MY STORY + THANK YOU
So many of you have followed along and supported me over the past 5 years as my life radically changed. Thank you…and we’re all still changing!
But I thought I’d recap my story and share where I am today. :)
Read MoreHow can I be the best teacher?
Last year, I had just gone through a tough breakup and was desperate to reignite my inner spark for life. I was also finishing up my book and embarking on a new journey of life as an author. I knew I needed help. So I traveled to France to spend a week at Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery, Plum Village.
Read MoreThe ALIVE Party - DJ Virtual Dance Party!
On June 18, 2020, I hosted one hour of live joyful dance music for ages 0-120 years alive. It was a virtual dance party to celebrate that we're still kickin' with breath in our chest and joy in our heart. This event was the third event I was proud to host as a part of Reimagine Festival.
Read MoreKate on The PsychCentral Podcast: Convincing a Skeptic
Of all the interviews I have done, Gabe was one that I really had to “sell” on the idea the death can be a source of productive motivation. Like many people, Gabe has an internally coded “block” on the idea of death. After all, we’ve all been conditioned for basically our whole lives that death is morbid and should be acknowledged as little as possible. I loved Gabe’s honesty and vulnerability on this front.
Read MoreYOU'LL BE FINE.
Hey, you. You are going to be ok. I know things are crazy right now. I know it’s all overwhelming and scary. But you are going to be ok.
Let’s consider the worst-case scenario.
I WANT TO LIVE.
A stressful disaster like this is, if not an opportunity, a forceful push to consider the hard questions. As we worry about contracting the virus, the inner voice whispers, “What if I did die? Would I be happy with how I’ve lived?”
Read MoreBE YOUR BEST YOU.
Brian’s story is similar to Dr. King’s in some ways. He broke from the pack to live the life that was authentic to him. He managed fear, ambiguity, and the unknown. He follows the call of his own intuition and approaches each day with drive, hope, and reverence for the experience of living.
Read MoreNEW Event: Meditation Walk in Sculpture Garden
This experience brings together the things I believe make life better: being present, nature, art, community, and cultivating joy and peace. Let's be alive together.
Read MoreBE HERE NOW
In this video, I share my experience living a monastic life for a week at Plum Village monastery in France, and what I think you and all of us can incorporate into our daily lives for a more present existence.
It’s been a tough few months, but I knew I needed to find my sense of inner peace again.
Read MoreDo you have clean water to drink?
YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW has pledged a monthly donation and will give 5% of all proceeds to give people clean water and a chance to think about more fulfilling things in life than whether they or their children will die from taking a drink.
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Workshop: LIVE LIKE YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW
“This was a huge wake up call for me. I have thought about this experience daily since our group meditation. I loved it.”
Find the urgency to live like you might die tomorrow.
Join us for this powerful workshop designed to radically reshape your relationship with death to remind you to live.
When: Sunday, April 28 from 10:30am-12pm
Where: Casa de Luz near Lady Bird Lake in Austin, TX
Includes: A huge dose of perspective and zeal for life! Plus the 1.5 hours workshop + journal
Only 20 seats available!
“Kate's message and guidance was beautifully delivered. Truly an experience you will not forget.”
“This workshop changed my life. The next day, I did things I had been putting off and dreaming of for YEARS.”
Schedule:
10-10:15am — Arrival
10:15-10:30am — Welcome & cultivate a sense of calm
10:30-12pm — Guided exercises & the deathbed meditation to open your heart, help you find your sources of meaning in life, and inspire a sense of urgency to live vibrantly while you’re still alive.
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12-12:30pm —- Optional time to connect with your fellow workshopmates + shop YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW mementos
Session: LIVE LIKE YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW
$49.00
Virtual meeting with Kate for a transformational 1:1 session designed to help you tap into an urgency to live, identify your Meaningful Things, make friends with your mortality, and focus on finding your bliss in life.
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Venue
Casa de Luz
“Through community, we get to see the face of something larger than our individual selves. We are all teachers and we are all students at the table of life.” - Wayo, Casa de Luz
1701 Toomey Rd, Austin, TX 78704
Only 20 seats available. Get your ticket here:
Session: LIVE LIKE YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW
$49.00
Virtual meeting with Kate for a transformational 1:1 session designed to help you tap into an urgency to live, identify your Meaningful Things, make friends with your mortality, and focus on finding your bliss in life.
Quantity:
It's Beautiful: A Life Pep Talk
I am so fucking happy to be alive. A buzzing spreads about my body from my gut and I can’t help but let the smile grow across my cheeks. I want to cry, I am crying.
Read MoreLessons from Tyler Durden
If you were to die now, how would you feel about your life?
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A poem whose profound beauty made me cry on a Thursday afternoon.
"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."
The Old Astronomer
by Sarah Williams (1837–1868)
Reach me down my Tycho Brahé, – I would know him when we meet,
When I share my later science, sitting humbly at his feet;
He may know the law of all things, yet be ignorant of how
We are working to completion, working on from then to now.
Pray remember that I leave you all my theory complete,
Lacking only certain data for your adding, as is meet,
And remember men will scorn it, 'tis original and true,
And the obloquy of newness may fall bitterly on you.
But, my pupil, as my pupil you have learned the worth of scorn,
You have laughed with me at pity, we have joyed to be forlorn,
What for us are all distractions of men's fellowship and wiles;
What for us the Goddess Pleasure with her meretricious smiles.
You may tell that German College that their honor comes too late,
But they must not waste repentance on the grizzly savant's fate.
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
What, my boy, you are not weeping? You should save your eyes for sight;
You will need them, mine observer, yet for many another night.
I leave none but you, my pupil, unto whom my plans are known.
You "have none but me," you murmur, and I "leave you quite alone"?
Well then, kiss me, – since my mother left her blessing on my brow,
There has been a something wanting in my nature until now;
I can dimly comprehend it, – that I might have been more kind,
Might have cherished you more wisely, as the one I leave behind.
I "have never failed in kindness"? No, we lived too high for strife,--
Calmest coldness was the error which has crept into our life;
But your spirit is untainted, I can dedicate you still
To the service of our science: you will further it? you will!
There are certain calculations I should like to make with you,
To be sure that your deductions will be logical and true;
And remember, "Patience, Patience," is the watchword of a sage,
Not to-day nor yet to-morrow can complete a perfect age.
I have sown, like Tycho Brahé, that a greater man may reap;
But if none should do my reaping, 'twill disturb me in my sleep
So be careful and be faithful, though, like me, you leave no name;
See, my boy, that nothing turn you to the mere pursuit of fame.
I must say Good-bye, my pupil, for I cannot longer speak;
Draw the curtain back for Venus, ere my vision grows too weak:
It is strange the pearly planet should look red as fiery Mars, –
God will mercifully guide me on my way amongst the stars.
Hey, Death! F You!
91-year old Norma was faced with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation to *hopefully* cure her uterine mass. Instead, she chose to live her last days on an incredible adventure, traveling around the country with her adult kids and dog in an RV. What a badass, right?
Read MoreTo my haters
Today, I am here to talk about the extreme polarization I am encountering from people regarding the title of my project, You Might Die Tomorrow.
Read MoreEmbarrass yourself
Love hard, be occasionally reckless, say yes to adventure. You can start by stepping your toe outside your comfort zone, or you can harness that rare desire to do so and jump out with an unreliable parachute.
Read MoreWhere's your desperation?
“In my life right now, I’m eighty. There is so much left to do. So I would like to go back and give myself a bit longer, but as it is, I don’t know how long I have to live, but certainly it is that every year takes me closer to the end, whenever that end is. And so there is this feeling of desperation - there’s so many places I want to go, so many people I want to talk to, and so many hearts I want to reach.”
— Jane Goodall, Human documentary
Read MoreImagine you have zero responsibilities...
Recently a friend and I were sitting at a cafe when someone walked by, apparently talking to himself. I looked over to her with wide eyes and high brows like, “Yikes.” She said, without a hint of sarcasm, “Let’s assume he’s got a bluetooth in his other ear.” That struck me; I realized it’s a really powerful thing to give people the benefit of the doubt.
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