MEET COACH KATE

With eighteen years of working with trauma survivors, educating, international speaking, mental health advocacy and mentoring,  Coach Kate began her journey of becoming trauma-informed while working in rehabilitation. She then continued on to work with nonprofits in health and wellness serving at-risk populations and helped to found a nonprofit organization in South Asia. Upon returning to the States, she became an educator, and for the next seven years Kate created and taught courses in various subjects including leadership, growth mindset, self-discovery and health and wellness while advocating for mental health, weaving it into each course. Coach Kate was especially drawn to working with neurodivergent students and families who had suffered trauma, having been such a student herself, and spent years learning how to approach teaching and building courses in a way that was creative and trauma-informed. It was during these years that she found a passion for working with individuals on their own mental health journeys, and she continued to mentor both individuals and families needing guidance.

 

Coach Kate first earned her coaching certification in 2020 through Certified Life Coach Institute, an International Coaching Federation accredited program. As she practiced and found her own stride in the coaching world, Kate chose Mental Health and Trauma Recovery as her focus, melding together a love for neuroscience and the brain with her many years of experience in the world of holistic care.

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Since then, she has learned how to incorporate somatic work and nervous system regulation (polyvagal theory might be a love language), cognitive techniques and mindset work for rewiring the brain, CBT-derived approaches, countless therapeutic modalities and breathwork.

 

Kate is a trauma-informed coach, and has a deep love for working with her neurodivergent clients. 

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Coach Kate is also the proud developer of the Hagah Movement and Rapha Breathwork modalities for mental wellness and trauma recovery work.

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As a trauma survivor and someone whose life has been deeply impacted by their own personal journey with navigating mental health, Kate suffered from selective mutism, debilitating chronic illness and self-destructive behaviors beginning early in her growing up years. Anxiety and fear ruled her life until she was faced with a choice: would she do the hard inner work of self-healing and recovery, or allow trauma to ultimately rob her of her life? 

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She chose to plunge herself into embracing the inner work, and never looked back.

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Today, although she has been battling chronic illness for over 20 years now, by cultivating an empowered mindset and taking ownership of her own recovery, she lives a life of freedom she would not give up for the world. 

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Coach Kate says, "Learning to connect our embodied experience with our critical mind is a key I find missing in many coaching programs, and that's what I aim to provide. 

No matter our circumstances, I believe we are not doomed to be victims forever. By taking the jump into our transformational journeys,  we can live out lives that are empowered. We can make an impact. And through the work of Refuge Life Services, I’m committed to partnering with you to make your goals, self-healing story, and transformation attainable."​

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