KARLA
HERS
CHELL
Hi, I’m Karla
I started my career as a fitness coach. Building a fully booked personal training business in a gym, then transitioning this to an even bigger online community with a team of the best Coaches offering workout programs, nutrition and mindset coaching. I created this through consistency and a lot of hard work. But, while I was passionate about what I did, I eventually burned out.
That experience forced me to rethink everything.
Why was I working so hard?
What was I actually trying to build?
Is it possible to be successful without exhausting yourself in the process?
I realized that if I was working for myself, I needed to create a business and lifestyle that actually felt good to live.
At the same time, it became clear that my clients’ physical results were driven by their mindset — not just their training plans. In 2021, I stepped away from fitness coaching and moved into mindset, behaviour, and deeper personal work.
Over the next few years, I shifted away from hustle-driven growth and focused on building something more sustainable and effective.
Instead of chasing clients, I refined my work, my message, and my approach — allowing the right people to naturally connect with what I offer.
This is where my work evolved.
I’ve since trained in my Master Practitioner of NLP (Neural Linguistic Programming), trauma-informed coaching, currently enrolled in Cert IV of Entrepreneurship and Business. and continued developing my understanding of behaviour, identity, and performance through both formal study and hands-on client work.
Today, my work focuses on helping people create real change — in their business, direction, and personal life.
Because your external results are always shaped by how you think, decide, and act.
When those shift, everything else follows.
Experience
10+ years mentoring and coaching clients
5+ years working in deeper personal and emotional change
Long-term private client work (3–12 months)
Group programs in business, mindset, and personal development
Live events including workshops, movement sessions, and community experiences
Podcast host of Cosmic Batter (launched 2023)
Creative work including DJ performances and events
My approach
My work combines:
Practical strategy
Behaviour and mindset work
Emotional resilience and self-leadership
Building the life and business that you ACTUALLY desire. (Not eternally chasing a goal that is out of reach!)
This isn’t simple cookie-cutter business strategy. This is pattern re-wiring to help you think clearly, act decisively and create results that last.
I embody everything that I teach, having been to the depths in my own healing and continuing to transform my life.
IF YOU RESONATE WITH ME, BOOK A SESSION.
Karla's Qualifications and Experience
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Current — Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship & Business
2024–2026 — Human Design Studies (IHDS), including Living Your Design
2024 — Human Design Coaching Certification (Linda Burnell)
2021 — Master Practitioner of NLP (International Institute for Complimentary Therapists)
2021 — Trauma-Informed Coaching Certification (Centre for Healing)
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2017–2025 — Business mentorships across marketing, strategy, sales, and paid advertising
2017–2021 — Built and scaled a successful personal training business (in-person & online), later transitioning into mindset and coaching work
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2016 — Diploma of Musical Theatre
2018 — Certificate III & IV in Fitness
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Ongoing — Extensive self-study and practice across personal development, somatic work, and coaching methodologies.
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