Welcome to The Hummingbird Nest
A place to exhale, discover, and just be.
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.
This is a virtual retreat space for women in the middle of their lives.
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 are three invitations here, and you get to choose.
The Garden is where you come when you need to be still. Simple practices, quiet moments, no agenda. You don’t have to do anything except arrive and breathe. Sometimes that’s everything.
The Creative Studio is where you come when your hands want something to do and your mind needs to soften. The projects are simple. The supplies are minimal. You don’t need to be creative, you just need to be willing to begin. You always discover something you didn’t expect.
The Kitchen Table is where you come when you’re ready to be with other women. Once a month, a small group gathers live on Zoom. A story bowl holds questions that open real conversation, the kind you didn’t know you needed. There’s a simple creative practice woven in too, because something about making together opens us in ways words alone can’t. You’ll exhale in a way you didn’t know you needed when you stop performing and just show up honestly.
And 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.
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 yourself 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.
