Keynote speaker, productivity strategist, lifestyle coach, author, and retreat facilitator
Executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, teams, individuals seeking clarity, productivity, balance, and intentional living.
Kate Emmerson is South Africa’s foremost clutter expert, an internationally sought-after speaker, and a professional lifestyle and productivity coach who has inspired more than 45,000 people to rethink how they live, work, and lead. Her work sits at the intersection of productivity, decluttering, leverage, and conscious choice, translating everyday overwhelm into clarity, momentum, and freedom.
An author of two books, mastermind facilitator for writers, and host of transformational retreats in idyllic locations, Kate is driven by a bold mission to inspire people to LIVE LIGHT and LIVE LARGE. Her philosophy extends far beyond physical clutter. She challenges individuals and organizations to declutter their time, habits, emotional load, and decision-making, creating space for what truly matters.
Kate is known for her grounded, practical, and deeply human approach. She blends common sense with insight, warmth, and wit, helping people question not only how they do things, but whether they are focusing on the right things at all. Her coaching style encourages courage, authenticity, and conscious expansion, while refusing to let people shrink back from their potential.
Kate Emmerson has shared her enLIGHTening ideas with over 45,000 people and her obsession with productivity, leveraging and de-cluttering translates.
South Africa’s foremost clutter expert, sought after international speaker, professional lifestyle coach, mastermind facilitator for other writers, runs retreats in idyllic locations and is the author of 2 books.
Kate is hell-bent on inspiring an energetic transition to LIVE LIGHT, LIVE LARGE by transforming South Africa and the world one shelf, one life, one home, one heart and one business at a time.
Kate is considered a down-to-earth coach, advisor and mentor who is always seeking a better version of life. With a huge appetite for change, love, travel, food, authenticity, wine, coffee and a raucous laugh – she is always up for an adventure somewhere new.
She is at home dressed to the nines at the opera or ballet playing city gal …as she is in walking shoes traversing the boggy moors soul-searching.
Kate Emmerson is a pretty good salsa dancer and can whip up a meal. She somehow pulled off being an executive chef in a villa (one summer in Provence as a self-proclaimed non-chef).
She owned a Harley-Davidson once upon another life, is always searching for heart-shaped rocks on remote beaches, and still misses her beloved cat, Stripey, who has a new forever home.
Kate Emmerson helps you question your life, your choices and how you spend your time, but is equally someone you can sip a flute of champagne with somewhere idyllic while flirting with life. Mostly she thinks out of the box and just isn’t afraid to take up space in the world.
She will not let you shrink back from challenges, but she may help you question if it is even the right challenge to be tackling? A bit of real authentic common sense.
South Africa’s foremost clutter expert, sought after international speaker, professional lifestyle coach, mastermind facilitator for other writers, runs retreats in idyllic locations and is the author of 2 books.
Kate Emmerson is hell-bent on inspiring an energetic transition to LIVE LIGHT, LIVE LARGE by transforming South Africa and the world one shelf, one life, one home, one heart and one business at a time.
With courage and determination Kate reminds you to take charge of your life, and that anyone can get their life back on track, no matter how many “rabbits are stomping”.
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