Coach Kat Rose

I began my adult life on the path to becoming a physical therapist. It seemed only natural, as I loved learning about the human body, loved playing sports, and wanted to help heal people.

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What I discovered when I started shadowing a PT is that putting a body through the motions doesn’t do much good if the person themselves doesn’t want to be there and do the work. This was a small percentage of people, of course, but enough to be discouraging to me.

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After graduating with a B.S. in Health Professions, I worked a few jobs in retail and food-service. I learned to be a line cook on-the-job and eventually made my way to being a manager and prep cook/baker for a small bistro. That job offered me so much creative freedom and I got to work with my hands.

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There was a kind of magic to it; my own personal recipes, that I made from-scratch, would seem to nourish people’s spirits. 

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Not only would some folks tell me that right out, but I could see it on people’s faces when they were savoring that “perfect bite”, finding a moment of bliss in their chaotic day. This was a small percentage of people, sure, but enough to ignite dreams of owning my own restaurant.

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Life happened, and I moved across the country with my partner. I found a restaurant job with much less creative freedom and more business-sided responsibilities. The reality of the scope of work that has to be done outside of the kitchen to run a restaurant really sunk in, and I knew that “restaurant owner” was no longer in the cards for me.

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When my daughter was born, I left the work-force for a while. That time was full of wonder and challenges, all rolled together with the global pandemic. The shift of the world as a whole, my personal experiences, and the impact that motherhood had on me, all left me wondering what my calling was.

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I wanted to heal people, but knew that I couldn’t carry all the weight for them. I wanted to nourish people, body and spirit, but had learned that the restaurant business is more draining to me than it is fulfilling.

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What if, instead, I could teach people the skills to heal themselves emotionally, and to nurture those around them?

The calling to be a Guide to those on the path to healing and personal growth seemed very much in alignment with my passion for life and my desire to serve.​​