CATH CONNELL
Wholehearted Success Coach
HELPING YOU LIVE AND WORK WITH JOY
Is work working for you right now?
Are you struggling to “have it all” and find the right balance between life and work? Are you wanting to feel joyful and empowered in your work, instead of overwhelmed and exhausted all the time? Is your team struggling to focus, reconnect or achieve results, and you’re finding it hard to keep them motivated and engaged? What about yourself?
You’re not alone.
The events of the past few years have stretched most of us beyond our usual capacity to bounce back. While we might be keen to go back to “normal”, normal wasn’t really working for most of us – especially women.
Recent research in neuroscience and positive psychology is providing new insights into the role of stress and overwhelm in workplace performance, allowing leaders, business owners and employees to develop new skills and practices to help them “bounce forward” instead.
These ideas will completely change the way we work, for they rely on tapping into our deepest humanity to live and work at our best.
Which is where I come in…
HOW I CAN HELP YOU
It has long been my passion to help people thrive at work AND life – one full of many moving parts… raising kids and supporting partners, spending quality time with family and friends, being active in our local communities, taking care of our health and wellbeing, and of course, being part of a wider world that is desperately in need of our help.
Hi! I’m Cath
It’s been quite a journey to arrive here… and yet this is probably where I’ve always been heading. Sharing my experience, skills and knowledge to help reimagine work, life and leadership, and bring greater humanity and community into our working lives.
With over 25 years’ experience as a marketing professional – many in my own business – combined with a life-long curiosity and passion for positive psychology, leadership development and personal growth, I have explored ways we can achieve a more “wholehearted” version of success based on four principles – Purpose, Prosperity, Connection and Joy.
Using these as a foundation, I believe we can reshape our world into one that is more sustainable, loving, kind and connected.
Are you ready to join me?
HOW I CAN HELP YOU
It has long been my passion to help people thrive at work AND life – one full of many moving parts… raising kids and supporting partners, spending quality time with family and friends, being active in our local communities, taking care of our health and wellbeing, and of course, being part of a wider world that is desperately in need of our help.
My own personal journey – from burnt-out corporate executive to a successful home-based micro-business owner – has allowed me to explore alternative ways of working and living to achieve a work/life balance that is the envy of my traditionally-employed peers.
Over my 14+ years in business, I’ve listened to – and learned from – the stories and experiences of many other successful women in business. I’ve gone on a deep-dive into the world of positive psychology, neuroscience, leadership and personal development. And I’ve experimented with numerous ideas and practices – with all kinds of results!
Using these insights, I believe I have a unique perspective that can help business owners, executives, team leaders and employees reimagine how and why we work, and build stronger, healthier workplace communities that allow us ALL to work with joy, lead with heart, and live life to the fullest.
Here are some ways I can help you and your team
Business Coaching for Women
Are you a small business owner in need of additional clarity on your business strategy, courage and skills to put yourself “out there”, or simply someone to keep you accountable on a regular basis so you get things done? Business coaching with me will help you achieve your business AND personal goals, lead your team (if you have one) with confidence, love your business more and enjoy the financial rewards of your hard work.
Workplace Programs
It’s time to start treating workplaces as communities of people, not just places of economic output. To do this, leaders need to understand how humans work AND live, and build a culture that supports their people to do both. Working in collaboration with your leadership team, I develop and facilitate customised programs that will help your organisation create a safe, healthy and joyful workplace community.
Executive Coaching for Women
Healthy workplaces need a diversity of leadership to achieve “wholehearted” success. Women often face more challenges on their path to leadership than men – especially during those tricky, child-rearing years. Executive coaching with me provides your emerging women leaders with additional support to build confidence in their leadership abilities, prioritise their wellbeing and develop effective practices to thrive at work and beyond.
HAPPY CLIENTS
From the very first session, Cath provided a safe space to be completely honest and to come to decisions and outcomes on my own, with gentle guidance and a beautiful sounding board when necessary. She helped me integrate some life changing habits and thought processes, by putting myself and my personal life first. Only then could I embrace the parts of my work that I was scared to be judged for previously.
I am now confidently putting into place the actions required to create a more fulfilling and sustainable business that serves me. Thank you Cath for everything!”
“I initially engaged Cath as a training facilitator to offer advice to our members who are art therapists in private practice, to help them understand business basics.
They are creative, but lack some knowledge of running a private business. They also find it hard to direct their focus to those more mundane aspects of running a business.
We needed someone who could engage with them in a way that helped them to see the value and purpose of their work, who understood their therapeutic and creative processes and who could ‘translate’ business and marketing terms and practices into insights that were meaningful for them.
Cath was very easy to work with, and tailor made a webinar series and follow-up workshop especially for my members. She went above and beyond what was required. The response from attendees of both the webinars and workshop was overwhelmingly positive, with attendees saying that she was engaging as a trainer and the information provided was practical and useful for their practice.”