About

A long time ago, I looked around and suddenly realised I wasn’t happy.

I had just finished a law degree, I was surrounded by great people, I was financially secure, I was living in a lovely home and I was fit and healthy. From the outside, everything looked good. But on the inside, I felt dissatisfied and incomplete.

I didn’t know where I wanted to get to, but I knew I wasn’t on the right track. So I began to transform my life.

• I changed where I lived
• I chose more selectively the people I wanted to have around me
• I started seeing a counsellor, to help me unravel the big questions that I was struggling to untangle by myself
• I spent more time in nature, exercising in ways that boosted my body and also made my head happy
• I volunteered more, doing things that were important to me
• I started living much more truthfully, so that my outside started to reflect my inside

Slowly, I began to feel happier. I began to feel like me.

Then I started thinking bigger: how could I help facilitate even greater change? How could I help other women feel happier, stronger and more fulfilled? I looked at what I needed to do to make that happen. I retrained, gaining a degree in counselling and a Masters degree in Coaching Psychology and I established my own consultancy.

Now I am a life and career coach, helping women in Melbourne and across the world, design and create richly satisfying lives. I also have a family – a great partner and three little kids – and a beautiful home filled with noise[!] happiness and lots of love.

Alex Kingsmill BA/LLB (hons.), GDipCoun&HumServ, MScCoachPsych.

My qualifications

Coaching is currently an unregulated industry. That means that anyone can say they’re a coach and start practicing.

When you’re looking for help with re-designing your life, it is important to pick someone who feels like a good fit. It is also incredibly important to check their credentials. I strongly suggest choosing someone who holds a tertiary qualification in coaching.

As the Director of Upstairs Coaching, I hold tertiary qualifications in Law and Counselling, and a Masters degree in Coaching Psychology.

Master of Coaching Psychology
The University of Sydney 

Graduate Diploma Counselling
Latrobe University

Graduate Diploma Legal Practice
Australian National University

Bachelor Arts/Laws [hons.]
Australian National University