Conversation With Katherine

Welcome to Conversation With Katherine and my podcast Swamp Land
There are so many different types of fear. There is fear of commitment, fear of the unknown, fear of the known, fear of the other, fear of success, fear of failure. The one quality that fear can bring into your life is a form of paralysis that limits your ability to move forward in your life. Fear can keep you in your familiar swamp land whispering how dangerous your life is and you are safe in your swamp land, even if you are miserable. Maybe, before I continue, I should explain what I mean by swamp land. Your swamp land is your dark space. It can be where your critical voice is the dominant voice in your mental space. It can be where whatever fear you have you can't figure out a different way of being. Sometimes we have been in our swamp land so long we call it Life. Your swamp land does not allow you to access joy or happiness. It can tell you the no one is happy or joyful.

Welcome to Conversation With Katherine and my podcast Failed Events
In looking back at my own life I see moments in time where my path forward could have stopped because of a failed event. I describe a failed event as something that goes wrong as I have pursued my path. The something that has gone wrong was sometimes a failing of my own judgement and perspective. Sometimes it was an external event that forced me to pause in my journey. They were both failed events and both became a version of a life lesson.
I am fascinated by the biographies of individuals that have achieved external success. Oftentimes, when looking at someone's success you are a witness to their success but not their journey. It is not always apparent what trials and tribulations any individual has been forced to come to terms with in their lives. It is not always apparent how one failed event could change and shape a new direction.

Welcome to Conversation With Katherine and my podcast-Ripples
When I am going through a difficult time in life. I often go to the beach. I imagine I am a drop of water in the vast ocean. I muse about my own significance within the ocean space and wonder about my insignificance in the ocean space. Now, you might wonder how can wondering about your insignificance be a helpful space when things are not going well. Answer perspective. I gain perspective when I recognize how my view of the importance of my life is compared to a drop in the ocean it gives me perspective about what I am feeling at the time of my pondering.
I just don't see a drop in the ocean as insignificant I also view it as magnificent. When I look at the ocean I look at the waves, tides and ripples that run through the ocean with trillions or even zillions of one drops.

Welcome to Conversation with Katherine and my Podcast Foundational Understanding-Life's Training Wheels
In my previous podcast I used the phrase, Foundational Understanding. I would like to explain what I mean. I enjoy watching toddlers. I am always amused and delighted in watching how they begin to discover the physical world. The act of standing and seating is a magical experience for them. When they discover their legs move them, I see the look of how excited they are with the simple act of movement and the wondrous expression on their faces. When a toddler is given a pot with a spoon and can make noise for the first time, the noise may be an irritation to the adults in their life but it is magic to them.
The toddler does not know the "why" of their behavior. Their ability to understand the subtle nuances of profound conceptual frameworks is missing. their vocabulary is with simple words, me, mom, daddy. the movements that I observed make me smile because of the human ability to have wonder in the simple.

Welcome to Conversation With Katherine and my Podcast Life is Fluid-Managing Change
I often have conversations about life and one topic continues to pop up. Change. There is something that I understand about change and that is if you have the perspective and understanding about the fluid nature of life, change is a more manageable process. I also understand that to understand some concepts you need some foundational understanding before you can get any particular concept
Think about the simple math concept two plus 2. Simple concept if you understand 1 plus 1. Foundational understandings are needed for psychological understandings, biological understanding, spiritual understandings, intellectual understandings. I think that covers mind body and spirit. Without the foundational understandings it is like I am speaking gibberish.