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Rockin' The Cash Bar

12/17/2015

 
Last week I shared my grief list with you. It was under the title of, "Flags Half Mast." A lovely high school friend informed me that it's Flags Half Staff. Sails are Half Mast. This produced a giggle in me that tickled my sides. This feeling is reminiscent of finding out that a song has different lyrics from what we thought. Sometimes they are dramatically different.
 
Here's a couple of my favorite:
 
One time, John and I were visiting my mom in Tucson. Carol King's, "Your So Vain," came on the radio. All of us were stirred into song. At the top of our lungs we sang, "You're so vain, You probably think this song is about you, don't you, don't you???" At one point, the song builds its rant with, "I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee..." From the back seat, my mother raised her voice and sang with great conviction, "don't you know that there are GROUNDS IN MY COFFEE??? GROUNDS IN MY COFFEE???"
 
As if grounds in my coffee is the biggest affront that could ever happen to anyone in their lifetime. Needless to say, we burst into fits of laughter.
 
I can't tell on my mom without telling on myself too. I've made many lyric foibles in my life but my favorite is, "Rock The Casbah," by The Clash. For more years than I care to admit, what is supposed to be, "Shareef don't like it, Rockin The Casbah, Rockin' The Casbah," I've been singing: "You're really going to like it, Rockin The Cash Bar, Rockin The Cash Bar." The number of times I've belted that out in public is, well, hilarious.
 
Man, I love rockin the cash bar. All around the world, so many good times are had at cash bars.
 
Our latest addition to lyric confusion comes from my oldest daughter. When she was 3, she created her own version of Deck The Halls. Where we once sang, "deck the halls with boughs of holly fa la la la la la la la la," we now sing, "Deck the halls with prison lolly fa la la la la la la la la."
 
None of us know what this means exactly but it makes us laugh.
 
All this laughter has been a soothing tonic for me over the last few days. My spirits are lifting ever so slightly. I hope you are uplifted by the hilarity of it all too. Let's share in the fun. Reply now and tell me your funniest lyrics story. Let's keep these belly laughs rolling!
 
Lots of love,
Kate
​​I have several things on tap to share up with you.
 
1. This Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 9 am Pacific, I'll be doing a telecall on the Winter Solstice. I dedicate this call to owning and working with Grief. Grief, fully felt, is so useful for moving on with life. As we move into full winter, I'm inviting you to join me to move your grief, to use it as fuel to renew. Investment: $10 - Click the link below to sign-up:
 
Winter Solstice Grief Call
 
 
2. Eat, Drink, & Be Merry - Kate's Guide to Abundant Health.
 
To kick off the New Year, I'll be presenting what I've learned over the last several years to live a health-full, joy-full life. My postpartum depression turned a life long interest in health and personal growth into a real life quest for personal survival through diet, movement, and outlook.
 
This three part teleclass will teach you how to discover:
 
  • How to eat for your optimal health.
  • How to exercise for your optimal health.
  • How to run your emotions rather than your emotions running you.
You'll receive lots of how to's that you can use every day. Plus you'll learn how to figure out what works best for you in your situation.
 
Investment: $49 - if you are interested in this course, reply to this e-mail. I'll send out more details to you but you need to let me know that you're interested as I won't be sending full information in this newsletter. 
 
3. Earth Rise Project - Earlier this month, I launched my Earth project and channeled Mother Ocean for an hour. It was a slow minstrel of insights and instructions from our salty waters. Next month, on Saturday, January 9 at 9 am Pacific,  I will be channeling Honey Bee. Click on the link below to learn more about Earth Rise Project and how to sign up to receive messages from our home.
 
Earth Rise Project
 
4. Joy (R)Evolution Coaching - I have one opening for coaching. If you're ready to explore your business, your health, your life in new ways, click the link below to schedule a 30 minute meeting with me to find out what I can do for you. Note, if you don't see a time that works for you on the schedule, please reply to this message and we'll get you scheduled!
 
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5. Intrinsic Potential Bath Salts - As you know, I've stopped making bath salts. I do have some left in stock. If you would like to stock up or to give them as gifts, you can buy them at the following locations:
 
Healing Waters and Sacred Spaces in Portland, Oregon - Click Here for more info
 
The Workhouse in Bend, Oregon - Click Here for more info

Flags At Half Mast

12/15/2015

 
As I move through my days, I've noticed that the flags are flying at half mast. Every time I see this, my mind jumps through the same thoughts. My first thought is, "there has been a tragedy." Then I think, "Another one." Then I wonder if there were so many tragedies when I was a child. There very well could have been. I just wasn't aware of it. Then I wonder if the event was on American soil or abroad. Honestly, I've lost track. And I don't track their sources. It's too much for my system to bear. I send out my condolences and a prayer for authentic peace to the air and move on, until I see the next flag hanging at half mast. Thought cycle repeat.
 
I realized this week that I've been half grieving this Fall. This grief has been building to a point that I can no longer ignore it. I'm tipping into full grief.
 
Here's my list:
 
1. The passing of many beautiful souls this year. Old friends, friends' parents, family members that are no longer at our holiday table, old friends and acquaintances who are in the final days of their lives, making the most of their time left on this beautiful blue ball. I take solace in my knowing that they are on their soul's path. But I still grieve their passing.
 
2. The unexpectedness of this year. It has been a good year, yes. But there have been many things that I thought would work out that just didn't. Time marches on. I haven't lost hope by any means. But I am pressed against the jagged edge of reality. I'm being forced to take an honest stock of my life. I'm having to cut a lot of bait that I deeply cared about. For this I grieve.
 
3. The squeeze of my financial situation. Grief. Rage. Grief. Rage. Grief. I'm like a petulant child whining and stomping her feet when she doesn't get what she wants.
 
4. The gap between my vision and my reality. My time is like quick sand under my feet. Every week shifts and churns. Nothing is ever locked in. I manage to get things done, miraculously. But this shifting takes its toll on me. My web site, the keeper of my vision, doesn't match what I want to say. It's missing so much content. It continues to do so. More pressing issues make their way to the surface. This galls me to tears. I grieve.
 
5. I haven't thrown my leg over a horse in five years. I haven't snowboarded in 7. Biking and running are a distant memory. A part of my soul is dry and shriveled like moss in a drought. This part of me isn't dead or dying. It's simply waiting out a dry spell. There's wanting, yes. But she knows the rains will come in time. As long as I don't yank her from her safe haven, she will flourish again.
 
I'm somewhat of a grief newbie. It wasn't until I cracked myself open several months after my grandmother's death in 2012, that I felt deep grief for the first time in my life. Sadness, yes. Grief, not so much. I didn't know what to do with all that emotion at the time. Now, I have some rituals to support me. I give myself full permission to cry, to write in my journal, to rage, to sleep, to go deep into my grief, to let it wear me out so it can teach me what it wants me to know.
 
Why? Because grief is the pathway to moving my flags to full mast. It is the magic pill for preventing and treating emotional and physical numbness.
 
Just as we symbolically honor and recognize our grief as a nation by pulling our flags partway down, I honor and recognize my grief as an individual by pulling my flags partway down. I'm bringing them closer to me, closer to the ground, connecting with them before I set them free to fly.
 
There is something inside of me that wants to rise up. There is an intense flow of creativity brewing that will bring an evolution to my work that I cannot yet see. But I am so weary. So heavy with grief.
 
Am I sad? No.
 
Am I depressed? No.
 
Am I in a funk? Absolutely.
 
Am I without hope? Absolutely Not! (in fact, it's pulsing through my veins).
 
Here's what's happening. I'm on the precipice of living a fully creative life. It's not linear. It's full of chaos. It's a far cry from the normal and "predictable" that I have relied on and clung to as stability in my life to date.
 
I want to set my compass to this wild creative force. Tethered to my precious planet, I want to climb the mast in the high seas as the wind blows my hair around my face and carries my shouts across the air. I want to be weird. I want to be unusual. I want to be okay with saying things that don't make sense but I speak them anyway. I want to smile and laugh and play my way through this creative gauntlet.
 
I'm trading in the question, "how?" In exchange, I'm leap frogging from clue to clue, synchronistic event to synchronistic event. I'm breaking the chains of normal and practical and perfection. I'm cutting down and shaking off the dead wood of the past. I'm bringing in parts of myself that I haven't allowed myself to work with before. They refuse to be kept at bay.
 
For this, I need stability, an anchor. To get hitched with the wild creative, I need to plant my feet in terra firma. What does this mean?
 
1. I want to coach one more person. I want one brave soul that's ready to plant herself in terra firma and get hitched with her creativity.
 
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2. Just as the President of The United States declares the flags at half mast for a set period of time, I, Kate Eskew, CEO of my life, now declare and place my flags at half mast until the early morning hours of Sunday, December 20, 2015. Further, on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 10am Pacific, I'll be doing a telecall on the Winter Solstice. I dedicate this call to Grief. If this speaks to you, here are the details:
 
Winter Solstice Grief Call
 
If you are feeling the pull of grief at this moment, I invite you to declare and place your flags to half mast with me for the coming days. It can be 10 days, like me. It can be fewer or it can be more. Write back to me and let me know that you are. Let me know how you process your grief. I'd love to know.
 
Here's the thing. You can do this and still have a good time over the holidays. This is my path to perk myself up for the festivities and to revitalize myself for the coming year. The dragging weight that I feel at the moment is a far cry from how I want to feel in the coming weeks. And it's even further from how I want to enter 2016.
 
Writing this letter is already putting some strength back in my legs. Writing to you gives me purpose. For that, I thank you.
 

Earth Rise Project Thanksgiving Giveaway

11/30/2015

 
As we sit at the cusp of the final weeks of 2015, I could say that I can't believe how fast this year has gone but that wouldn't be true. For me this year has been fast and slow. And I've lived every inch of it. The ups, the downs, the sideways, the cross-ways, and the back-ways.
 
You've been with me this entire year. You've graciously read my stories and asked for more. For that, I want to thank you.
 
I have a very special gift for you.
 
On Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 9:00 am Pacific, I will be holding my first ever Earth Rise Project group healing call. I'll be doing this from the beautiful Oregon Coast. It seems such a fitting place to begin, where land meets the sea.
 
I invite you to join me for free.
 
You can sign up here.
 
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 is a global healing community for the planet.
 
This is about engaging in planetary healing in a different way. You'll see. Join me on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 9:00 am Pacific to get a feel for what our energy can do. This day marks the beginning of creating a new matrix of energy, a force of love, synced up for kick ass planetary superhealing.

Oh Pleasure, How I Deny Thee...

11/30/2015

 
What a three weeks it has been. My trip through Denise Dee's Brouhaha Festival ripped me open and pulled out all of the truths that I've been either ignoring or placating. It was awesome! Truly, I had a great time getting to know new healers, truth tellers, psychics, and artists who are doing exceptional work in the world, (including me)!
 
The final week showed me how I deny myself pleasure. From the novel that has been sitting next to my bed for two years that I've wanted to devour since the day I got it to listening to my music, (rather than The Three Stooges), to sharing my work. My real work. The life changing work that I LOVE to do and will make a huge difference in the world.
 
Oh pleasure. How I deny thee.
 
I'm cracking that book open. I'm playing The Dixie Chicks. I'm rolling out Earth Rise Project.
 
What is Earth Rise Project?
 
Earth Rise Project is a global healing community for the planet.
 
If you checked it out last week, you'll see that I changed the meeting time for the monthly 1 hour healing calls. 5am on Saturday morning was insane. It's now on the 1st Saturday of every month at 9am Pacific. I'm holding it on Saturday's for now because I need to have childcare in rain, snow, shine, and flu. That means when Dad is home. My intent is to have it early enough to have a full day ahead of you if you're on the West Coast and to hopefully catch you at a transition point if you're in another part of the world.​ Remember, if you can't come live, the work is just as potent when you listen to the recording later.
 
You see, we make it potent. In the time that we virtually come together either live or by recording, we are in sync. We are collectively in sync around bringing balance to our world. And that's a beautiful thing.

Game Changer

11/15/2015

 
The pressure cooker of radical life change has setup shop in my world.
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Last week was really hard. I got the news I'd been waiting for but it wasn't the answer I was hoping for. It sent me into a tailspin. It meant that I have some tough decisions to make and a hard road ahead.

I spent a lot of time asking the big questions. Getting in touch with what's important to me. Deciding what I want to fight for and what I will walk away from and on what terms. 

I cried. I prayed. I ate tons of food for comfort and for fortification. I asked God, my angels, and my guides to show me what to do.

Before I go on you need to know that I'm not getting divorced or separated and that my family and I are solid and in good health. This upheaval is a financial one. It's the final frontier of my years of recuperating my health. As you know, my physical health is more vital than ever but my financial health is in crisis.

Saturday night I crawled into bed at 7:30. Then the magic happened. All of my guides (my guidance) came to me and spoke to me until 1:00am. They laid it all out. I had my, "come to Jesus" moment in the quiet of my bed in the quiet of the hours.

Here's a bit of what they said:

Kate, it's time for you to do the work you came here to do.

Kate, you can't hide anymore.

Kate, go public.

So, here it is. You're the first to know about it.

3 years ago, I felt a strong pull to get a pen and paper and to draw. I had no idea what would come out of me or what it would look like because I hadn't drawn a picture since the 2nd grade. I just followed my hand as it was guided around the paper, making lines, coloring in spaces, writing words.

When I was done, I looked at my drawing. It was a set of instructions for me. One piece of it said that I need to lead people in healing work for everything in, on, and around our planet.

"Who am I to do that?" I thought.

It didn't matter. I always do what my guides tell me to do. So I started. Alone. I needed to practice. I needed to get the feel of it. And I had no idea how to get others involved.

I've been doing these energy healings every week for 3 years now. Knowing that the day would come that I was to go public, I've been wondering how to actually do that. My answer finally came a few weeks ago.

I've been studying online business models and how to use technology to reach people this entire year. Prior to that, I relied on technology to keep me connected to the world since I wasn't able to leave my house for a long time.

A couple of weeks ago my final business structure and technology questions were answered!

With my world in flames and with a future that's wide open, I'm moving ahead in the spirit of creating something meaningful in the face of adversity.


Drum Roll, please.

Welcome to Earth Rise Project

This is a new community that is founded and led by me. This is a subscription based project where members will receive weekly planetary healings via 5 minute video, monthly energy healing calls for the membership, interviews with warriors for the planet, a monthly Earth Rise newsletter, and a private FB page for connecting with the community.

This project is a way to make the energy work that I'm already doing more potent. The more people that participate, the stronger it becomes. It's beautiful work. It feels really good to do. It will feel good to be a part of it.

If you've been wondering what you can do for the planet while you're meeting the demands of your life, here is one very simple, very potent way to get involved. All it requires is 5 minutes of your attention every week, 1 hr of your attention every month, a dose of financial attention to support the project, and then you get to ebb and flow with the rest as your life ebbs and flows.

If you are already a planetary crusader and wondering how you can apply yourself in a different way, this is definitely for you.

Here's the really cool part. I'm donating 10% of the proceeds from this project to innovative and effective earth based charities. On top of that, for every 1,000 people that join the group, I'll slate the matching amount for donation. For example, when we hit 1,000, I'll donate $1,000. When we hit 2,000, I'll donate $2,000. And on and on. On top of that, when we hit increments of 5,000, I'll double that amount. For example, 5,000 members = $10,000 slated for donation. 10,000 members = $20,000 slated for donation. And on and on.

This is a great way to pool our resources to make some fantastic donations to very worthy and important projects. This is truly an economy of scale project. We are going to make a HUGE impact both energetically and physically - on the ground for the food that we eat, in the air that we breathe, in the water that we drink.

I'm still building the infrastructure. There are many questions that need to be answered about how energy medicine works and how this project works. I've started on that and you could help me out by sending me your specific questions so I can address them.

I want to be leading the first group energy call on the first Saturday in December. Click here to get the full scoop on Earth Rise Project. If you're feeling a strong, Yes! You can show your support by signing up now. 

Sign Me Up!

This is it. This is my work. I'm pouring everything of myself into this project. You can keep track of it, and  join it on my web site: kateeskew.com. To join today, click the link below:
 
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On another note, thanks to those of you who have resubscribed to my newsletter. I really appreciate it.

This is the last one from Mailchimp. Unless you let me know that you don't want to continue receiving this newsletter, I'll be sure to get you signed up again.

Wishing you joy,
Kate

P.S. I mean it. Please send me your questions about Earth Rise Project. I have a list going and I'd love to add to it. I want to get you the answers you need to make an informed decision to move ahead in your planetary support. Thank you!

P.P.S. Think of your friends who are wondering what they can do the support the planet and share this with them. The more members we have, the more potent the work becomes! Thank you.
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The Joy (R)Evolution is Moving

11/5/2015

 
Instructions On How To Move & I Have A Question For You!
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Greetings Friends -

It's moving time! Please join me in my new virtual location at AWeber. Here's what you do:


To continue receiving my e-mails, please click the link below. This link takes you to my web site where you can sign-up for my newsletter.

There is a two step process. Once you submit your e-mail address, you will receive an e-mail asking to confirm your subscription. I'll have a thank you gift waiting for you at the end.

New Joy (R)Evolution Newsletter Sign-Up

Thank you for making the move with me. I'm excited to be upgrading my ability to serve you.

Finally, I have a question for you...If you could have a private conversation with me, what two questions would you like to ask me?

Send me your questions to kate@kateeskew.com.

That's all for now. I'll be in touch again next week.

Wishing you joy,
Kate


P.S. Yes, I'm really serious. Please send me your questions - what two questions do you want to ask me? What do you need help with? I won't always be able to answer individually...but I will answer in a future letter. Hit reply now or send me your questions to kate@kateeskew.com. Thank you!
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You Can Change The World

10/30/2015

 
It's Not As Hard You Think It Is
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You Can Change The World.

This is such an overused sentiment to me. And yet every time I hear it, I'm inspired. And I always ask, "How?"

A few years ago I asked that question in earnest. My first baby was born and I was so concerned for her future, concerned about the health of the planet, concerned about how this life sustaining planet could continue to sustain life given all of the chaos of these times.

Then I discovered Marc Ward, a local marine biologist who developed a revolutionary system to clean microplastic off our beaches. Through him, I discovered Wallace J Nichols, a leading marine biologist, who wrote a book called, "Blue Mind." The book was just released last year. At the time I discovered him, he was posting on FB about your mind on blue. I was captivated.

What did that mean, my mind on Blue? It turns out it meant a lot of things. It was a key component to me recovering from my post partum depression. I saw, felt, ate, drank everything blue. (My neighbor's mom had a bumper crop of concord grapes which she turned into steamed juice. It had all of its goodness intact. I drank so much juice that winter my teeth turned blue. I had to have the equivalent of a pressure wash to remove the stain. No joke)!

All that blue restored my health and rewired my brain. It spurred me into action. The action I chose was to seek out Marc Ward and to find out what we could do to cleanup the beach in Manzanita, where my family grew up. My bigger vision is to help get cleanup projects going along the entire Oregon Coast (and around the world). Manzanita was just the beginning. It's a 7 mile beach so it's an ambitious beginning.


Well, we did it. Last summer we cleaned 1.37 miles of Manzanita/Neahkhanie Beach. It was a very grass roots, community based effort. Hundreds of volunteers both local and from Portland removed over 300 pounds of debris in 6 days. It was pretty awesome. It was pretty hard. Our little group that had formed to spearhead this effort knew we would need a broader base to grow our project on the beach in Manzanita. And we would need A LOT more support to reach the entire coast.

The beginnings of that support became a possibility last week. Our group presented our project to the Tillamook County Commissioners. I powerfully engaged them with my story. They got the answers they knew they needed and didn't know how to get about the microplastic issue. We brought them a hopeful and viable solution. In the end they said, "we need to see how we can get funding for this on a permanent basis."

Wow.

You can change the world.

It all begins with asking, "How?"

I'm taking this same approach to my business. When I was selling real estate I made a lot of money but I wasn't happy. So I asked, "How can I have a business and a life that brings me Joy?

This time I'm utilizing creativity, curiosity, wonder, and seeing the world differently to my business. Those elements as a daily practice have brought me Joy in every other aspect of my life. They are the foundation of my teaching. I know it will work here to. I know it will work for you.

Do you hear what I'm saying here? It's so  simple it's easy to overlook. Yet, it's (R)Evolutionary. It's a hopeful and viable solution. I want to know who's in. 

I still have 2 spaces open for  Joy (R)Evolution Coaching. You'll (R)Evolutionize your work and your life working with me. You see, changing the world, changing your world is an inside job first. The path that led me to my presentation last week started with me reworking myself from the inside out. You can do it too.

Click on the link to get started today. Joy (R)Evolution Coaching


Why? Cause I want you to go into the holiday season with verve, excited about what you're launching for yourself. You're not holding on and waiting until the new year. You're starting now.

Why? Cause I want to read that book you're thinking about. I want to see that deep, joyous smile that comes when you make your ultimate dream a reality. I want to see you emerge from that depression that's weighing you down. I want to see how empowered you are by learning what works for you in your life. Let's put it on the calendar and commit to the journey today. Here it is again. Joy (R)Evolution Coaching.

Lots of love,
Kate


P.S. Speaking of growing a more sustainable platform, I'm moving to a new e-mail carrier very soon. Stay tuned for information on how to continue to be a part of the Joy (R)Evolution community. I'm working on the final touches and will share them with you in the coming weeks. I'll also have a thank you gift for you when you (R)E-Join. :)
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My Fundamentals of Joy: #1 - Food

10/2/2015

 
I'm so excited to be sharing this story and opportunity with you!
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Joy (R)Evolution On Food

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the rippling effects of my period of post-partum depression. The biggies were financial and physical. More on that here.

Cast back a few years, I was 40 pounds over weight, depressed, and seeking a whole new way of being. I didn't want to "go back" to the way things were. I wanted something completely different. While my husband and I are working on the final pieces of this completely different picture, the foundation is solidly laid for this part of our journey. Over the next 3 weeks, I'm going to share the fundamentals of the foundation of my new life. I'll have gifts for you to easily incorporate any of my fundamentals that you want to pick up and place into your life.

FUNDAMENTAL #1: Food

One of the biggest contributors to me reclaiming my health was radically changing my diet. The catalyst for me was that my weight would not come down after my second child was born. I felt so sluggish and uncomfortable. Frances was almost 2 years old and I was still in my maternity clothes. Bleh! They were getting so worn out. I didn't want to buy new clothes because I was sure that I would lose the weight. Well, it wasn't happening.

My awesome neighbor and nanny is a super star. She's full of energy, lives a very full life, and is super strong and thin. She eats simply mostly from her garden that she keeps going almost year round. In the winter of 2014, she was getting ready to have her hip replaced and did a 3-week detox diet as part of her preparation. This meant: gluten free, dairy free, soy free, sugar free, caffeine free, corn free, alcohol free, and for one week, vegan. That felt so radical to me. So I joined her. Little did I know that I was about to discover some very critical information about myself.

First, Vegan is not for me! While my plate is now 2/3 vegetables for most meals, I include a protein with every meal. It's the only way that I can keep my blood sugar stable which keeps my emotions stable which keeps me sane. I'm very particular about the source and quality of my animal protein for a multitude of reasons. The bottom line, a healthy animal means a healthier me.

Second, losing weight is difficult when I eat my meal then polish off my kids' plates. Doing the detox diet completely removed me from the normal fare of our kitchen. I was gluten free, dairy free, soy free, sugar free, caffeine free, etc. No more meals after meals for me!

Third, Dairy and Gluten were out! At the end of the 3 weeks, I slowly added foods back in. I got to dairy in the second week. And oh baby oh, it was horrendous. After 2 days in a row of eating dairy, I got and attack of the gal bladder that left me writhing on the floor. At the same time, a huge calcium deposit formed at the base of my right ring finger. It happened in an hour. I'm telling you, it hurt like a mother until it was fully formed! Bye, Bye Dairy! Gluten didn't have that affect on me. But I found that wheat products can be such a "go to" that we miss out on other, more nutritious grains. And I just felt more energetic so I went with it.

The bonuses were great too. I had a long term battle with eczema on my face. After I eliminated those foods it became really easy to test other culprits. I found that coconut was the catalyst for my skin condition. I had jumped on the coconut train and was eating it, drinking it, using it as body oil. Well, my body didn't like that. Doctors will tell you that it's not proven that food causes eczema because there aren't any studies that can support that conclusion. That's where a good self-experiment can come in.

A year later we took our kids off dairy and gluten. Why? Liddy, my oldest, had an extreme and chronic case of eczema on her legs. It was so painful looking. We tried moisturizing it but that didn't help. The solutions my doctor offered up were trying an elimination diet or use a steroid cream. We didn't use the cream but it took us awhile to get on board with going through the pain of taking away Liddy's cheese. The tipping point for us was that she could be emotionally volatile. All kids can, I know but it was frequent enough we had to try something new besides patience and discipline.

It took 2 months. Her legs are now totally clear and her disposition is much more even keel. No steroids. No extensive and expensive allergy tests. No drugs to balance her emotions. Yes, she misses her cheese. And sometimes we do give it to her now as a treat when we go out to dinner. But that is very rare. And it's obvious when she does eat it but it clears her system quickly and we are back to normal within a day or so.

Back to me...I didn't lose the 40 pounds in those 3 weeks of my elimination diet. It took me several months and more diet tweaking to do that. But here's what happened. I was no longer triggering an immune response every time I ate my food. It was like I had this huge battle going on inside that caused inflammation every time I ate! Every time! For Years!!!


It's important to note that I don't feel deprived or restricted on this "diet." I don't even view it as a diet. I eat a wide variety of foods that I really enjoy. I've been making food selections and putting them in my cart for years at the grocery store. Now I just choose different things. And for the first time I'm never hungry. Never thirsty. Always satiated. And I'm my natural size. (By the way, I didn't exercise my way to my natural size. I ate my way there).

Eating this way is a lot easier than it was even 10 years ago but it still has its challenges. One is on the pocketbook. The other is making sure that if I buy processed foods that they are made with quality ingredients. The gluten free/dairy free style of eating can be no better or even worse if I don't read the labels.

That leads me to Gift Time! If you are interested in exploring this way of eating further, I'm here to help you cut your research time and to save you money by sending you directly to the best sources.

I made two awesome discoveries that have made shopping and eating easy and fun. I'm delighted to share them with you!

First: My go to cookbook: Nourishing Meals: Healthy Gluten Free Meals For The Entire Family. The recipes are really nice and they work as written. This link takes you to the Nourishing Foods web site. There you can find an elimination diet similar to what I did along with loads of information on eating gluten and dairy free. On a personal note, I find content rich sites like these can be overwhelming if I don't have a specific question in mind. If you are of the same mind, just buy the cookbook. It has as great introduction to why to eat this way and how to go about doing it.

Second: Thrive Market. This is the first socially conscious online marketplace offering best-selling natural and organic products at wholesale prices. It Rocks!  They have everything from household goods to my favorite foods for a fraction of retail cost. Think Costco meets your favorite natural and organic grocery store. I like it so much, I affiliated with them. If you haven't discovered this fantastic market, check it out! I included a link below.

Now it's your turn. What tweaks have you made to your diet that support your energy? What have you tried that didn't work? There's a lot more I could share about this journey. Is there anything else you would like to know?Reply right now and let me know.
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I'm feeling very full of myself this week because I have figured out how to turn these letters into blog posts! Yahoo! So, if you accidentally delete an e-mail or want to return to a story, from now on you can find it on my web site. And the best part is that now we can have a conversation! Pop on over to my blog at some point and let me know what you're thinking. I'd love to hear from you. Kate's Blog.

I have 2 spaces remaining for my private, one-on-one, custom coaching. If you're thinking about it, take the next step and schedule your free discovery session. Get In-Joy in your way. It's pretty awesome. You'll see...

The Joy (R)Evolution is in full swing! Join me on this journey. Invite your friends! Go to www.KateEskew.com comment on my slowly growing blog! Join me at Denise Dee's Brouhaha. Coach with Me! Your Joy is waiting.
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Virgo Season Has Me Finishing My Unfinished Business, Joyfully

10/1/2015

 
The Biggies Are Up For Me Right Now.
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The Timing Is Perfect.

Autumnal Equinox, Eclipses, Virgo Season, Oh My!

It has been exactly 3.5 years since my youngest was born, 5 since my first. Many of you already know of the mental and physical unraveling that I experienced after my children were born. I've shared in great detail of the Abyss that I walked into and returned from over a harrowing few years. What I haven't shared is the continuing ripple from those years. Now it's time to pull back the veil on the rest of the story.

The financial toll has been crippling. You see, my husband was laid off from work the week after my first child was born. We had a lot of savings so it was a gift to have him home. There was no rush for him to return to work. We had a year, no problem. And while it was beautiful and ultimately necessary to have him at home during that first year of her life, the stress of returning to financial stability started to creep in and take a strong hold on me. But there was nothing to be done about it then. It was all I could do to get through a day.

Just as I was stabilizing, I got pregnant again. My second pregnancy was very difficult. My health declined to the point that I was on bed rest for two months. Which meant John had to stay home to caregive. Which he did beautifully.

One year turned to two. Still no work. Still recovering my health. At 2.5 years, John launched a new business. Yay! His absence at home meant the children and I needed a new caregiver. While my health was improving, I still couldn't tend to my children and to my home without help. So we hired an awesome nanny who brought stability and Joy to our home.

But businesses take a bit to grow so...

The rebound has been slow. The financial juggling a continuing reality. - 
Until now.

You see, a shift has occurred. We are starting to look at this situation differently. We are starting to treat it differently. New information has come in. (Yes, new perspectives can come to seemingly cut and dry situations). And that brings me JOY!!! I know that different actions lead to different results. I've lived that for that last few years. I'm stoked to crawl out from under this Joy crushing elephant in our lives. Rather than being old school about this and eating it one bite at a time, (I refuse to eat this part of my past), we are going to invite it to our table. We are going to have many conversations. We are going to make a kick ass plan. We are going to ride that f*cking elephant into the sunset!

That's the money piece. You ready for the sex part??

Well, ladies and gents, having children takes its toll too. Two cesareans in 18 months has left abdominal swelling, scarring, tight fascia, and abdominal tenderness. Yes, even 3.5 years later. There is no infection. Nothing is "wrong." It's just what happens with major surgery.

Many of you have experienced some version of this. Whether it be the affects of natural child birth, leaky guts, hysterectomies, ovarian cysts, or cancer - to name a few - it leaves us feeling tender and protective. Tight and closed rather than soft and open. 

For me, the fear of intimacy and body image shame have taken hold. I suspect some of you experience that too. My body just doesn't look like it did. The stretch marks, the flabby skin. Even with the flattest stomach I've had in my entire life, the skin hangs. Not to mention the compression tights that I wear every day. Though they are necessary they just don't feel so sexy.

And then there's the fear of pain and pregnancy. Yup. I don't want to get pregnant again. Birth control is NOT and option. The hormonal changes from having children made birth control unbearable. Let's just say sex has not been a priority for me. But not for much longer...

I don't know how I'm going to move through this terrain. I'm not sure how I'm going to fully heal this landscape of my body. I have set a clear intention to do so. I know that Denise Dee's Brouhaha Festival has much in store that will bring insight. I know the clarity of definitive action that I can take will come from there. This is a tender part of the body. It can't be forced into healing. It must be loved and allowed to show me what it needs. In keeping with the theme, it has told me it needs something different, something provocative, something on edgy side of understanding. Well, Brouhaha is certainly that! There will be other threads along the way. I will share as they come up. Who knows, maybe one of my findings will spark healing for you too.


I've come a long way, ya'll. There is so much going right. My health rocks. My energy rocks. My brain is stable. My body is stable. My Joy is firmly intact. It's the perfect time to face these biggies head on. Not only is it perfect because of my readiness. It's a perfect time of year. It's Autumn. It's Virgo Season. It's Eclipse Season. Virgo is all about clearing out the old - patterns, tidying up our spaces at work and home, clearing limiting beliefs - to create an opening for new avenues of living. Autumn is all about shedding the old. The peak growing season is over. It's time to harvest and to rake leaves! The Eclipses bring in the mystery and ultimately reveal our deeper purpose. The one that sparks our Joy.

That's what I'm all about. The Joy (R)Evolution. I'd like you to join me on this journey. Invite your friends! Sign up for my Autumnal Equinox Call. Subscribe to the Joy (R)Evolution Series. Join me at Denise Dee's Brouhaha. Coach with Me! (I have 2 spaces left)! Be In-Joy. It'll change your life.
Return to Fall:

My guides woke me up at 3:11 this morning. They had a lot to tell me and they wanted it to be quiet so I could take it in. They told me that even though I haven't added my "Causes" page to my web site, it's time for the Joy (R)Evolution to start benefiting the causes that are near and dear to me on a larger scale. "Start with City of Joy," they said. Use your Solstice and Equinox calls to benefit your Causes. I have made a commitment to follow my guides so now's the time! Here's the new scoop on Return to Fall.

This Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 10:00am Pacific, For 1 hour, I'll tune us in and get us in sync with Autumn. It's harvest time. It's tidying up time. If you're feeling the fatigue of summer and feeling the urgency of action of this time of year, this call is for you. How can you recuperate and keep going? It's a shift. The summer and fall energies have different rhythms. There's much to do this time of year to prepare as the undertow of winter begins to pull us inward, getting us to slow down. Leverage everything in the universe that is available to you.

All the proceeds will go to City of Joy. City of Joy is a safe space for women survivors to heal their trauma and to become leaders in their communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To learn about this amazing community, check out their web site here: City of Joy
 
To get some awesome healing for yourself and to benefit the City of Joy, click the Donate button below. I'll send you the call-in information. Remember, you don't have to be live to benefit from the work. You can listen to it later. You do need to sign-up to be included. Thanks!
Joy (R)Evolution at Denise Dee's Brouhaha Festival

I'm thrilled to  be leading a workshop for Denise Dee's Brouhaha Festival. This year's theme: Tricksters and Troublemakers. From October 22 - November 11, Denise will be throwing 21 day virtual festival that will shake up your status quo and get you causing a courageous disturbance in your world.  Denise's Festival causes a veritable disruption in thoughts, habits, beliefs. In 10 workshops and 5 rituals, you'll not only get to the heart of the what and the why behind the scenes in your life, you'll also get the HOW to transform and strike a new balance.

 
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I've been adding, re-writing, and tweaking. The biggest change you'll see this week is the Joy (R)Evolution Coaching Page under "Work With Kate." I have 2 spaces remaining for my private, one-on-one, custom coaching. If you're thinking about it, take the next step and schedule your free discovery session. These spaces will fill up soon. Get In-Joy in your way. It's pretty awesome. You'll see...

The Joy (R)Evolution is in full swing! Join me on this journey. Invite your friends! Go to www.KateEskew.com to Sign up for my Autumnal Equinox Call. Subscribe to the Joy (R)Evolution Series. Join me at Denise Dee's Brouhaha. Coach with Me! Your Joy is waiting.

 
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For My Seekers...Here Are Some Answers That You Can Run With

10/1/2015

 
"Your Gifts Are In Your Hands," she wrote.
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My Gifts Are In My Hands? WHAT???

That was my first thought when I read those words a year ago. "Your Gifts Are In Your Hands." Then I wondered, "What does that mean?" Then I skipped to, "They've been there all along and I'm just hearing about this now???" Then, "Oh Boy. What Are My True Gifts? What Am I About To Learn About Myself?"

That was a year ago. I ordered the full reading. Got the ink in the mail and went about the messy job of coating my hands in ink and recording my lines, whorls, and fingerprints on paper.

Inking my hands reminded me of the time a police officer came to my 3rd grade school classroom to talk about his work. This was in a rural area so his safety talk was not about street smarts. We got a full presentation about what to do when you're hiking in the woods and come upon a drug camp. If that ever happens to you, here's the takeaway - watch out for the fish hook traps set at eye level. Oh, and just walk away from it and call the police. Don't get tangled in that...When his lecture was over he demonstrated the whole process of booking someone. We got to have our fingerprints taken! Some of us were handcuffed (for demonstration only). It was thrilling.

So there I was at 38, in my sunny kitchen inking my hands, daydreaming about drug camps and booking the bad guys and wondering if I was going to hear something new  and actually useful about myself or if this was going to be just another personality test wrapped in Psychic Seer packaging. 


IT WASN'T.
 
I got the keys to my kingdom.

The coolest part was learning about my gift markings. They are literally gifts to ourselves to enrich our journey on the planet.

My mentor, Denise Dee, is making an awesome offer for you, my friends, to learn about your gift markings. You can learn more about it by clicking the Gift Markings link below. Hint: she's including Brouhaha Festival. You can read more about the festival below.

I'm feeling especially passionate and raw about claiming and owning your gifts right now. You see, my best friend and companion from teenage-hood to adulthood, Chato (the horse), left this lovely planet today. He was a soul that embraced his gifts and fully brought them into the world. He expected me to do the same. If I wasn't at my best, he couldn't be. He had no patience for that. In his way, he'd catch me off guard and leave me in the dirt if I needed some shaking up. It was a two way street. I did the same for him. Man, we had fun. In his honor, I'm throwing in a surprise bonus if you sign-up for this offer by October 29. I don't know what that surprise is yet. I'll be ready to unveil it by December. It will be awesome. I know that. And if you find it's not for you, no problem. You can gift it to a friend.

Gift Markings + Brouhaha
Joy (R)Evolution at Denise Dee's Brouhaha Festival

I'm thrilled to  be leading a workshop for Denise Dee's Brouhaha Festival. This year's theme: Tricksters and Troublemakers. From October 22 - November 11, Denise will be throwing 21 day virtual festival that will shake up your status quo and get you causing a courageous disturbance in your world.  Denise's Festival causes a veritable disruption in thoughts, habits, beliefs. In 10 workshops and 5 rituals, you'll not only get to the heart of the what and the why behind the scenes in your life, you'll also get the HOW to transform and strike a new balance.

 
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