about Kat Heeley

Kat Heeley has never lived life halfway. For years, she poured her energy into horse riding and later competitive triathlon, racing all over the world  with fierce determination. The discipline, grit and resilience she honed in sport carried into her career, where she became a high performer in leadership roles, known for her drive, ability and loyalty.

But life doesn’t always follow the plan.

After being hit by a truck while cycling in competition, Kat’s world was turned upside down. Multiple injuries, including a brain injury, forced her to stop in her tracks. The sport she loved was gone in an instant. Later, chronic illness which she had lived with for decades, tested her endurance in new ways,  in the everyday act of simply getting through. And in the midst of all this, she found herself navigating the fallout of a relationship that shook her sense of self and stability.

What Kat discovered through all of this is that real high performance isn’t about perfection, pushing harder, or proving yourself. It’s about learning when to let go of what's not true to you and lean into what is. It’s about resilience, but also about compassion. It’s about being able to start again, not from scratch, but from self love and wisdom.

Step by step, Kat rebuilt from the inside out. She learned to shed guilt and pressure, to stop masking, and to choose a life that felt true. In that process, she uncovered something far deeper than achievement: clarity, courage, and freedom.

Today, Kat blends her professional background in coaching, corporate leadership and crisis support from her career in the police, with her lived experience of starting over. She helps others who find themselves at a crossroads, those ready to stop surviving and start creating lives in alignment with who they truly are.

Her approach is warm, compassionate and fiercely human. Coaching with Kat isn’t about fixing. It’s about remembering who you are, what you need, and where you want to go next.

Nature plays a central role in Kat’s work, too. Having experienced firsthand the grounding and healing power of wild places, she now weaves this into immersive retreats and outdoor coaching experiences. Rivers, firelight, woodland and wildlife become the backdrop for self discovery, helping her clients reconnect with their bodies, intuition and inner compass.

Outside of coaching Kat is often found doing the things that bring her joy: painting in her off-grid cabin, swimming in cold rivers, or heading out on adventures by bike, rock and foot. She has found her own version of freedom, one rooted not in striving, but in living fully, wildly, and in alignment with herself.

Kat is living proof that we are not defined by what happened to us. We are defined by what we choose to become.

Her story is not one of setback, but of return. Return to self. Return to freedom. Return to a life lived on her own terms. And it’s this journey she now walks alongside others, guiding them as they create their own new chapters