Kris Augustyn — Coaching & Mindfulness | Create & Inspire International
Coaching & mindset practice · Founder, Create & Inspire International
Steadier decisions start with a steadier mind.
I help driven individuals, leaders and teams trade burnout, noise and second-guessing for clarity, resilience and work that actually feels like theirs — through the CIAF Method, one-to-one coaching, and mindfulness training grounded in neuroscience and 13+ years' practice.
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Who this is for
Three paths, one foundation
Whether you come as an individual, a leader or an organisation, the work starts in the same place — the mind.
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Driven individuals
You're performing well by most measures — but something feels off. The noise in your head is louder than the results on the page. You want clarity, not more productivity hacks.
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Leaders & managers
Your team looks to you for steadiness you're not always sure you have. You want to lead from a grounded place — not from adrenaline and reaction.
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Organisations & teams
You want your people to be resilient, focused and well — not just trained. Workshops, retreats and ongoing programmes grounded in neuroscience and real practice.
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The CIAF Method
Create · Integrate · Act · Find
Most approaches to stress and performance treat the symptom. CIAF works at the source — the patterns of thought and nervous-system response that shape every decision you make.
It draws on mindfulness-based cognitive approaches, neuroscience, and 13+ years of clinical and coaching practice. The result isn't a calmer version of the same overwhelm — it's a fundamentally different relationship with pressure.
Create clarity
Mindfulness practice and coaching reveal what's actually driving your thoughts, decisions and reactions.
Integrate insight
Understanding alone doesn't change behaviour. We work with the nervous system, not against it.
Take action
Coaching translates insight into specific, doable steps.
Find the formula
A repeatable way of meeting stress and decisions — not a course you finish.
Why trust this
Evidence, not adjectives
A mix of clinical/organisational credibility and direct client outcomes.
13+ years
In management, mental health therapy and coaching with major UK organisations, including Royal Mencap Society and Priory Hospitals.
Chelsea FC Foundation
Delivered mindfulness and resilience programmes for staff and community participants.
Midlands Maternity Festival
Featured speaker on mindfulness, stress and perinatal mental health.
CIAF Method
A proprietary four-stage framework developed from clinical practice, neuroscience research and 13+ years of direct client work.
“Working with Kris completely changed how I respond to pressure. I used to white-knuckle through difficult periods. Now I have an actual toolkit — and more importantly, I understand why it works.”
“I was sceptical about mindfulness — it felt like corporate wellness fluff. Kris grounded everything in neuroscience and real practice. Six months on, my team notices the difference.”
“The CIAF Method gave me a framework I actually use. Not just in work — in every area where I used to feel reactive and overwhelmed.”
“Kris has a rare ability to hold space while also being direct. The coaching felt both safe and challenging — exactly what I needed.”
“I came in thinking I needed better time management. What I actually needed was to understand my own nervous system. Kris helped me see that — and gave me the tools to work with it, not against it.”
“The mindfulness sessions Kris ran for our team weren't a tick-box exercise. People left with practical skills they still use. The feedback was the best we've had for any wellbeing initiative.”
“I've worked with coaches before, but Kris is different. There's no performance, no script. Just honest, grounded work. I left every session with something concrete.”
“As a clinician, I was looking for something evidence-based. The CIAF framework is exactly that — rooted in neuroscience, not wellness trends. It has changed how I approach my own wellbeing and how I support my patients.”
“Thank you Kris for your life-changing insights. I found all those lessons in all the excellent people I have come across in my life. Kris is a very professional and inspirational coach. He knows how to help people building the pathway to successful results and how to live inspired and happy life.”
“Your approach is perfectly suited for online video coaching. You have a perfect sense for timing to smoothly guide the coachee into an exercise. Your voice and style have a calming effect. You’re great at helping emotional wounds to heal. It’s amazing at how easily you brought peace within me. You master at a very high level the art of staying in a mutual exchange with your coachee, to learn and further grow yourself. You have such an inner strength that you remain authentic and dare to show your own vulnerability when suited.”
“I feel like such a different person from a year and a half ago and before! Our hard work… I’m picking the fruits of the labour. You’re the best! I have been journaling and reading my old notes which has been very helpful in prep for life or business. I know how to trust myself now and to do what’s in my control — having my power.”
“Kris is an incredible coach, he has a beautiful gift for intuitively knowing what I need in terms of guidance and practical support. I feel able to explore my personal and professional challenges and goals for the future in a safe space filled with understanding, inspiration and reflections. I feel confident that as I continue to work with Kris I become the best version of myself in terms of wellness, re-discovering my creativity and finding peace and clarity and in turn achieving my professional goals with ease and excitement! I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Kris who is very experienced, intelligent, professional and naturally gifted with a lovely persona filled with humour, empathy and humility. I am honoured to now have him on my team to help me live my dreams.”
About
Kris Augustyn
I spent over a decade working in management, mental health therapy and coaching — with organisations including Royal Mencap Society, Priory Hospitals, Chelsea FC Foundation and the Midlands Maternity Festival.
That breadth of experience — clinical, corporate, community — is what shaped the CIAF Method. I've seen what happens when people try to manage stress from the outside in. And I've seen what changes when they work from the inside out.
Create & Inspire International is the vehicle for that work: one-to-one coaching, mindfulness training, and organisational programmes that take the science seriously and the human even more so.
Ready to begin
A steadier mind is a skill, not a personality trait.
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll talk about where you are, where you want to be, and whether working together makes sense.
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