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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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“I was not only able to bring a passionate business to life, articulate my mission and craft a powerful message, I also learned so much about myself, my values and what I really want out of life.”

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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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Yesterday I officially graduated as a Vedic Meditation teacher. It’s been an amazing 14 month journey that I am so grateful to have experienced. A big part of the joy of it has been sharing it with these incredible humans. I am so proud to call you my colleagues. Thank you so much for love and support. @rhyllg @jo_simpson_ @lottebarnes @nataliemartinot aka @spacetoflow @erin_louise_hoey aka @houseofbhavana @gsporter (Check these folks out for teaching in Brisbane, Sydney, Byron, Perth and Mackay). ⠀ Thank you also to Jac, Emily and all the behind the scenes people at @thebroadplace for guiding us on our journey and sharing the teachings with us. ⠀ After we graduated went for a swim down at Bondi. Check out the beach hair. 😂 Also come and check out my new biz that I’ll be doing my teaching from @leadingbeings
I’m very excited to announce my first vedic meditation courses and free intro talks coming up in Feb and March.⠀ ⠀ I’ll be holding intro talks in Melbourne and online. And am holding courses in Melbourne and Hobart. ⠀ ⠀ Would love to have you along. Check out details by following the links in the @leadingbeings page. (If you missed it, that’s my new biz).⠀ ⠀ Come and learn what Vedic meditation is, how it differs from other techniques and why it’s a great technique for establishing a solid practice, even if you’ve found meditation difficult in the past.
Change is a comin. For almost six years now Kate McCready the business and Kate McCready the person have been one and the same. It’s been a wild ride. I’ve changed and grown in ways I couldn’t have imagined.⠀ ⠀ But it’s time for the next adventure...⠀ ⠀ For the last year I’ve been training to be a meditation teacher in the Vedic tradition. I graduate in February and will be teaching courses from then. It felt like the natural time to make the change from sole trader to company with my work. So as we speak I’m laying the foundations for my new business @LeadingBeings.⠀ ⠀ Leading Beings feels like the natural progression and culmination of all my experiences and learning over the past six years flying solo. It will bring together meditation, coaching and learning experiences for people who want to be more conscious in how they work, lead and live. People who want to grow and expand as humans to live fulfilling and impactful working lives that really tap their true potential.⠀ ⠀ Things are just starting to happen. I currently have a blank Instagram page. 😂 But all the same I would be delighted if you came over and followed along. I will be posting less here and this will become more of my personal account as I make way to for Leading Beings to develop as its own unique entity.⠀ ⠀ While it’s been a wild ride it can sometime be strange and tough ‘being’ the business. So it would mean the world to me if you would throw your support behind Leading Beings so she can fly on her own, just as you e supported me. 🙏🏻⠀ Image: @sisterscoutstudio
CLIENT SHOUTOUT! It’s always super exciting to see my clients making their visions for meaningful and fulfilling work-lives a reality. Wanted to say a hell yeah! to the amazing Sallyanne for launching her business @reflectcoaching. ⠀ ⠀ Sallyanne works with women to RESET, REDEFINE, and REFRESH after separation and divorce. This woman is the real deal and an incredible living example of how to come through such an experience with grace and strength. She’s now supporting others to do the same.⠀ ⠀ If you know of anyone who could use some support in this area after the dust has settled, Sallyanne is your woman.⠀ ⠀ Also if you know any family lawyers, accountants or financial planners who work in this area (or if you are one), Sallyanne is looking to build a network of aligned partners. So definitely reach out. ⠀
Wanted to give a shout out to my pal @mattwicking. This amazing artist (also our MC at @worklifex) has a show coming up that I am tipping will be pretty rad. I’ll be heading along and am up for buddies if anyone wants to join me. Read what Matt has to say about the show...⠀ ⠀ "Have you ever been to the Daintree Rainforest? When I was last there something extraordinary - incredible, really - happened. I've been holding that story for a long time. It's finally time to tell it.⠀ Combining story, song, metaphor and poetry, FIELD RECORDING weaves themes of loss, grief and environmental awakening into a powerful live experience. Tickets available now via link in bio."⠀ ⠀ Photo credit @mattwicking
PHYSICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: Did you know you have a Consciousness Quotient or CQ? It’s kind of like IQ or EQ, but for consciousness. There are 8 different dimensions to our CQ. One of these is our physical experience. Improving consciousness of our physical experience can have many benefits.⠀ ⠀ Today my body was craving vegetables. Recognising what our body needs is part of the physical dimension of CQ. Luckily @fortgreen helped me get my fix this morning and my amazing hubby @timothyjames78 cooked me up a delicious vege feast for dinner.⠀ ⠀ What’s one of your favourite vege recipes? I need your recommendations. 🥕🥦🥒🍠🌽
BE HERE NOW: One of the biggest things I took away from my time in India on retreat was being in the present moment. This is something in the past I have found very hard to do. My thoughts have often been on the future. What’s next? What will I create? I’m always thinking up new schemes and ideas (one of my key strengths is Ideation).⠀ ⠀ But whether it was in the chaos of the streets or the peace of the foothills of the Himalayas, India forced me to be in the now. And it was absolute bliss. With my mind settled on the present moment, I was able to slow down, calm down and be still.⠀ ⠀ Meditation has also helped me get better at this. I’m much more content with what is, in the moment. Yes I still have plans and goals and schemes, but I can set them aside more easily and focus on what is. When my mind is in the now, it’s so beautifully peaceful.⠀ ⠀ So tell me, are you someone who also get’s stuck in future thinking? Or maybe the past? Or are you one of the lucky ones who is naturally good at being in the now?
Flashback to a couple of weeks back where I was hanging with these magic humans on retreat in Rishikesh. This photo was taken at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram where the Beatles hung out and wrote the White Album. ⠀ ⠀ Even though it’s not a working ashram anymore, even though it’s run down and overgrown, it still has such an energy to it. It was so special to explore.⠀ ⠀ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi brought transcendental meditation from India to the west. The meditation I’m learning to teach, Vedic Meditation came from this. I feel so blessed to have found this amazing technique. Before I started learning I’d never been able to make meditation stick. And now I meditate twice daily and it just feel easy.⠀ ⠀ Thank you to @thebroadplace and @jeffkobermeditation for putting together this special trip. ⠀ ⠀ Photo credit @louisarelia
One of the few things I don’t love about travel is leaving behind loved ones. I miss my pup @jaxxthecavoodle so much. So I make up for it wherever I can by making friends with the local animals. On this trip is been dogs, goats, cats, bugs and lots of cows! (Check out my insta story for a super funny moment with a baby calf and lots of other animal friends). ⠀ ⠀ This little guy was hanging out at a house on a walk we took on our retreat. He was about the size of my hand and so full of both curiosity and fear at the same time. Reminds me of us humans. 😂
For the second part if my India retreat we headed up into the foothills of the Himalayas. We stayed at a hotel that was completely surrounded by mountains. Nothing in site other than local houses and tiny villages. No shops. No restaurants. No WIFI (most of the time). Nothing to do but be. You’d think we might forget how, but surprisingly it was easy to settle back into myself without life’s distractions. ⠀ ⠀ One day we went for a walk and I bumped into these little beauties. Funny how the word selfie seems understood in all languages. This is their life. Just imagine that. They have so little and yet there is so much joy in them. So much for us to learn.⠀ ⠀ How do you go when you are forced to disconnect? ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #justbe #being #himalayas #india #meditationretreat #rishikesh #vedicmeditation #meditation #highlymeditated #joy #stillness #mountains #nowifi #digitaldetox #sunshine #vedalife #vedanta
MA GANGA: The Ganges river is sacred to the Indian people. Many flock to Rishikesh to bathe in it and take water back to their families in other parts of the country. Some families will save for years just to send one family member to undertake this important task. It is a great honour for that person.⠀ ⠀ I was lucky enough to have the experience of swimming in Ma Ganga on my recent trip to Rishikesh. We all performed a short ritual to cleanse ourselves of that which we no longer needed. It was a beautiful reminder of how lucky we are. To have the luxury of hopping in an airplane and coming somewhere like this because we feel like it. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Just as I came out of the water I stepped in cow shit bare foot. Ah, India. (That one is for you @jeffkoeber).
Making friends here in Rishikesh. This lady was part of a beautiful family who were visiting the Ashram we are staying at. Some of these people come from towns where they just don’t see westerners. So they are fascinated by us. I love taking these moments to connect with the people of the land I’m visiting. And the joy they seem to get from it just fills my heart.⠀ ⠀ Never miss an opportunity to connect. It’s the stuff that makes life special.
AND EVEN MORE JAIPUR: check out my feed for more.
MORE JAIPUR: Here are some more shots from the Amber Fort. The last shot is from a world heritage site that has all these judge instruments for doing astronomy/astrology. The pic is if the worlds largest sun dial. Amazing. 😱
JAIPUR: So I arrived in India a few days ago. I’m here for a meditation retreat in Rishikesh, but doing a tour of the Golden Triangle first. ⠀ ⠀ Had the most amazing day yesterday seeing the sights of Jaipur. This is the Amber Fort. Stay tuned for much more India trip spam. Apologies in advance for flooding your feed.⠀
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? 😉