I've always known that when I turned forty, my life would transform. I've known since I was a teenager that I would come into my own. I would own my worth and embody my power.

 

My time has come.

 

I'm standing in the doorway.

 

I'm about to walk through. Cross the threshold. Come into my own.

 

To celebrate this passing into a new era, I'm fundraising for a couple of marine microplastic cleanup initiatives. These are pet projects that I'm thrilled to be spearheading. All I and we need is your support to make it happen.

 

In the name of getting traction and coming into its own, please dig deep and support this project.

 

The link below takes you to my fundraising page where you'll find details about our project. Plus, hot off the presses and fresh from the film circuit is a 5 minute movie that describes the problem and the solution. It rocks. Check it out by clicking the link below:

 

Microplastic Cleanup Fundraiser

 

We can make an enormous difference together. Thank you.

 

Wishing you joy,

Kate

 

P.S. Please forward this on to your friends and family. Thank you.

When the news of Bowie's death reached my world I did what probably many people did. I turned to the internet and read many heartfelt tributes in my FB newsfeed from friends and strangers. Each post, each person, offered up what he meant to him and her and what he brought to their lives. I followed the links that some of them posted to a news story or a video.

 

Many of those posts led me to the mind boggling and fabulous video archive, YouTube. There were songs I hadn't heard before. With the exception of The Labyrinth, I hadn't ever really seen him perform. He was so young when he launched his career. It spanned decades. In one day I got to see the entire span of it. From baby face Bowie singing Space Oddity to cancer laden Bowie singing his final Lazarus.

 

Next to his creativity, there was one thing about him that I could not get over. His Abs.

 

His long, lean frame revealed an important human physical element that I had not noticed before. Abs. Abs hold in our guts. Abs hold us upright. With weeks of reflection I've come to realize that Abs directly reflect how fundamentally safe we feel in the world. They are a mirror for our fundamental trust in ourselves and our ability to earn money, to have meaningful friendships, and a sense of belonging.

 

I looked at my own abs. My sweet belly poking out. My over worked diaphragm working to "suck it in." Suck that belly in. I squeezed the whole lot tight then breathed out and pppppffffffff. It was like emptying the air out of a balloon. Only this one was still round and soft.

 

I was nothing short of perplexed. Over the last four years, I've done thousands of crunches. My abdominal muscles are healthy and strong. But they weren't engaged.

 

I took this insight to my chiropractor. "So you want abs," she asked? "Yes."

 

Then she went to work on my tongue.

 

I was tongue tied. (It turns out, literally).  I mean, what does my tongue have to do with my abs being toned and engaged?

 

That's another newsletter but she discovered a tongue tie. I have an extra ligament holding my tongue to the floor of my mouth. It prevents me from fully using the front half of my tongue. She was amazed that I could even talk. The gorgeous "work arounds" that my body had to do in my early development to allow me to speak left some confusion downstream, namely an overworked diaphragm and under worked abs.

 

Do you know what this means??? This is HUGE!!! I'm doing back flips here. It means that there's nothing wrong with me!!! I don't have a fat stomach. I may be to roll my Spanish r's someday. When I get back to more active sports like horse riding, running, and distance walking, my abs will support my diaphragm so I will no longer be holding my breath to breathe. All it will take is some time with my chiropractor and a simple little laser procedure and I will open up vast terrain in my body that I've never had access to until this point. It's like skiing off the back side or out of bounds for the first time. What a rush............

 

My message to you...There is nothing wrong with you either. I've believed this for a long time about all of us but this is just more proof that the things that we can be most critical about with ourselves can have very real explanations for them.

 

How do we discover what those are without ripping our souls apart with self-criticism?

 

Here's the recipe.

 

It takes an open mind, curiosity, and action to unravel the mysteries within ourselves. What we are really doing is asking our inner critic to offer up useful insights rather than destructive digs.

 

I like to call it mystery because that word softens the spotlight on your inner self. It softens the edges of your inquiries. It makes your inner critic a loving member of your team.

 

Try it.

 

For 30 days.

 

Starting....NOW!

 

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Wishing you joy,

Shortly after my first child was born a force of fear pulsed through me and shocked me at the very core of my being. At that moment I realized how concerned I was about the state of the planet. I had brought this beautiful innocent into a beautiful and tumultuous world. I wasn't so worried about her being harmed by violence, though that's a possibility. I was crushingly concerned by the growing degradation of our environment. A degradation that is impacting the physical and emotional health of all of its inhabitants.

 

What followed was a psychic break that sidelined me for several years. During that time, I asked many many questions. I explored the meaning of life. I wanted to know why I was here. I wanted to know my life purpose. I wanted to know what I could do for work going forward. I researched endlessly. What I discovered still blows my mind. Mostly because the answers weren't what I thought they would be. My knowing and understanding of myself and the planet up to that point were transformed.

 

One of the things that I discovered is that I can converse with the natural world. Think of me as The Lorax. Or A Lorax to be more precise, for I am not the only one in the world.

 

Do you remember The Lorax? He's the little creature in Dr. Seuss,' The Lorax, who tells the Onceler to stop chopping down the Truffula Trees.

 

"I am The Lorax. I speak for the trees."

 

We learn that he speaks for all of the plants and animals as the Onceler slowly overthrows the balance of life as everyone knew it. Ultimately, he leaves a scourge of a place that grows nothing, that supports no life.

 

Unless...

 

It's not all hopeless. In fact, it's hopeful. The Onceler has one Truffula seed remaining. He knows if the right person (people) plants it that it's very possible for life to return to this devastated place. Why? Because The Lorax told him that too. The Lorax speaks for the trees, and the plants, and the animals. He would know.

 

Our planet is not a devastated scourge that cannot support life. In fact, it's very existence is around supporting life. Given a little love and attention, mother nature works miracles that are mind blowing. Talk to any habitat reclamation specialist, look at your own back yard. Wherever you've placed your attention or inattention to your natural world, you see the results. Mother nature just moves with it. When given a head start in places where she's out of balance, she'll take over and restore and maintain the natural world on her own. Isn't that amazing?

 

My husband is an amazing green thumb. No project is too big for him. Whether it's planting 200 tree seedlings in our forest, starting an orchard, cultivating a garden, or creating beauty with flowers and edibles around our house, he gets out there and does it.

 

I follow in his wake and talk to the plants. I attune their energy to their immediate world and to the world at large. I assist them in their growth and death cycles. I ease their aches. One time a tree a mile from my home "called" me to it. My feet were literally pulled by an energetic force down the road and into the edge of the woods of a neighboring property. When I discovered what my feet were being led to, I was amazed. I saw an enormous tree with a huge stake stuck in its root system. A little energy work cleared the agony that this tree was in.

 

From there, I started doing energy attunements for the Earth. Every week for 3 years I have sat down and tuned into the planet. I bring her medicine.

 

Now it's time to expand this work. It's time to grow a community that is curious about what the Earth has to say. It's time for Earth Rise Project. Originally, this was going to be focused on energy healing for the planet. As my first broadcast approaches, I'm being guided in a different direction. I'm being guided to be a Lorax. I shall speak for the natural world. We will learn directly what she wants. She will tell us what we can do to support her. She will tell us what we can do to support ourselves. She'll make us laugh. She will bring us joy.

 

This Month: Beetle

 

On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 9:00 am Pacific, I will be channeling Beetle for an hour.

 

I invite you to join me for free. This is the last month that these calls will be free.

 

You can sign up here.

 

Earth Rise Project needs you, {!firstname_fix}. Join in and learn what Beetle has to say.

 

And don't worry if you can't make it live. If you want to participate, just sign up. I'll send you the recording.

 

What is Earth Rise Project?

 

Earth Rise Project brings messages from the natural world to illuminate our interconnectedness and to advance human potential.

 

Remember, there is a huge charitable component to this project. The more we grow, the more we give. 

 

Join me on Saturday, February 6, 2015 at 9:00 am Pacific to receive Beetle's message. 

Every week I tune into the planet and ask her what wants to shift next.

 

This is how I was trained to practice my energy work, Accunect. I love this approach because it isn't me diagnosing and deciding how to administer medicine. The body of the recipient tells me what wants to shift, where it seeks support, what the body is ready for now.

 

This week Mother Earth said she wanted to balance Oneness.

 

I love this formula.

 

The Oneness formula connects you to the part of yourself that knows that you're connected.

 

It went deeper than that. As I started running the formula, Oneness came to life! Not only did Mother Earth want to balance Oneness, she wanted to connect Oneness with Oneness, to repair Oneness, to create Oneness. A generating cycle for Oneness is born, supported, continued.

 

If you who want to connect with Oneness this weekend or at any time, you can close your eyes, takes some deep breaths, put your hands over your head and your heart and think, "Oneness."

 

If you would like to experience the full benefits of Accunect with me, you can schedule yourself at any time. Just click the link below:

 

Work With Kate

 

Wishing you joy,

Kate

 

P.S. If you don't see a time that works for you but would like to sign-up, just e-mail me by hitting reply or at kate@kateeskew.com and let me know 2 alternate times that work for you. I will be in touch. Thank you.