Hello, dear ones -

Happy Feast Day of Mary Magdalene - a day to remember that it’s through the wild, tender aliveness of our own hearts we glimpse the Divine.

The last seven months since I returned from Scotland and Ireland have been working me deeply. I’ve been drawn more inwards to integrate and gestate.

In the last few months, the fruits of the process are slowly coming into the world and you’ll see and hear more from me about that as they’re ready. Suffice it to say, a lot of the backend of my business is being re-worked and there will be clearer ways to engage with me or work with me (if you feel called to) slowly rolling out within the next few months and into next year. It’s my hope these same shifts will allow me to share and support you more, too (again, should you opt into that relationship).

The processes of fumbling towards beauty and the growing of things take time.

Of course, all this personal work has been happening against the backdrop of a world on fire, where forces of fascism, empire and, (somewhere at the edges) aliveness, seem to be in battle for our very soul. It sounds hyperbolic to say, but I believe the stakes are, in many ways, that high.

It’s easy in these moments to want to give up. To give into the belief that we’re insignificant. I’m not convinced we are.

There’s a difference between humility and refusal of responsibility.

There’s a difference between self-regard and hubris.

Perhaps our work in these times, the work of right relationship with ourselves, each other, and the wider world; is the work of discernment between these, and then capacity-building for more of what supports aliveness.

Perhaps where we’re hurting most right now isn’t to be avoided, but to be seen as invitation back into aliveness from where we’ve become numb, burnt-out, disconnected.

What do you think?

Within the context of these inner and outer unravelings and re-weavings, I took the last month off of podcasting and listened into what wanted and needed to change on that front to support my-yours-our aliveness.

​The episode which came out yesterday marks a shift (at least for now) in the format of the episodes.

Instead of sitting around the fire, we’re moving through the world. (We need more movement, more time outside. Walk with me as you listen, perhaps?)

Instead of longer and deeper, we’re aiming for more bite-sized (we need less of pretty much everything when it comes to consumption and ‘taking in’).

And, at least for now, you’ll mostly just be hearing from me.

You’ll also be hearing from me a lot more around burnout. I have this suspicion burnout is a ‘modern ailment’ directly related to whether or not we’re in rhythm with aliveness, or in rhythm with mechanization and empire. In this episode I focus on: 

• burnout vs aliveness as questions of energetic balance;
• noticing and responding to a cycle of burnout before it gets too bad;
• linear progress vs cycles as two rhythms - and only one allows for aliveness;
• and why this matters for the world.

I welcome hearing if this stirred any thoughts and/ or any initial impressions on this new format. (Remember, you can always watch on YouTube, too)

Finally - while I’ll say more on this in a few days, I wanted to let you know that most first Wednesdays will now be 'Wisdom Wednesdays' - a 90min ‘office hours’-style gathering on Zoom where you bring your questions and I offer the best wisdom I (and the guides I channel) have for you. It’s Pay-What-You-Can and questions are answered first come, first served. You can find out more (or grab your spot for the first one on August 7th) here: https://www.wildsacredjourney.com/wisdom-wednesdays​

May we return home, again and again, as many times as it takes, to Love.

Stay fiercely caring,

Kate

P.S. If you’re grappling with what life seems to be asking of you these days and burnout is dragging you down, this might be a time to reach out for some 1:1 support. I can’t offer immediate magic fixes - burnout takes time. And you have to have at least a little capacity to perhaps feel a little worse before you feel better. But you also don’t need to keep white-knuckling through it by yourself. I do have a few 1:1 spots open and am happy to work with you if we’re a right fit and 1:1 work is a right fit. You can reply to the email here and let me know if you want to explore that.