Letting Sadness Be Sad
A friend on Facebook recently shared their sadness at the fact it’s been 9 years since their parent passed away. They wished they could’ve shared all they’d accomplished in the past 9 years with the person they miss so much. My heart broke for them. Comments popped up quickly, and many of them were quick…
Read MoreIt’s You I Like: Thoughts on Mister Rogers
As part of the celebration for the 50th(!!) anniversary of everyone’s favorite neighbor Mister Rogers, PBS just aired a beautiful tribute, MISTER ROGERS: IT’S YOU I LIKE. As I watched, I once again became instantly enraptured by Fred, as I had when I was a child. I loved reliving the stories and memories shared by…
Read MoreBreak Down Blocks, Step One: Reframe
Approximately one million* times a day, I start a sentence to myself with, “You should’ve ____! Everything will be terrible!” *okay fine it’s closer to 20…but it feels like a million 🙂 Fill in the blank: woken up earlier exercised immediately upon waking up eaten the healthier option lost 30 lbs written 20+ blog posts…
Read MoreUnedited Thoughts: 3 Months Without You
Time has both crawled and flown since my last post, and I’ve let much artistic work fall by the wayside. That’s alright, it’s part of the grieving process. What I think we’re all afraid of (much of the time, anyway) is sharing something we deem “imperfect”. Today marks 3 months since my mother passed, and…
Read MoreWhen You’re Split in Two: Losing My Mother
On June 25th, 2017, my dear sweet mother and best friend passed away after a year-long battle with a recurrence of breast cancer. She had beat it once in 2011 and she was supposed to beat it again. Though we knew this recurrence wasn’t curable, the possibility of remission was high. But cancer doesn’t play…
Read More15 Ways I Own My Weird (and you should too!)
Today, even if you’re exhausted or “not in the mood, Katie, gosh!!!” I want you to give some thought to the goofy things that make you YOU. Things you sometimes feel weird or embarrassed or shy or silly about. Guess what? Those are the BEST THINGS ABOUT YOU. Own them! Make them a part of your “brand”…
Read More3 Keys to Unlocking Your Creativity
Believe me when I say this, you CAN make your wild ideas a reality. I’ll be the first to tell you I’m excellent at thinking up my “next big thing”–but executing it? Oof. Example: I’ve sat on the idea for my children’s book “Lady Pig & The Colonel” for over FIVE YEARS. Yesterday, I finished my first…
Read More1 Thing To Tell Yourself When You Feel Stuck
“I can’t do this.” I think that every. single. day. This isn’t a post on how to get rid of those thoughts. I might have them forever. So I learn how to work through them. When it all feels too big and impossible, my objective is to do one small itsy bitsy teeny tiny thing to…
Read MoreGive Yourself Permission To Be More Than One Thing (+ Moana cover!)
As long as you stay true to who you are, you will be rewarded in ways you can’t imagine. -Ellen Degeneres How do you give yourself permission to be more than one thing, to share your WHOLE self with the world? Here’s what I’ve become aware of in the past few months: As we learn to…
Read MorePerformance Challenge: How Far I’ll Go (from Disney’s Moana)
I really hope you enjoy my cover of “How Far I’ll Go” from Disney’s Moana. When you’re your own toughest critic it’s really hard to actually POST performances online–but my new motto is “Done is better than perfect.” Time to put this out into the world! Thank you to Billy Surges for making this come alive.…
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