What My Clients Say

I had vertigo and didn’t know what was causing it, even after conventional medical tests. Through Kate’s Kinesiology I found out that the causes were complex, both mental and physical. I found out there were also aspects of my lifestyle which were causing the condition.Unlike conventional medicine where I would have tests and be given a pill to treat the symptoms, instead I learnt techniques for physical, mental and emotional self-care. I no longer suffer from vertigo and I’m feeling much better generally. I have much more vitality and my mind is much clearer as well.

Kate’s whole approach was brilliant – straightforward, no rubbish, not airy-fairy. She got straight down to what was going on for me and I left knowing what I needed to do.

I have been going to Kate for going on 7 years now. She has always been there to help me find clarity and strength through troubled, unclear times. From pregnancies and homebirths, to business coaching, to personal/life goals. I always leave a session with Kate feeling empowered with practical steps to take. I couldn’t recommend her highly enough. In fact I have recommended her to many friends.

Kate is an excellent kinesiologist who gets to the heart of issues very quickly. She is very intuitive and also gives very specific feedback and steps to take. Kate is warm and open hearted and I always feel very safe is a session with her. I would highly recommend kinesiology with Kate

I would like to thank Kate Kalin for sorting out my organisational deficiencies and improving my decision making capacities so as to make it possible to do this book at all. I thank Kate also for delving into the motivational foundations of this Irish academic and helping to change them.

As an advanced PhD candidate facing the daunting task of moving beyond the safety of reading and research and into the terrifying domain of actually writing my dissertation, Kate’s help is indispensable. In helping me to access the underlying reasons for why I’ve chosen to do what I’m doing and clarifying to myself how I intend to do it, Kate instilled a level of confidence and motivation to proceed with my writing. By developing a focused strategy to meet targets and maintain focus by means of a personally adapted coaching framework I am now overcoming blockages and have the support I need to complete my PhD. I would highly recommend Kate to post-graduate students of any discipline.

Thank you Thank You Thank you Kate, I highly recommend this lady, I am so grateful for how she helped my beautiful special daughter. When I brought her to Kate, we were very stressed, Jess had become so withdrawn and we just did not know how to help her. With Kate’s help and lots of love and amazing kinesiology, she helped Jess cope with her anxieties. Jess has been diagnosed with ASD [Autism Spectrum Disorder] but is doing awesome now, Love always xxx

I really enjoyed my sessions with Kate. She helped me to clarify and solve some issues that had been bothering me for a long time. Kate helped me to look within myself for the answers. It was amazing how saying things out loud to Kate, in answer to her questions, made me able to really listen to myself. I also ended up exploring other avenues of interest which I had not considered before being coached. I want to thank her sincerely for all her help.

Kate Kalin trained and worked with me at the Performing Arts Company, New Plymouth over a period of four years from January 1992-1995. Kate used her drama training as a vehicle for the personal development and life skills that we taught.Kate trained in accelerated learning techniques, stress management, anger management, coping with grief, conflict resolution, goal setting, group process, creative imagery, relaxation and discipline methods. During this time we also produced two plays annually as part of our student’s personal development programme.Kate took over my work when I left the Performing Arts Company and continued to develop creative drama programmes for personal development and later programmes for industry based (professional actors) training. Kate also trained in Educational Kinesiology (Edu-K) which uses movement to activate the brain and improve both academic and personal performance. We used Edu-K to overcome learning difficulties, increase motivation and confidence and for learning and unlearning patterns of behavior.While working for the Company Kate engaged in numerous workshops in the Drama field including mask-making, mime, clown, puppetry, voice, storytelling, to name a few. She also trained with Dr. Jean Houston on developing the full potential of humanity. Kate has also trained in the following physical disciplines as part of her actor training: Tai Chi, Yoga and Tae Kwon Do. She uses this training along with Edu-K when warming up her students.As a Personal Development Tutor Kate was required to train formally and complete Adult Learning and Teaching papers. These were completed extra-murally while Kate worked full time. She wrote drama modules for her company as New Zealand moved in the N.Z Qualifications Framework and the Company was required to move into a more industry based programme. This was precise work which required evidence of all standards achieved. She also held the company together and kept the course on track when its Managing Director was ill.Kate has many skills, high integrity and the courage to grow. She is ever ready to learn in any situation and does not get stuck in old patterns. I can confidently recommend her for anything she may wish to undertake, as not only will she give it her best, but I know she will succeed.I have known Kate since 2002 and I can say she has an open heart, a clear head and a courageous soul.

I went to Kate because I had huge difficulty sleeping. She definitely turned it around. She made an incredible difference. I’ve always had lovely contact with Kate and I’ve recommended her to people. Those who went got great relief also.

Kate has a lively and enquiring mind with an astute and insightful approach to learning. She has a personal integrity which informs all aspects of her work. Kate is a determined and single-minded person who will not be daunted by a challenge. Kate Kalin has worked with the Outreach Department of Graffiti Theatre Company on a part-time basis since 2000 as a facilitator and director. Because of the variety of organisations who make use of our Outreach Department our facilitators need to be confident and flexible. Kate has a wide range of experience in facilitation and is confident in her workshop delivery. Kate will ensure she is fully prepared and that she has researched her target group and the subject matter completely. She is sensitive to the needs of each group she encounters.

‘Voices of Cork’ choir were very fortunate to find Kate. It was decided that the group would benefit from classes to help with stage presence, improve their self-esteem and foster personal development.Kate had a deep knowledge of her subject and enormous experience of working with adults with all sorts of personal challenges. She proved to have all the skills to help the participants improve themselves in every way. At the same time she made the sessions fun. She had the flair and imagination to pick up on ideas suggested by the participants and facilitate them to develop these ideas into very effective dramatic scenes. These became part of the very highly acclaimed ‘Sounds of Cork’ show performed at the Cork City Hall as part of the Cork Capital of Culture celebrations.Every member was involved. Many of them had developed sufficient self-confidence to act and speak in front of an audience of over 1000 people and the remainder provided reliable back up. Kate was the sole director of the dramatic input and she worked closely with Musical Director Padraig Wallace to produce a very polished show.

I started seeing Kate over 2 and a half years ago when I was in a very very low place. According to society’s measure I had all that you need to “be happy”: an extremely supportive husband, 2 gorgeous young children, just moved into a brand new house and full time employment in one of the world’s top companies. Yet I was near burn out suffering from intense headaches that no other therapy could help me heal and my GP was pushing me to take medication that would numb the pain temporarily. My life to that point had always been to look for the deeper meaning and find the cause rather than treating the symptoms and I had a strong feeling of needing to break the cycle of replacing one addictive behaviour with another. At that moment in life I met the wonderful Kate who helped me start this journey of experiencing my emotions rather than wishing them away or suppressing them and that admitting vulnerablility actually means strength. Thanks to Kate’s amazing therapy I am in the process of learning that all my feelings are a part of me and the acceptance of them results in accepting myself and has increased my self-worth tremendously. Through her and practicing my Homeplay, I found the will to live again and even better the ultimate fulfilment: the courage to potentially setting up of my own business and sharing what I have come to see is my gift and contribution to our community.

“I came to see Kate 2 years ago. I had very bad chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia and was bed bound most days. The session was different to previous sessions of kinesiology that I had had. I felt very comfortable with Kate, and found her presence very calming and reassuring. In the session we explored the root of my illness, and childhood memories that had been contributing to it. It was one of those ephinany moments where things start to make sense. It changed how I viewed myself, helped me heal my inner child and opened my mind to the power of memories stored in the body. I have attended a lot of different holistic therapies for fibromyalgia and found the session particularly good because it went straight to the heart of the issue. Since the session I have continued my holistic journey and 2 years later have finished my degree and am on holidays in Rome, traveling on my own. I would highly recommend Kate to anyone who is exhausted from trying to ‘figure out’ why they are sick, especially those diagnosed with psychosomatic illness” 

My daughter appeared to be suffering from acute anxiety, wasn’t sleeping and also suffered from a severe tic (head spasm). We had been discharged from hospital after being told there was no treatment and we would have to live with it. After our first visit to Kate the improvement was dramatic. Within two days there was a huge improvement and she started sleeping well. After three treatments and one with me she is back to normal. She loved her visits to Kate and we both looked forward to it. I would highly recommend Kate to anybody, child or adult.

I found Kate very intuitive about what’s happening emotionally and physically. She is able to read the body and gain access to the subconscious mind very clearly and calmly. I gained a huge release of emotional stress, peace of mind, a sense of relief. I was unblocked emotionally and physically.

I have known Kate professionally for the past five years, and have referred numerous clients to Kate’s clinic to complete their healing at the physical level of the body, as an adjunct to counselling therapy. All of my clients reported back positive experiences in working with Kate, and also shared how her unique techniques and interventions not only affected them in a deeply positive manner, but also seemed to speed up their rates of recovery. I would have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending Kate as a therapeutic professional.

The kinesiology session with Kate was excellent. I found Kate to be very astute. She confirmed some things I had half guessed and also addressed other areas I wasn’t aware of. The work was accurate and very helpful.

I am a sound engineer and musician and work on many different projects at the same time. Going to Kate helped me to focus on what was important, to coordinate the different projects and to prioritise the work to be done. She also helped me to push myself to get things done. It’s always easy to say “I want to do this and that” but actually doing it is a different story. Kate helped me to feel really good about myself because I now realise that I can accomplish goals that I set myself.

Kate Kalin’s coaching techniques have been the catalyst for a huge leap forward in my approach to my work and how it is done. During the time she worked with me I uncovered pitfalls in my methodology that I did not know existed. These problems were hidden and yet Kate made them obvious. Using a process of self-investigation, I discovered my strengths and weaknesses.She led me through a series of illuminating exercises, allowing me to think in ways I normally would not. In this way I found out what was driving me to succeed, what was holding me back, and how to circumvent the obstacles I had placed in front of myself. She also guided me towards a new work practice which is more efficient, more productive and much more likely to succeed.Without Kate’s help I don’t know how I could ever have completed the work I set myself. Having worked with her, I now feel able to achieve my aims comfortably. My goals are clear and realistic, and my outlook is much more progressive and focused.”

It was my great pleasure to meet Kate Kalin in 1995 and observe a truly creative and dedicated teacher at work. Kate is that rare individual who has a strength of purpose and clear focus in her own life, yet the ability to empathise and sensitively lead people toward their own goals of personal achievement. I have only admiration for the results I saw her achieve.
I was one of a number of part-time tutors who spent 1-2 hour sessions of specialist tuition with the students. But it was Kate who helped the students relate these subjects to their own lives, to develop their own purposes and address their own needs. Kate’s ability to communicate at levels deeper than merely verbal is extraordinary and it was deeply moving to observe students gradually change from sullen to openness, from uncommunicative to positivity and from scruffy to clean and attractive.The focus of the course was drama and yet to allow that to come to fruition the students had to master their own life skills first. But as the year progressed and improvisatory work led to a written play, so the students’ sense of purpose became evident in acting and all background skills of stage management and design. Audiences appreciated the final performances, the product, but most had little awareness of the huge process which had built that production and it was Kate Kalin more than any other staff at the Performing Arts Company who achieved this result.

Kate is a beautiful, passionate person whose heart is fully into giving everything she can from her vast reserve of energy, skills and experience. Since working with with Kate I am far more creative and assertive. I am able to cope with criticism now that I am more aware of my good points. I feel free to express my emotions and so am able to communicate more powerfully. I have become more mentally flexible and open minded. I am much more motivated, self-aware, balanced and patient. I am also more reliable, punctual, focused and organised. I am very excited about this stepping stone to the great adventure which is my future.