Kate James
A more mindful life - ‘work life balance’
Profile
Kate James is the author of best-selling books, Believe in Yourself and Do What You Love, Be Mindful and Simplify Your Life and Change How You Think and Be Happier Now. She has spent the past fifteen years working as a coach, meditation teacher, speaker and retreat facilitator.
Utilising tools from Positive Psychology and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Kate works with leaders and business owners to help them clarify their personal strengths, develop confidence, increase self-awareness and gain clarity about their career and life direction.
Her clients range from lawyers to artists, entrepreneurs to corporate leaders. They are creative, insightful people who have an interest in living their own version of a successful and meaningful life.
Kate understands the ‘work life balance’ juggle first-hand having managed a successful career as she raised two (now adult) daughters. She lives in Melbourne with her husband of thirty years
Current work
Having practised meditation for the past 24 years, Kate teaches mindfulness workshops and retreats in Melbourne, Byron Bay, Bali, and the Yarra Valley, where participants are introduced to different to principles of mindfulness and how they can be integrated into everyday life
Previous experience
Media: Kate is a sought after media expert who has spoken on national television and radio and been quoted in The Age, body+soul, BRW, Marie Claire, Mindfood magazine, and Mind Body Green. She speaks to corporate groups on mindfulness, managing stress, finding more balance and living with purpose.
Education: She completed her certification in coaching with International Coach Academy in 2002 and was one of the first coaches in Australia to achieve the PCC accreditation with International Coach Federation in 2005.
Feedback
“Kate came in to Cotton On Head Office and opened up our global mindfulness
program. Her workshop was the perfect introduction to mindfulness. The talk was both
informative and engaging with key takeaways and techniques that people used straight
away. Since Kate’s workshop we have had leaders and general managers invite Kate back
to further develop mindfulness within their teams."
“‘I absolutely adore Kate. She is a highly skilled, generous and enormously gifted
business coach, especially for those who don’t traditionally consider themselves “business
people”. I discovered her through sheer luck (thanks Google), and I remain sincerely
grateful for the counsel she offered me back in 2010 when I was first fleshing out the
bones for what would become Big Hearted Business.”
“Kate delivered a fantastic session for our executive team, the session was perfectly
pitched for the audience and delivered well beyond my expectations. Kate’s engaging
style and ability to mesh together research and real life practical examples really
resonated with all who attended. In the weeks that followed many attendees have
mentioned how much they learnt and are trying to include mindful practice into their daily
lives.”
“We were fortunate to have Kate as a speaker at our Flying Solo LIVE! conference. Her
session explored how to maintain balance while running and growing a business and the
feedback from delegates was wonderful. Kate really ‘walks the talk’ and is clearly
someone who has a great deal of expertise to share. Thank you Kate!”
“Some of my senior leaders were sceptical about meditation in general and some were
feeling quite uncomfortable with the thought, however we persevered. We then arranged
a session at our last leadership offsite. Within minutes of meditating the team realised
that they were feeling more relaxed and everyone agreed, that it’s a simple and practical
tool for stress management. We now have a number of the team meditating on a more
regular basis.”
