by Kate | Sep 20, 2023 | Advocacy, Chronic healing
I was 10 years old when I began my life as an activist. In my small Wisconsin hometown, a group of us kids painted oil drums bright co echo turn off the kitchen lors. Helpful adults arranged for them to be scattered around downtown so that people could use them as...
by Kate | Sep 13, 2023 | Advocacy, Chronic healing
What if we saw privilege as an invitation to make the world a better place? When Chef Asma Khan was a young girl growing up in India, her father took her to the ruins of the ancestral palace. From there, they could see the remains of the surrounding slums. “It was an...
by Kate | Aug 16, 2023 | Chronic healing, Creativity
Sometimes, you invite change into your life. For example, you get a new job, create a new relationship, move from one place to another. Other times, change crashes down on you, unbidden. You become ill or you are laid off or someone dies or there is fire or flood or...
by Kate | Jul 19, 2023 | Chronic healing
When I was a kid and sick with the flu or an ear infection, my mom would bring me a pitcher of orange juice and a glass and leave me for the morning. “I want to see that gone by the time I get back,” she’d say. (To be clear, she was just downstairs and within...
by Kate | May 18, 2023 | Chronic healing, Weakness
We all feel full of energy some days and tired on other days. For those of us with health challenges, energy is a major issue. I use clay as a metaphor. Each morning, I am issued a blob of clay. Some days it’s bigger; some days it’s smaller. I’m not...
by Kate | Apr 16, 2023 | Chronic healing, connectedness
Recently, a friend of mine showed me how to handle hurt feelings. I unintentionally did something that excluded her. Of course, she felt angry and hurt. She dealt with it with real grace. First, she called to let me know how she felt. That was very brave of her. Once...
