I discovered the power of mindset as a child when my grandmother told me:

"There’s no such word as can’t."

I didn’t fully understand it at the time, but it fascinated me.

A few years later my life transformed through sports coaching - long before I even knew what coaching was. When I joined my school rowing club, I had an elite fitness transformation.

In two years, I went from getting a stitch running cross-country to earning a seat in the fastest GB junior crew. I’d love to call it natural talent.

It wasn't.

It was world-class coaching and a complete shift in mindset. That experience didn’t just make me a better athlete. It rewired how I approached life.

I'd had my first taste of elite success, and I was hooked.

I started connecting the dots. If there was a playbook for becoming an elite athlete, surely I could apply it to other areas of my life.

So I did.

And it worked.

At 21, adventure called and I moved to Ibiza.

By 27, I was leading a team of 400 across global territories. I didn’t have all the answers, but I had the same playbook that had powered those early mornings on the river:

Mindset. Discipline. Absolute belief. And perhaps a little too much caffeine.

It worked again.

In six months, we grew profit from £1m to £5m. I say this not to boast, but because I learned something that has stayed with me ever since:

Your current circumstances don't define your potential. Sometimes you just need to see what's possible and have the courage to go after it.

By 30, I’d already lived a lifetime.

Based between Ibiza, Mallorca and London, I was surrounded by visionaries and ultra-high achievers who seemed to operate without limits. That world became my classroom. It expanded my mindset and blew the ceiling off what I thought was possible.

I kept adding chapters to my playbook. And somewhere along the way, I started coaching winners. Not necessarily people born into wealth or privilege. People with an elite mindset. People who were prepared to take responsibility, think bigger and do something about it.

Leading corporate teams and mentoring high achievers taught me a lot about what drives real change - and what is a complete waste of time.

I've experienced a lot of coaching myself over the past 30 years. Sports coaching for fitness and performance, life coaching for business. I even worked with a childrens' sleep coach (let's call her Yoda) who restored my sanity when my toddler and newborn decided to go noctural for 2 years! Pure quiet genius.

Excellent coaching has taught me repeatedly you can transform your life, in the boardroom, on the river or at 3am.

So I know what it's like to be on both sides of the relationship.

My clients don't need fixing.

They just want more.

More clarity, more confidence, more success, more freedom, a different career, a better relationship, a bigger business, a healthier life.

Or simply to stop playing small in an area where they know they could do more.

The subject varies.

The ambition doesn't.

When you work with me, you get me.

I deliberately keep my coaching practice small. There are no layers of people between you and me. If you email me, I read it myself.

That's important to me because you're trusting me with parts of your life, your business, your relationships, your ambitions and sometimes things you haven't told other people.

You deserve a coach who is fully in it with you.

I love my clients and to coin an Ibiza euphemism, I’ll never leave the club while you’re still on the dance floor.

Your goals become mine and we achieve them together.

Other things about me:

  • I have a degree in psychology.
  • I’ve completed 3 marathons on water (rowing not walking on it) and won gold twice at GB junior level.
  • It took my parents years to get over me moving to Ibiza the night I graduated from Cambridge.
  • At 21 I was profiled in Cosmopolitan for my ‘cool job’ in Ibiza.
  • I was briefly a cover girl on a ski brochure following a season in France. Surprisingly Vogue never called.
  • I said good morning to Stephen Hawking for 3 years en route to lectures without realising who he was. My intellectual peak came later.
  • I worked 7 days a week, 16 hours a day in my first job.
  • At 27 I bought my first home in Ibiza in 48 hours. I tend to trust my instinct.
  • At 37 I had a serious ski accident. After 3 months in hospital, 3 years of yoga, meditation, self-development (an incredible husband and a genius neurologist) Katy 2.0 emerged. Gratitude seems too small a word.
  • At 40 I joined the board of the UK’s largest independent airline. The first female in 50 years, 74 territories and a 9-figure budget.
  • I’ve encountered some of life’s toughest situations overseas and supported others through fatality, accident, rape, addiction, trauma and political revolution.
  • I’ve learnt a smile always crosses culture and language.
  • At 42 I launched a hotel chain that featured in The Sunday Times.
  • I became a mother to 2 wonderful daughters in my 40s. While I was pregnant, I staged concerts with David Guetta, Stormzy, and Swedish House Mafia. This could explain my eldest daughter’s incredible rhythm.
  • I’ve been with my husband Rob for 30 years. We met in our early 20s and grew up together during the crazy Ibiza years! We've only been married 10 years, he played hard to get.
  • We still have homes in Ibiza and Mallorca. We moved back to the UK 7 years ago for our daughters to grow up in the countryside. Hopefully one day they’ll forgive us…