happy equinox! (a quick note about a bonus episode)


Happy Equinox, dear Wolf Pack!

Just a super quick note to let you know I’ve got a bonus podcast episode for you about this moment of balance between the darkness and the light.

Tune in and you’ll hear:

  • how the season cycles correspond to our breath;
  • the metaphor of planting seeds for new growth;
  • why tender, fluffy new things may not always be an appropriate metaphor for the process of birth and rebirth;
  • the potent portal that is equinox combined with astrological new year and the beginning of eclipse season;
  • and some ways you can tune in and align yourself with this nature-based moment in time.

May we find the rest and the down cycles as we stretch toward the light.

May the soils we tend nurture the seeds of compassion, connection, and freedom in ourselves, our communities, and the wider world.

May we not forget that a life is just one piece of the greater churning of Aliveness and may we be in service to the holy tension of opposites, as Love.

Are you celebrating or engaging in ritual around the equinox in some way? I'd love to hear.

- Kate

P.S. Only one week left of enrollment for the current cohort of Sanctuary. So if you’re keen to deepen into ritual and conversations like this with like-hearted humans; wanting to journey with ancestrally-inspired processes of living, resting, relating, and becoming wise; I would join now.

Feel free to write back with any questions about the membership. <3

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Hi! I'm Kate - an intuitive, medicine woman, and guide for embodied Presence

Are you a compassion warrior, culture worker, and rebel who cares deeply about humanity; who's tired of doing all the “right things” and still getting what you’re trying to avoid; and who feels trapped between burning it all down or dying but would rather be wildly, and sacredly alive? I'm an animist and ancestral wisdom guide; ceremonialist, and empath. And I love guiding other humans who want to use their burnout and purpose anxiety as a jumping-off point to journey into their shadows and the shadows of modern society in order to de-armor their hearts; remember a deeper, wilder sense of belonging to the world; and reclaim the rich and sacred spark of their aliveness. This newsletter contains wisdom nuggets, podcast episodes, and invitations to paid and free offerings from my business. All in support of remembering a more animist and land-based culture; holding firm to our humanity in a dehumanizing world; and living with compassion, vulnerability, and reverence.

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