by Katy | Jan 3, 2019 | awakening, body, Enneagram, mindfulness, personality, seasons & cycles, The Feminine
Serene Alchemist of the Wild, she whispers into the circle of women at Women’s Temple, looking straight at me. Yes, the women nod, it’s my temple name. These women don’t know me. We have just spent about an hour dancing and practicing in circle together,...
by Katy | Sep 21, 2018 | awakening, mindfulness, personality, practices, seasons & cycles
Autumn Equinox, Saturday the 22nd at 8:54 pm CT. We are in a time of interim. Between Summer and Fall. Summer’s waning light. Fall’s bright, crisp color not yet arriving. You are in this time of interim where everything...
by Katy | May 9, 2018 | Enneagram, food, mindfulness, personality, seasons & cycles
I’ve spent a lot of time pulling weeds. Starting with the most common ones—Creeping Charlie taking over the whole backyard when I first moved in with Dave, grass growing in garden beds, plantain, dandelions, and here in Minnesota, those purple...
by Katy | Jan 18, 2018 | awakening, personality, self-care, The Feminine
At an Enneagram presentation a year or so ago, a question came up about being selfish. Selfish is such a buzzword–especially for those of us who grew up as women in this culture, over the age of 30 or so… We were taught that to be selfish–to...
by Katy | Sep 7, 2017 | awakening, mindfulness, personality, practices
Apple pie and cheddar cheese. Fear and courage. Hungry and satisfied. Independent and dependent. Grief and compassion. Utter lostness and presence. Single and partnered. Strength and helplessness. Female and male. Dualities. Opposites. Two halves of a whole. I...
by Katy | Jul 6, 2017 | awakening, mindfulness, personality, practices, self-care
This is the final post in a 3-part series on Unfolding the Heart. Start here, or listen to the full talk. Let’s take this a little deeper. Let’s look for the innocence. This was a hard one for me in the forgiveness work I’ve been engaged in over the past year....
