Authentic

Kat John
Authentic
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    I give myself permission to ...

    22/03/2026 | 27 mins.
    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.
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    Kat & Steve - What we are carrying right now (and how we can help the other)

    15/03/2026 | 33 mins.
    Steve and I asked each other a simple question this week:
    “What are you carrying right now that I might be unaware of… and how can I support you?”
    When you live with someone, love them and talk to them every day there are always things they’re carrying that you don’t see. Or maybe you do, but you're asking the best question to help them express it. 
    Pressure. Worry. Fatigue. Things they haven’t quite found words for yet.
    It’s easy in relationships to assume we know what’s going on for the other person, or to get caught up in our own world and forget to ask.
    This episode is just us talking about that.
    Just a real conversation about remembering to look at the person you love and ask a real type of question that will give real answers. 
    One-day retreat - April 24th, 2026
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    www.katjohn.com.au
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    The three stages of transition

    04/03/2026 | 30 mins.
    In this episode, I wrote called Dear Change.
    Lately I’ve been sitting in that strange space many of us know well. The space between who we were and who we are becoming. The space where something in life has shifted, but the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet.
    It can feel foggy there, uncertain, even tiring. Our minds want answers and direction, but sometimes life is asking something else of us.
    Patience.
    Drawing on William Bridges’ work on transitions, I speak about the season many people try to rush through. The in between. The neutral zone. The place where things that once felt certain begin to loosen, old rhythms no longer quite fit, and clarity hasn’t yet arrived.
    This episode is a reminder that not every season of life is for building.
    Some seasons are for releasing. Some seasons are for waiting. Some seasons are simply for becoming.
    If you’re in a moment where life feels unclear, slower than usual, or like something inside you is reorganising, snuggle up and listen in.
    One-day retreat - April 24th, 2026
    Authentic The Program - sign up here
    Coach 1:1 - 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

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    Kat & Steve - Pretending to like pizza

    01/03/2026 | 41 mins.
    In this episode, Steve and I revisit a story from my book that says a lot about how many of us enter relationships in the beginning: a little bit false.
    When we first got together, Steve was a pizza-eating machine. Every time I went to his place, pizza was ordered. I didn’t even want pizza. But I went along with it. I wanted to be easy. Agreeable. Low maintenance. Cool.
    Inside, I knew what I actually wanted but I didn’t say it.
    That small moment became a much bigger realisation: if I’m being “cool” about pizza when I don’t want it, where else in my life am I abandoning myself because I fear losing what I have? 
    We talk about how many of us shape-shift early in relationships out of fear of being difficult, too much, hard work, or ultimately, unlovable. Showing up false isn’t sustainable. Eventually, the real you arrives anyway.
    Relationships don’t deepen when we perform, they deepen when the real person finally walks into the room.
    One-day retreat - April 24th, 2026
    Authentic The Program - sign up here
    Coach 1:1 - 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
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    I didn't expect this at 40

    22/02/2026 | 25 mins.
    I felt ready for this chapter. I honoured the versions of me who carried me here . I stepped into this decade open, grounded, certain, and then grief quietly arrived.
    In this deeply personal episode, I share the unexpected emotional landscape of entering a new decade, the tenderness that comes with seeing your parents age, wondering if the children you love are ready for the world, and realising even the companions who’ve walked beside you for years won’t be here forever.
    I talk about the body changing in ways you can’t outwork or control.
    The shift in ambition. The question that begins to surface when striving softens: now what?
    This isn’t an episode about answers or silver linings. It’s an honest reflection on what happens when time stops feeling theoretical and starts feeling real. When love carries an ache. When life feels more precious and more fragile at the same time.
    If you’ve felt a quiet grief you couldn’t quite name, if you’re moving through transition, ageing, or a change in identity, this conversation will likely meet you right where you are.

    One-day retreat - April 24th, 2026
    Authentic The Program - sign up here
    Coach 1:1 - 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

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About Authentic

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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