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Kate Irwin BSc
Kate Irwin Quick Facts
My name is Kate Irwin, my main aim and passion in life is to help others become happier.
Happiness is such a lovely word, I really think it should be used more often! I think we can choose to be happy, now – right now, make that decision. But having high self confidence and self esteem makes a huge difference to your happiness, so this is where my attention is focused.
When I was at school, I was badly bullied, I had literally no confidence or self esteem, was unbelievably shy and found it almost impossible to make friends.
I stumbled through periods of depression, and had a couple of jobs I hated, I was broke, had few friends, no where to live and was drinking too much.
I stayed with someone I vaguely knew and started reading books on personal development.
Well it wasn’t an overnight solution, far from it, but gradually my self confidence and self esteem started to grow. I got rid of the depression using a variety of methods and was starting to feel OK. That in itself was a revolution.
I changed jobs which meant I could actually use my degree. I was working part time in a Wellness Centre and practising part time as a Medical Herbalist (which I spend 4 years studying!!)
The rest is history really, the clinic wasn’t doing too well, the manager left, I took over and now it is really successful.
I became interested in coaching and development, after all, I was recruiting, training and developing new staff, I was coaching my patients with their health and people were asking my advice. (When this first happened, I nearly fell over, I was still at the stage where I was wondering exactly how I had got here, and if people were about to find out that I shouldn’t be here at all!)
I started writing a newsletter around building confidence and personal development and when people asked if they could have it on e-mail, that is just what I did! (You can receive the newsletter by visiting www.improvedconfidence.com and you will also recieve a fabulous report onovercoming shyness and a workbook containing exercises which will boost your confidence instantly)
I have had lovely feedback from many of the readers, and have been encouraged to start a blog which I did recently.
I still manage the clinic, practice as a Medical Herbalist, coach people in various ways and write.
I also have the three things which eluded me for so long – self confidence, self esteem and happiness!
My passion is to help others achieve those three things much, much quicker than they would alone.
