"Today I'm living the very best version of my life."
If that statement doesn't feel true for you, we should talk.
You’ve found your way here (welcome!) - so I’m going to make a few assumptions about you:
You’re someone who knows you want to live the best, most fulfilling, most joyful possible life.
But instead of living it, you’ve told yourself the million reasons why you can’t have it.
Good news: I’m here to help.
Together, we’ll work through all those “here’s why I can’t” internal conflicts.
So that you’re empowered and equipped to live boldly and thrive.
Inside of us there’s a knowing. Wisdom, A 100% certain pull towards the things we truly want for ourselves and for our lives.
But as soon as we feel it, we start to argue with it. We’re in conflict with ourselves about whether we get to do this. Whether we’re capable. Whether we’re worthy. Whether we’re brave enough, rich enough, or free enough.
Building a life that makes you feel most alive is not for “other people.”
It’s for you.
My expert coaching is for people who want to live boldly and thrive.
Who I am
There are two things I want anyone who’s considering working with me to know about me:
1. Alone, I can open any jar.
2. Together, we’re gonna “Thelma and Louise” this shit.
This first thing is literal. I don’t know why I’ve always been able to do it. I don’t have unusual grip strength or bulging forearms. But I can get any stuck lid off of any jar…often amazing and frustrating the burlier friends and family around me. And the more I think about it, the more this is a metaphorical truth about me.
I exist to get people unstuck.
The second thing is a promise. Together, we’re gonna,”Thelma and Louise this shit.” This means that, I'm in this with you. All In. I'm the one you want riding along as you make bold moves toward a freer and more fulfilling life. And when you need some practical guidance and truth-telling, you can count on me to help you get unstuck.
My coaching approach was born
at the intersection of
death and conflict management.
Conflict Management
I am a mediator.
In my early 20’s I stumbled into mediation. Captivated by this transformational process, I went on to get a Masters in Conflict Resolution and became a professional mediator.
In interpersonal mediation, people come to the table full of frustration, rage, confusion and hurt. After working with me, they left with a tangible plan and a mindset of understanding, evolution, and even optimism.
Professionally guiding people through seemingly impossible conflict has shown me
it’s always possible to reach a more fulfilling, peaceful existence on the other side.
I’m a Death Doula.
You’ve heard of birth doulas: Experienced guides supporting women and their families emotionally and physically through their birth experience.
Death doulas are on the other end of the continuum. Compassionate and knowledgeable specialists who assist a dying person and their loved ones before, during, and after death.
I currently have the honor of accompanying people in the final days and moments of their lives in hospice care.
Accompanying people as they die is an honor and leads to a visceral understanding that, at this moment today
we are alive.
Death
These core learnings from a working lifetime spent in Conflict Management and Death led me to create a Coaching & Consulting Practice that celebrates and nurtures the connection between Opportunity and Life.
Your Thriving Strategy: What It Is
A collaborative process where we’ll concretely define your vision for your ideal life, unearth the rational and emotional conflicts holding you back from pursuing it, and map an actionable plan for moving through that conflict and taking actions that make your vision real.
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Unearth and Define What does “thriving” mean to you? |
Get back in touch with what’s most important.
Define your vision. Identify the rational and emotional barriers |
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Action Plan
How do we get it flippin' done? |
Gap analysis: What it will take to get from here to there.
Identify and prioritize action steps. Create a timeline of key milestones |
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Ongoing Support
What keeps the momentum going? |
Check-ins to work through internal and external conflict
Real-time strategies for magnifying wins and overcoming barriers |
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A Million Reasons Why You Can’t
And Choosing to Do it Anyway
Coming May 1, 2024
An interactive, direct, personal, and occasionally funny companion for when you are at an inflection point: Considering making a change in work or life, or when change is coming- like it or not.
I wrote A Million Reasons Why You Can’t because I fundamentally believe you can do (almost) anything if you can get out of your own way.
If my personal journey and stories help you take even one small step toward living more boldly and thriving?
Mission accomplished.
Contact Me
Here’s How We Get started
Let’s have a 30 minutes conversation and get to know one another (my treat).
We Plan
If it is a match, we begin an engagement. We start with taking stock, imagining and creating an action plan
Take Action
Supported and accountable, you step into action and we take it week by week. Small changes that add up.
Kind Words
Who’s a good match for Katrina?
Erin CeCe, MBA,MS COO
On the impact of Katrina’s “Something's Gotta Give: Building Your Team” Workshop
Kory Kirby - Book Strategist
Three months in
Kinsey Winslow, CEO Chico Charm Staging
Kind Words
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Todd Sttkircher, CEO, Seekircher Steel Window Corp.
Katrina was a joy to work with. Her positive attitude and approach to making real change in life is inspiring. I have long struggled with certain aspects of running my company and Katrina listened closely through our time together, working with me and pushing me to tackle certain challenges that were all too easy to brush under the rug for years on end. I truly would not have made the advancements and overcome the many hurdles I did without her support.
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Susan Tatum
At a major decision point in my career/company - build, contract, retire? - I made a couple of decisions that went directly against what I really wanted to do. Katrina stepped in as a voice of reason, encouraging me to think more deeply into myself and to see things from other perspectives. She also recognized that I was emotionally in over my head and she steered me through some rough times.
As a result, I am happily continuing to work as much as I want to, doing only the things I truly enjoy, worrying less, and having more fun.
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Martha Harrison, MPH E-Learning Developer, NYC Department of Health
Finding the right coach is a sensitive process. You need to trust the person to be honest with you while being supportive at the same time, to kick some butt and still help you recognize and elevate all the talents and strengths you hold. You need a coach who brings the right balance between understanding and accepting who you are and homing in on what might be holding you back from achieving your goals or taking action to move forward. In a few sessions of working with Katrina Busselle, she fulfilled all of that and more. In Katrina, I found an ally, a guide, an insightful critic, and an exceptional coach. She observes and listens closely, helps you zero-in on barriers and challenges - be they internal or external - and helps you identify manageable next steps, while always acting as an accountability partner. Katrina has a true gift for helping you see yourself from different perspectives and for supporting you to take action, even if it sometimes feels difficult or uncomfortable. She works to "get" you, and to help you get where you need to go.
