Coaching with me

Do you ever find yourself dreaming of doing something different to what your work and life has you doing?

Perhaps you long for your creativity to be more central to your work and life, but you’re unsure how to do so amidst the chaos and demands on your time?

Burned out from your work’s hustle and repetition, but not sure what to do next?

Or perhaps you want your leadership to be recognised but grapple with self-doubt?

Through coaching, I support and uplift changemakers who want to lead value-based and empowered lives.

A sense of deep joy and satisfaction are equally important to the impact you want to make to our collective world.

Being a holistic coach means I work with you as a whole person - not just as a business owner, or corporate/community leader, or whichever of your hats takes front view when you approach me.

Your leadership, wellbeing and creativity are interconnected.

My approach is informed by my 20 years of research, advocacy and leadership regarding health and community, including with Meta, World Health Organisation, Intuitive, Oxfam and state and district health services. Being one who values rigour and an evidence-base, I am certified with the Australian Institute of Professional Coaches and an ACC-level coach with the ICF.

Coaching is a natural extension of my long standing passion to enable people to increase control over their health, and the determinants of their health. I love that coaching allows us to share a journey that transforms disillusionment, stuckness or burnout into a force of power and creativity, so that you can effect change for yourself and those you serve.

It would be my honour and privilege to walk alongside you as you embrace all of who you are and begin designing and creating the life you want.

Click the links below to learn more or contact me to set up a coach connection call.

  • Karen is a careful and powerful listener. She reframed my thoughts without any affectation of doing so—she just saw things I didn’t know were there—but they were! And this “self-resonance” was wildly helpful for me in thinking and believing different things about myself and my creative practice.

    Small Business Owner

  • Karen is incredibly enabling and constantly uncovered something positive or actionable that I was not able to see before.

    Creative Entrepreneur

  • Karen has the unique ability to ask questions that cut through to the core of what you’re trying to achieve. This approach challenged me so I genuinely learnt something new for the first time in a long time.

    Health Promotion Officer, NSW Health Service

My coaching philosophy

As a coach I partner with you in a growth-focused and creative process grounded in evidence so that you are supported to generate positive change in your personal and professional life.

I am actively committed to a process of self-actualisation and self-determination in support of wellbeing for all. As your coach, I come alongside you to support you to clarify and realise your full capabilities, believing in your resourcefulness and creativity.

A strengths-based approach informs my coaching, rooted in a human rights framework. I believe there are deep-seated and underlying injustices, inequalities and prejudices in society, which coaches have an ethical obligation to challenge.

I see coaching as a catalytic process that supports you to become more engaged in a lifelong journey of creative, intellectual and collective growth. As your coach, I provide you with support, encouragement and accountability to enhance the skills, resources and creativity you already possess. I commit to equipping you with tools that enable you to participate actively in the roles and responsibilities you will encounter in life.

I will:

  • Partner with you to set tangible goals

  • Develop strategies to address challenges and issues

  • Hold you accountable to do more than you may have done on your own

  • Create opportunities for you to build your skills and knowledge

  • Support you to be results-driven in areas that matter the most to you

  • Provide you with the tools, support and structure to accomplish what is important to you

Professional visual artist and art therapist

“I’m in such a busy and overwhelming stage now, I'd felt too busy to fit in a coaching session. I'm so glad I did. Now, I have a sense of clarity and making progress on my check list. The follow up summary Karen provides was a great visual reminder of what to focus on, and this reduces the overwhelm feeling immensely.”

Small Business Owner

“Since coaching, my internal response to the thought, “You cannot do that; you aren’t good enough” has now lifted so that I (oddly) no longer think the thought is accurate... This is because Karen helped me make a strong connection between my desires, impediments, fears, and action.”

How I assist you

Through our coaching sessions, you can expect to have a greater sense of clarity, a vision of what you’d like to achieve, and a better idea of what you want to change. In partnership with you I will:

  • Provide the opportunity to address any immediate issues in your life and work, identify the key goals you want to achieve and work out what’s standing in your way.

  • Guide you through the coaching process through which we’ll identify your ‘big picture’ goals and firm up how we can best work together to support you to take action.

  • Explore your satisfaction with your life and its different domains, and talk about where you’d like to start focusing your energy.

  • Support you to prioritise your goals and develop immediate actions so that you can see some results right away!

I hope you will be encouraged, excited and motivated about the process, your goals, and your anticipated outcomes.

Coaching packages

Coaching with me is a holistic, co-created process over a series of sessions, to allow for deep shifts to occur. Currently, I offer the following packages.

The first step to working together is to schedule a Coach Connection call, which is an obligation-free call to explore your goals and work together to determine client-coach compatibility. You can click here to reach out via my website or email me directly at karen(at)drkmcb.com.

Payment is due upfront but I do offer payment plans. I accept direct bank transfer or secure online payment via Stripe. I also offer a referral bonus which can benefit both you and the person you refer.

  • Elevate

    10-12 weeks duration

    Pre-work packet

    10 x 1 hr coaching sessions

    Optional: WhatsApp/email support

    Optional: 15 min emergency check in

  • The creative shift

    6-8 weeks duration

    Pre-work packet

    6 x 1 hr coaching sessions

    Optional: WhatsApp/email support

    Optional: 15 min emergency check in

  • Focus and flow

    3-4 weeks duration

    Pre-work packet

    3 x 1 hr coaching sessions

    Optional: WhatsApp/email support

    Optional: 15 min emergency check in

    Currently for return clients only

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