Priestess of Ordinary Things

In this short and sweet chat with Rebuilding the Temple and Priestess School student Mara Eaton, she shares candidly about her relationship with her Christian faith tradition of origin and the season of exploration she finds herself in.  She also shares why she's felt such resonance with these offerings.  You also get an unexpected real-life glimpse into the lives of real people doing the humble w...

In honor of late summer, this episode is a tribute to our sometimes friend sometimes adversary: the Fire Element.   Kate chats about: - how to recognize Fire element in the body, mind, nature, and collective - what Fire looks like in and out of balance - what Fire means for these times we are living in - what to do if you're 'going through the fire'   If you need a little extra support balancing f...

Today's episode is for big-hearted people who care about the world, who are always holding it together, who believe you have a purpose here, who other people go to for ALL THE THINGS... ...and who just might be on the brink of BURNOUT. This might look like: you chronically over-give–that is, give more than actually feels good to do--and then end up feeling resentful and depleted you feel guilty or...

"You have a body. Now deal with it." This is one of the many lessons learned by somatic resilience client Rosi Miller. She and Kate unpack this and much more in this short case study on what it's like to do somatic resilience work with me 1:1. You'll hear about: - some common indicators that somatic work might be for you - the impact of 'little t' traumas - ways resistance might show up in somatic...

Liza Njuguna (she/her) (lee-ZAH joe-GO-nah) is trained as an economist, and now is a strategist, facilitator and author.   In this episode, Liza and Kate discuss the importance of personal power in a culture trained to "look up" for answers.  Liza also shares about her journey of racial healing, and how to be most effective as well as most human in change-making.  We explore principles of economic...

Today’s podcast is for people who struggle with or are in a season of doubt.  This might show up as: -Paralysis, overwhelm or indecision -Your mind going in a million places at once -An inner collapse of ‘not good enough’ -A low-grade hum of anxiety in the background  If that's the case for you, have a listen to some of Kate's reflections and lessons learned about living with doubt, including: -re...

Meag Diamond is a passionate educator and advocate for nature and play based learning.  She is the founder and director of Chavitos Nature School, a bilingual outdoor education program for children Pre-K through 8th grade in Tacoma Washington. In this episode, we talk about what it means to be an advocate for children, racial identity formation, alternative education models, the challenges of goin...

In honor of the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene (July 22) I welcome in this powerful priestess' presence.  Through a basic break-down and simple somatic encounter of the much-discussed Gospel of Mary, my hope is that disillusioned Christians might find a spark of curiosity or reconnection to this complicated lineage.  And for non-Christian, my hope is that it might be a window into this dominant (and...

This is a follow up bonus episode to the previous conversation with thy nguyễn in response to a question I asked after we stopped recording:  "Is there anything else you'd wanted to talk about?" thy shares more about the ways they are grappling with whiteness: the exhaustion of swimming in it, what surviving it feels like, how it centers itself in all ways, and the double binds and landmines of at...

thy nguyễn (she/her/they/them) is a viet refugee descendant, queer, and chronically-ill person who sings, writes, and resides in the stolen lands of the puyallup tribe . during the day, thy works as associate director of grants/data/operations at the ywca-seattle and manages their independent consulting business delivering coaching and facilitation to individuals/groups across puget sound; during...

In this episode, I share some of my own priestess origin story beginning with an unexpected (and unasked for!) encounter with Jesus.   I share about how Jesus didn't appear is the dewy-eyed shepherd or personal lord and savior.  He arrived as a steady holding felt presence, equal partner and lover. I also share about how this experience was a kind of initiation onto a spiritual path.  I didn't kno...

Shante Zenith is an earth poet edge weaver: an artist-facilitator-guide attuning to primordial nourishment through the nervous system, creative expression, and relating to wider ecological bodies of support. In this conversation Shante shares honestly and light-heartedly about the beauty and struggles of neuroatypicality, disability, navigating dominant 'care' systems and institutions, and mutual...

This episode is an introduction to 'The Oracle of the Ordinary' -- a semi-regular podcast theme that I'll be rolling out.  Think of it like pulling a Tarot card from the natural world and/or the small, quiet or ordinary circumstances of life, and letting it speak a message into our lives. This particular Oracle comes from an encounter with a tiny special teacher, and opens up an exploration about...

This episode is a dynamic, emergent conversation with Najeea Leslie.  Najeea has been exploring Taoist healing traditions and The Feminine for many years. Dreamwork and meditation have been her closest companions and guides along the way. In this time of great transformation Najeea recognizes that being in sacred circle with others who love Mother Earth and honor Life is essential for the wellbein...

What do I do when the needs I'm responsible for outweigh my capacity? This is a real question I often get from folks I work with. I respond in this podcast with 3 'hot tips' that have been helpful for me in engaging this question in my own life.   Which one do you connect to the most?  Which one do you take issue with?  What else has helped you navigate this quandary?  Love to hear in the comments...

Nathali Arostegui (she/her) is a bodyworker, mystic and medicine weaver of Mestiza heritage living in British Columbia, Canada. In this conversation, we explore "practice" as the simple and mundane integrations of relating well enough with land, body, ancestry and the flow of life.  Nathali shares her journey through trauma into reclamation of her indigeneity and other personal and ancestral narra...

A podcast for spiritual misfits, modern mystics, and folks tending the sacred within everyday life. We talk about practical spirituality and somatics, energy and embodiment; eroticism, ecology, eschatology; vocation, identity, queerness, race; and how to ‘be in a good way’ with the complex and ever changing web of life.