In 6 months, figure out wtf you're doing with your career so your next step is by design, not default.
The Foundry
Get clear on what you're meant to be doing, wave the existential-career-crisis goodbye and own your self-employed era.
You are allowed to not know.
But no one’s going to hand you the answer while you wait.
Self-employment is the most accelerated personal development programme there is.
Going from the certainty of a paycheck and a six monthly performance review (queue corporate induced nausea) to ‘how tf do I find work?’ is a major transition.
Doing that alongside ‘who even am I anymore?’ and the overwhelm takes over.
How do you figure out the answers when it all feels so…big?
Where do you start?
You’re an ex-corporate tech leader.
You’ve left behind the security and certainty of being a permie and you’re wondering…
‘what do I do now??’
You used to be a high flyer, knowing where your career was going. You had a team. You had a plan. Your progression was mapped out.
Now it’s fluid, a little too fluid.
When people ask what you’re doing now, you hedge your answer. You’re tired of pretending you have a plan.
You don’t know how to position yourself as an expert now that you’re freelance, because you’re not sure you are anymore.
You don’t know where to start or what to do because you don’t really know where you’re going.
Despite all this, you know you can’t go back.
Because you can’t imagine spending the next 10, 20, 30 years of your career in endless, inefficient meetings, working for a company that says one thing and does another, watching your creativity fade away as you fight the pressure to conform to corporate norms.
So how do you make this work?
What are you meant to be doing?
You were a high performer then and you’re a high performer now.
Your Success is Inevitable.
Picture this…
You feel creative again, finally flexing your full skillset. Where once your diary was wall to wall status updates and politicing, you’re back to doing to doing. You have time to think. Time to create.
When you sit down at your desk every day you know where you’re going, what it means to be successful on this new path. You have a plan waiting on your desktop and the support on hand to action it.
You trust yourself, you take risks, everyday you’re moving forwards and you’re loving the journey. From cold pitching a new client, putting yourself out there online to fully stepping into your new solo-preneur power.
You have a plan to create profits with purpose and that puts your needs at its heart, in fact your inbox is popping off with new enquiries from impact driven, planet focused, human led clients.
You are moving forwards without sacrificing your health, quality time with your loved ones or that weekend hike, you have balance.
You are able to balance paying the bills now with building your business. When you check your bank balance you feel safe - there is plenty.
You're not waiting for clarity.
You're creating it.
Introducing
The Foundry
Figure out what you're meant to be doing with your career and start forging your self-employed identity.
HOW WE DO IT:
Introspect
We start with a deep process of taking stock. Where are you now: from work to home, health to wealth and what journey brought you here. Because we can’t get where we’re going if we don’t know where we are.
Idealise
What’s the dream way for you to pay the bills? What’s the best case scenario for your career? What’s the impact you want to make? Generate a vision of the future that draws on the assets and skills you’re bringing from corporate.
Intention Set
We map out a plan of action and intention to bridge the gap. From new routines, to financial goals, you’ll create a powerful, personal structure. You can move forwards with ease and build momentum.
Iterate
Failing fast - you know the drill. Every week you’ll be taking small risks and committing to bite sized experiments. Learning, adapting, growing. I’ll be by your side to cheerlead and keep you honest. You'll see real, tangible progress happen.
Integrate
What worked? What did you learn? And who are you now? As you take action and get clearer and clearer, you'll embody a new, free-er, more confident you. You're designing an authentic, nourishing life. We become by being.
Don’t be afraid of failing.
Be afraid of standing still.
The Investment
The Foundry includes
• Complimentary ‘Fit Check’ Call
• Pre-programme prep
• Notion portal with tailored tools and resources
• Fortnightly coaching calls for 6 months
• Email accountability
• Journaling prompts on ‘off weeks’ using my STREAM method
Full Price: £3370
Beta Price: £2250 (Three One space)
Ready to figure your sh*t out?
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B - Intensive Client
Each time we met I understood myself a little deeper, having new lightbulb moments on everything from my long-term business goals to small, practical next steps.
Working with Kate helped me make both small decisions and big, as well as develop tools for doing so by myself in the future.
My sessions with her were transformational.
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M - 6 month client
Working with you reignited my passion, giving me clarity and a renewed sense of purpose in my career.
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A - 6 month client
Kate is one of the best listeners I have interacted with, and is able to hold my sometimes quite expansive thinking and ideas and reflect back the heart of what I'm saying in an incisive and useful way. Her holistic approach works very well for me, and I particularly value how we are able to discuss all parts of my life, not just the business issues.
I’m Kate, certified and accredited coach for ex corporate-tech leaders transitioning to self-employment.
I was on the fast track in corporate tech—going from copy-pasting 8 hours a day to briefing the CEO on multi-million-pound projects, all in just five years.
In 2019, I struck out on my own.
Since then I’ve built my business from zero using what I learned in tech to test, learn and pivot toward meaningful self-employment.
For five years, I coached up-and-coming Film & TV leaders on confidence and imposter syndrome. After the 2023 strikes, I went back to my tech roots working with impact-driven people at startups and scale-ups.
I noticed a specific person seeking me out: the corporate tech leader redefining their career.
Together, we build their self-employed identity and create real progress.
To do that I blend the science behavioural change, neuroscience and coaching psychology with creativity to help you get unstuck and create a self-employed career filled with meaning.
I’m in your corner.
Hi!
Certified & Accredited
I’ve complete 164 hours of International Coaching Federation accredited coaching training with Barefoot Coaching
I am an EMCC Accredited Coach at Practitioner Level (EIA20241025)
230h+ of coaching experience
with over 90 clients
Fully Insured
Regular Supervision
FAQ
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If you want to join me in The Foundry, the first step is a complimentary Fit Check Call.
You can book this here or via any button on this page!
My next opening is in November
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If you want to:
Stop procrastinating
Make a decision that feels good and actually stick to it
Figure out where tf you’re going and how to get there
Actually enjoy the process of the above
Then investing in coaching is an excellent choice.
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In my private google meet room, unless you’re Bristol based or passing through Bristol, in which case we can coach in person at one of my fave co-work locations. Coaching is confidential, so our settings will always respect that.
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My job in our partnership is to help you untangle your brain knot and blow away the brain fog. I will help you think and see clearly. I will help you shape and take action.
In practice: we will explore this through coaching conversations, tools and exercises. You’ll be given homework like a video to watch, podcast to listen to, activity to try out. I’ll teach you how to use journaling for change and share prompts tailor to you.
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I don’t offer refunds. Coaching is a two way process. It’s about what I bring and what you bring. I will always bring my fullest most resourced self. I will be there to work in ways that work best for you.
My Fit Check calls are part of the process to make sure our relationship does work and you get results.
You don’t need to have it all worked out.
You just need to start.
Ready for your future to begin?
Your success is inevitable when you take courageous action.