Living From The Heart: A Journey Back to You
A heartfelt workshop helping you move from stuckness to self-love and authentic living.
About The Workshop
Bernard Kates and I first met seven years ago on the leadership team of Achology, a global start-up founded by Kain Ramsay that taught life coaching, CBT, hypnotherapy, and business skills. Even then, we connected over one big idea — that real transformation begins with understanding yourself.
Today, from our homes in New South Wales, Australia and Wellington New Zealand , we’re collaborating to bring that belief to life through the Living from the Heart Workshop Series.
Inspired by Bernard’s book Living from the Heart (and our upcoming Leading from the Heartm this heartfelt and practical experience helps people move from stuckness to self-acceptance, find peace in the present, and live with genuine purpose.
Through guided reflection, honest conversation, and simple wellbeing tools, you’ll learn how to:
What You’ll Experience
Recognise the Patterns Keeping You Stuck
We all fall into habits that hold us back — sometimes without realising it. You’ll learn to spot those patterns with compassion, not judgment, and begin loosening their grip on your life.
Develop Emotional Awareness and Calm
Emotions are powerful teachers when we listen to them. You’ll discover simple tools for emotional regulation and grounding — bringing more peace and clarity to daily life.
Create Small, Lasting Shifts
Transformation doesn’t have to be dramatic to be effective. You’ll leave with small, practical steps that support ongoing growth and help you live with more ease and authenticity.
Build a Kinder Relationship with Yourself
True change starts with how you speak to yourself. This workshop helps you replace self-criticism with encouragement, acceptance, and a genuine sense of worth so you can live confidently in your own skin.
Reconnect with What Truly Matters
In the noise of everyday life, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s important. Through guided reflection, you’ll rediscover your core values and the deeper meaning that anchors you.
Live from the Heart
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have the confidence and clarity to live more intentionally — guided by self-love, grounded awareness, and a renewed sense of direction.
Meet The Facilitators
Leadership & Wellbeing Coach, Career Specialist, and Facilitator — Wellington, New Zealand
Lesley Moran is a wellbeing and leadership coach who helps people reconnect with who they are, discover their strengths, and lead with authenticity. With more than two decades in recruitment, most of it as a senior corporate recruiter, she’s spent her career mentoring leaders and matching people to roles where they truly fit and thrive.
For the past twelve years, Lesley has combined her corporate insight with modalities such as EFT, NLP, hypnotherapy, CBT, and behavioural analytics through Harrison Assessments, where she is a certified leadership coach. Her work blends heart and practicality, guiding people to reduce stress, rebuild confidence, and live with genuine purpose and wellbeing.
“When wellbeing rises, every part of life improves.”
Bernard Kates Author, Wellbeing and Leadership Coach and Facilitator — New South Wales, Australia
Bernard Kates is a transformational leader, mentor, and author who helps people live and lead with clarity, courage, and heart. Known for his thoughtful and grounded approach, he works with individuals and communities around the world to inspire meaningful change from the inside out.
With a career spanning industries and continents — from the British Merchant Navy to senior leadership roles in the NSW State Emergency Service — Bernard brings deep life experience to his work as a leadership and wellbeing coach. His passion lies in helping people explore life’s hardest questions, discover their authentic strength, and find fulfilment through conscious, heart-led growth.
“Love is not something we find — it’s something we remember.”
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Together
Together, Bernard and Lesley share a vision of bringing grounded, heart-centred wellbeing to everyday life. Drawing on both professional depth and personal experience, they create spaces where people can pause, reflect, and rediscover what it means to live and lead from the heart.
Their shared purpose is simple — to help people move from self-doubt to self-trust, from stress to calm, and from merely existing to truly living.
Join the Journey
Living From the Heart: A Journey Back to You isn’t just a workshop series — it’s an experience designed to help you rediscover what matters most, through reflection, conversation, and simple practices that bring more ease, self-trust, and clarity to everyday life.
Ready to take the next step toward living from the heart?
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