Cambridge

Kate was a primary school teacher for 17 years and is also an author and illustrator in a collection of books exploring Mindsets, particularly with children in mind.

She lives in Cambridge with her husband and daughter. Kate has a passion for the Growth Mindset which has supported her in growing and developing in all areas of her life - in recent times moving from teaching to start her own franchise with MiniMe Mindfulness®.

"My initial interest in Professor Carol Dweck’s research about our ‘Mindsets’ and the profound effect that your Mindset can have on your motivation and subsequent learning of new things initially came from my role as a teacher. During the last fifteen years, I have explored in the classroom, how to engage children in thinking about what Mindset they are in at given times and how this effects their behaviour and overall achievement.

This exploration started through the telling of stories and developed into application to create a Growth Mindset culture in the classroom more generally on a day-to-day basis. This passion has now become about a wider audience – parenting and building the culture within the family environment.

There has been some wonderful moments and I have watched children blossom as they realise some interesting things about learning that they had never considered before. I’m now exploring this as a parent in relation to my daughter’s developing attitude to learning and am now set to impact 1000s of children across Cambridge with MiniMe Mindfulness®."

My mission is to get Mindset and now Mindfulness ideas ‘out there’ by making the theoretical ideas more accessible to children, young people and adults. I wish to share my expertise in this area; an area that, with every passing year, becomes more ingrained within me because I believe the ideas have and continue to change my life and others around me in very positive ways. This certainly affects my mental health, well-being and happiness and I want this for my daughter. It can do that for you and the children in your life too.

My aim is to support our ability to ‘bring Mindset and Mindfulness to life’ and infiltrate the ideas and understanding into everyday life so that it is not something to bolt-on but so it becomes entwined within our busy lives both as parents and teachers. The research that shows us how much our Mindset matters in our success is now considerable and cannot go ignored.

MiniMe Mindfulness® is the perfect opportunity for me to impact the next generation by combining my love for teaching, my passion for all things Mindset and a regular practice of Mindfulness!"

I can't wait to meet your MiniMe!