MEET OUR FOUNDER
“I don’t believe it’s the big things that tell our story. It’s the small, everyday occurrences that create our sense of Self. It’s in the tiny micro-moments that we’re presented with the biggest life choices, and in our interpretation of them that we decide who we are.”
-Katie Horwitch
MEET OUR FOUNDER
“I don’t believe it’s the big things that tell our story. It’s the small, everyday occurrences that create our sense of Self. It’s in the tiny micro-moments that we’re presented with the biggest life choices, and in our interpretation of them that we decide who we are.”
-Katie Horwitch
MEET KATIE HORWITCH
KATIE HORWITCH is a nationally recognized writer, speaker, mindset coach, and self-talk activist. She is the founder of WANT: Women Against Negative Talk, a platform that gives women tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to move forward fearlessly in their lives by shifting their negative self-talk patterns.
Katie has spent the last 16 years studying the conversations we have about ourselves and the implications of them out in the world. She has been featured by SXSW, Lululemon, The Cut, mindbodygreen, Livestrong, and more, has coached some of the world’s most prominent brands and leaders on building confidence and creating impact, and has been praised by CNN as a “woman empowering others around the world.” She brings to the table over a decade of experience in the wellness editorial space, and almost two decades in public speaking and performance. She has spoken across the country — from SXSW and Lululemon to corporate workshops and creative non-profits — about self-confidence, living fearlessly, and shifting the stories that help shape our negative self-talk patterns. She is the host of the WANTcast: The Women Against Negative Talk Podcast (currently in its eighth year) where she tackles subjects like loneliness, jealousy, self-worth, and interviews visionary women about taking a pragmatic, proactive approach to the full spectrum of life’s high highs and low lows.
Her first book, Want Your Self: Shift Your Self-Talk and Unearth The Strength In Who You Were All Along (October 2023, Sounds True), is available now wherever books are sold.
Katie has been featured on CNN, NBC News, ABC, PIX11 NY, KTLA, The Cut, Darling Magazine, mindbodygreen, The Globe and Mail, Healthline, Livestrong, Women’s Running, and more. As a speaker, she’s worked with brands including Dreamworks, Lululemon, I AM THAT GIRL, Teachable, and Whole30, and has spoken at SXSW with The Female Quotient.
As a mindset coach specializing in self-talk, Katie helps her clients work through their shame, doubt, overwhelm, and fears — both personally and professionally — so they can be proactive leaders in their own lives. She is a certified NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Coach Practitioner by the NLP Center of New York, and uses a combination of NLP strategies as well as her own methods honed over the last decade to meet each client with deep empathy, fierce support, and a highly individualized game plan. Some of her recent clients include organizations and executives at brands like Salesforce, Google, Equinox, Dreamworks, and Morgan Stanley.
Katie lives in New York City with her husband Jeremy and dog-daughter Frankie, and spends her energy on shifting the cultural self-talk paradigm, producing engaging new content for women both online and off, advising creatives and entrepreneurs on how use their unique strengths to make the biggest impact possible, and singing loudly while she runs.
For more on Katie, visit katiehorwitch.com
Abbreviated bio:
Katie Horwitch is a nationally-recognized writer, speaker, mindset coach, activist, and the founder of WANT: Women Against Negative Talk. She has spoken across the country – from SXSW and Lululemon to corporate workshops and creative retreats – about self-confidence, living fearlessly, and shifting the emotional DNA that’s helped shape our negative self-talk patterns. She is the host of the top-rated self-talk podcast WANTcast: The Women Against Negative Talk Podcast, where she tackles subjects like loneliness, jealousy, and self-worth, and interviews visionary women about taking a proactive approach to life’s high highs and low lows. Her clientele includes organizations and executives at brands like Equinox, Salesforce, Dreamworks, Morgan Stanley, MeUndies, and more. Her debut book, WANT YOUR SELF: Shift Your Self-Talk and Unearth The Strength In Who You Were All Along (October 2023, Sounds True), is available now wherever books are sold.
