ambrosini - Following your Truth
Vedic Meditation Teacher Training: The Journey Begins
Vedic Meditation Teacher Training: The Journey Begins
Podcast #030 Sally Hill- What it takes to Build a Purpose Driven Business
Podcast #030 Sally Hill- What it takes to Build a Purpose Driven Business
Podcast #029 Ryan McCarthy - Creating Culture of Good
Podcast #029 Ryan McCarthy - Creating Culture of Good
Podcast #027 Mandy Messer - Navigating Transitions through Should & Must
Podcast #027 Mandy Messer - Navigating Transitions through Should & Must
Podcast #028 Reflections - Stepping Back Into the 9-5
Podcast #028 Reflections - Stepping Back Into the 9-5
Human Centred Being: When Human Centred Design isn’t Enough
Human Centred Being: When Human Centred Design isn’t Enough
Start with Why, but don’t Forget How
Start with Why, but don’t Forget How

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HAPPINESS. JOY. FULFILMENT. These are all things we want, but it can be so darn tricky to shut out the noise and really focus on the things that bring us these feelings.⠀ ⠀ The self leadership it takes to truly tune in to who we are and who we want to be is challenging, but essential. Are you being a leader in your own life? In your own career? Not necessarily a leader by title (although you might be), but a leader by nature. Can you stand firm in who you are and design your working life from that place? Not from fear, expectations or ‘shoulds’.⠀ ⠀ What’s one area of your working-life you could use a self leadership boost? Comment below. 👇🏼⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #selfleadership #fulfilment #joy #happiness #shoulds #fear #expectations #leadership #leadershipcoach #personalleadershipcoach #worklifecoach #careercoach #whodoyouwanttobe #being #beingnotdoing #humansbeing #tumericlatte #happynow @serotonindealer
The last two days the amazing Kate Cashman (@thebreathbetween ) and I shared our hearts, souls, sweat and tears through @worklifex.⠀ ⠀ This was one of the biggest things I’ve done to date in my career and possibly one of the most challenging. But when it all came together and we saw it spring to being, it was possibly one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.⠀ ⠀ To top it a all off I shared day two of the conference with my 35th birthday. It was a birthday I will never forget. It seemed so fitting as I grew so much through the experience of organising the conference and learned so much about myself. It felt like a coming of age.⠀ ⠀ Hearing a the amazing feedback from our wonderful guests has warmed the cockles of my heart. (Yes, I just said cockles). Seeing the smiles, the laughter and the tears as speakers and attendees shared and connected made me so proud that we created something that could hold that kind of space.⠀ ⠀ I couldn’t not have possibly done this without you Kate C. I am eternally grateful for sharing this experience with you and can not wait to see what’s next for us. ⠀ ⠀ I said to many, an experience like this can often drive people apart, but in our case I feel like we have just built a rock solid foundation for an amazing future of friendship and awesome projects.⠀ ⠀ Now it’s time for some rest and renewal hey Kate? 😉
A few weeks back I had the pleasure of being a guest on the @allbeingwellpodcast with the amazing @kaylaerobertson.⠀ ⠀ We chatted all things meaningful work. I had a ball being in the other side of the mic with such a wonderful interviewer.⠀ ⠀ Check it out. Links via her insta.
I’m super stoked to be speaking at this awesome event hosted by the amazing folks at @sos.senseofself. They are also sponsoring Work+Life X. Thanks again legends!⠀ ⠀ From SOS..."We’re so excited to announce our first event in ‘The Modern Being’ event series @wadeinstitute. The first one will be on Work/Life balance, featuring an amazing lineup of wellness experts and practitioners @worklifex @katemccreadyhq @lucienneshanti and more! Link to tickets in our bio. See you there!"⠀ ⠀ Photo credit @sos.senseofself⠀ Reposted with @plannthat
Want to win a ticket to Work+Life X conference worth $695? This unique two-day conference in Melbourne will be exploring how to take a more intentional approach to how we design and live our working lives. We'll be exploring wellbeing and stress, rest and energy, purpose and dharma, meaningful work, designing work around family, boundaries and even how one company have implemented a five hour work day. For your chance to win: + Like this post + Follow @WorkLifeX + Tag someone you think would love this conference in the comments. Entries close 5pm Wednesday 18th July. Winner announced and contacted July 19. NOTE: Competition also running on Facebook and LinkedIn. One winner will be drawn from across the three platforms. You may enter on all three platforms, which will give you three entries.
Two weeks ago I was up in the beautiful Palm Beach in Sydney for my third vedic meditation teacher training workshop. I’m just over half way through now and it’s starting to feel real. I really can’t wait to be able to teach others this life changing technique.⠀ .⠀ One of the reasons I’m loving teacher training is I’m beginning to understand the technique on a deeper level. Where before I just accepted that it worked, I’m now deeply curious about why. Why is it that I struggled to make other meditation techniques stick and this one just made sense?⠀ .⠀ I think one thing is the difference in how we approach thoughts. In vedic meditation we are not trying to “let go of” or “observe” out thoughts passing by. We are not trying to “quiet the mind”. Thoughts can come and go and we do not concentrate against them in any way. If a thought arises, we gently come back to our mantra. I hear many people say the reason they can’t meditate is because they can’t achieve what they think they need to achieve with their thoughts.⠀ .⠀ How have you gone making meditation stick for you? I’d love to hear what you’ve found most challenging or helpful. And if you haven’t been able to adopt the consist practice you’d like, maybe try a different technique. There are many out there and they are not all the same.⠀
ALL BEING WELL: Had an awesome time recording with @kaylaerobertson of the @allbeingwellpodcast this morning. Was great to be on the other side of the mic for a change. Definitely check out this podcast.
200 DAYS OF MEDITATION: So the other day I hit a milestone that was a pretty special for me. 200 consecutive days of mediation. (Actually it’s more, but I wasn’t recording it in the app. And if it’s not tracked in an app it doesn’t exist right? 😂) Most of these days I meditated 20-30 minutes twice a day.⠀ .⠀ When I started my Vedic Meditation teacher training I was worried whether I would be consistent. I questioned whether I had what it took (whatever that means) to give to my practice in a way that I could put my hand on my heart and say I believe in this stuff so much, I’m willing to commit fully to it.⠀ .⠀ Let me tell you. I’m generally not a great person for consistency. I’m a good starter and I can do things intensely for short bursts, but the long term game has previously brought me undone. So for me, 200 days feels like a monumental achievement.⠀ .⠀ The point? If I can do it. You can do it. Maybe you‘ve wanted to embed a more consistent meditation practice, maybe a yoga practice. Maybe you want to cook a healthy dinner every night or read for 5 hours every week. Maybe you just want to start meditating. Maybe you‘ve been thinking about it, looking up courses, dabbling with apps.⠀ .⠀ To you I say, you can do it. And if you fall off the wagon, get back on and try again. I didn’t start with a 200 consecutive day practice. I made lots of false starts. I tried meditation techniques that didn’t work. I found one that did and still fell out of practice. But eventually it started to fall into place and here I am.⠀ .⠀ Building consistent habits and rituals takes time. And often a few false starts.⠀ .⠀ What habit or ritual would you like to make a consistent part of your life?
On Saturday I shared a space with these wonderful humans as the @theo2awakening guided us to use the power of breathwork to tap into ourselves, release blocks and open up spaces to step into our potential. The thread from the day for me was definitely listening to our inner guidance.⠀ .⠀ It’s one of those things I really believe in, but don’t take enough moments out of my days to actually do. How about you? The workshop was a great reminder that when I do this, I can always find some pretty bang on wisdom and insights.⠀ .⠀ Take a moment and tune into your inner guidance now. What is it telling you?⠀ .⠀ The power to tap into your potential is right there inside you. ⠀ .⠀ Photo credit @lukismac⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #breathwork #dmt #energymedicine #levelup #innerguidance #meditation #theo2awakening #potential #highestpotential #openup #truepotential #personalpower #youhavetheanswers #intuition #findspace #releaseblocks #wholeselfdevelopment #selfdevelopment
Just one of the loves of my life. He always curls up next to me on this seat when I meditate. Ah, he makes my heart burst. . Was reading about Bhakti Yoga the other day - a spiritual practiced focused on loving devotion. Wondered if I could focus my loving devotion on this guy. ❤️🐶❤️ @jaxxthecavoodle
One of my fave cafes (and part time office) @jerryjoycafe celebrated their 4th birthday today. . Thanks for the caffination and deliciousness legends! . What your favourite #cafeoffice? 📷: @jerryjoycafe
I love learning and working on myself to be a better person. Sometimes that's personal development, sometimes it's professional and sometimes it's more spiritual. What I'm discovering more and more, is that the three are not mutually exclusive though and all are necessary to become the best version of ourselves. If we leave any one of these areas out, the balance gets thrown out. . I think 'spiritual' is perhaps the more controversial of the three here, but it's so important. I love the quote by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 'We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings having a human experience'. We need to pay attention to and develop ourselves the spiritual aspects of ourselves. . This doesnt' have to be about religion, or using crystals or meditation (although it can be about all of those things). It can simply be about developing our sense of purpose, meaning and connection to life and the world. . What does spirituality mean to you? How do you develop yourself spiritually? Comment below and tag a friend you know who loves spiritual development.
Flashback to a two weeks ago to my trip to New Zealand with my hubby. This photo was taken at the Redwood Forrest in Rotorua. This place was spectacular. I wanted to go back the next day I loved it so much. . Getting out into nature is something that's really important to me and I truly believe it's so important to us as humans. The busier our lives get, the more the world throws at us, the more we need it. Nature brings life into perspective. Standing amongst the towering redwood trunks, reminded me I'm just one living thing on this planet. . Without wanting to sound morbid, nature has this loving way of showing us how insignificant we are in grand scheme of things. Yet at the same time our lives can be incredibly significant. I love that contradiction. . What do you love about being in nature? Comment below.
A little over five years ago, I was working in an organisation that wasn't me. It wasn't aligned to my values and as much as I tried to bring all of who I was to my work, that generally wasn't the done thing. . I was venting to a colleague one day and talking about the thing I really wanted to do and he said "why don't you do it?' A lightbulb went off 💡. Yeah, why don't I? Within the week I'd handed in my resignation and began the process of transitioning to my new career. . I now can say that I love what I do. It's aligned to who I am and what I stand for as a person. My work has purpose and meaning. Every day I make conscious choices about who I am and how I want to show up. . Now I help others become more conscious and find greater meaning in their working lives. Whether quickly or slowly, together we uncover what's important and create a transition from where they are now to where they want to be. Just like I did for myself all those years ago. . If you're looking to create a working life that's more aligned to who you or who you want to be in the world. If you're seeking greater meaning and purpose in what you do, have you considered coaching? If you are interested in finding out more about a coaching series, sign up for a complimentary coaching discovery call. Link in Bio.
WHOLE: What does it mean to bring our whole selves to what we do? For me, this is not necessarily about sharing everything or oversharing. It’s about being ok with our completely messy humanness. It’s about not segmenting who we are into work self, home self, relationship self ect. . It’s about showing what’s under the surface sometimes. Showing that we are scared, angry, sad, frustrated, joyful, playful, curious, excited. . But very importantly, it’s about being real with ourselves and acknowledging all the little pieces that make up who we are. Sometimes that means digging deep. If we can’t be real and whole with ourselves, how are we to be real and while with others? . What does bringing your whole self mean to you?