Who is Kathie M. Thomas?
Kathie is the Virtual Assistant Queen! Founder of Australia’s first VA Network in 1996, she registered her own business “A Clayton’s Secretary” in 1994.
Kathie is a Virtual Assistant Coach & Trainer and has trained and mentored many VAs during the life of her business. Kathie is an award-winning author and is many times published in business and women’s magazines.
Kathie is a two-times “Australian of the Year” Nominee (2008 & 2009).
Kathie is married to Graham and chose to work from home in 1994 so she could be present for their 5 daughters as they grew up into young women. They live in Melbourne, Australia.
Kathie has become a role model for women who want to work from home and be there for family. She is an advocate of the Proverbs 31 Woman. Kathie’s books are available at Amazon.com, in bookstores in Australia and also online.
Today, Kathie is a professional speaker who has spoken overseas as well as around Australia, touching the lives of women and their families through keynotes, presentations and workshops at conferences, seminars, webinars, radio, podcasts and churches.
Hear Kathie’s interview on Melbourne radio station LightFM with Clayton Bjelan. With her warm and relaxed style, Kathie shows women the world over how they too can be available for their families and run a business from home at the same time.
Interview at Faithwriters.com: There is little that FaithWriters member, Kathie Thomas hasn’t done. Besides being an accomplished writer and published author, she’s won or been nominated for many awards, most recently the 2009 Australian of the Year award. She has impacted the home-business world and maintains several blogs. In a nutshell, she’s done it all!
Join interviewer, Lynda Schab, as she talks with Kathie about her Christian testimony, her family, and all of her impressive accomplishments.
LYNDA SCHAB: Start by telling us about yourself and give us a brief Christian testimony.
KATHIE THOMAS: I was brought up in a non-Christian home, although mum and dad did take us (my 2 sisters, brother and me) to church when we were young. But they didn’t stay at church and would have us walk home or come back and get us. I think probably it was the only 2 hours a week they had alone together without 4 young children. I was the eldest. To this day mum and dad still do not know the Lord and this saddens me. They are very aware of my faith and mum has read one of my books and many Christian fictional stories (like the Left Behind series) but still nothing – at least not that I’m aware of. Read the rest here.