If you’ve found your way here feeling ready for something different.
Perhaps a little nervous, a little hopeful, quietly thinking “it’s time”.
Somewhere inside you, even if it’s just a small voice, ready to be seen…
Then you’re in exactly the right place.
This is where the real work begins.
And I promise – it’s also where the fun comes back.
We all wear hats.
Every single day.
The ‘professional’ hat. The ‘parent’ hat. The ‘holding it all together’ hat. The ‘I’m fine, honestly’ hat. We layer them up over the years – the roles, the labels, the limitations, the versions of ourselves we show up as for the world.
Until one day we catch a glimpse in the mirror and think…
Who even am I underneath all of this?
That question is usually what brings people to me. And it’s one I know intimately. Because I’ve asked it myself.
My work is about taking the hats off. Not to leave you with nothing – but to reconnect you with everything you actually are. Because underneath all of them – all along – there was you.
Whole.
My hat wardrobe.
We all have one. The collection of hats we’ve accumulated over a lifetime – some chosen, some handed to us, some we’ve outgrown, some we’d never be without.
Here are seven of mine. Because before you trust someone to help you take your hats off – you should probably know what’s in their wardrobe.
🎩 The Mum Hat
Mum to three – which means this isn’t really one hat at all. It’s a three-sided hat, each side carrying different tools for a different child. Think of a typical pirate hat shape! It never quite sits level, because that’s the nature of it. I wore this one as a single mum for a long time, which meant carrying not just what each child needed but the weight of the space between them and their dad too. It was heavy. It was often exhausting. But they’ve grown up now – amazing humans, all three, still very different – and this hat has grown lighter as they grown up. I still wear it every day. I always will. I just don’t have to spin it around quite so fast anymore.
🧘 The Yoga Hat
One of my absolute favourites. The moment this one goes on, something in me exhales. It’s been with me since I was around 8 years old – long before I had the language for what it was doing for me. It reminds me instantly that I have a body, that my body has wisdom, and like the earth has her cycles – of which I am definitely part of, I also have my own. It’s the hat that keeps me honest. The one that says – have I breathed today? Have I listened? Have I felt anything? If you’ve ever wondered where my coaching approach comes from, it starts here.
🎓 The Coaching Hat
This one still gives me butterflies – and I think that’s exactly right. Every new client call fills me with equal parts excitement and nerves, because I care deeply about getting it right. About being the person my client actually needs, not just the coach I’ve prepared to be. This hat sits a little differently every time I put it on, because no two clients are the same. What stays constant underneath it is my commitment: to show up fully, to hold the space with care, and the knowledge that the person in front of me already has everything they need. I’m just here to help them find it.
💛 The Wife Hat
A hat I genuinely didn’t think I’d wear again. And yet here I am – six years in – and this is without question the most comfortable hat I own. It’s soft. It’s warm. It’s the kind of hat you pull on without thinking on a cold winter’s morning and immediately feel better for it. Being Chris’ wife makes me shine. Not because it completes me – I was already complete – but because it adds something. Warmth. Steadiness. A person in my corner who thinks I’m brilliant even when I don’t. I love this hat unreservedly and I don’t care who sees me in it.
🐾 The Paws Mum Hat
Imagine a waterproof jester’s hat crossed with a riot helmet. That’s the one. I’m mum to two dogs – a Mastador of 13 and a Daniff of 1, (both mastiff crosses,) both utterly mad, both obsessed with beaches and mud in roughly equal measure – and two cats who couldn’t be more different if they tried. The long-haired one is friendly, magnificent and absolutely the boss of all four of them. The short-haired one is more selective with his affections – which means when he decides you’ve earned his attention, you know you’ve really done something right. This hat dials everything up. The chaos, the joy, the mud, the love. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
⛑️ The 'You Just Cope' Helmet
This one isn’t really a hat. It’s a helmet. Heavy, metal, uncomfortable – and for a long time I wore it because I was told it was mine. ‘You’re the one who copes, Karina.’ And I believed them. I took that helmet into every relationship, every role, every chapter of my life and put it on without question. It gave a lot of my power away. It made me feel like coping was my job and asking for help wasn’t allowed. This helmet is still in my wardrobe – right at the back, behind everything else- because I think it’s important to know it’s there. But I have much better hats to reach for now. And I don’t wear it anymore unless I choose to.
✨ The 'That's Enough' Hat
My absolute favourite. The one I wish I’d found sooner. This hat gives me permission to stop. To put things down. To say – that’s enough for today, that’s enough from you, that’s enough of that story I’ve been telling myself. It’s the hat I put on when I need to remember that I don’t have to earn my rest, justify my boundaries or explain my peace. It took me a long time to find this one. It fits perfectly. I’m never giving it back.
So. Now you know what’s in my wardrobe.
What’s in yours?
And which ones are you ready to put down?
I work with three layers…
The conscious mind – your goals, your thinking, your choices.
The subconscious – the patterns, beliefs and stories running quietly underneath.
The body – which holds everything you’ve experienced, and knows things your mind hasn’t caught up with yet
Work with me.
Ready to take the first hat off?
Whatever brings you here — there’s a way to work together that’s right for you.
🎩 Personal Coaching
For the person who is ready to stop running from themselves and start walking back home. We work with your mind, body and subconscious to shift what thinking alone can’t reach.
🎩 Executive Coaching
For the leader who is brilliant at their job and quietly exhausted by the version of themselves they have to be to do it. Real change. Real presence. Real results.
🎩 WHOLE – The Program
A 10-week 1-1 journey back to yourself. Walking home, one hat at a time. Currently accepting applications for the Pioneer Cohort.
A few kind words
One of the elements I was not expecting was the questioning to enable self reflection – in particular, I had mentioned that I had forgotten how to have fun with my family – by ending each session with “What are you doing to have fun” has genuinely changed my thought process to spending time with my family and ensuring we have fun together.
Karina has been instrumental in helping me identify areas that could potentially hold me back. She has guided me in recognizing my feelings and taking actionable steps to improve.
Karina is an excellent coach and I get a lot out of our sessions. Sessions are well paced and follow a flow and format that we agreed as part of the process. Sessions so far did not address what I thought thet would, but they are definitely addressing what I need!