Hey, I’M KATHRYN
– a dog mum, a fantasy fiction lover, and someone who spent most of my life trying to be someone I’m not
I spent years being the “good girl” trying to fit in, desperately seeking approval from everyone around me, and wishing I wasn’t so damn sensitive. Ironically it was my sensitivity & emotions that ended up being the key to everything I was searching for (more on that later)!
GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD
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GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD \\
One of my earliest journal entries around age 10 was me writing that I just wished I could fit in and figure out who I was.
My highly sensitive self absorbed other people's emotions like it was my actual job because somewhere along the way, I learned that was how I belonged. If I could figure out what everyone needed, change myself to keep them comfortable, take on their stress so they didn't have to carry it... then maybe I'd finally fit in. Maybe I'd be enough.
So I abandoned myself completely. It got to the point that I couldn't tell if a feeling was mine or if I'd just picked it up from someone next to me. Wuestions like "what do you want to do this weekend?" completely overwhelmed me - because I genuinely had no idea what I wanted. I only knew what everyone else wanted from me.
By the age of 16 I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression, and put on medication (which just made things worse). Underneath all of that, my body was in pain too, this chronic pain that I went to countless doctors about and no one could ever figure out what was going on.
That's when I turned to Alternative Medicine and started studying a Diploma of Holistic Kinesiology. To find the answers no one could give me…
I discovered the root cause of my physical & emotional pain was what I'd been trying to run from my entire life - my sensitivity & all of the emotions I had squashed down.
Once I stopped running from myself & took radical responsibility for my life, everything shifted:
My anxiety & depression went from a constant occurrence to only popping up every now and then.
My inner critic went from being absolutely bitchy to actually supportive.
My debilitating stomach pains disappeared.
My mind stopped racing and I FINALLY managed to sleep through the night.
I ended toxic friendships, started speaking up for myself, began trusting my intuition, set boundaries, and saw my worth for the first time in my life
This is why I do what I do.
I know I'm not the only one who has felt like they’re on an emotional rollercoaster, struggling to feel at peace themselves. So I wanted to share my story with you - to show you what can be possible once you stop running from yourself. Because life is SO much harder trying to be something that you're not.
Once you stop fighting against yourself and start listening, everything changes.
What that means for you:
This isn't talk therapy - we're not just talking about your feelings while the pattern stays stuck in your body. The work I do pulls from three things:
Parts work We get to know the parts of you that learned to people-please, overthink, and abandon yourself and figure out why they're doing it. Cos they're not flaws, they're protection and they made complete sense once.
Somatics We work with your actual body, subconscious mind and nervous system, cos that's where the pattern lives, and you can't think your way out of something that lives in your body.
Self-compassion Threaded through all of it, cos you can't shame yourself into healing and feeling enough (trust me, I tried).
So we go to the root - the beliefs that taught you to distrust yourself, the conditioning that made absorbing everyone's emotions feel like your job. And you walk away with stuff you can actually use, tailored to you. Not the generic "just set a boundary" advice that's probably never worked for you anyway.
My Qualifications
Diploma of Holistic Kinesiology
Certificate in NLP & Life Coaching
ThetaHealing Practitioner
Certificate in Trauma-Informed Practice
Certificate in Somatic Parts Work
Ready to finally get the answers you’re looking for?
If you're tired of feeling lost, overwhelmed, and constantly seeking everyone's approval - if you're ready to stop abandoning yourself and start trusting yourself - I'm here.