About Kate

Who I Am

I'm Kate Happle, a qualified mindset and wellness coach, an artist and a writer, with over a decade of self-directed creative practice, and the founder of Kate Happle Studio.

I create courses, resources and a weekly publication for creative women who want to build a consistent, confident creative practice and finally make it stick.

The combination of mindset coaching and artistic practice isn't accidental — it's the whole point. The inner game and the outer game of creativity are inseparable. You can't solve a confidence problem with a technique course. You can't solve a consistency problem with a better brush (trust me, I've tried!). Understanding which problem is actually yours, and what it actually needs, is where everything begins. [Find out which one is yours →]

Who I'm Here For

If you're someone who loves making things but keeps getting in your own way, this is for you.

Maybe you keep meaning to get back to it. Maybe you sit down and the inner voice takes over. Maybe you create in brilliant bursts and then disappear for months. Maybe you've been waiting for permission that never seems to arrive.

You're not lacking talent, time or motivation. You have a pattern. And once you can see it clearly, everything changes.

The Short Version of a Long Story

I wasn't always a practicing artist. Creativity had been calling me for years and I kept finding reasons not to answer it, until a serious illness in my thirties stripped away all the noise and left me with one clear thought:

I will be absolutely fine — however this all turns out — as long as I can still create art.

What followed was a slow, honest, non-linear journey to a creative practice that finally stuck. I lived through every pattern I now write about: the bursts and disappearances, the inner critic that ended every session, the years of waiting until I felt ready, the supplies that sat in the bag. I have found my way through all of them, not all at once and with plenty of backward steps along the way.

I built Kate Happle Studio because I don't want you to take as long as I did.

What I've Built

The Three C Creative Framework — Creative Consistency, Creative Confidence and Creative Voice — is the map I wish I'd had years earlier. Three stages. Three distinct problems. One coherent journey from wherever you are now to a creative practice that is entirely, unmistakably yours.

Everything here is built on that framework: the courses, the resources, and The Grounded Creative - a weekly publication where I share the honest version of what it takes to build a creative life that actually sticks.

Beyond the Art

I'm also a working mother of two. Married to Drew. Owned by two dogs. I'm currently edting my first novel. Paint to funny podcasts in my art studio. And when I'm not creating I can often be  found curled up on my couch Thai sweet chilli sensations in hand, binging on reality TV (much to the annoyance and disapproval of my family).

I'm really happy you found your way here.

Discover your creative archetype

Five honest descriptions of the patterns that most commonly block creative women. 

It all starts with understanding your resistance pattern, so that you can start taking steps to change it.

(This link takes you to a free webpage on my website.)

Me and Drew ❤️