Kitchen Table Audacity

A break from #audacitychallenge answewr if I would go vegan in 2025 after my 10 years being vegan. My answer is rather contraverial but I’ll trust that you’ll take it as it’s intended <3 Getting to help clients introduce this into their life or transform their bodies through lifestyle changes is my absolute favourite thing to do so if that sounds like something you’d be into then contact me on my various platforms or via email: [email protected] out for a rerecord of the meditation episode and all things dopamine detox lined up. See you here, same time, same place next week. Now go out there and do something AUDACIOUS (like care about whatever it is you care about ;0⁠If you'd like to find me on other platforms find me on: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠Medium ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠Substack ⁠

A break from #audacitychallenge talk to answer my most asked question of the year - Tips for going more plant based. I LOVE that plant based lifestyles continue to be on the rise. In this episode you’ll learn the difference between plant based lifestyles and veganism as well as the 6 (and a bonus tip) I’d give anyone (including myself) wanting to adopt a more plant based lifestyle. Getting to help clients introduce this into their life or transform their bodies through lifestyle changes is my absolute favourite thing to do so if that sounds like something you’d be into then contact me on my various platforms or via email: [email protected]’ve got an episode on if I would go Vegan in 2025 lined up, a rerecord of the meditation episode and all things dopamine detox lined up. See you here, same time, same place next week. Now go out there and do something AUDACIOUS (like add some more plants into your next meal ;). ⁠If you'd like to find me on other platforms find me on: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠Medium ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠Substack ⁠

Meditation. That same resistance you just felt when you heard that word? Yep I felt (and often still feel) it too. But the evidence for meditation is so astounding it cannot be ignored. The book I reference is: How to change your mind by producitivery reseracher Chris Bailey if you’d like an even more detailed break down of how the time negative of meditaion works - he shows us how we get back 9 minutes for every 1 minute we meditate when we consider our ability to avoid distractions, stay present, observe our thoughts, include our mental capacity and remain the observer of our thoughts. The best part? There’s really very little room for error. The whole game is noticing what your mind if full of. Not controling it or trying not to think - just noticing and trying to remain detached from your thoughts either focusing on your breath or a guided meditation. The app I referred to in the podcast is Insight Timer: It’s got guided medititations, music and tons of stunning guided meditations. The benefits of gaining back time, reducing your distractions, improving your mental capacity have a direct influence on your thoughts, feelings and perceptions. The number one takeaway from this podcast is to focus on consistency over quantity. Rather do 2 minutes every day than an hour on Saturdays. It continues to be one of the habits that I’ve been practising the longest that I attritute much of my ability to stay present and squeeze the juice out of life to. Share this with someone who could stand to benefit from gaining more conscious time back in their life and get to choose the state like to exist in 53% of their lives. I hope you found that helpful and I look forward to sharing the details of a dopamine detox on the next episode. Now go out there and do something AUDACIOUS (like sit and focus on nothing but your breath for 2 minutes in order to gain actual years back in your life). ⁠If you'd like to find me on other platforms find me on: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠Medium ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠Substack ⁠

Holding onto the parts of ourselves that no longer serve us feels like our protective ego may just want to hold onto an old belief that once kept us safe. If our silly human brain can’t tell the difference between reality and our thoughts (like how we can have a full blown panic attack over something imaginary) then it’s possible that we could embody - with our brains - other personas as our own. Jackets - The different personas you can try on. You can step into the mindset and behaviour patterns of someone who has made what you’re trying to get right (going to gym, eating well, financial literacy) part of their identity. Once it becomes who you are instead of something you do - you lose the fear of falling off the wagon. It becomes you when you have insight into the selfish reason(s) that drive you. The cognitive dissonance of NOT doing even something hard (like going to gym) becomes easier than having to sit with the discomfort of behaving in a way incongruent with who you are. Conviction affirmations were gold to me when I first started my self-growth and I wanted to embody a lot of the personas I wasn’t yet. These are super simple it’s a series of completing the sentence: I’m the person who: Wakes up and goes to gymNever pushes snoozePrioritises sleep as if she’s getting paid for itAlways shows up when it matters mostGet creative and be specific - remember how powerful language is. If you think someone was born liking exercise, meal prep, meditation or even being in front of the camera than you are sorely mistaken. The thing about audacious people is that they don’t have the same fear of being bad at stuff because they’re practised at being bad before being good. It’s an expected part of the journey. They don’t fear “falling off the wagon” because they’re not on one. They understand that they’re both the dancer and the choreographer and that life is just a dance. So as we go into this next week of jumping in before we’re ready lets practise embodying someone we admire for whatever we’re currently working on and reinforce with your conviction affirmation. Expect the challenge, expect the hard, expect the discomfort - those are the directions. If you're already enjoying what you're hearing I'd love to know about it and how to make it more impactful and useful for you. If there's someone that might stand to benefit from hearing this then do us both a solid by sharing it.⁠If you'd like to find me on other platforms find me on: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠Medium ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠Substack ⁠Now go out there, find your selfish why, embody someone you admire, use your conviction affitmations - be bold, be brave and of course be AUDACIOUSNamaste until next week x 

Would you trust a drunk version of yourself, a triggered child, or a wild animal to make a life-altering decision? No? If not, then why trust an untrained mind? In this episode of Kitchen Table Audacity, I remind us both about the power of our thoughts and why mental training is just as crucial as physical exercise.I explore simple but powerful hacks I'm currently working with—like controlling the first thought of your day, questioning your own beliefs, and understanding what meditation is actually doing for your brain. On Week 2 of me building this Audacity Challenge in real time I share my raw and real experience of my time and lifestyle auditing—admitting how hard it feels to be building this in public, embracing failure, and learning alongside you.Tune in for mindset shifts, neuroscience-backed insights, and a dose of audacity to take charge of your own thinking.Of course if you're already enjoying what you're hearing I'd love to know about it and how to make it more impactful and useful for you. If there's someone that might stand to benefit from hearing this then do us both a solid by sharing it. If you'd like to find me on other platforms find me on: InstagramYouTubeTikTokMedium Apple PodcastsSubstack Now go out there and rock some boats, be bold, be brave and of course be AUDACIOUSMuch love until next week x 

At some point we have to stop waiting to be ready and show up before we are ready.This was one such night and is my declaration to start living awake instead of living life scared. Scared to be in the process out loud. I'm so used to waiting until I'm on the other side of whatever Im going through that I realised this night that I'll be spending more of my life waiting than living and sharing my truth. The truth is that no one is exempt from doing the work Even us in the counselling and coaching profession with all the tools still go back to basics, reassess and create (and follow) the very programs we create. This one will be my boldest, most honest, and most vulnerable program yet. This one is coming directly from my personal experiences as opposed to my previous evidence-based-only programs. I'll be doing the work in the trenches for you to watch real time how I create programs and fail forward. Despite how scary this feels. I feel absolutely alive and awake with the thought that someone in the same boat as me might see this journey and feel like maybe they too, could step into living into their most audacious body and life yet. No quick fixes, no Instagram self-love. No, I'm choosing real, raw and radical self-love. The uncomfortable kind ;) Follow along here, Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Apple Podcasts, Substack - all @consciouskatherine