Take just a moment here. Close your eyes if you like.
Breathe in. Breathe out. You’re allowed to be here.
Sometimes I don’t want to show up. Even to the things I’ve created. Even to the gatherings I love. There’s always something else. Another reason to stay busy. Another thing that needs me first.
Maybe you know that feeling.
And yet. Every single time I show up anyway, something happens. Not something dramatic. Not a breakthrough or a transformation. Just a small, quiet shift. An exhale I didn’t know I was holding. A tiny discovery about myself that surfaces through a still moment, or a simple creative project, or a real conversation with women who get it.
That’s what The Hummingbird Nest is for.
The Hummingbird Nest is a warm, inclusive community for women in midlife. If you’ve just wandered in, welcome. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Settling In
The Hummingbird Nest is a gentle gathering place for women who are longing to slow down and reconnect with themselves.
A place to come home to yourself. To move more gently through your days, with space for rest, creativity, and meaningful connection.
This space was created for women who have spent years caring for others and are now choosing to live more intentionally, making space for what matters most to them now.
It’s not about fixing yourself or reinventing your life. It’s about shaping your days with care, clarity, and intention.
This is not a course. Not a program. Not another thing to complete or achieve. Just a warm, unhurried place to pause. Whenever you need it. In whatever way feels right for you.
There's nothing to keep up with here. Only an invitation to arrive.
Three Invitations to Start Your Journey
There's no right place to begin. The Nest is here for all of it. If something is calling to you right now, follow that. Or simply wander. You'll find every room of the Nest under Step Inside in the menu at the top of this page.
The Garden
…is here if you need to exhale.
If you’ve arrived feeling a little frayed, a little overfull, this is where to start. Step into the quiet. There’s nothing to do here except let yourself land.
I need to rest.
The Creativity Studio
…is here if something in you wants to make.
There's a creative self in you, tucked behind everything else, waiting patiently. The projects are simple. The supplies are minimal. You don't need to be creative here, only curious. Come soften your mind, and see what you discover.
I’m ready to create.
Connection at The Kitchen Table
…is here if you’re craving connection.
Pull up a chair. This is where stories get told, and where you get to be fully seen and heard. There's no performance here, no perfect thing to say. Just a table, open hearts, and the kind of company that lingers after you've gone.
I'm ready to gather.
Four times a year, for those who have been nesting here a while and are ready to go a little deeper, there are the seasonal retreats.
Half-day experiences that weave stillness, creativity, and connection together.
A longer exhale, for when you’re ready for one.
Some days you’ll want the quiet of the Garden.
Some days your hands will lead you to the Studio.
Some days you’ll need the table and the women around it.
All of it is valuable. All of it counts.
Step inside, it's free.
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Monthly articles: Personal stories and moments of quiet clarity from my own unfolding. I share them in hopes they might offer a small insight for your own path.
Free Ebook: Create Your Sacred Space, help claiming a little piece of your home as your own. Filled with things that bring you joy.
Free stillness practices from The Garden: journaling prompts, meditations, and small rituals to bring retreat energy home.
Free offerings from The Creativity Studio: simple projects, creative invitations, and select recordings from Guest Creative sessions with makers I love.
Substack Lives: Conversations, casual drop-ins and make-alongs
A welcome gift: A Manifesto for Women, permission granted to make yourself a priority. Yours to print off and keep close, read slowly, and return to often.
Make yourself at home. Join the Nest
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Everything in the free Nest is yours too. And then the doors open wider, into all three rooms, every month:
The Kitchen Table. One live gathering, offered twice each month so you can find a time that works. Candlelight, a story bowl of questions, and honest conversation with women in the same season of life. This is not a webinar. It’s a table, and there’s a seat with your name on it.
The Creativity Studio. Each month brings a Guest Creative session: a skill to learn, a process to explore, something to make together. Plus a creative invitation, something simple to make for the joy of it. Join live, catch the replay, or browse the full archive anytime.
The Garden. One recorded stillness practice each month, yours to return to whenever your week asks too much of you. Step into the stillness and exhale.
The Archive. You don’t start empty-handed. Three years of monthly articles, creative sessions, stillness practices, and gathering notes are yours the moment you join. And if life gets in the way one month, nothing is lost, everything waits for you here.
The Members' Chat. A quiet corner for conversation between gatherings. Ask a question, show us what's on your table this week, or simply say hello. The kettle's always on.
The hummingbird is always moving, always giving.
But even she needs a place to rest.
Come in. Nest a while.
The kettle is on.
Warmly,
Kathy
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.
