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Lead with Katrina Katrina is a certified Health & Life Coach, Reiki Master, Reflexologist, Inspiration Leader, Total Life Consultant, Mother to three and Wife to one.

👑 Katrina Houghton | Human Performance & Self Leadership Expert | Speaker | Coach
I help high achieving busy women running on empty feel energized, confident and whole again.

In our new program: Become a Better Self Leader in 10 Minutes A Day, we deep dive into awareness. Awareness of where you...
10/23/2026

In our new program: Become a Better Self Leader in 10 Minutes A Day, we deep dive into awareness. Awareness of where your energy is going, awareness of your leadership style, awareness of your emotional intelligence and what motivates you to do the things you do.

January Cohor is Open - check out www.leadershipdesigncenter.com to get your name on the list for 2027! New Year Special Pricing is Available until December 31, 2026.

Who are you as a leader?Not your job title.Not the position on your business card.Not the role people expect you to play...
10/21/2026

Who are you as a leader?

Not your job title.

Not the position on your business card.

Not the role people expect you to play.

Who are you when you're responsible for leading yourself?

That's the question at the heart of Become a Better Self Leader in 10 Minutes a Day.

Over 90 days, we'll take you through a journey of:

AWARENESS

Discover who you are.

Using DISC and Emotional Intellience and Motivators assessments, you'll learn more about your natural leadership style, communication patterns, strengths, and opportunities for growth.

DISCIPLINE

Decide who you want to become.

You'll set monthly goals and begin turning awareness into action through intentional habits, choices and commitments.

IMPACT

Discover how you influence others.

Because self-leadership doesn't stop with you.

The way you manage yourself affects how you communicate, how you build relationships, how you navigate challenges and how others experience your leadership.

This isn't about becoming a different person.

It's about becoming a more intentional version of yourself.

And we're going to do it in a way that fits into real life:

10 minutes a day.

No complicated overhaul.

No expectation that you suddenly have hours of extra time.

Just 10 intentional minutes to invest in the most important leadership relationship you'll ever have:

The one you have with yourself.

The next Become a Better Self Leader cohort begins January 2027.

If you're ready to discover who you are as a leader and become more intentional about the leader you're becoming

👉 Join us for the January cohort. www.leadershipdesigncenter.com

Knowing yourself is powerful. But what are you going to DO with what you know?This is where self-leadership moves from a...
10/19/2026

Knowing yourself is powerful. But what are you going to DO with what you know?

This is where self-leadership moves from awareness into action.

Inside Become a Better Self Leader, we don't simply talk about who you are as a leader.

We help you put that knowledge to work through monthly goals.

Because transformation doesn't happen because you learned something interesting about yourself.

It happens when you start making different choices.

Each month gives you an opportunity to ask:

What do I want to change?

What do I want to practice?

What do I want to become more intentional about?

Maybe it's:

→ Communicating more clearly.

→ Creating better boundaries.

→ Following through on commitments.

→ Managing your energy.

→ Having the conversation you've been avoiding.

→ Becoming more consistent.

→ Making space for your own priorities.

The goal isn't to completely reinvent yourself in 90 days.

It's to make intentional progress.

One month.

One focus.

One set of goals.

One small step at a time.

Because self-leadership isn't about perfection.

It's about becoming someone you can count on.

That's what we'll work on together inside Become a Better Self Leader in 10 Minutes a Day.

The next cohort begins January 2027.

👉 Ready to make yourself a priority? Join the January cohort.

www.leadershipdeisgncenter.com

You can't lead yourself well if you don't understand yourself.One of the first things we do inside Become a Better Self ...
10/16/2026

You can't lead yourself well if you don't understand yourself.

One of the first things we do inside Become a Better Self Leader is discover your DISC personality style.

Why?

Because self-leadership starts with awareness.

You need to understand how you naturally operate before you can intentionally change how you respond.

Are you someone who:

⚡ Moves quickly and makes decisions?

💬 Connects easily and brings energy into a room?

🤝 Values stability, relationships and collaboration?

🔎 Wants accuracy, structure and time to think things through?

None of these styles is "better."

They're simply different ways of showing up.

And here's where DISC becomes powerful:

Your personality can explain a behaviour without excusing it.

Maybe you move so quickly that other people feel rushed.

Maybe you avoid conflict because you value harmony.

Maybe you become overly focused on details when you're under pressure.

Maybe you naturally take charge and forget to create space for others.

Once you understand your tendencies, you have a choice.

You can continue operating automatically...

Or you can learn to lead yourself intentionally.

That's the heart of self-leadership.

Inside the 90-day program, we use DISC as one of the tools to help you discover who you are as a leader and then use that awareness to set goals and make meaningful changes in the way you show up.

January 2027 cohort now forming. www.leadershipdesigncenter.com

👉 Join Become a Better Self Leader and start your journey with us in January.

What if the most important person you will ever learn to lead… is yourself?We spend so much time learning how to lead ot...
10/14/2026

What if the most important person you will ever learn to lead… is yourself?

We spend so much time learning how to lead other people.

How to manage a team.

How to communicate.

How to delegate.

How to motivate.

But leadership doesn't start with other people.

It starts with you.

Self-leadership is the ability to intentionally understand and manage yourself so you can make better decisions, follow through on what matters, navigate challenges, and show up as the leader you want to be.

It means knowing:

• How you naturally communicate
• What motivates you
• How you respond under pressure
• Where your strengths are
• Where your blind spots are
• What habits are helping or holding you back
• What kind of leader you want to become

And then doing something with that awareness.

Because knowing yourself is only the beginning.

The real work is learning how to lead yourself differently.

That's why we created Become a Better Self Leader in 10 Minutes a Day.

It's a 90-day journey designed to help you understand who you are, set meaningful goals, build intentional habits, and discover how you want to show up as a leader.

Know yourself.
Lead yourself.
Create your impact.

The next cohort begins January 2027.

If you're ready to stop simply reacting to your life and start leading it more intentionally, I'd love to have you join us.

👉 Learn more about Become a Better Self Leader and reserve your place for the January 2027 cohort.

www.leadershipdesigncenter.com

Your capacity is not unlimited.Your calendar may have 24 hours.Your inbox may never stop.Your responsibilities may conti...
10/13/2026

Your capacity is not unlimited.

Your calendar may have 24 hours.

Your inbox may never stop.

Your responsibilities may continue to grow.

But your energy is finite.

And when women constantly operate beyond their capacity, the cost can show up in their focus, relationships, decision-making, boundaries, confidence and ability to lead.

The Energy Gap teaches women how to recognize what is draining them, understand their internal signals and make intentional shifts before depletion becomes the norm.

Happy Thanksgiving from me to you. 🧡Today, I’m thinking about how easy it is to focus on what still needs to be done, wh...
10/11/2026

Happy Thanksgiving from me to you. 🧡

Today, I’m thinking about how easy it is to focus on what still needs to be done, what we haven’t accomplished yet, and where we think we should be.

But gratitude has a way of bringing us back to what actually matters.

I’m grateful for the women who have trusted me with their stories.

The women who are figuring it out.

The women who are rebuilding.

The women who are leading, loving, working, parenting, dreaming and sometimes wondering how the heck they're supposed to do it all.

I’m grateful for the conversations that remind me that none of us are meant to do this life perfectly.

We’re meant to live it, learn from it, laugh through it, and keep becoming.

And as I step into this next chapter of my own work, I’m incredibly grateful for every person who has been part of the journey so far.

So today, take a breath.

Put the phone down.

Eat the pie.

Hug your people.

And notice what is already good.

You don't have to accomplish anything today to be worthy of gratitude.

Happy Thanksgiving. 🍂

With love,

Katrina

Self-leadership isn't about doing more.It's about knowing yourself well enough to make better choices with the energy, t...
10/09/2026

Self-leadership isn't about doing more.

It's about knowing yourself well enough to make better choices with the energy, time and capacity you actually have.

I think about self-leadership through five simple questions:

1. AWARENESS

What is actually happening inside me?
Am I energized, overwhelmed, resentful, disconnected, excited or running on fumes?

2. ALLOCATION

Where am I spending my limited energy?
Because not everything deserves the same amount of you.

3. BOUNDARIES

What needs a yes, a no, a not now or a not mine?
Your energy needs boundaries just as much as your calendar does.

4. RECOVERY

What restores my capacity?
Rest isn't something you earn after you've done everything. It's part of how you continue to show up well.

5. PERFORMANCE

How do I use my energy intentionally instead of constantly reacting to depletion?

Because here's what I've learned:

You can't lead yourself well if you're constantly overriding yourself.

Self-leadership starts with paying attention.

Noticing the signals.

Making the shift.

And choosing how you want to show up before life chooses for you.

That's the work.

Know yourself. Lead yourself. Live differently.

— Katrina Houghton

Every woman has a limit.The problem is that high-achieving women are often incredibly good at ignoring theirs.We say:“I'...
10/07/2026

Every woman has a limit.

The problem is that high-achieving women are often incredibly good at ignoring theirs.

We say:

“I'm fine.”

“I've got this.”

“It's just a busy season.”

“I'll rest when things slow down.”

“One more thing won't hurt.”

Until suddenly…

🌋 ERUPTION.

Maybe it's snapping at someone you love.

Maybe it's crying in the car.

Maybe it's cancelling everything.

Maybe it's feeling completely numb.

Maybe it's simply waking up one morning and thinking:

“I cannot do one more thing.”

But what if we learned to recognize the pressure before the eruption?

That's the conversation behind my new keynote:

THE ENERGY GAP

Why Women's Capacity Is the Missing Conversation in Leadership

I teach women to understand their personal internal barometer, the signals that tell us we're moving from connected → stretched → overloaded → depleted.

Because self-leadership isn't just knowing what you're capable of.

It's knowing what you have the capacity for today.

And having the courage to act on that information.

🎤 I'm now bringing The Energy Gap to corporate teams, women's conferences and leadership events.

Because women don't need another conversation about doing more.

We need a conversation about having the capacity to do what matters.

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