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kate mccready

Live well.
Work well.
Make meaning.

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

Become a Leading Being.
 
 
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Work, live & lead consciously, fulfilled & in flow.

Hi. I'm Kate. I’m a Vedic meditation teacher and coach based in Melbourne, Australia.
I'm on a mission to help people expand their unique 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.  

Come and visit Leading Beings to work with me as your business, career or leadership coach or to learn Vedic Meditation in one of my upcoming courses.

 
Meaningful Work

Meaningful Work

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

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Work-Life Design

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

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Conscious Business & Leadership

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

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Whole Self Development

Consciously learn & grow personally, professionally & spiritually.

 
 

The Leading beings podcast

Inspiration, motivation and interesting conversation about working and living for greater wellbeing and impact.

 
 
 
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A beautiful reminder for your Monday morning. Sometimes when we let go of control, that’s when our future can unfold with more grace and ease.⠀ ⠀ I was just having a conversation with a friend yesterday about how in trying to control everything we don’t allow space for things to be in their fullness.⠀ ⠀ What can you do today or this week to give a little more space how your future might unfold?⠀ ⠀ Photo credit @morganharpernichols⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #createspace #control #letgo #lettinggo #businesscoaching #careercoaching #meditation #personalgrowthcoaching #stressless #space #thehappynow #beyourbesthuman #wellbeing #presence #beherenow #presentmomentawareness #behere #thehereandnow #slowdown #rest #slow
Happy Birthday to me. 36 years young. What a year it’s been already. Can’t wait for what’s ahead.⠀ ⠀ A big thank you to all the magical people in my life who support me in all my crazy plans, been there for a yarn or a laugh. Love you to bits. You know who you are.⠀ ⠀ And thank you to all of those of you who follow along, read Leading Beings’ posts, comment and share the journey with me. You’re totally rad.⠀ ⠀ Grateful to be alive. Loving life. Bring on the next 36 years. 😘
Just after I finished my teacher training, I was fortunate to to sit in on a course with the wonderful @nichoplowman (Vedic meditation teacher and co-owner of @insighttimer). Nicho shared a piece of advice to his students which I now also like to share with mine.⠀ ⠀ “Get in the chair”. If you have a meditation practice and are trying to fit it into your busy life, just get in the chair. Actually any chair. Find a chair. Sit down. Close your eyes. That’s is the hard part done. The rest follows easily.⠀ ⠀ Are you a meditator? What’s the thing that most gets in the way of you keeping a regular practice?⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #meditation #vedicmeditation #meditationteacher #highlymeditated #leadingbeing #beyourbesthuman #melbournemeditation #meditationmelbourne #melbournemeditationteacher #stressreduction #reduceanxiety #sleepbetter #meditationpractice #meditatedaily #becalm #being #consciousliving #conscious #consciousness #highestself #learnmeditation #learntomeditate #mantrameditation #calm #ease #flow #thornbury #reducestress #personaldevelopment #vedicmeditationmelbourne
Birthday Special happy fun times!! Sunday I am turning the big 36. Yep. Definitely on the tail end of the ‘mid’ 30s now. ⠀ ⠀ As a special Birthday offer, sign up for our August course and get $200 off your course fee!! Sign up for our September course by August 18 and get $150 off your course fee.⠀ ⠀ Just mention this offer when you sign up. ⠀ ⠀ And if you’d like to know more about Vedic Meditation, shoot me a DM to arrange a call with me (Kate) or sign up to one of our intro talks via the calendar. Course info and calendar links in bio.
Here at Leading Beings we’re big believers in getting out into nature. It’s good for mind, body and soul. It helps you get out of your head and be in flow.⠀ ⠀ I’m totally craving some forests in my life right now. I think it’s something about being in the depths of winter. I can just picture myself curled up with a book by a fire in a little wooden cabin reading a book.⠀ ⠀ Anyone know any great spots outside Melbourne or further out in Victoria that might fit the bill? Would love some recommendations.⠀ ⠀ Photo credit @nachellenocom
Finishing up with a coaching client is always bitter sweet. I'm excited to see them spread their wings, but sad that I won't be so intimately sharing their journey anymore.⠀ ⠀ This amazing woman is Sallyanne from @reflectcoaching . Sallyanne is a divorce and separation coach. She came to me looking for support with sharing her amazing work with the world, but also a strong focus on doing so with the constraints of being a single parent with a very full life. This is what we're super passionate about here at Leading Beings – finding that sweet spot where people's own personal wellbeing and sense of flourishing in life, is an intentional part of how they build their impact driven careers, businesses and leadership.⠀ ⠀ Some of the things we covered included establishing boundaries, creating operating rhythms, making space for your business as well as yourself, some good ol' fashioned marketing and so much more. ⠀ ⠀ I'm so excited to see where Sallyanne takes her coaching. It's so needed. She's all about helping women (and maybe soon men) to reset, redefine and refresh after separation and divorce. She supports people in navigating some of those tricky, non legal aspects of divorce and separation. Things like how to provide a positive environment for your kids, communicating with your ex, creating the conditions for working towards financial stability, stepping up or into your career and redefining life goals.⠀ ⠀ While I hope you have no need for Sallyanne's services, if you do, please reach out to her.⠀ ⠀ (Shared with permission)⠀
The other day I was walking though my local shops and did a double take as a passed this beautiful little shop front. It had such lovely energy about it. I thought 'I would love to share meditation here.'⠀ ⠀ Drum roll... I'm very excited to announce our first open group meditation will be happening here at @Sisubotanicals this Tuesday night!⠀ ⠀ If you practice Vedic Meditation, TM or would just like to come with your own practice and learn a bit more about Vedic Mediation, I'd love to invite you to come along. We'll be kicking off at 6:30pm. We'll start with a group meditation, followed by a knowledge talk.⠀ ⠀ Head to the "Calendar" link in our profile for more details.⠀ ⠀ If you are thinking of coming, please comment below or send me a DM.
I’ve just finished reading Paul Jarvis’s book Company of One. It challenges the notion that growth in business is always good. That sometimes staying small and doing more with what you have is a perfectly legitimate, and often smarter strategy.⠀ ⠀ It’s a conversation I’ve been having a lot recently. Particularly with entrepreneurs, founders and solo business owners. How can growth in business or career impact our quality of life? And how can we make sure that impact doesn't cross over into the negative.⠀ ⠀ I really feel one of they keys to this is being intentional. Being conscious about why we want to grow and then asking ourselves the deeper why behind that again. ⠀ ⠀ Are you a business owner? What is your take on growth? Have you managed to grow your business intentionally? Tell us about it below. 👇🏻
Do you love a good reno project? I sure do. The latest as part of my scheming is a garage conversion to turn a currently unused, clutter dumping ground into a beautiful meditation studio/home office for our Leading Beings clients and students to come and enjoy. ⠀ ⠀ I’m loving searching for inspiration. How beautiful is this space by the folks at @rootedbeings? 😍🙏🏻⠀ ⠀ What do you think I should include in the space? What would you like to see? Shoot me your ideas and/or tag any beautiful accounts you think I could use as inspiration. ⠀ ⠀ PS. As much as it’s nice to have a lovely space to meditate from. It’s not essential. Vedic meditation can be practiced from anywhere. In the car, a park bench, sleeping baby in your lap, on planes... you name it. ⠀ ⠀ Photo credit @rootedbeings⠀ ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #meditation #vedicmeditation #meditationteacher #highlymeditated #leadingbeing #beyourbesthuman #melbournemeditation #meditationmelbourne #melbournemeditationteacher #stressreduction #reduceanxiety #meditationpractice #meditatedaily #becalm #meditationspace #consciousliving #consciousness #meditationstudio #learnmeditation #learntomeditate #mantrameditation #calm #ease #flow #thornbury #vedicmeditationmelbourne #placesidliketomeditate #sacredspace
We have our next Vedic Meditation course coming up at the end of the month. What’s Vedic Meditation? It’s a mantra based meditation technique. Practiced 20 minutes twice a day, it falls under the category of meditation called “effortless transcendence”. You use your mantra to gently settle down into a fourth state of consciousness that’s not quite sleeping, dreaming or awake. In this state you achieve deep rest which is excellent for releasing stress, tension and fatigue and opening you up to greater creativity, clarity and flow. Many people report better sleep, less reactivity, better emotional regulation just to name a few. Thoughts, unlike in some techniques, are part of the meditation process. In a Vedic Meditation course you learn all about how to dance between thoughts, thoughtlessness and mantra in a way that is effortless. Students often comment how easy it feels compared to what they expected or to other techniques they’ve tried. Want to know more? Contact us about attending a free intro talk or intro call. Or register for the course via our website. Register with a friend for our July 28 course and you both get $200 off.
This is me at the end of three months away. No make up. Salty, unwashed hair. Browner than I’ve probably been since I was a kid (and a killer glasses tan which you can’t quite see in the photo.)⠀ ⠀ Travel was totally rad. Spending such good quality time with my hubby was so precious. But while I enjoyed it all and had some amazing experiences, more than anything, it was the best reminder of how grateful I am for my life at home.⠀ ⠀ People I love and who love me. Work that lights me up and I can truly say is my calling. Getting to live in the beautifully vibrant city of Melbourne and the lovely local community of Thornbury. And of course I can’t forget my little fur baby @jaxxthecavoodle.⠀ ⠀ Our working lives are ours to craft. I’m pretty stoked to have crafted one I’m so happy to come home to. One that feels as good as travel, if not better. Feeling blessed. It’s great to be back. ☺️⠀ ⠀ What’s something you’re grateful for in the place you call home? ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #gratitude #greatful #designalifeyoulove #awellcraftedlife #worklifedesign #worklifecoach #worklifebalance #worklifeharmony #worklifeflow #worklifeintegration #worklifestyle #bizlife #businesslifebalance #findyourcallinginlife #careergoals #careercoach #travel #worklifetravel #businesslifecoach #lifebusiness
New Vedic Meditation course dates are up for July. Check them out via the links in our bio.⠀ ⠀ If you want to find out more about Vedic meditation, book in for one of our free intro talks or calls. ⠀ ⠀ Don’t see dates that suit? We’ll be scheduling August soon and are always keen to make dates work for you if you’re committed to learning. Just get in touch.⠀ ⠀ Come and learn with a friend or loved one and you both get a discount. Know someone you’d like to learn with? Tag them below. 👇🏻
I am itching to start teaching and coaching when I get back from my time overseas. Travel is awesome, but I miss doing the work that lights me up. ⠀ ⠀ I’ll be back July 2 with Vedic meditation intro talks, free group meditation sessions and Vedic meditation courses staring soon after. Check out our website for details.⠀ ⠀ I’ll also be accepting new coaching clients for holistic career, business, work-life and leadership coaching. (3 spots available starting July). Reach out via DM or contact me via the website if you’re looking for some transformational change and growth in the second half of 2019.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #meditation #vedicmeditation #meditationteacher #highlymeditated #leadingbeing #beyourbesthuman #melbournemeditation #meditationmelbourne #melbournemeditationteacher #meditationpractice #meditatedaily #being #consciousliving #conscious #highestself #learnmeditation #learntomeditate #mantrameditation #flow #personaldevelopment #vedicmeditationmelbourne #careercoach #leadershipcoach #worklifecoach #lifecoaching #personalgrowthcoach #transformationalcoach #personalgrowth #professionalcoach #bycacoach
Remembering this is not always easy, but I find the more I meditate, the more I turn inward and reflect, the more I challenge myself to learn and grow as a human, the more that 90% is a reaction I am not at the mercy of.⠀ ⠀ In the last week I’ve had a couple of work things go awry (due to circumstances out of my control). While I have had moments of frustration, these days I bounce back to the joy in life so muchI quicker. My day is not ruined. I don’t ruminate for the next week. I do what I can do, then let the rest go.⠀ ⠀ How you react to the things that happen to you is not something that has to be fixed. You can work on it. You can get better at reacting in a way that serves you and support you being the best version of yourself.⠀ ⠀ What has helped you with this?
Many Vedic Meditation teachers run regular free group meditation sessions for students. I’ll be offering these once I get back from overseas early July. ⠀ ⠀ Commonly these sessions are only be open to students if Vedic meditation and in some cases TM, but I’m thinking of opening them up on occasion to anyone with a meditation practice of some kind (so long as 20 mins is enough for your practice). ⠀ ⠀ Meditating in a group can be a really lovely experience. Afterwards we’ll also chat and explore an idea or theme relevant to meditation, spirituality, wellbeing, personal growth etc.⠀ ⠀ I’d love to hear from you (gauging interest), is this something you’d be interested in? ⠀ ⠀ Let me know in the comments. Sessions will most likely be in Thornbury or close by. . . . . . #meditation #vedicmeditation #meditationteacher #highlymeditated #leadingbeing #beyourbesthuman #melbournemeditation #meditationmelbourne #melbournemeditationteacher #stressreduction #reduceanxiety #sleepbetter #meditationpractice #meditatedaily #becalm #being #consciousliving #conscious #consciousness #highestself #learnmeditation #learntomeditate #mantrameditation #calm #ease #flow #thornbury #reducestress #personaldevelopment #vedicmeditationmelbourne
I totally drool over the artwork of Bobby Clark. This one is called Terracotta Tunnel. I love taking imagery like this and thinking about it as a reflective tool. Kind of like oracle cards, but with a piece of art.⠀ ⠀ For me a tunnel makes me think of tunnel vision. When we get tunnel vision with something in our lives it can stop us being open to seeing a bigger, truer picture. This can happen really easily with our careers. It did to me back when I was working in the corporate world.⠀ ⠀ I started climbing the corporate ladder working in innovation. I was doing really well, but I had tunnel vision. I was working towards a career that wasn’t aligned to who I was because it ticked all the ‘should’ boxes. It took a health scare to widen my perspective and tune in to what was really important. That set me on the path to change and I’m now doing what I love and what is authentic to who I am. ⠀ ⠀ Reflection question for you: where might you have some tunnel vision going on in your life and/or work right now? Where could you open up and widen your perspective? ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Artwork: @bobbyclark____
As I’m travelling around Europe at the moment, I’ve been reflecting on just how much I love my life and work at home. One of the things that makes home so special is all the beautiful friends in my life. Shouting out to this lovely lady, @ange_yogaflow today. ⠀ ⠀ A Leading Being herself, Ange teaches yoga at @fortgreen and @lightspaceyoga. Check out her classes. She’s a beautiful human. ⠀ ⠀ Tag a friend below who makes home feel like home. 👇🏻⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Photo credit @fortgreenyoga