Authentic

Kat John
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G’day, I’m Kat John, authenticity coach, author, keynote speaker and everyday human. This podcast is where we tell the truth. No highlight reels, no love and light spritzing, no pretending. Just real conversations about what it actually takes to live aligned with who you are beneath the roles, patterns, and conditioning. I teach this work because I live this work. Together, we explore the ongoing dance between your ego self and your true self in relationships, money, work, family, and the everyday moments that shape a well-lived life. Expect grounded guidance, raw reflections, and conversations that don’t shy away from the messy middle. This is a space to get honest, take responsibility, and come home to yourself, one real step at a time. New episodes drop weekly on Mondays. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.And if it lands, a rating or review genuinely helps this work reach the people who need it.

  1. 5D AGO

    Play the long game

    In this episode, I speak about the pressure I used to put on myself to heal quicker, grow quicker, feel better quicker, and become “better” faster. I genuinely believed that if I was doing the work on myself, then surely I should be further along by now. That mindset created so much suffering. I was constantly living with this quiet pressure in the background of my life, telling myself to hurry up, get there already, figure it out, fix it, improve. I struggled to let life unfold because I was too busy trying to force myself into the next version of me. But over time, life has shown me that the most meaningful things rarely happen quickly. Trusting yourself again takes time. Building healthy relationships takes time. Changing lifelong patterns takes time. Coming home to yourself takes time. None of the things that deeply changed my life happened overnight. They happened through small decisions, small shifts, and repeated moments where I chose to stay with myself instead of giving up on myself. And eventually, I looked back and realised that things had actually changed. Not because I rushed them, but because I stayed long enough for the change to happen. This episode is for anyone who feels frustrated with how long growth, healing, or life is taking. Maybe your life is not behind. Maybe your growth is not late. Maybe you just need to stop rushing yourself and play the long game. IN PERSON EXPERIENCES, Melbourne One-day retreat in Balnarring - June 12th, 2026 Sunday Meds - June 21st, 2026 1:1 COACHING One-time 75 minute coaching call - secure your spot here Read my book, Authentic - coming home to your true self - AUS, EUR, USA Write into us - let us know what you want to hear WelleCo - use code KAT15 for 15% off welleco.com.au www.katjohn.com.au Support the show

    29 min

  2. MAY 3

    Too in our heads

    I recorded this in a moment where nothing big was happening. Clouds moving. Rain on the window. Wind through the trees. The dogs snoring. And me, just sitting there, actually in it. We say we want peace, we say we want to feel better but we’re often anywhere but here. In our heads, in the next thing, in our phones, in the past, in the future. And then we wonder why we feel disconnected, or lonely, or unfulfilled, or empty, or feel list. This episode is that reminder. That you find yourself in the simple, ordinary, right-in-front-of-you moments. IN PERSON EXPERIENCES, Melbourne One-day retreat in Balnarring - June 12th, 2026 Sunday Meds - June 21st, 2026 1:1 COACHING One-time 75 minute coaching call - secure your spot here Read my book, Authentic - coming home to your true self - AUS, EUR, USA Write into us - let us know what you want to hear WelleCo - use code KAT15 for 15% off welleco.com.au www.katjohn.com.au Support the show

    29 min

  3. APR 26

    There I am, in the simplest of things

    We find myself in the simple things. In movement, nature, laughter, in doing what we love. We lose ourselves in the noise of the mind, the pressure to be more, do more, become more and  feel disconnected from ourselves. But the truth is we’re not lost and it doesn’t take much to come back. This episode is a  reminder that you don’t need to go searching for yourself. You’re already here. Sometimes you just need to come back to what’s simple. IN PERSON EXPERIENCES, Melbourne One-day retreat in Balnarring - June 12th, 2026 Sunday Meds - June 21st, 2026 1:1 COACHING One-time 75 minute coaching call - secure your spot here Read my book, Authentic - coming home to your true self - AUS, EUR, USA Write into us - let us know what you want to hear WelleCo - use code KAT15 for 15% off welleco.com.au www.katjohn.com.au Support the show

    23 min

  4. APR 19

    When I stopped needing to be liked as a step-mum

    This one took a while to land.  The part that tried hard not to upset anyone, to do it right, to keep the peace, to earn my place was running rampant! And how exhausting that became. Somewhere along the way, I realised trying to be liked was costing me something far too precious ... myself. This is a conversation about self-abandonment in prettier clothes. About confusing being liked with being loving. About the shift from managing everyone else’s comfort to staying true to what feels right and good and true for you. If you’re a step-parent who has bent yourself to belong, bit your tongue, second-guessed your instincts or wondered why this role can feel so hard, this one is for you. IN PERSON EXPERIENCES, Melbourne Sunday Meds - April 26th, 2026 One-day retreat in Balnarring - June 12th, 2026 ONLINE WORK The Good Life - sign up here Authentic The Program - sign up here 1:1 COACHING One-time 75 minute coaching call - secure your spot here Read my book, Authentic - coming home to your true self - AUS, EUR, USA Write into us - let us know what you want to hear WelleCo - use code KAT15 for 15% off welleco.com.au www.katjohn.com.au Support the show

    29 min

  5. APR 12

    Kat & Steve - If we had 24 hours left ...

    We asked a question ...“If we had 24 hours left on earth, what would we do?” A real, honest question to look at what actually matters when time is no longer on our side. Because questions like this have a way of showing you your life as it is, not the one you say you want, but the one you’re actually living. What would you drop? What would you lean into? Who would you call? How would you spend your time? And maybe the better question is, what’s stopping you from living a little more like that now? IN PERSON EXPERIENCES, Melbourne Sunday Meds - April 26th, 2026 Offline - May 3rd, 2026 One-day retreat in Balnarring - June 12th, 2026 ONLINE WORK The Good Life - sign up here Authentic The Program - sign up here 1:1 COACHING Keen to work together? - Book a 20-minute call now Read my book, Authentic - coming home to your true self - AUS, EUR, USA Write into us - let us know what you want to hear WelleCo - use code KAT15 for 15% off welleco.com.au www.katjohn.com.au Support the show

    38 min

  6. APR 5

    "I'm not ready yet!"

    You keep telling yourself you’re not ready. Not clear enough, not confident enough, not quite there yet. But if you’re honest, you already know. You know the conversation you’ve been avoiding. You know the decision you keep circling. You know what’s not working anymore. This episode is about that space. The in-between where you sit and think, and think and think some more whilst thinking you need more time, when really you’re avoiding what the next step is asking of you. It might disrupt things. It might feel uncomfortable. It might require you to show up in a way you haven’t before. So instead, you stay in your head. You go back and forth. You wait for a feeling that isn’t coming. In this episode I talk about the illusion of readiness, why clarity doesn’t come before action, and how we keep ourselves stuck by calling avoidance “not being ready.” If you’ve been circling something in your life, this one will land. IN PERSON EXPERIENCES, Melbourne Sunday Meds - April 26th, 2026 Offline - May 3rd, 2026 One-day retreat in Balnarring - June 12th, 2026 ONLINE WORK The Good Life - sign up here Authentic The Program - sign up here 1:1 COACHING Keen to work together? - Book a 20-minute call now Read my book, Authentic - coming home to your true self - AUS, EUR, USA Write into us - let us know what you want to hear WelleCo - use code KAT15 for 15% off welleco.com.au www.katjohn.com.au Support the show

    26 min

  7. MAR 29

    Kat & Steve - To re-marry or not to re-marry

    I asked Steve a question - "were you scared to get married again, to be in a relationship again after your divorce?” When something significant ends, especially a marriage, it changes you. It shapes how you see love, commitment, risk, yourself and others. In this episode, Steve shares what it was actually like stepping back into a relationship after divorce. The hesitation. The awareness. The things he didn’t want to repeat. The work he needed to do on himself.  We talk about how he chose to do it differently the second time around. This isn’t a conversation about getting it perfect and 100% right. It’s about being honest about what you carry from the past, and what you consciously choose to do differently moving forward. If you’ve ever wondered if you can love again after something’s ended or how to not bring old patterns into something new, this one will land. IN PERSON EXPERIENCES, Melbourne Sunday Meds - April 26th, 2026 Offline - May 3rd, 2026 One-day retreat in Balnarring - June 12th, 2026 ONLINE WORK The Good Life - sign up here Authentic The Program - sign up here 1:1 COACHING Keen to work together? - Book a 20-minute call now Read my book, Authentic - coming home to your true self - AUS, EUR, USA Write into us - let us know what you want to hear WelleCo - use code KAT15 for 15% off welleco.com.au www.katjohn.com.au Support the show

    39 min

  8. MAR 22

    I give myself permission to ...

    Permission sounds simple, but most of us are waiting for it. Waiting for someone to say it’s okay to slow down, okay to change your mind, okay to outgrow something that once made sense. But life rarely hands us that permission, and so, we keep going. We keep doing the roles we’ve always played. We keep carrying responsibilities, expectations, identities that once fit even when something inside us is saying that we’ve changed. Transitions have a way of bringing that nudge to the surface. A shift in your work, your relationships, your body, your priorities, your sense of who you are. And in those moments, the mind wants certainty. It wants a clear answer, a plan, a way to get back to solid ground. But real change rarely works like that. In this episode, I explore the idea of permission. Permission to be in a season of change. Permission to not have everything figured out yet. Permission to let go of what no longer fits. Permission to listen to the quieter voice inside you that knows something is shifting. Sometimes the most honest thing you can do in the middle of life rearranging itself is stop fighting it and give yourself permission to be exactly where you are. IN PERSON EXPERIENCES, Melbourne Sunday Meds - April 26th, 2026 Offline - May 3rd, 2026 One-day retreat in Balnarring - June 12th, 2026 ONLINE WORK The Good Life - sign up here Authentic The Program - sign up here 1:1 COACHING Keen to work together? - Book a 20-minute call now Read my book, Authentic - coming home to your true self - AUS, EUR, USA Write into us - let us know what you want to hear WelleCo - use code KAT15 for 15% off welleco.com.au www.katjohn.com.au Support the show

    27 min
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About

G’day, I’m Kat John, authenticity coach, author, keynote speaker and everyday human. This podcast is where we tell the truth. No highlight reels, no love and light spritzing, no pretending. Just real conversations about what it actually takes to live aligned with who you are beneath the roles, patterns, and conditioning. I teach this work because I live this work. Together, we explore the ongoing dance between your ego self and your true self in relationships, money, work, family, and the everyday moments that shape a well-lived life. Expect grounded guidance, raw reflections, and conversations that don’t shy away from the messy middle. This is a space to get honest, take responsibility, and come home to yourself, one real step at a time. New episodes drop weekly on Mondays. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.And if it lands, a rating or review genuinely helps this work reach the people who need it.

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  • Creator
    Kat John
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    355
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Authentic
  • Show Website
    Authentic

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