Kate James
 
Kate's clients are mostly professionals who want to enhance their quality of life by making career and life choices that will create genuine and lasting fulfilment. Having experienced several career changes herself, Kate encourages her clients to find work that they love.

As well as working with individuals and groups around core issues such as time and stress management, Kate helps her clients develop self awareness, build confidence and understand their personal strengths, values and needs. She works with each individual to help them define what success means to them and supports them in creating a life that has purpose and meaning.

Kate's clients are predominantly creative people (whether they recognise it or not). She works with people who have achieved a degree of success in the corporate world but who still don't feel satisfied and those who have already made the leap into small business. Her small business clients are in either the creative or wellbeing sectors.

She is a regular speaker in the area of work life balance and stress management. She teaches a mainstream form of meditation to both personal and corporate groups. Her down-to-earth approach and her commitment to involve participants make Kate a popular and engaging trainer.

Kate is quoted regularly in the media as an expert in the field of stress management and work life balance. Recent coverage includes appearances on television and radio as well as The Age, Sunday Life, Sunday Telegraph, body+soul and Australian Financial Review.

Kate has also appeared live in a number of radio interviews and has featured in various segments about coaching on national television. Click here to view Kate's appearance on Channel Ten's '9am' in February 2008. Kate's expertise as a work life balance coach is on display at Flying Solo, an online business advice resource. Read Kate's articles here.

She is a qualified coach having graduated from International Coach Academy. She also holds a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. Kate was one of the first coaches in Australia to achieve a PCC accreditation with International Coach Federation (ICF) in 2005.

Total Balance Group works with a diverse range of clients in a multitude of sectors including legal, property, advertising, banking, media, public relations, FMCG, government, small business and not-for-profit.

Kate currently lives in Melbourne with her partner of over twenty years and their two adult daughters.  When she's not with clients, you'll find her spending time with her family, writing, reading, cooking, walking along the beach, taking photos or visiting a gallery.

If you wish to book Kate to speak at your next conference please contact us to discuss.

WHAT KATE'S CLIENTS SAY
'I loved my sessions with Kate and miss them now we’re done! In a very friendly and professional manner, Kate helped me pinpoint exactly what l was looking for in my career. We identified my passions, my strengths, ultimate job criteria and a whole lot more including balancing career and family life. As a result of our sessions, l am about to launch my own business – something Kate helped me realise l’d been wanting to do for years and that if l didn’t give it a go, l’d likely have regrets. Her supportive and no nonsense approach, including a wealth of experience and professional network, were invaluable in assisting me take the first very exciting steps.' Sarah Fisher, denu, Berwick

"Kate has helped me a lot to firstly see my goals more clearly and secondly achieve them by breaking them down into manageable chunks.  She is very talented at 'listening' between the lines and gives easy to follow advice on how to move forward in life.  Her positive feedback and constructive criticism have helped me stay on track when I was lacking motivation.  Thank you, Kate, for helping me to see areas of my life in a different perspective and showing me how to work on my goals in order to feel more in control of my life." WK, Melbourne

"I had decided to see Kate for coaching during a stage when I was unhappy with the way my life was progressing. I was stuck in a job I no longer cared for and had lost direction with what I wanted and in fact liked about myself and my career. I had become anxious and full of self doubt. By slowly breaking down what I wanted to achieve in long and short term goals I was able to tackle (and continue to) each point. After two months of coaching I have found a job in an area that has more careers prospects and I am now tackling larger issues of friendships and relationships. My anxiety dissipated and my self esteem improved. Kate doesn't provide the answers for you, just the skills to help you build the blocks to taking control of your life." KM, Melbourne

"Kate James is an inspiration! She has the natural talent of being able to read a person like a book. During my time as a client of Kate's I found myself in a situation of blaming someone else for my problems and Kate was able to read both the situation and myself perfectly by gently prodding me to address the situation in a way that achieved the desired result for both parties. I want to thank her for her compassionate nature and her gift of understanding what was required by backing her intuition and her judgement. Kate truly knows people." Mark Durkin, National Account Manager, Bolle Australia