Come in. Find a comfortable spot.
If you're like me, you have a mountain of journals waiting to hold your thoughts.
Today I gathered mine. Some from a drawer, some from a tote, a whole stack of them by my desk. I really wanted to run out and buy a brand new one, but that seemed silly with so many half-filled pages still waiting. So instead, I paused for an hour and made something.
I chose one journal and gave it a new beginning. A Receiving Journal, in honour of a beautiful practice I've been sitting with, incomplete, and begging for my attention. A 30-day quest to make room in your home, your body, and your life, for everything you've been calling in.
All month, I've been noticing both small and generous receivings already coming my way. Two hamburger buns from our local bakery, given with a smile and "these are on the house." A spa treatment, a gift from my daughter on our weekend away. Imagine what might come if I really leaned in.
Download the tutorial below; it will walk you through making your own. All you need is a journal, a little time, and a willingness to begin again.
Warmly, Kathy
PS.
The studio is always open. Come back whenever you feel like making something.
PSS. Journaling prompts are coming soon to The Garden. This makes the perfect companion. One practice opens the images. The other opens the words.
MY VISION JOURNAL COVER
A little about me
Hi, I’m Kathy. A guide, a gatherer, a maker of sacred space, and a woman who found her way home to herself after years of putting everyone else first.
For years, I wore many hats at once. Single parent, community manager in a role I was promoted into before I believed I deserved it, event organizer. And later, a family caregiver. Learning all over again how to give without losing myself in the giving. Caring for everyone, in every direction, all at the same time. What I had to learn, slowly and imperfectly, was that I mattered too. What I found on the other side of that, through stillness, creativity, and the women who gathered around my table, became everything I now offer.
There’s a place at the table with your name on it.
This looks amazing Kathy. I love the idea of a Receiving Journal 🧡