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I am a professional footballer. I started working with Kate because I was struggling with anxiety in games and training. During matches and training I often found myself in fight-flight-or-freeze mode, mentally tired, and unable to compete to my fullest potential. Beyond impacting the quality of my performance as a player, my mental state also affected my enjoyment of the game.

I worked with Kate for four weeks. We utilised a mix of EFT tapping, hypnosis, positive affirmations, and implemented game-day and practice trigger words and routines. Overall, I have felt a complete shift in my mindset both on the pitch and in my everyday life. I feel more confident, more present, and more able to identify, label, and process the thoughts and feelings I am experiencing. I have also shifted my mindset to focus more on the process rather than the outcome. Overall, the impact of this on my football has meant I have been able to stay more present on the pitch and problem-solve more effectively. I can move past mistakes quicker and maximise my time on the pitch to achieve my goals, whether that's improving in training or helping my team succeed on match day. I am also enjoying playing and watching football more than I have in years!

Kate equips you with lasting tools to use beyond your sessions. I can honestly say I have learnt techniques that I will use for life. In our initial session, Kate said her work had been considered "life-changing" by some. At the time, I was a little sceptical, but I entirely agree with this statement. Working with Kate has been life-changing, both on and off the pitch.

Within the squad, we had a range of psychological challenges amongst the players, the majority of which centred around self-belief, self-efficacy and self-confidence. As a coaching team, we felt that these had become a significant, and the main, limiting factor in the performance of individual players and as a collective team. 

No matter how hard we worked on the training pitch, we were being restricted from realising our full potential on match days. This began to eat at the motivation of staff and players, and served to erode confidence even further amongst the group as the frustration at being unable to perform to our maximum technical and tactical potential increased.

Within the squad, we had a range of psychological challenges amongst the players, the majority of which centred around self-belief, self-efficacy and self-confidence. As a coaching team, we felt that these had become a significant, and the main, limiting factor in the performance of individual players and as a collective team. 

We began to notice far greater resilience in individual players during difficult moments in games. For the first time, we began to turn games around after initially going behind, and we were much more successful at closing out games in which we were leading. On the training ground, the mood was lighter and players were working harder than ever before, playing with less fear and less concern about making mistakes.

The collective team mentality is now a strength of our team, as opposed to being a weakness of ours which it was previously. The psychological development of our players has also had an overwhelmingly positive impact on our team culture too. More mentally robust players has also allowed our coaches to push, challenge and stretch them further, enhancing their technical and physical development as a result.

It’s a no brainer (no pun intended)!!! Mentality and psychology has the biggest impact on successful athletic performance, so why would you not work on developing this part of your game? And Kate is the perfect person to help - the work she’s done with us has been invaluable and has been the single biggest factor in our recent successes.

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".. And that's when I thought, Oh, this is a this is where the consistency is coming from. It's not because it's not because she got better at football. It was more just she got better mental performance. The things that she does off the pitch, or things that she does before the game, or the way she thinks throughout the game has changed and now she's a better footballer..."

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Hi, my name is Phoebe Allan, and I am currently working on becoming a professional football player.  Before I started working with Kate, I was struggling with game confidence and unleashing my true potential.

It was frustrating because I would spend hours working on my fitness and technical abilities but when it came to games all that I could focus on was how I was going to prove to others and myself. Putting this unnecessary pressure on myself to perform well rather than just merely enjoying the game and playing how I trained.

After just one session with Kate and working through the subconscious I took what I had learned through the tapping and the mental reassurance and brought it first into a practice game and played a very good game, slowly I would bring them into small pick-up games and I realized I didn’t feel as nervous or anxious and started to enjoy football a lot more.

Currently I have pre-match rituals to get my mental game ready just as much as I get myself physically ready. When I feel myself getting overwhelmed I use Kate’s techniques to bring myself back to reality and allow myself to focus.

Physically if you’re doing everything you can, and things still aren’t going your way maybe there’s something blocking you that you need to look into. We work so hard on our fitness, technical abilities, and cognitive abilities we forget that mentally we need to make sure everything is fit and ready for practices and games. Its worked wonders for me and this is only the beginning for me!

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".. I am much more composed, play better, and enjoy my game more.  My self belief has increased loads.  I have the rest of the team tapping now before our matches and at the moment are top of the league."

"After a session with Kate, I won my match 6-0, 6-0.. easily through to the next round 😀" (Middlesex Cup).

I worked with Kate earlier this year as I wanted to improve my golf and knew that however much I practiced I needed to work on my mental game too.

Since working with Kate I not only reached the score I wanted quicker than I thought I would, I get less distracted by other players, less frustrated with myself and play with more confidence.

I felt so lost, frustrated, unhappy. I wanted to enjoy and be the best version of my new self.

My stress levels were extremely high. I had reached rock bottom and I knew things had to change. I did not know how to make these big changes.

But I knew it had to be done.

By week three, I started to feel more in control of everything. Listen to my meditations from keep daily. I was figuring out what I really wanted and needed.

I made a huge change I'd never even thought about with work best decision I ever made.

I made a list of everything so I needed help with and at the end of my six sessions with Kate, I'd accomplished all of them and more. I cannot imagine my life without meditation daily now.

Kate just worked miracles with me and has really helped me change my life. I am calmer, healthier, so much less stressed. I look forward to each day.

Thank you Kate.

Lee's messages while playing a round after two sessions:

".. I am 6 holes in at -1 under par.  I am playing out of my mind."

"..Oh my lord. One bogey, just rushed my putt. Then just drained a 20 footer for birdie. I am 2 under par. Lord have mercy."

"I actually told my wife, this was the first time I have ever played golf and truly did not get mad or even curse. I had 1 bad hole.. No big deal."

"You’ve helped me so much this season Kate, that run of sessions we had made such a difference to my confidence and and the attitude I had when i was playing. I didn’t quite get going last season but I’ve been a lot happier performance wise this year and massive part of that is down to you. I just want to thank you for taking the time to listen to me and support me. I have a few man of the match awards that I owe to you ❤️

It was all you Kate, I felt so much better after every call we had and I’m not just saying that. Thanks so much!"

"It was a great experience working with Kate. We worked on various aspects of my mental game (eg underperforming in high pressure matches, being distracted by being filmed/certain people watching) over six sessions and I found it really useful. I am now able to go into important games (international level ultimate frisbee) feeling prepared rather than nervous, and I feel I have a toolkit of strategies that I can now use for various situations. Kate is friendly, knowledgable and compassionate and I would definitely recommend her for anyone hoping to improve their mental game in any sport!"

"Kate is not only a fantastic person, but a true professional.

She has made a huge difference to my mental game over recent months. Since working with Kate, I feel so much stronger on and off the pitch.

I couldn’t recommend Kate enough!"

"Seasons finished, lost first round of finals 6-0 but towards the last like 5 games of the season I started starting games. but even before that I was at training using the tools you gave me and it really helped to where I’m unfazed. Nothing can faze me anymore."