Seattle Girl on Cape Cod: Winds of CHANGE

"Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the winds of change carry us."—Mimi Novice

Hello fellow Earthlings!

It's been a very long time since I've been here on this blog. How have you been? There is no way I can fully recount all that has happened in the one year and 8 months since I've been here. Perhaps it was a period of ENGAGEMENT in the world for me and a step away from introspection and this blog. I did in fact get engaged and married during my time away. I got married on September 30, 2023 to my beloved Scott Walsh. A beautiful gathering of friends and family came to Cape Cod to witness our union. It was a time of love, excitement, gatherings, beauty, travel—it was an extroverted time after having been introverted for so long due to the pandemic. By 2023, we were really ready to be part of the world again. We led two retreats to Italy during that time (one in September 2023 and one in May 2024) and had an opportunity to also travel to Greece, a lifelong dream, and visit Athens, Santorini, Delphi and Meteora. On the more somber side of things, Scott's 100 and half year old mom died on September 25, 2024, 5 days before our one year anniversary. Luckily, she was able to attend our wedding and I still feel her presence since her transition to the other side. I am so happy that Scott has had these past four years with his mom on Cape Cod. They became very close and saw each other every week and it changed both of them for the better. So much has happened and I am still in the process of downloading and integrating all of these things.

But to fully understand it all, I am feeling a call to go inward again. I am feeling the winds of change coming on strong again. It's no accident that I live on a strip of sand in the Atlantic Ocean where the wind is constantly shaping and changing the landscape. Today on my walk with Scott, it was whipping across the blank canvas before us. The beach stretched out as far as the eye could see. If it weren't for the striking contrast between the white sand and deep blue sea, It would seem like we were in the desert.

The weather seemed to depict the current state of the world: wavy, windy, changeable, unsettled, unpredictable, chaotic at times. Even the temperature has been all over the map here. On October 21st, I swam in those waves because it was a balmy 73 degrees outside. Then the next day it was fall and I needed a jacket, and then again summer, fall, summer, fall....up, down, up, down, up, down. Whoa!

I made an announcement on Facebook, which I'm on a lot, that I'll just be posting links to blog posts every now and then, but I think I need to delete my account and hope that people will bookmark this blog and come here to interact. The heaviness and crazy wave making going on on social media is more than this girl can take. I'm extremely empathic and feel everything. I need to work on boundaries much more so that I can function better in this crazy world and be of better service to myself and my fellow Earthlings. 

I'm being asked by my guides to step through a door again and what is on the other side is completely UNKNOWN to me right now. I am not unfamiliar with the unknown and have stepped through these mysterious doors many times. By now you'd think it would be easy, but I'm afraid. However, I'm going to do it. 

I have learned that when something deep inside me calls for a change, it's usually for a very important reason and to not take action would be worse than embracing the mystery that lies on the other side.

So what is this change, you ask? Part of it has to do with finding our "tribe" as I like to call it, so that we can do the work we came here to do. We have been part of many circles, the two of us, and have found that working with other like-minded people is very helpful. I foresee that working in "tribes" or "circles" is going to be extremely beneficial to many people in the coming decade and may even completely change how people operate. Historically, it was common for people to be part of  smaller circles and tribes and it allowed them to be more efficient in working towards common goals. I also foresee a shift away from social media and MEDIA all together, which tends to tell us what to think. I feel the need to "deprogram" myself a bit from what I've learned and be in tune more and in acceptance more of what is "coming through" me. And there is so much coming through right now. It's hard to even put in to words what is coming through.

Stay tuned here as I navigate this change and step through this door. Maybe you are also feeling the winds of change happening in your own life. I'm feeling that if I heed this call of my heart I can't go wrong. Listening deeply to my heart and following it has never, ever led me astray, but it does take quite a bit of trust and stepping out of my comfort zone. Here I go....

In love & light,

Katherine

Healing for the Earth, Day 21: Are you in fear or in flow?

Dear fellow Earthlings,

Someone sent me this from the Hopi Indian Elders long ago and it feels more appropriate than ever now and I ask you: Are you in fear or in flow?

If you look at nature, how does it look to you? Does it look tight and contracted or does there appear to be a flow to life? If you are feeling fearful and contracted, what makes you feel that way?

As humans, we've become so separate from nature. We get our food from big box stores and we expect it to be there. We depend on things to be there for us and to be a certain way and if things aren't, we panic. Through our modern civilization, we've somehow removed ourselves from the flow of life. In nature, all things flow. If things are not flowing in nature now, it's because fellow Earthlings, in their desire to consume, have disrupted this flow.

Instead of clinging to our old ways, I can feel the time has come to push ourselves off into the center of the river. What I have found is that when I walk WITH nature, I'm part of it. I'm part of that flow and that creates peace inside me. If I forget nature and spend all my time being consumed by other people, news, technology, social media, then I contract. When I'm in a contracted state, it's easy to go into fear, panic, what ifs, anger, etc.

These days, when I feel myself going into a contracted state, I know I need to stop and connect inward. Nature naturally helps us connect inward because nature is naturally in flow.

Being in a flow when things are changing not only helps the individual, but it helps the world. Nature, I feel, and the our Native ancestors, are calling us to remember this flow. When I'm in a flow, I'm not gripping branches floating past me in a rushing river. I'm not holding on for dear life. When I'm in the flow of life I'm in a state of surrender and awe. I'm able to witness the beauty of nature and see that I'm a part of it.  I'm aware that something bigger is at play. Today on my walk, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. Today the sunset turned the sky to fire and the almost-full-moon shone bright in the sky. Today my friend, the eagle, soared above me once again and left me breathless.

 I don't have to have it all figured out. I'm confident that things will work out just as they are meant to. When I'm in a flow, I'm carried to where I need to go. I take the right actions and I show up in the right places at the right time. I don't second guess or tune into other people's fears.

Being in fear cuts me off from the flow. It creates separation. It causes me to feel there won't be enough. I begin to hoard. I'm afraid to go outside. Everything around me gives me cause for fear. Being in a contracted state causes disease. It's hard on the immune system. It creates personal panic and mass panic.

If you find yourself frequently in this contracted state, it would be helpful to tune in and notice it. Sit for a few minutes with the feelings in silence. Ask yourself, "What am I really afraid of?" Instead of hiding from it, face it. Surrender to it. See what happens if you can just sit quietly watching your breath while you are in a contracted, fearful state.

Before long, you will start to loosen up. You will feel the edges soften. Whatever felt tight will begin to release by just sitting and breathing and being aware. You can do this when you sit or while you walk. It's an opportunity actually. It's a big opportunity to decide right now, as we go through this transition: How do you want to show up in this world?

Everything in nature flows.