I’m Kate

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As both a practising midwife and an experienced life and career coach, I have a distinctive perspective on you.

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If you’re a midwife (which you likely are), then you’re already having an impact on the world -  even when you don't feel it. You’re probably here because you know there's a better way. You’re in the right place.

 

Why do I care?

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Because there is no substitute for you. Truly. For a decade now I have welcomed women through the doors of my coaching world to witness them as they emerge from the grit of the rock face, reconnecting them to their values and sense of self, enabling them to see themselves as creative, resourceful and pioneering. You too are God’s masterpiece – a wildly beautiful ruby whose imperfections make you more valuable rather than less. And you’re designed to make an impact through your passions and gifts.

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Life to the full

I’ve been married to Andrew since 1999 and I’m mum to 3 children, one boy and two girls (born 2003, 2005 and 2009). We live in SW London, very close to Richmond Park, where I love to breathe, cycle and deer stalk. 

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I love using my hands. Give me a drum – taiko, djembe, you name it – and I’ll beat it. Watching the flow of ink or pastel on a page is pure (amateur) pleasure. Clay on a potter’s wheel has so far eluded my hands, but it’s one of my great plans. Touch is at the heart of the work I have done with birthing mothers and babies, as a doula for a decade and now as a midwife.

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I am excited about women’s voices, and using mine to amplify theirs. My voice is wired to sing, vigorously. My children resist, but I just cant help it, especially in the company of my beloved sisters. My voice loves words too – a blank page a very inviting, spacious place.

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I had an epiphany sort of time after the birth of my first babies, as a recovering perfectionist, struggling with postnatal anxiety and depression.  It  is when I began coach training with the Coactive Training Institute and started my journey as a childbirth educator/mentor,  with NCT and Birthing from Within. It is where I really found my ‘voice’, in this birth and parenting place of knowing very little, learning much and seeing what’s possible. This is also where I am re-learning the power of curiosity and play, what it means to connect to the roar of my instincts, and the galvanising momentum of reflection as it creates action.

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I never thought I would become a midwife really. I had well rehearsed reasons why not, including fears like If I became a midwife, what if…?

…The NHS swallowed me whole and spat me out a conformist?
…I was to die of sadness and exhaustion battling a system from within?
…My children forgot who I was?

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And yet as I entered midwifery, I wrote this and kept it safe:

"This is the high dream: that I might use ALL of who I am made to be – the woman, the voice, the mother, the coach – to bring refreshment and possibility to midwives who are losing hope. I am not one to hold back from thinking deep and wide, believing anything is possible." Flourish has come from this dream.

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I am a Christian – working with people of all faiths and none. God wants us to know our immeasurable value, how we are ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’ (Psalm 139), and being crafted for a purpose. And he’s all about hands and voices too – using ours to shape the world.

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I am an interculturalist – I have spent 10 years of my career overseas – living in Japan, Iran and the UAE, so I get that we’re all so brilliantly unique and also shaped and influenced by the rock were were born into – or onto.

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If you are up for some challenge, tender holding and clarity about your own purpose, read more about Flourish the book here and look out for coaching offerings coming soon.

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