Kara De Kretser - Life & Confidence Coach and Growth Mentor

Your most confidence self starts here.

About

You're capable, driven, and brilliant at holding everything together for everyone around you. From the outside, life looks like it's working. On the inside, something's been quietly telling you there's more, and you've stopped ignoring it.

This isn't a crisis. It's not something wrong with you. It's your next chapter, and you're already standing right at the edge of it.

Maybe you're pivoting careers.
Maybe you're finally building the business you've been dreaming about.
Maybe you're doing everything right and still know you're capable of more than you're currently letting yourself have.

Different starting points, same truth: you're not stuck. You're ready.

I was that woman too. Twelve years at the United Nations advocating for women's rights around the world, while quietly abandoning my own needs at home. Perfectionist. People-pleaser. The one who said yes to everything and felt guilty the moment she tried to say no.

It took burnout, a health crisis, and finally getting real support to turn that around. Now I coach from that place, not from a textbook, from having actually lived it.

"What I love about working with you is that you don't just make me think differently. You help me MOVE differently."
 — Client taking life into her own hands for once.

I work with women who are ready to trust themselves again, speak up without guilt, and build a life that actually feels like theirs, not one that just happened to them.

If you're ready to stop waiting for the right moment and start expanding into what's next, I'm here.

Let's talk.

Kara De Kretser
Life and Confidence Coach & Growth Mentor
12 years at the United Nations | Mum of 2 | Worldschooling across the globe

Packages

Your 30-Minute Coffee Call

Curious about what's possible for you? Let's talk! This is a complimentary 30-minute chat to explore if coaching is right for you. All you need to do is make a cuppa and jump online.
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90-Min Breakthrough Session

A powerful 90 minute session to create a breakthrough in a mindset challenge you are holding on to, or a goal you are working towards. Perfect if you’re new to coaching or want to experience the powerful perspective changing effects it can create for your confidence!
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3-month 1:1 Coaching With Kara

Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Stuck in the same loop. You know what you want. You just cannot make yourself move toward it. That is exactly what we fix together, in three months, with a real plan built around your real life.
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Write Your Next Chapter: Your 10-Day Coaching Journey

This 10-day journey is all about you, living your best life, NOW.
Are you ready to start writing your Next Chapter?
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Bring Your Bestie - Two Bedroom Private Pool Villa - THE GODDESS UNLEASHED RETREAT

This is for YOU if you're exhausted, stretched thin, or feel like the goddess within you has gone quiet…

What would it feel like to spend 6 full days being fully seen, fully alive, and fully YOU, alongside women on the exact same journey?
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One Bedroom Private Pool Villa - THE GODDESS UNLEASHED RETREAT

This is for YOU if you're exhausted, stretched thin, or feel like the goddess within you has gone quiet…

What would it feel like to spend 6 full days being fully seen, fully alive, and fully YOU, alongside women on the exact same journey?
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One Bedroom Rice Field View Villa - THE GODDESS UNLEASHED RETREAT

This is for YOU if you're exhausted, stretched thin, or feel like the goddess within you has gone quiet…

What would it feel like to spend 6 full days being fully seen, fully alive, and fully YOU, alongside women on the exact same journey?
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One Bedroom Tropical Jungle Villa - THE GODDESS UNLEASHED RETREAT

This is for YOU if you're exhausted, stretched thin, or feel like the goddess within you has gone quiet…

What would it feel like to spend 6 full days being fully seen, fully alive, and fully YOU, alongside women on the exact same journey?
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Off the Vision Board, On to the Plan: MASTERCLASS

A FREE 60-minute live online masterclass (plus replay!) to turn the big dream on your vision board into a clear, step-by-step plan, and to find the confidence to actually follow it. You'll leave with a plan, not just more inspiration.
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Testimonials

"Kara has helped me improve and maintain my sense of self. I could not have come back to who I truly am without her having my back."

- Liv

"Kara is amazingly supportive & honest! She helped me refocus on things/people that matters whilst provide insightful perspectives by unpacking emotional hurdles, lighten up my shoulders. You are truly an incredible human being."

- Anonymous

"...I can't continue at this pace. Thank you Kara for opening my eyes to consider and strive for a life less hectic."

- Anonymous

"Your retreat turned out to be a major turning point in my life... you have a gift to share."

- Ronnie

"I've been struggling to find my feet for a while and I've been searching for a way forward only to be stuck in a loop. Your course jumped out at me. It's the guidance I didn't know I needed."

- Write Your Next Chapter Online Course Participant

"Working with Kara is something to look forward to, as I always feel we move the needle during our sessions and I am able to move into a fresh space full of enthusiasm. Kara has a lovely presence, infectious vitality and is able to hold a coaching space for maximum impact.”

- Jayne

"Kara provides valuable insights and perspectives as well as the tools to help empower myself."

- Gina

"I feel stronger and more at peace in my journey. My goals do not look like a mountain anymore... Working with Kara is a miracle."

- Mariam

Free Discovery Call

Let's have a friendly chat and discover if we're a fit.

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