A wise woman once said that January 10 is the day Women wake up to a “New Year”.  Before that life is filled with the pressure to change and set “resolutions”.  After January 10 a new space opens up for possibilities.

I was wondering what my word for 2025 would be.....
INTERESTING enough, the word came to me on January 9! 

2024 was the first year I thought about a WORD for the year, rather than resolutions.  Looking back, this word stimulated A LOT.  I never held it at the front of my mind, the intention I set with it for 2024 was clearly at play throughout the year.

 

This was the WORD I announced on my Facebook Page - setting my theme and my intention for 2024.  What I discovered in 2024 was LOVE & PEACE…. These energies have become my fuel… this is what keeps me going…… this is what fills my cup….. This is what guides my choices.

When I get stuck, I started asking “what would love...

On our family vacation to Kauai, January 2024, I met Delores.  Delores is a 92 year old lady that helped me with the laundromat at the condo complex we were staying in.  Delores inspired me and showed me something that's possible with regards to life and living as we “mature”.  

It was our third night in Kauai and I wanted to do a load of laundry.  I made sure to have enough coins with me so I could complete the wash and dry cycle of a load.  That plan was working until the washing machine ate a few of my coins.  I looked around and saw that there was an App I could use to work the machines….. So interesting, I had never seen that before!

I downloaded the app, but had trouble setting up my account and connecting it to the laundromat at this location.

In walks this little old lady with her laundry basket to pick up her laundry.  She saw I was having trouble and asked if I needed help.  I said “yes please” I...

My horse has taught me many great lessons in life that could have never came from anyone else.  

My horse has shown me how to be a leader, how to be strong, how to love and how to be loved. 

One of the biggest lessons with her has been learning to “Let go”.

Let go of expectations.

Let go of control.

Let go of outcomes.

She has shown me how to let got and live!

She has shown me how to let go and love!

The first lesson in this came back in July 2022. 

If you have been on my email list &/or tuned in to previous coffee chats you would have heard me talk about My horse and how she injured her leg.

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In the recovery process of my horse's injury, we hit a wall for afew weeks and it seemed like things were getting worse.  She was so sore, the swelling was increasing.  We were trying all sorts of different treatment protocols and nothing seemed to change anything. 

What kept coming up...

Hi my name is Katherine and I have been "hard working" free now for about 40 days.

Over the past 11 years I have been able to recognize in myself where I have been addicted to being right, addicted to the fight (and winning it!) and this last year, 2024, I can see where I was addicted to hard work.

"nothing worth having ever comes easy" was a "hidden value & principle" that I lived by. This was a tricky one for me to let go of because hard work does get you ahead, the willingness to never give up, never give in and never quit is a HUGE STRENGTH. However it can also be very destructive, as any tool can, when not used in creative way.

Our family adventure to Kauai really showed me PEACE & MAGIC in a whole new way - I felt like I was getting it on a cellular level.

Since our trip, my values have changed. I have been putting PEACE & LOVE ahead of MONEY & HARD WORK. It has been extremely uncomfortable, I was feeling lost and uncertain..... Everything in my life is now...

From my Heart….

Letting Go to Grow  

January 2024 we (Hubby, the kiddos and I) went on a family vacation to Kauai…… This Island changed our lives in ways I never imagined it would and I know these changes are rippling out into the future of each one of us.

I will start at the very beginning ... .This is a trip of a lifetime. Kauai has been calling me for a few years now, since seeing a friend of mine post pics and share stories of her time there.  The moment I saw her first post on facebook, I said YES! I’ll have that toooooooo! I knew one day we would be there, but I didn't set a time - I was open to anytime.  In the beginning of “Actualizing” this vacation I spent time daydreaming about what it would be like.  I looked at all my friends' pictures, read about her adventures and fell in love with this island through her eyes. 

Next I started talking about it to Hubby.  He was his usual ogre self about...

December 2022…. I just finished riding my horse in a lesson with my coach.nn It was Great! My mom had called me the night before and asked to talk to me after my ride that day.  She didn’t say about what, it didn’t seem like anything too bad.  She walked over while I un-tacked my horse and we stepped aside together for a moment.  She told me that she had breast cancer.  She told me about her appointments, her diagnosis and her treatment plan.  To say the least, I was shocked.  This was NOT something I saw coming.  I always saw my mom as one of the healthiest, fittest people around!  She had just turned 60, she was active…. My mind was blown. 

The first course of treatment for my mom was surgery, in february.  She asked if I would go with her - ABSOLUTELY! This would be followed by weekly chemo treatments starting in the spring and radiation later that summer.  She asked if I would be able to help drive...

THIS IS US Dancing together at the horse show just afew weeks ago (August 17/18) at Amberlea Meadows (near Edmonton, AB)

I talk so much about my horse and how much she facilitates me..... it happened again! 

We have been training over the winter, the Flying lead changes in the canter.  We are getting them, but they are still shaky, uncertain.  We did show at Third Level in July.  We did pretty good actually! We scored higher in the Trott and walk than we ever had before..... then came the changes.  The first one was ok, he second one was OH MY... then everything after that was tension / anxiety etc.....

The second day of the show, I could feel so much tension and anxiety in my horse, we didn't actually get to complete out test because the judge saw "Irregular rhythm" and rang the bell.  We were excused from the ring. 

It has been 2 years since my horse's injury, I was concerned about some physical pain..... and I knew the tension and anxiety can...

I am a warrior…. I am a person that does not believe in “either / or”.... I know that if you are willing to dig in and experience life, you can have it all including the “cherry on top”.

I am a woman.

I am a Daughter.

I am a wife.

I am a mother.

I am an entrepreneur.

I am a Dressage competitor.

I am a Dressage coach.

I am a Professional horse trainer.

I am a Chief Financial Officer.
(Bookkeeper / Cashflow manager / Bill payer)

I am an equipment operator.

I am an Online store developer / creator / maintainer.

I am a sales clerk / customer service employee.

I am a Facilitator of Choice, Consciousness & Possibilities.
(Online coaching & live classes)

I know that there’s no such thing as impossible and I live a life that seems “Impossible” to most people.  I spark resentment and judgment in some, while inspiring and empowering others.

Over the last decade my whole life has changed, gotten greater, opened up!

It looks the same from the...