About
Mission
My mission is simple: to help people stop living from reaction, fear, and performance and start leading their lives from presence, clarity, and emotional strength.
I believe your peace, confidence, and connection aren’t built by fixing yourself or others. They come from understanding how your mind works and returning to the quiet wisdom underneath all the noise.
Everything I do is designed to help you see that your thoughts create your experience, not the world around you. When that clicks, everything changes. Your relationships calm. Your confidence rises. Your decisions feel clean again. You become more resilient, more steady, and more capable of handling life as it unfolds, without losing yourself in it.
You’ll see this reflected across my coaching, writing, and guided materials.
This isn’t about motivation or mindset hacks, tricks, or strategies. It’s about remembering who you are when you’re not chasing, proving, or managing everyone else’s emotions.
I teach self-leadership as a way of living so you can move through life grounded, emotionally free, and deeply connected to what actually matters.
Method
I teach self-leadership through conversation, awareness, and real-life application. My approach is grounded in the understanding that your experience of life is created from the inside out. When you begin to see how thought, feeling, and behavior move together, you stop reacting to what feels urgent and start leading from clarity.
We work together to slow down mental noise, bring awareness to the patterns shaping your reactions, and build emotional strength through presence. You learn to separate what is happening from what you are making it mean. That shift changes how you respond, how you relate, and how you move forward.
You’ll also receive guided materials and tools to support what we’re working on in real time. These are designed to deepen awareness, strengthen emotional intelligence, and help you apply this work in your everyday life.
This work is practical and deeply personal. It’s not about perfection or performance. It’s about learning to trust your own wisdom, stay steady when emotions rise, and move forward with clarity no matter what life brings.
About me
Katherine Hood
Certified Self-Leadership & Relationship Coach
Founder of Power UP Coaching
Hi, I’m Katherine. I’m a Self-Leadership and Relationship Coach and a retired entrepreneur at 35. I believe a fulfilling life isn’t one you escape from; it’s one you lead from the inside out.
I’ve rebuilt more than once and learned that grit without peace leads to burnout. Real strength isn’t loud. It’s built through clarity, emotional steadiness, and presence.
I work with people who are driven but disconnected, successful on paper yet struggling to feel grounded or understood. I help them reconnect with themselves, rebuild emotional confidence, and create relationships that feel safe, real, and alive again.
As your thinking partner, I’m not here to fix you. I’m here to help you see what’s actually happening beneath the noise so you can lead yourself with clarity and steadiness. My work is shaped by years of entrepreneurial experience, twelve years in bodybuilding, and a deep curiosity about how people change.
This isn’t about quick fixes or positive thinking. It’s about real change that begins with awareness and shows up in how you live, relate, and move through your life. The goal is simple: a life that reflects your truth, one you don’t need an alarm for or a vacation from.
Credentials
Certifications
Mastery Level Certified
Advanced Mastery Training at a Master-level certifications from both the Master Certified Life Coach Institute (MCLC) and the Health Coach Institute equip me with rigorous methodologies that address the full spectrum of personal development. Combine advanced life-coaching techniques with a thorough knowledge of health and wellness to develop a comprehensive approach that promotes lasting change.
Coaching Experience & Practice
1,200+ hours of paid coaching across nearly a decade of working with individuals navigating relationships, identity, and life transitions. My work is grounded in real-world application, ongoing practice, and a commitment to showing up with clarity, integrity, and respect for each client’s experience.
Expertise
My professional skill set blends Motivational Interviewing, Metacognition, 3 Principles philosophy, and CISM training to create a robust framework for empowering clients.
Whether the goal is managing stress, improving health, or unlocking personal strengths, I draw upon specialized training and cutting-edge education to deliver results-oriented coaching that supports a more resilient, fulfilling life.
Affiliations
My work is grounded in an understanding of how thought creates our experience in real time, often referred to as the Three Principles. This perspective points people back to their own clarity, rather than relying on techniques or external fixes.
I also draw from practical understanding in areas like emotional intelligence, behavioral patterns, and how the brain supports habit and attention. These are used to support real-life application, not to overanalyze or complicate the work.
Approach
My approach is simple and direct. I meet you where you are and help you see what’s shaping your experience in real time. From there, we focus on what actually moves you forward, not by adding more to manage, but by bringing clarity to what’s already happening.
This work doesn’t separate your life into categories. How you think, feel, and respond shows up everywhere. As that becomes clear, your decisions, relationships, and direction begin to shift naturally.
Achievements & Work
My work is reflected in the real changes my clients experience in their relationships, decision-making, and day-to-day lives. This includes individuals and teams learning to move with more clarity, emotional steadiness, and self-leadership.
I am also the author of the "You’re Not Stuck" series, a collection of books focused on helping people recognize how their thinking shapes their experience in real time. Each book is designed to make this understanding simple, practical, and easy to apply in everyday life.
What Makes Us Truly Happy
What makes us truly happy isn’t what we get, it’s who we become in the process of living.
Real happiness comes from inner progress.
Not achievements, milestones, or goals checked off, but quiet growth in awareness.
The feeling of seeing yourself handle something differently than before.
The calm that replaces old chaos.
The understanding that deepens your compassion.
(these right here is what this book and your coaching facilitates)
Credentials & Education Listed
Life Coaching Certifications
• Master Certified Life Coach — Certified Life Coach Institute
• Certified Professional Life Coach — Certified Life Coach Institute
• TCM Mastery Coach — Health Coach Institute
• TCM Transformational Coach — Health Coach Institute
• Accredited Life Coach Course Graduate — Coachelephant (CPD Certified)
• Group Mentor Coaching & ICF Continuing Education — Lyssa deHart, MCC
• Relatable Relationship Certification Course 1-Year Three Principles based training
Crisis & Support Training
• Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention — ICISF & University of MD Baltimore County
• Certified First Responder Coach — Blue Line Coaching LLC
Health & Lifestyle Certifications
• Certified Health Coach — American Council on Exercise
• Licensed CE Training in Health Behavior Change & Diabetes Prevention — SparkPro (IDEA/ACSM/NASM CE approved)
On-going Support
• Bi-weekly Support and Development and coaching Linda Pransky Three Principles based training
• Quarterly ICF Reciprocal peer coaching
• Mental Health education latest resources and support Therapy in a Nutshell
I’ve spent years studying how people think, feel, and change. My training isn’t just about techniques or tools, it’s about understanding human behavior at a level that helps people make shifts that last. I combine coaching mastery, crisis and emotional support skills, and health behavior science so my clients feel safe, seen, and supported while building a life that actually works for them.