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I’ve got five kids, I’m a queer feminist, and I just might be the only life coach in the world who doesn’t believe in the Law of Attraction.

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Life Is Beautiful

We have a bad chicken. No fence can keep her in. No run can contain her. No gate is a match for her wiliness. She disappeared a few weeks back and we thought– oh no! she must have been taken by one of the hawks that has been attacking our flock! We sighed. But no no, […]

Katherine Pondering

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Habits

Goodness gracious. It’s been so long since I’ve written you one of these missives that I almost forgot how to do it! Do you ever think about doing something so often, and with such an increasing sense of urgency and pressure, that you find yourself absolutely unable to do it? That was me, with this […]

Walking

I was a mess but I hoped for beauty

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*My Story

I have a little story for you today; I want to take you back into my history and tell you about the time I was a broke actor in Tokyo. It was twenty years ago, I was living in a tiny studio apartment, and to put it kindly… I was a hot mess. I had […]

Katherine's Hands Up

In praise of more interesting problems

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*Coaching

Hellooo friends new and old! I was chatting the other day with a beloved client who had just overcome a major challenge in her new job. We were both practically panting with relief, because it had been such a wild ride. The stakes were high, the pressure was intense, and it took every bit of […]

In defense of sparklebrains, artistic flakes, and other interesting people

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*Be The Change

Hello, darlings, I’m writing you from the world’s most adorable AirBnB, where Nick and I have snuck away for a few days of couple time. Yes I’m writing you from my retreat, because sometimes you get inspired and need to say things. But this is key: when I’m done typing this, I’ll put my laptop AWAY […]

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