ABOUT KAT CHINI

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The light was always there.

Sometimes we just need someone to walk back toward it with us.

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There have been times in my life when I looked capable from the outside but felt disconnected from myself underneath. Moving countries, learning a new language, navigating a different culture and rebuilding life in a place where I knew no one taught me that confidence is not something you wait to feel. It grows as you meet what is in front of you, one decision at a time.

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Choosing to follow my own path also changed important relationships. Listening to myself, expressing what I needed and questioning old roles brought both loss and freedom. I learned that choosing yourself is not the same as rejecting other people, and that rebuilding a life rarely happens through one dramatic act. It happens through many smaller choices made before the whole picture is clear.

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My career developed in a similar way, through clinical work, leadership, service development, innovation, projects and coaching. Each transition asked me to recognise abilities I had overlooked, understand how my mind, emotions, nervous system and energy worked, and stop forcing myself into ways of living that did not fit. Confidence grew as I made decisions, followed my intuition, used my strengths and discovered that I could handle what came next.

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MY APPROACH

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My work is grounded in one belief: you are not broken, you are fully capable human being and I will support you in seeing that.​ There may be patterns that no longer serve you. There may be beliefs you have carried for too long. There may be ways of coping that once protected you but now keep you stuck, but underneath all of that, there is still something steady, wise, and true in you. The work is about finding your way back to it.

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I work with the whole person: mind, body, nervous system, emotions, identity, patterns, beliefs, relationships, and the practical realities of everyday life.​ The process is both deep and practical. We explore what is happening underneath the surface, but we also build tools you can use in real life - in your work, relationships, decisions, routines, boundaries, confidence, and moments of change.

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Coaching supports you in finding your own answers, while mentoring allows me to offer perspective, experience, and practical guidance when helpful. I may challenge assumptions, reflect what you cannot yet see, or help you turn insight into action.

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This is a collaborative relationship. I will not define who you should become or give you a fixed way of living. You remain the authority in your life. My role is to help you hear yourself more clearly, trust what you find, and act from it with greater confidence.

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WHAT LUMIVERA MEANS

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Lumivera means light through truth. This practice exists to help people return to the truth of who they are, beneath the self-doubt, masking, over-adapting, people-pleasing, shame, and stories that have made them feel smaller than they really are.

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Every person I work with arrives carrying a story about who they are. Some of those stories are protective. Some are inherited. Some were built through difficult experiences, and many are much smaller than the truth.​ Lumivera is a space where those stories can be understood, questioned, softened, and rewritten - not by me, but by you, as you begin to trust yourself again.

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CREDENTIALS & TRAINING

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For those who want the professional detail, I bring nearly two decades of experience across NHS and private healthcare, physical and mental health, neurodiversity, leadership, service development, digital innovation and project work.

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Clinical Experience (18 years):

• 100+ hours of ADHD post-diagnostic support 

• 900+ hours specialist mental health and neurodiversity training

• CAMHS - ADHD specialist and lead nurse 

• CAMHS Eating disorder - specialist nurse 

• Adult neurodevelopmental assessment (ADHD & autism)

• Complex care holistic assessments nurse

 

Coaching & Training:

• ICM Certified Master Coach - Institute for Coaching Mastery - advanced trauma-informed somatic and therapeutic ICF-accredited coaching certification training (2024-2025)

• ADHD Foundation Certified Coach & Mentor Certificate (2024)

• Co-Active Coaching Certificate (2018)

• Professional Certificate in AI for Effective ADHD Support (2025) 

• AI Business Consultant - 2026

 

Professional Registration:

• Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) registered since 2009

• European Mentoring & Coaching Council Member 2025

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WHERE I WORK

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Lumivera Coaching & Consulting is an independent practice based in Winchester, Hampshire. I offer online coaching and mentoring across the UK and internationally, alongside in-person sessions in Winchester for local clients.