
MENTAL FITNESS COACHING
I empower mindful leaders and founders to be mentally fit so they can amplify their impact.
Mental fitness is a practice of strengthening your mental muscles for more focus, compassion and confidence.
Just as physical fitness strengthens your body, mental fitness strengthens your mind. It’s about training your mind to be in the present & cultivate compassion and self-belief.
So you can break barriers without breaking yourself.
Life isn’t about what happens to us—it’s about how we respond.
Mental fitness gives you the tools to strengthen your mind-body connection, work on your limiting beliefs, tap into your body’s natural calm to manage pressure and stress & re-wire limiting beliefs.
Through daily grounding and visioning challenges as well as science-backed video modules, you train your mind to cultivate focus, compassion and confidence.
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Founder of Stepping Up
Hello! I'm Catherine
A Mom of two, Recovering Perfectionist, Health Enthusiast Community Builder & Retreat Creator.
After working for global advertising & technology businesses for 17 years, I learned that the source of my passion and joy came from empowering people to step up & create the life of their dreams.
As an ICF Certified Mental Fitness Coach, my work combines my extensive global corporate experience and holistic coaching approach.

How to work with me

Individual/Group

Organization
We challenge the belief that high performance and success must come at the cost of burnout.
Our mission is to show that sustainable success and true strength starts from within, in the mind.
We envision a world where mental fitness is as widespread and commonly practiced as physical fitness, restoring the mind-body connection in a society that often disconnects us from ourselves.
Mental fitness empowers Mindful Leaders become powerful catalysts for Change.

Community
Stepping Up is a global online community for impact-driven professionals looking to re-design careers and bring their dream projects to life – without going at it alone.
Designed for aspiring Change-makers and Corporate-preneurs, who believe that intentional non-linear career paths are the future and they want to stop playing small.
Our community is built on the foundation of mental fitness, where we empower each individual to pursue their dreams intentionally and sustainably, while aligning with their health goals.

To describe Catherine in 4 adjectives: compassionate, focused, invested and positive. While I started with Catherine to focus on work objectives, her coaching quickly impacted every part of my personal and professional life, giving me the foundational self-awareness of what my values are, and how I show up in the world to demonstrate those values.
– Piper Heitzler, Chief of Staff at Merlin

I reached out to Catherine seeking guidance to perform successfully in a professional promotion process. Thanks to a well designed scheduled sessions that she conceived & the opportunities to rehearse - that Catherine so professionally managed, I passed the interview. I also grew personally, and that was because of Catherine’s excellence as a coach.
– Nacho Espinosa Goded, Sr. Programme Coordinator, Council of Europe

The leadership coaching circle led by Catherine was an incredibly rewarding experience. Catherine is not only a skilled coach but also an empathetic and supportive guide. Through her coaching methods and practical exercises, she helped me gain clarity on my priorities, values, and goals, while also guiding me to implement actionable steps to achieve those goals and to better communicate with myself and others.
– Patricia Fernandez Freijo, Client Director at Mobkoi

I had a new team and wanted a workshop that would help deliver tools that would help us to communicate but also understand each other as people. Catherine of course delivered this and more! She is such a warm, kind and insightful person. I am proud to tell people I am coached by Catherine. I would absolutely recommend her if you are looking for an insightful and fun coach!
– Helen Buchan-Connor, Founder at Uncommonly Good People

The most impactful aspects of the Change Accelerator program were the sisterhood, accountability buddies & the coaching from Catherine that gave me the clarity and direction I needed, these helped me to break down a major milestone into actionable steps and finally make tangible progress in my professional transition. Having a strong network and expert insights made all the difference in turning intentions into action.
– Aurelie Guyon-Lebrun, MSL Regional Manager at Ferrer