In a dusty pink lake house....

Some updates you'd like to be apart of xx

In this newsletter I chat about

1. A guest article I’ve just finished.

2. A podcast episode you’ll likely enjoy

3. An invitation to you… to guest write for me…

4. A pay it forward project for August to help nourish some mamas

5. little pregnancy update

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   I was sitting in bed at a little dusty pink beach shack yesterday, but instead of the beach, it was right up on the lake.

I sat, as the afternoon golden light streamed through one window, where the shutters were open. I could hear the lake outside lapping against the rocks and the birds beginning to find their place to settle for the evening.

It felt magic, as it was apart of my first time being away from Rafi overnight (he turned 3 at the start of May.) and after over three years of breastfeeding whenever, co-sleeping every night and many many naps, it felt like a true celebration of the self to gift that time and space, especially before our second joins us in a few weeks or so.

I was snuggled in bed that afternoon, finishing writing a guest article for

Brittany Wilde

that I had worked on most of the day, after having a delicious 90 minute bodywork session that morning.

The article was a big one, about the postpartum of our creative pursuits.

I was exploring my creative processes as a mother, and how they have changed - and needed to change- dramatically, since my maiden days. Where creativity once felt like flirting with a lover, now it was a process of mothering myself, my art, and “raising” my visions the way I’d raise a child.

I wrote about how our own birth experience from when we were conceived, plays a huge impact and sets up a blueprint for the way we relate to our ideas and creative projects in our life, how to unpack that for yourself, and also how whenever we birth a child we have an opportunity to heal and rewrite those blueprints- setting us up for new relationships with our businesses, our art, our creativity etc. There was much more in the 3000+ words and I don’t want to give it all away BUT how guest writing in this circumstance works is that my article is exclusively available to Britt’s paid subscribers for the next 3 months.

Britt is someone I highly respect and admire and truly believe that how she writes and engages with creativity and business as a mother maker is both unique and leading a new way in that space.

I’ve featured her on my mother maker podcast “Where mysticism, business, and self inquiry collide and thrive” Which is a delicious 1.5 hour conversation many of you will enjoy - you can listen below:

I feel excited to be able to collaborate with Britt in this way, so if you’d like to go and indulge in the article, Britt is more than worth your time to subscribe to and has a plethora of other incredible pieces of writing in her archives which you’d also gain access to.

You can find my Guest Article easily here:

Doing this guest piece has also opened me to the possibility of offering something similar here for my paid community,

And so if you are someone who feels open to guest write exclusively for my audience here - I’d love for you to express interest in the comments below. There would be some rough guidelines, but I’d love to offer my space to some quality voices especially over my postpartum period. Your piece would be promoted to my community here and on instagram and be enjoyed by many. I’d be happy to include your links so that people who resonate can find you easily and connect with you.

Something else that’s weighing on my heart, was that when I was receiving bodywork yesterday, and feeling cared for and looked after, I couldn’t stop the names of mothers I knew rolling through my mind - that need this sort of care too, who may not have the resources to make it happen for themselves. Beyond meal trains or a supportive ear and a hug, But really need to be held deeply and let things move through the body.

I swear if I had the resources to just book everyone in that I thought could do with that space, I would in a heartbeat.

And then I thought - What would be a creative way to make this happen? So I’d love to donate a months worth of Substack subscriptions to this experience. All of August’s paid subscriptions (the $9 some of you pay me to write and explore and be able to show up here on Substack the way you do) I’ll be turning into a handful of bodywork/care sessions for mamas with a local practitioner. This means, if you’d like to contribute and donate in a sense, I encourage you to upgrade from FREE to PAID even if it’s just for the next month. It would be a $9aud donation from you And go straight towards some mothers who really, truly need it. So far based on current subscription rates I think about 6 mothers will be able to be deeply looked after and I’d so love to make that 10. You’ll also get access to ALL of my archives on Substack that have been exclusive to paid subs.

I’ll leave an easy button here for you to upgrade if you feel like you’re in a space to contribute in this way:

In other news, I’m 36 weeks pregnant. And finally feeling somewhat emotionally ready to lean into this next chapter. Finally feeling a slow release on the grip to “know” and to fall into the abyss of the unknown. It’s been a bigger process than my journey from maiden to mother - as many of you already know. I feel myself being drawn inwards quickly at this point, and I’m so more than willing to hermit for the next however long it takes for this little one to be ready. I’m beyond excited for Rafi to be present and to set up a birth blueprint beyond his own. It really feels like a family birth, a family celebration. An expansion. However in saying all of that, I’m also feeling pretty unorganised within the home, and am eager for some nesting energy to kick into gear. It’s like I’m looking around at a bathroom that I want to deep clean, and all my postpartum support things in a big pile, and the never ending washing, and wondering which room I’d prefer to birth in - oh and we can’t forget to order wood for the fire, check we’ve got enough rainwater in the tanks, gas bottles… emergency snacks in the freezer for Raf incase baby comes on day where the fridge isn’t stocked…The Mental load of the mother load is big. And I’m hoping baby waits closer to 40 weeks so I feel like I at least have some space to navigate it all with a toddler who isn’t totally interested in being involved in every job.

I’ll be writing here until it feels right to slow down and step back, which I’ll absolutely let you all know. If I plan to completely stop for a couple of months for any reason, I’ll be pausing all subscriptions until I return - though at this stage I really look forward to getting off social media in the coming weeks and JUST being available here for my Substack community, sharing what’s happening, a beautiful birth story to come, and the intimacies of postpartum. So much love to you all.

Thank you for being here

Remember to go check out Britts work & my guest article if the topic excites you, Or listen to the podcast episode we did.

If you feel called to upgrade to paid for the next month and contribute to a nourishment kitty for some mamas who truly need it, please do. And I’ll be back as soon as I have some space to write again for you all

xx Love Kat