Well first off, now I have a Camp Rock song stuck in my head…Thank you Mr. Jonas.

Hi, I am Kathy, and this is my blog. I am 37 years old, married to my Marketing CEO husband for almost 15 years. We have one fresh to the teenage scene daughter, an elderly Bichon/Maltese pup with a flair for drama and a 9-month-old Holland Lop who loves snuggles and playtime. We live in beautiful Northern California; we love Jesus and we love to entertain.

The romance ~ My husband and I met at a mutual friend’s wedding. I was living in Chicago at the time, and he was in So Cal. I flew in for just three short days to be the ‘stand-in’ maid of honor and he was the best man. At the rehearsal dinner we started talking and when we looked up, everyone else had left the room. We dated long distance for a few months, got engaged and married within the year. People doubted us and thought we were crazy, but we were committed to doing it right. Both of us coming from divorced families we decided our best-case scenario was to start off in marriage counseling, so that is what we did. We got tools and built a foundation that has gotten us through some of life’s craziest rollercoasters.

The children ~ We found out 8 months into marriage we were expecting! Our beautiful baby girl turned our world upside down and filled our lives with lots of tears, lots of time spent on our knees praying and lots of joy. We had always wanted to adopt as well so we started exploring our options when our daughter was 5, we hit a lot of brick walls and were discouraged until someone suggested foster to adopt. We researched, we trained, we got approved and we fostered. Although we never got to adopt, that 4 years of our lives refined us in ways nothing else could. I loved each and everyone of those girls and they left an imprint on my heart. I’ve been changed for good. We currently are not in a season where we can foster but one day hopefully soon and I am a firm believer of creating another seat at the table.

The Career(s)~ I’ve worked many, many menial jobs. I moved to Chicago from So Cal when I was 19 to study Interior Design. I had no real direction in my life, just hobbies. Hobbies do not always make great careers. I went on to work in commercial Interior Design, creating window displays in stores and loved it! It was so fun! Then I worked in residential Interior Design, what I majored in and almost had a mental breakdown. It left me not really knowing what to do with my life. 

Shortly after we got married, we moved back to So Cal and I couldn’t find any work anywhere. I did some extra work in movies and TV just to fill my time and then when I had my daughter I decided to stay home and raise her. When my daughter was 3 years old, I was presented with a crazy opportunity. We bought a coffee shop! At the same time, the Pastor of the church we were attending asked me to take over as the worship leader, so for the next 2 years I ran that coffee shop with the help of a few friends and it was literally the most fun I had ever had. And then I led worship every Sunday, it was fulfilling but exhausting. But I loved it and wouldn’t have traded a second.

I worked 6 days a week 5am-9pm and then Sundays at church, my husband’s office was right next door to my shop so he would bring our daughter and she would play games in my office, go around, and ask customers if they needed anything, she became my little mascot. Two years later, the shop was doing really well and was really busy, I still couldn’t afford to hire employees and my daughter was starting to become neglected, I had a check in my spirit and new it was time for a shift. I sold my coffee shop on her 5th birthday and started homeschooling. I went back to being a stay-at-homemom but I added homeschooling, and becoming foster parents to the mix. Since then,I have helped my husband with his business, made and sold T-shirts and baked goods and all sorts of odd jobs. And for a lot of the time, I felt pretty aimless, as I matured, I realized you don’t have to do one thing for the rest of your life to be successful and all these jobs/careers/callings I’ve done in the pass don’t become less because I move onto something new. In some way or another I believe each and every one of those experiences have prepared me for this.

That is the low down, run down, the word on the street, the facts, the 411…well, you get the picture.

I started my journey as a Life Coach back in April of 2020, while the world was turning in chaos, I knew it was time for me to launch into my new role. Well, it’s not quite a new role, is it? I am a 2 on the enneagram – the helper. I LOVE to help people; I have a T-shirt that says, ‘People helping people is my favorite’. I am also a mom and I LOVE being a mom. These facts about me, along with many other variables make transitioning into the role of a life coach really wonderful, simple, and thrilling.I had just finished 2 year of ministry training (like Seminary) at Bethel Supernatural School of Ministry and trained and certified through Alyssa Nobriga’s Life Coaching program.

See, one of my favorite things to do is calling out the gold in people. Everyone can see the dirt, but I want to be the one who sees the gold and calls it out of you. To hold you accountable for the greatness that is in you. To be the voice that reminds you of who you are and what you are capable of. The one who believes in you when you have trouble believing for yourself. I believe, whole heartedly that each and every one of us were not only created but created with a plan and a purpose. Jeremiah 29:11.

Let’s get into our time machine real quick – As a little girl, I refused to dream, I refused to get my hopes up. At a young age I learned pretty quickly that the world was a pretty disappointing place. But through out my life I encountered people, mentors and friends who saw something in me that I did not believe was there, they opened their doors and their time for me and with some work – I was able to conquer many of my limiting beliefs. God provided those people, He provided schools and ministries where I have been able to become trained and equipped and I now believe what He says about me is true. And I desire to help others discover the same!
For me it is all about hope. In a world so devoid of hope, we need help renewing our hope. I was completely hopeless growing up and now I am overflowing with hope, not just for me but for others as well. This is why I call myself the Hope Coach.

“A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future.” – Albert Camus

That, in a nutshell is me. I hope you laughed and were encouraged by my story. I hope you always leave this blog feeling encouraged and inspired. If you have any questions about working with me please email me!
Have a great day!

Xx
Kathy