I’ve been gettin’ my nerd on. The Scientific American; NPR archives; The Psychonomic Bulletin And Review…are you snoring yet? I’ve been reading up on a concept called “embodied cognition” because I’m always trying to understand WHY things work. Things like… my own coaching programs. I’m an intuitive human. I can often tell you the answer […]

This past weekend I traveled to Kentucky to honor the life and death of my maternal grandmother. Her family gathered from Tokyo, Seattle, Portland, Florida, and I brought the snow down with me from Alberta (sorry guys!). There were tears, sure, but there was a lot of laughter too— especially recounting some of Grammy’s more colorful phrases, the ones you […]

Green slime under my fingernails. Chapped knuckles. Cuts on every finger. Falling madly in love with every new bloom that came in the door. I was 21, working in a flowershop, and had just gotten (most unwisely) married. Dethorning roses…scrubbing buckets with bleach…cleaning out the frigid fridge before the big February rush…oh, it was dreamy. […]

I ran an experiment last year. Very scientific. It was called: How Drained & Empty Can Katherine Get Before She Reaches Total Burnout?  My hypothesis was: I Can SURELY Make It All Better If I Just Keep Cranking And Working Harder. Turns out that this hypothesis is a piece of garbage. Nonetheless, I ran this experiment not once– but […]

How is it possible that we are already well into January!?!?!??! I keep being bewildered that it isn’t still, oh, say January third for heaven’s sake! This month is flying by. But I promise, you aren’t behind. You really aren’t. So here are some easy ways to bring a little ease, momentum, and zest into […]