My story
It all started when I was very young, I have always been very shy and reserved. I’ve often been told: Why don’t you talk? Say something! It’s okay if you have anything to say; Say whatever comes to your mind! I do not hear anything! Speak louder! It did not improve with time.
When I was a little girl, I didn’t like attention so I talked as little as possible. I thought I was smart, that it would draw attention away from me, but it had the opposite effect. It got me more attention than I could handle. I could hear people talking behind my back. ”What’s wrong with her, why isn’t she talking?” “I went to talk to her, she barely answered my questions, she’s so rude.”
Because of social anxiety, I thought that I would never go far in life. Social anxiety was holding me back from experiencing so much in my life but I was used to it. Until it became a problem at work. I decided I needed to change. I made the first step, I joined a Toastmasters club. I remember it like it was yesterday. I absolutely hated it. It was pure torture. Until then, I have always tried to avoid social situations, because of my social anxiety.
It was not easy at first but I found a way to thrive in this new environment and manage my anxiety.
I persevered, even though I would have preferred to be at home in my pajamas watching Netflix. I went to every meeting, I took roles every time. After a month, I did my ice-breaker. Here I was in front of 30 people who expected me to talk about myself. I hated it. It took me 4 months to do my next speech. After that, I started doing one speech a month.
When I look back at everything that I accomplished in the last years, I barely can believe it. I did more than 100 speeches. I was able to connect with others by sharing my story, by being vulnerable. I made some awesome like-minded friends. I realize that I was not alone. What I learned from one of my colleagues in Toastmasters was to accept myself as I am, not try to fit in. It’s ok to be weird. But I am not weird, that’s his thing, personally I’m awesome!
I am so grateful for the people who believed in me when I could not believe in myself. The kindness and support of the people I met in Toastmasters helped me realize that I could be more than the girl who did not talk enough in meetings. It helped reveal the leader in me.
That is what inspired me to start my own business to help other people like me. If I can do it then anyone can do it!
My Education
Trauma Conscious Training with Certification in Transformational Coaching, Evolved Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and Quantum Time Release – 2023 – Avalon Empowerment
Sleep, Stress Management, and Recovery Coaching – 2022 – Precision Nutrition
Beyond Quantum Healing Practitioner – 2022 – Quantum Healing
Certified Hypnotherapist / Rapid Transformational Therapy – 2021 – The School of Rapid Transformational Therapy
Certified Ho’oponopono Practitioner – 2021 – Global Sciences Foundation
Certified Law of Attraction Wealth Practioner – 2021 – Global Sciences Foundation
Certified Law of Attraction Basic Practioner – 2021 – Global Sciences Foundation
Certified Life Coach – 2021 – iNLPCenter
The iNLP Center certifies life coaches and NLP practitioners through grounded, real-world application, allowing you to grow personally and help others through coaching.
Anxiety Counselling Certification – 2021 – Ichars
Institue of Clinical Hypnosis and Related Sciences.
Certified Master Practitioner of NLP – 2021 – iNLPCenter
The iNLP Center certifies life coaches and NLP practitioners through grounded, real-world application, allowing you to grow personally and help others through coaching.
Hypnosis Practitioner – 2021 – iNLPCenter
The iNLP Center certifies life coaches and NLP practitioners through grounded, real-world application, allowing you to grow personally and help others through coaching.
NLP Practitioner – 2021 – iNLPCenter
The iNLP Center certifies life coaches and NLP practitioners through grounded, real-world application, allowing you to grow personally and help others through coaching.
Certified Habit Coach – 2021 – Coach.me
Habit Coaching powers clients to turn goals and intentions into consistent action
Restorative Yoga Teacher – 2020 – Yoga and Ayurveda Center
Authentic & Affordable Yoga Teacher Training Online Certification & Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP)
Registered Yoga Teacher – 2020 – YogaRenew
YogaRenew is a Registered Yoga School (RYS®) with Yoga Alliance
Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher – 2020 – School of Positive Transformation
The School of Positive Transformation is offering individuals and organizations practical tools, courses, and trainings, that are simple, effective and inspiring.
CBT For Anxiety – 2020 – Beck Institute
Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy was founded in 1994 by Dr. Aaron Beck and his daughter, Dr. Judith Beck, as a setting for state-of-the-art psychotherapy and professional training.
CBT Practitioner – 2020 – Udemy
CBT is a modern form of Applied Psychology that is broadly used by coaches, therapists, counsellors and mental health specialists. Due to the rational basis for its effectiveness, CBT is a popular helping system for many regular emotional difficulties, such as grief, anxiety and stress.
Certified Belief Clearing Practioner – 2019 – Global Sciences Foundation
PN Level 1 Certified – 2019 – Precision Nutrition
Precision Nutrition is the home of the world’s top nutrition coaches.
Coaching clients and certifying professionals since 2005.
Certified Wellness Coach – 2018 – International Association of Wellness Professionals
Holistic Wellness Coaches are professionals who take an integrative approach to help people learn to make healthy lifestyle changes. They take into account more than just nutrition and fitness, but all aspects of a person’s health and life in a true holistic fashion.
Reiki Level 2 – 2017 – Ysabeille Gariépy
Reiki is a form of complementary therapy relating to energy healing.
Reiki Level 1 – 2016 – Ysabeille Gariépy
Reiki is a form of complementary therapy relating to energy healing.
Testimonials
“Katy helped me understand how to manage negative thinking, identify limiting beliefs, and learn how to challenge them in order to find more positive ways of thinking about myself and my life. She was very attentive and provided a great platform to express myself and my issues! Thank you so much 
She has also travelled the path herself and therefore has solid credibility. ”
“I was coached about my negative thoughts, I see a positive evolution in the reduction and in the intensity.”
"Katy is great and provided useful advice to help get started in the right direction, thanks Katy!!"
"I would recommend working with Katy 100%! She is offering and giving a very good service. Including the e-mails she sends, and how she talks, speaks with the client. I felt myself 100% safe during the session."
"Thank you for helping me Katy, you gave me space to feel my emotions, you guided me towards understanding. I am very grateful! I feel amazing, I know how to focus my thoughts, I own my actions. I focus on the wonderful things that are happening to me, and I know that life happens for me, not to me."
"I feel more confident and relaxed. I was able to link in a better way many issues in my life and understand how they affected me and how to deal with them. Katy has a very relaxing voice her recording is an amazing relaxing source"
''I now think in a totally different way each and every day and because of this I am much more focussed due to being so much more relaxed mentally & physically. I think if you are someone who is considering a session with Katy, please do not hesitate, you will simply never look back. It's literally transformational!''
''I got promoted, I am less anxious at work, I no longer dread going to work, if I doubt my ability, I remind myself that it is simply an old inaccurate belief showing up briefly. Katy is a fantastic therapist and I feel very lucky to have met her!! Thank you so much Katy!!''
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