If there’s one common trait that exists among my clients, I think it would be this – how to stop overthinking when you can’t switch off. Almost everyone who comes to see me says some…
If you’ve ever felt lost, overwhelmed by self-doubt, or like you’re trying to be the person others expect you to be, you’re not alone – and you’re in the right place. I’m Kate James, a coach, mindfulness teacher and author based in Melbourne, and I help people like you find clarity, confidence, and a kinder relationship with themselves.
Since founding my business in 2002, I’ve guided thousands of clients reconnect with their values, trust their inner wisdom, and find a direction that feels right for them.
I’m the founder of The Confidence Course, a small group coaching program for women, and host an annual women’s retreat in Byron Bay. I’m also the author of six best-selling personal development books, including Change Your Thinking to Change Your Life and Quietly Confident.
You can also explore mindfulness and self-belief with me online – join over 30 million meditators on Insight Timer to listen to my free guided meditations or take my ten-day audio course, Build Self-Belief through Mindful Action. which has helped more than 30,000 people take meaningful steps toward greater confidence.
Work with Kate
Kate’s coaching clients
Kate’s coaching clients are women who want to discover greater clarity about their direction and a deeper sense of confidence in themselves. You may find that some of the following qualities resonate.
- You might be feeling stuck or lost
- You may be burnt out from over-functioning
- You may struggle with self-confidence or self-belief
- You may have an inclination to overthink things
- You have a tendency to be hard on yourself and even perfectionistic
- You want to live with purpose and meaning
- Even if you don’t meditate, you like the idea of living consciously
- You care less about the external measures of success and more about being true to yourself
- You may have always felt a little different
- You feel restored by spending time in nature and care about taking care of our planet.
About Kate
Kate James is an author, coach and mindfulness teacher based in Melbourne. Drawing on principles from Positive Psychology, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, coaching philosophy and other forms of therapy, Kate helps her clients create mindful and meaningful lives. Her work is about inspiring clarity, balance, confidence and inner calm and she’ll work with you to create a deeper connection to your true self.
She is the author of six best-selling personal development books including, Believe in Yourself & Do What You Love, Be Mindful & Simplify Your Life, Change Your Thinking to Change Your Life and most recently, Quietly Confident.
Kate studied coaching in Melbourne in 2002 and opened a practice where she could blend her business experience with her interests in psychology, creativity and mindful leadership with her love of deep conversation, and purposeful living.
Join Kate live every Monday
Join over 100 people from around the globe each Monday morning at 9.30am (AEST)
when Kate shares a free talk and meditation on Insight Timer. With over 135,000 followers,
Kate’s popular guided meditations will help you find clarity, calm and confidence.
What people are saying
Clare Bowditch
Big Hearted Business
‘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. Thanks Kate!’
Catherine Morey-Nase
The Wellbeing Corner
‘Working with Kate has literally been life changing. In addition to being extremely professional and having the highest integrity, Kate is wise, kind and generous. She is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives and does just that with her compassionate, grounded and creative approach. Working with Kate helped me gain clarity and, more importantly, develop the self-belief to pursue what is truly aligned and meaningful for me.’
Elise Bialylew
Mindful in May
‘I had some coaching sessions with Kate to help me in becoming clearer about a project that I dreamt of running. Kate is authentic, professional, sparkling with creativity and truly inspiring. She provided generous ideas and helped me to develop this idea into a reality. Kate’s practice is grounded in the wisdom of meditation and you can certainly feel her clarity in the room. I have already spread the word to my friends and would highly recommend seeing her.’
Quietly Confident
In Quietly Confident, Kate looks beyond the narrow scope of popular culture and paints a broader, more human definition of what it means to have confidence and be ‘successful’. In an era that rewards those with the loudest voices (and the most followers), Kate encourages introverts to let go of outdated ideas and beliefs so that they too might shine just as brightly. With a better understanding of an introvert’s many invaluable gifts and showing us how to tap into our infinite worth, Kate will guide readers towards the confidence that already exists within each of us.
Read Kate’s recent articles
How to stop overthinking when you can’t switch off
If there’s one common trait that exists among my clients, I think it would be this – how to stop overthinking when you can’t switch off. Almost everyone who comes to see me says some…
Changemaker: Meg Callander
Just over a year ago, Meg Callander and I met for a few business coaching sessions. As soon as we started chatting, it was immediately evident how warm, open and intelligent Meg is. I…
Breaking the cycle of overfunctioning
How to start doing less and trusting it’s enough I’ve had so many lovely responses to my recent article about overfunctioning, with many people asking the question: what can we do about this? In today’s article,…
