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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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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? 😉
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?