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The Katie D Journey
From BREAKDOWN to BREAKTHROUGH
A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her.
- Unknown
From BREAKDOWN TO BREAKTHROUGH
"I am Katie D. A 38 year old mother of 3, about to be 4, originally from Sydney, and now residing on the Gold Coast and this is my story...
I was always a strong character. A smart, hard working, independent woman with a lot of passion and drive. But after the stress of children and years in a broken down relationship it finally undid me. I sunk into a depression, hating my life, feeling alone and trapped within this person I didn't want to be.
I actually believed I was broken. For months on end I cried every single day, when once upon a time I could go months without dropping a single tear. I had always been positive, but during this time in my life anxiety made that almost impossible. There were so many days where I couldn't get out of bed. I needed assistance to look after my kids.
I took almost 2 months leave from work because I couldn't concentrate and focus on any task at hand, and at one stage nearly quit and threw it all in simply because the thought of going back was too hard to fathom. I was very lucky at the time I was working in a very supportive workplace.
Around that same time, I had hit my ultimate rock bottom and submitted myself into hospital. I spent 2 days in a psych ward, a place I never dreamed I would end up. I was in the worst mental and emotional state I had ever been in my life.
But it wasn't me. It wasn't anything even close to me. I didn't recognise myself anymore. I had completely lost the independent woman I once was, and the happy and proud mum I loved to be.
I tried counselling and psychology. I went for months. It didn't help. Nothing changed. It was a venting session each time that gave me no real direction on how to move forward.
And then came that turning point! That very moment in my life when I decided ENOUGH was ENOUGH and that from that moment my life would change. I wanted to find myself again. And so I did and I began my journey into being the best version of myself.
I began meditating, reading, watching documentaries and motivational videos. I began to surround myself with so much positivity that it would be hard for negativity to take over my life again. And it worked!
I cut people out of my life that no longer served any positive influence in my life, or who brought me more drama than love, and set myself new boundaries on what I would no longer accept in my life.
I set myself new goals and was smashing them every week. I started facing fears and challenging myself in areas I was never comfortable before. The more fears I conquered, the more confident it made me to want to conquer more!Every time I discovered I even had a fear I would purposely challenge myself by doing it, not only conquering the fear but the anxiety that led up to it.
I practically coached myself out of depression and into a brand new life of happiness and fulfillment, and along my journey I started to notice that this transformation was starting to inspire others. It made me feel good to inspire others, which only made me want to succeed in finding my best self even more. But what it also made me realise was how much I loved helping other people....
Helping people was something I felt naturally drawn to my whole life. I was a pretty non-judgmental character and based on this it made it easy for me to listen and give people advice when they needed or asked for it. My whole life people had been telling me that I should be a Psychologist because I had a knack for it, but something about it just didn't feel right for me.
Then Coaching was brought into my awareness. An industry I didn't know much about at first, however felt instantly drawn to. And with some time spent doing a bit of research I knew I had found my true passion in life- I finally knew at 33 what I was meant to be doing with my life!
And so I wasted no more time, and got myself Certified and got myself my own Coach!!
So in less than 9 months of having hospitalised myself for thoughts of suicide and self harm, I was leading a new positive life of excellence, was a Certified Master Practitioner and Coach, and was already helping to transform and rebuild the lives of others. I started to really know and understand what SUCCESS truly meant. And it had nothing to do with money, and everything to do with how I felt about my life.
Not only did I manage to rebuild my life, I rebuilt my relationship as well. My journey taught me so much about what mistakes we were both making, how to actually be friends as well as partners, and how to respond differently and learn to communicate in new ways. My studies not only helped me, but helped him too and we were both learning and growing together. After a very difficult separation and 6 months of being apart, sharing custody of our children and living life for the first time in 6 years as a separated family, we rebuilt our relationship into something we never knew could even exist for us... true happiness. Since separation and both hitting our rock bottoms, we are now married and had our 3rd child, living a completely different life and love for one another that we had experienced in the first 6 years. Understanding each other in new ways, understanding ourselves in new ways and bringing it all together in a beautiful way.
Some people spend years seeking help. speaking about their problems and with very little progress. This recovery journey for me was a fast one and it proved that getting 'better' and being happy doesn't need to feel like it is taking a life time.
My journey showed me that if I could do it, anyone could. It showed me that I had something that I needed to share with women of the world. It showed me that anything is possible and it all starts with changing how you think. A new life awaits you just around the corner, just as it did me." Katie D- Success Coach
I was always a strong character. A smart, hard working, independent woman with a lot of passion and drive. But after the stress of children and years in a broken down relationship it finally undid me. I sunk into a depression, hating my life, feeling alone and trapped within this person I didn't want to be.
I actually believed I was broken. For months on end I cried every single day, when once upon a time I could go months without dropping a single tear. I had always been positive, but during this time in my life anxiety made that almost impossible. There were so many days where I couldn't get out of bed. I needed assistance to look after my kids.
I took almost 2 months leave from work because I couldn't concentrate and focus on any task at hand, and at one stage nearly quit and threw it all in simply because the thought of going back was too hard to fathom. I was very lucky at the time I was working in a very supportive workplace.
Around that same time, I had hit my ultimate rock bottom and submitted myself into hospital. I spent 2 days in a psych ward, a place I never dreamed I would end up. I was in the worst mental and emotional state I had ever been in my life.
But it wasn't me. It wasn't anything even close to me. I didn't recognise myself anymore. I had completely lost the independent woman I once was, and the happy and proud mum I loved to be.
I tried counselling and psychology. I went for months. It didn't help. Nothing changed. It was a venting session each time that gave me no real direction on how to move forward.
And then came that turning point! That very moment in my life when I decided ENOUGH was ENOUGH and that from that moment my life would change. I wanted to find myself again. And so I did and I began my journey into being the best version of myself.
I began meditating, reading, watching documentaries and motivational videos. I began to surround myself with so much positivity that it would be hard for negativity to take over my life again. And it worked!
I cut people out of my life that no longer served any positive influence in my life, or who brought me more drama than love, and set myself new boundaries on what I would no longer accept in my life.
I set myself new goals and was smashing them every week. I started facing fears and challenging myself in areas I was never comfortable before. The more fears I conquered, the more confident it made me to want to conquer more!Every time I discovered I even had a fear I would purposely challenge myself by doing it, not only conquering the fear but the anxiety that led up to it.
I practically coached myself out of depression and into a brand new life of happiness and fulfillment, and along my journey I started to notice that this transformation was starting to inspire others. It made me feel good to inspire others, which only made me want to succeed in finding my best self even more. But what it also made me realise was how much I loved helping other people....
Helping people was something I felt naturally drawn to my whole life. I was a pretty non-judgmental character and based on this it made it easy for me to listen and give people advice when they needed or asked for it. My whole life people had been telling me that I should be a Psychologist because I had a knack for it, but something about it just didn't feel right for me.
Then Coaching was brought into my awareness. An industry I didn't know much about at first, however felt instantly drawn to. And with some time spent doing a bit of research I knew I had found my true passion in life- I finally knew at 33 what I was meant to be doing with my life!
And so I wasted no more time, and got myself Certified and got myself my own Coach!!
So in less than 9 months of having hospitalised myself for thoughts of suicide and self harm, I was leading a new positive life of excellence, was a Certified Master Practitioner and Coach, and was already helping to transform and rebuild the lives of others. I started to really know and understand what SUCCESS truly meant. And it had nothing to do with money, and everything to do with how I felt about my life.
Not only did I manage to rebuild my life, I rebuilt my relationship as well. My journey taught me so much about what mistakes we were both making, how to actually be friends as well as partners, and how to respond differently and learn to communicate in new ways. My studies not only helped me, but helped him too and we were both learning and growing together. After a very difficult separation and 6 months of being apart, sharing custody of our children and living life for the first time in 6 years as a separated family, we rebuilt our relationship into something we never knew could even exist for us... true happiness. Since separation and both hitting our rock bottoms, we are now married and had our 3rd child, living a completely different life and love for one another that we had experienced in the first 6 years. Understanding each other in new ways, understanding ourselves in new ways and bringing it all together in a beautiful way.
Some people spend years seeking help. speaking about their problems and with very little progress. This recovery journey for me was a fast one and it proved that getting 'better' and being happy doesn't need to feel like it is taking a life time.
My journey showed me that if I could do it, anyone could. It showed me that I had something that I needed to share with women of the world. It showed me that anything is possible and it all starts with changing how you think. A new life awaits you just around the corner, just as it did me." Katie D- Success Coach
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