Rest is a crucial part of life. Especially when we are stressed and things are busy. In this episode, Kate discusses rest as a radical act and rest as the foundation of productivity.

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The Importance of Rest

Your Inner Sage is capable of handling every situation you might encounter. All you have to do is learn how to put it in charge. In this episode, Kate helps you get to know this very powerful part of your consciousness.

Connecting with Your Inner Sage

Many of our self-sabotaging behaviors are overactive responses to fear. In this episode, Kate describes the anatomy of fear and discusses how understanding that anatomy can help us learn more appropriate fear responses.

The Anatomy of Fear

We all belong exactly where we are, but we don’t always feel like we belong. In this episode, Kate describes a powerful way of increasing our felt sense of belonging.

Connecting to the Largest Possible Community

One powerful way to overcome the disruptive effects of fear is through commitment. In this episode, Kate discusses some ways to think about and work with commitment.

Cultivate Courage Through Commitment

Emotions are messages from our non-cognitive intelligences about the state of our world and what actions we might want to take. We need to take them seriously, but we don’t want to be ruled by them.

Feelings Need to be Validated, Not Obeyed

When life feels tough, it is more important than ever to have a practice of noticing the good that exists simultaneously.

The Importance of Noticing the Good Stuff

There are so many self-care tools to choose from. How do you decide how to spend your time? If you understand which neurotransmitter is involved in the mood or experience you are trying to shift, it is easier to decide.

Different Moods, Different Neurotransmitters, Different Tools

It is one thing to be mindful and compassionate when things are calm, but how do we stay open and loving when the world is exploding around us? In this episode, Kate provides some ideas for practicing mindfulness in action.

Mindfulness in Action

Episode Summary: One of the easiest ways to improve relationships is to celebrate each other’s joy whether we understand it or not.

Use Sympathetic Joy to Improve Your Relationships

We can get cut off from our natural compassionate natures because we didn’t know how to handle the tenderness. In this episode, Kate provides some tools for rekindling your compassion and managing the associated vulnerability.

How to Increase Your Powers of Compassion

How can you create the elegant simplicity and ease of grace when things are busy, complicated, or stressful?

Cultivating Grace Through Action

What can you do when lack of motivation to get started is stopping you from reaching your goals?

How to Find a Motivating Perspective in any Situation

Too often, when we try to help people it doesn’t go well. We may not understand why they don’t take our feedback or advice. We feel unappreciated. Frequently, they feel patronized. In this episode, Kate offers an alternative approach.

The Difference Between Helping and Being of Service

Kate shares 4 tools for quickly calming the emotional storm provoked by a crisis so you can avoid becoming paralyzed, or overreactive and can act with courage and clarity.

4 Tools for Emotional Control in a Crisis

Bite-sized chunks of wisdom about self-leadership for you to chew on.

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