You have spent years taking care of everyone else. It is your turn now.
Coaching for married working mothers who have lost themselves in the roles they play for everyone else.
When you are ready to stop performing your life and start actually living it, THIS is where you begin.
Hi, I’m Kara, and I think you found this page for a reason…
I’m Kara De Kretser – the coach women call when they’re feeling overwhelmed and a little lost. I was lost too once…
I was the woman who could advocate for women’s rights at the United Nations by day and then quietly fall apart at home by night. Until I decided something needed to change.
I’m a Women’s Empowerment Coach for the married working mums who look “capable” on the outside, but are absolutely exhausted from people‑pleasing, second‑guessing themselves and trying to be the good daughter, the good mum, the good wife, the good everything.
For 12+ years I worked on women’s empowerment at the UN, and for decades, I have been doing the deep personal work for myself – rebuilding my confidence after trauma, burnout and a lifetime of being the “good girl” in a high‑achieving multicultural family. I don’t teach confidence from a textbook. I teach it from lived experience, as a wife of 15+ years and a Mum of 2 young boys, living an international life-style, and world-schooling her children without all the worry of what everyone else thinks.
I’m deeply invested in you living your best life too.
This is me about me and you, connecting woman to woman, heart to heart, with zero judgment. So if you’re a smart, ambitious woman who knows there’s more for her and her family but you’re scared of being truly seen, judged or “too much”, you’re in the right place. I see you.
Together, we’ll rebuild your self‑trust and self‑worth so you can:
– Speak up without over-thinking,
– Set boundaries without drowning in guilt for saying No, and
– Grow your relations, your business or career without abandoning yourself or your time with your kids and partner.
If you’re reading this thinking, “That’s what I want,” then you’re exactly who I created this safe space for.
“I could not have come back to who I truly am without Kara having my back.”
– Olivia, Wife and Working Mum, Melbourne.
The Next-Chapter Transformation
3-Months 1:1 Private Coaching
Ready for real transformation with someone in your corner? This is your next step!
This is for career and business Mums exhausted from people-pleasing, anxiety, and carrying far too much weight on their shoulders for too long.
Over 3 months we meet every two weeks for deep, tailored 1:1 sessions. We’ll get crystal clear on what you want next, gently unpack old stories, people‑pleasing and self‑doubt, and build practical tools so you can speak up, set boundaries and take bold but doable steps in your career, relationships and daily life.
You will walk away with your very own Next-Chapter Plan, and your own permission to actually live it.
** SPECIAL BONUS:
– 1:1 email communications between sessions
– 6-month Check-In call to make sure the plan is staying on track!
Eat, Restore and Love Thyself
5-Day Women’s Retreat in Ubud, Bali
You have built a good life. So why does something still feel missing?.
Eat, Restore and Love Thyself is a 5-day women’s retreat in Ubud, Bali for married working mothers in their 40s who are brilliant at taking care of everyone else and have completely forgotten how to take care of themselves.
Sunday 19 – Friday 24 July. A small group. Sacred experiences. And someone who has walked your exact path with you the entire time to guide and support you.
You do not need another holiday. You need five days to remember who you actually are.
Sacred water ceremonies. Sound healing. Yoga and meditation workshops. Dinners that taste like freedom and with zero rush. Nowhere else to be and no-one else to take care of. And real conversations with a new group of girlfriends who finally get it.
10 days to truly see where your next chapter in life can take you.
For the woman who is done coming last on her own list.
Spaces are very limited..
