— KATE RYAN MINDFULNESS

Bring calm, practical mindfulness to your workplace.

Help your team move out of chronic stress and into focus, resilience, and creative recovery through guided meditation, breathwork, and grounded, jargon-free facilitation.

ABOUT KATE

Bringing calm and practical mindfulness to high-pressure workplaces.

Kate is a registered meditation guide who helps teams move out of chronic stress and into focus, resilience, and creative recovery through guided meditation, breathwork, and grounded jargon-free facilitation.

She serves as meditation lead for NAMI Chicago and has guided sessions for organizations ranging from MillerCoors and Facebook to Kaufman Hall.

Kate Ryan Mindfulness
Grounded and plain-spoken.
A person taking a quiet grounding pause beside a journal

— MY APPROACH

Rewriting the narrative around corporate wellness.

Kate brings calm, practical mindfulness to high-pressure workplaces. We help teams move out of chronic stress and into focus, resilience, and creative recovery through guided meditation, breathwork, and grounded jargon-free facilitation.

Our style is grounded and plain-spoken: no jargon, no forced positivity, just tools people can actually use to find their own steadiness. We build a culture where every individual feels seen, valued, and equipped to handle the demands of their day.

OUR SERVICES

Calm, practical mindfulness.

For your team, and for the leaders beside them.

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Guided sessions

In-person or virtual guided meditation and breathwork sessions ranging from 15 minutes to a full hour to bring steadiness to your day.

02

Corporate workshops

Workshops focused on stress, burnout, focus, and recovery, designed specifically for high-pressure workplaces and teams.

03

Ongoing practice

Weekly or monthly sessions that build a lasting practice, delivered with grounded, jargon-free facilitation and no forced positivity.

—— FIND YOUR NEXT STEP

Ways to practice together.

Grounded, plain-spoken services for individuals and high-pressure workplaces. No jargon, no forced positivity—just tools you can actually use.

Workshops on stress, burnout, focus, and creative recovery for high-pressure workplaces.

In-person or virtual guided meditation sessions, ranging from 15 minutes to a full hour.

Breathwork facilitation to help teams move out of chronic stress and into resilience.

Weekly or monthly ongoing sessions designed to build and sustain a lasting mindfulness practice.

Private and small-group guided meditation tailored to your specific needs.

Host of the Every Love Has a Story podcast, sharing grounded, real-world perspective.

—  ABOUT KATE RYAN

Mindfulness is a powerful, practical tool.

Kate is a registered meditation guide who brings calm, practical mindfulness to high-pressure workplaces. She helps teams move out of chronic stress and into focus, resilience, and creative recovery through guided meditation, breathwork, and grounded jargon-free facilitation.

— IN THEIR WORDS

Connection changes the story.

For the first time, we didn’t feel alone in our journey.

Therese D.

Kate’s ability to provide a dose of peace and calm is an incredible gift. I cannot recommend her enough.

Ben Frank, Senior Director of Wellness, NAMI Chicago

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Let's bring some steadiness to your team.

Based in Chicago and available in person and virtually. Reach out to schedule a guided session, workshop, or regular practice.
Call or text 312-469-0193.

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Grounded in practice

Credentials, current leadership, and facilitation experience.

Kate brings verified training and active experience to practical mindfulness for teams doing demanding work.

Credentials & Training

  • Registered Meditation Guide — CHILL Chicago, where Kate led workshops and the teacher-training program.
  • Certificate in Mindfulness — Chicago State University.
  • 500-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher — RYT-500.
  • Trauma-Informed Certification — University at Buffalo.
  • Trauma-Informed Systems Certification — University at Buffalo.
  • Host of the Every Love Has a Story podcast.

Where Kate Leads Today

  • Meditation Lead, NAMI Chicago — leads guided meditation for staff and support teams and serves individual clients with private, one-on-one guided meditation.
  • Insight Timer — meditation instructor on the global app, guiding meditations for practitioners worldwide.

Additional Facilitation

  • Ease Hospitality, New York City — led weekly guided group meditations for the teams of this wellness and hospitality company.
  • Meditation for Recovery, Chicago — led a weekly 12-step meditation group, grounded in her certifications in Yoga for 12-Step Recovery and Working in Addiction Systems.
  • Lifestart Fitness, Chicago — meditation guide and yoga instructor for the Chicago-based wellness platform, leading virtual and in-person events.

What Kate Brings to Your Team

  • Guided meditation and breathwork — in person or virtual, from 15 minutes to a full hour.
  • Corporate mindfulness workshops on stress, burnout, focus, and recovery.
  • Ongoing weekly or monthly sessions that build a lasting practice.
  • Private and small-group guided meditation.
  • A grounded, plain-spoken style — no jargon, no forced positivity, just tools people can actually use.

Corporate & Organizational Clients

MillerCoorsFacebookTwo Cups of Tea ConsultingKaufman Hall

Let's bring some steadiness to your team.

Based in Chicago and available in person and virtually.

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