Authentic

Never will I support or encourage the use of face altering filters. Do you know how long it’s taken me to love and accept my goddamn face? From hating the shape of my eyes due to being called a “chink” in primary school, to being called a “round moon head”, to my skin and all its acne and being dumped for someone else who didn’t have pimples, AND MORE! It’s been a long ass journey for me, and I’m...

What a ripper start the year! First up, I was in bed on NYE with COVID and got hit pretty hard. Second, I had my ideas and plan for this year and started mapping them out when I got some energy back. It took some decent time planning out the year as I have OCD tendencies, so when I took a step back to look at the year in a snapshot, my whole body, namely my gut, said, "NO"! In today&apos...

We're ending the podcast year with some big questions my loves. In today's episode there's no fking around, ducking, weaving or avoiding the questions that really deserve some air time. I strongly suggest you have a journal and pen by your side and take time to answer the questions. All my love, Merry Christmas and I'll see you in your earballs in 2022. kat.john katjohn.com.au...

It can be a real pain in the ass when your values remind you why "this" or "that" doesn't align with you anymore. Recently, I was offered two decent paying TV commercial roles. One was for four 'n' twenty pies and the other was Sportsbet. When I received the emails the answer was an immediate no. My whole mind, body and heart sang it like a gospel choir. It was s...

You're either consciously creating outcomes in your life, or wishing that things would change, continuously talking about it and then being smacked down on your ass by the Universe. I was having this chat with my client last week after two major areas of her life went down the toilet. One being her relationship that she wasn't happy in for years, and the other, her work. She wanted both...

My ego has been getting caught up in living at a pace and rhythm that actually isn't mine. It looks at people around me and thinks, "oh shit, you're not doing enough Kat! You need to hustle more, post more, do more, create more, busy your schedule more!" It feels when I try to force myself out of how I know I want to live, how I want to create and to dance with life at the pace...

I had a great moment on a coaching call with The Legends a few weeks back. A good handful of them felt the need to confess that they had taken a break from the modules as they were integrating the work. To their surprise, they got a big "hallelujah" from me and a round of applause. There's one thing to "do" the work. To know it, read it, talk about and think about it, but...

I had a list, a big fat giant list of everything I wanted in a man. But I didn't just have one list ... I had umpteen lists because I kept forgetting to add "this" or "that" and wanted to make sure the Universe got my order right! For years I was delivered what I wanted - the height, the success, the hunger for life, the physical chemistry. But for all those years, each pe...

Something is definitely shifting in me of late, and I'm letting it happen. Usually, I'd psychoanalyse it and try to make sense of it, but this time, I'm allowing the intelligence to do it's thing as I step aside. I can feel areas of my life that I have ignored or not placed as much importance on call me to lean into them, like family, adventure, and creating experiences and mom...

My beautiful client and now friend, Maddie, experienced a miscarriage over twelve months ago after falling pregnant unexpectedly. Being a mum was not on her radar at that time in her life, so this threw her for six. Maddie went through a McFlurry of emotions and thoughts about what to do, what not to do and reassessed her life in a very rapid and short period of time. At her core, she knew that ha...

After my big fat healing last Sunday, it was time for me to put the lessons into practice. Once I had let out the big tears and journaled, I knew to create an end result to help me channel my focus into what matters ... my family. Every part of my ego wanted to revert back to the old pattern of being open for a day and then shutting up shop, aka my heart, for the rest of the week. But fk that - th...

Holy mother of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The last four days have been some of the most intense, in your face healing that's taken place for some time. I have breakthroughs regularly, but this one was one of those almighty one's that cracked me open so I could see, hear, feel and be in new ways. Ways that were more in line with my truth, my authentic self - my essence. In these last four da...

It's been a long process to land in owning that I don't want to have children of my own. I've wrestled with this for some time, listening to others opinions, watching others with their children and thinking, "fk, am I missing something?" I've  been told me many, "oh but Kat, you'd be such a great Mum!" I look at my parents and think I'm robbing the...

When I don't live true or closely to my values, my inauthenticity radar starts ring-a-ding-dinging! Most of my life before the age of 25 years old was having no values or saying I had them but never being able to stick to them. People pleasing and seeking approval came first and as a result my self esteem, confidence and trust in self dwindled. No wonder I struggled to look at myself in the m...

Pam Ahern is a deadset super hero in my eyes. She's the creator of Edgars Mission here in Victoria, one of my most favourite places on Earth. A lifelong animal lover and activist, Pam always had her heart for the animals. After being a long-time champion equestrian, everything changed when a tiny piglet, the eminent Edgar Alan Pig, trotted into her life in 2003 and led her down a path she’d n...

I rate Cathy. She's an awesome human who took a huge leap of faith that was driven by her heart and values. Cathy couldn't comprehend that calves were being taken from their mother's and slaughtered so we could drink their mother's milk. I for one stand with her on this matter, big time! HOW NOW Dairy is the end result of her heart and vision. It's what happens when a musi...

Been doing my darnedest to keep Captain Asshole at bay, however, she's making a regular appearance at the moment and it's been a real face ache. It's been exhausting coming back to my senses, getting out of them, coming back to then and so on, and I want to share here I manage myself during these times. It’s not always easy sharing when I’m not okay. I fear that people will think I’...

For a lot of years, I numbed pain through drugs, cigarettes, dysfunctional behaviours and avoiding being with myself. To feel meant I had to address what I wanted to turn a blind eye to. It meant  that there were truths for me to face or accept as reality when it was preferable to live in la-la land. These days, feeling all the feels can be incredibly overwhelming, especially in areas I give a fk...

My ego's greatest fear is being taken down. I have a story that goes something like this. "If I be me, I'll be taken down and have nothing left. I'll have everything to lose and I can't bear that pain again. So don't have anything to lose". Recently this came up when I was doing a process on being my real and raw self. The same story reared its head and it became...

I've got big dreams that I focus on and act in favour of. I call them my True North Stars, or end results. These are the desires in my heart that long for me to live into, embody and materialise. They help me grow, be more resourceful and challenge the shit outta my limiting beliefs. A few of my clients ask me, "but what about on the daily Kat? What about little goals for the day, do you...

In 2013, I wrote a peace essay on what peace means to me. It was an essay competition led by Rotary, that would see 10 young people chosen to go to the Rotary Global Peace Forum in Japan. 60 applicants sent their essays in, me included, and I was one of the 10 chosen to go. At this time in my life, I had overcome chronic pain, stopped taking medication, broke up from my co-dependent six year relat...

Can you tell when you're in egoic truth (illusion) versus "truth" truth? In my illusion (although it feels like reality), I’m right and everyone else is wrong. They’re the problem, not me. I haven’t done anything wrong, it’s all on them. They have to change, not me! My head hurts. I’m tunnel visioned. My energy and heart is closed for business and I’m defensive as all hell. Then I j...

I fooled myself. I'd tell myself if I did "this", then I'd be rewarded by the Universe and be deemed a true spiritual person. The stories I'd tell myself if I did or didn't do my practices was causing mental disturbance, unrelenting standards and a path of spiritual perfection. I'm all down for keeping our minds in check and doing the work. But sometimes, part of...

We have reached the final session of the coaching series with my Legends, and to finish us off, Michelle has bravely brought herself forward. Michelle lived for everyone else for a really long time. Her needs, wants or desires weren't ever up for consideration because in her belief system, everyone else's needs, wants or desires were for her to support.  " Kat, I have been living an...

After the coaching series with four of my Legends, two additional Legends reached out and said they were keen to jump on board. And I couldn't resist! Sylwia's primary limiting belief is, I need to be perfect , and this belief is interfering with her desire to pursue her passion for photography and take the next step in getting experience. In today's coaching call, we uncover where...