@KathyBolte
I'm a featured writer on Elephant Journal, dedicated to the mindful life.
Let's Shake Off Our Post Covid Funk and Engage with Life Again
Let's Shake Off Our Post Covid Funk and Engage with Life Again
Growth Fatigue - Breaking Free From Our Comfort Zones
Growth Fatigue - Breaking Free From Our Comfort Zones
We become frightened by the new set of challenges and possibilities ahead, causing us to retreat. We begin to experience growth fatigue—we just want to fall back into our comfortable lifestyle.
Make Love Not War - 7 Ways to Ignite Your Inner Hippie
Make Love Not War - 7 Ways to Ignite Your Inner Hippie
Is it possible for us to put those flowers back in our hair and revive the hippie ideals? Join me in finding all the new ways we can make love, not war.
Dear Uterus: There Are a Few Things I'd Like to Tell You
Dear Uterus: There Are a Few Things I'd Like to Tell You
Several diagnostic procedures later, I learned that the cancer was not contained in my cervix but had invaded you, dear Uterus. You were filled with cancer and had to be removed right away, to save my life.
Despite the Cost of War on Women, She Advocates For Peace
Despite the Cost of War on Women, She Advocates For Peace
In Honor of All the Motherless Daughters
In Honor of All the Motherless Daughters
There is this other thing about being a motherless daughter. We miss all the things we won’t ever be able to share with our mom. And we grieve these losses.
If the World Was Ending You'd Come Over, Right?
If the World Was Ending You'd Come Over, Right?
Want to Go Vegan but Don't Know Where to Begin?
Want to Go Vegan but Don't Know Where to Begin?
Okay, okay, take a deep breath and let Mama K help you out. Here are six suggestions for starting your exploration of a vegan diet (I'll keep it really simple):
My 2nd is National Ride a Bike Day - a Chance to Reclaim Your Happiness, Courage and Peace
My 2nd is National Ride a Bike Day - a Chance to Reclaim Your Happiness, Courage and Peace
I’ve earned lots of “trail trophies”—scars and broken bones from crashes.
Sleeping in Separate Bedrooms Helped My Relationship
Sleeping in Separate Bedrooms Helped My Relationship
In spite of the night dance we were doing, we never once thought of sleeping in separate bedrooms. The idea never crossed our minds.
Is There Such a Thing as a Good Death?
Is There Such a Thing as a Good Death?
What is a good death? I guess that answer would be different for each one of us.
Derek Chauvin Found Guilty on All Three Counts
Derek Chauvin Found Guilty on All Three Counts
These tears come with a wave of gratitude for a jury of 12 people I don’t even know.
If The World Was Ending You'd Come Over, Right?
If The World Was Ending You'd Come Over, Right?
Don't Try to Heal "Daddy Wounds" with Sex: It Doesn't Work
Don't Try to Heal "Daddy Wounds" with Sex: It Doesn't Work
What Do Oprah & Jim Carrey Have in Common? Seven Stories of Courage in the Face of Trauma
What Do Oprah & Jim Carrey Have in Common? Seven Stories of Courage in the Face of Trauma
How Can I Trust Again When Love Breaks My Heart
How Can I Trust Again When Love Breaks My Heart
Some of us take to the bottle. Some of us bury ourselves in binging—food, Netflix. We writers, we pick up the pen and write a poem.
The Sacred Room
The Sacred Room
American Exceptionalism - It's a Myth
American Exceptionalism - It's a Myth
Sadly, I’ve watched America grow into a country whose people overvalue radical independence, self over community, and a real f*ck-you attitude toward the rest of the world.
The Heartache of Living Alone During Covid Isolation
The Heartache of Living Alone During Covid Isolation
There is a deep loneliness that has descended upon some of us during our months of isolation.
I Was So Tied Up in Loving You (Poem)
I Was So Tied Up in Loving You (Poem)
But how can we grow when we are tied to each other as we’ve let ourselves become? Your voice is no longer a mystery to me. It has become an echo of my own.
7 Quotes that Remind Us Why we All Want to Live in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
7 Quotes that Remind Us Why we All Want to Live in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
Learning to Honor Myself is a Radical Act of Bravery
Learning to Honor Myself is a Radical Act of Bravery
Why Do We Donate Money to Save Some Animals but we don't Think Twice About Throwing Other's on the Barbeque
Why Do We Donate Money to Save Some Animals but we don't Think Twice About Throwing Other's on the Barbeque
The Undeniable Power Behind Women Nurturing Women
The Undeniable Power Behind Women Nurturing Women
A Physicists View of Death Offers Comfort to our Grieving Hearts
A Physicists View of Death Offers Comfort to our Grieving Hearts
How Can I Trust Again When Love Breaks My Heart
How Can I Trust Again When Love Breaks My Heart
If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy
If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy
Things to Tell Our Growing-Up Granddaughters
Things to Tell Our Growing-Up Granddaughters
Dear Husband: I Love to Watch You Loving
Dear Husband: I Love to Watch You Loving
Guys, Here's the Sexiest Thing You Can Give Your Woman on Valentine's Day
Guys, Here's the Sexiest Thing You Can Give Your Woman on Valentine's Day
Most Things I Really Need to Know, I Learned from my Dogs
Most Things I Really Need to Know, I Learned from my Dogs
Let's Check Our White Privilege at the Door and Start Practicing Real Yoga
Let's Check Our White Privilege at the Door and Start Practicing Real Yoga
Hey Vegans! Here's the One Recipe You Can No Longer Live Without
Hey Vegans! Here's the One Recipe You Can No Longer Live Without
A Rumi Poem, A Humble Musician, and a Human Act of Grace
A Rumi Poem, A Humble Musician, and a Human Act of Grace
It's Going To Take More Than Kamala Harris in the White House and Harriet Tubman On the $20 Bill
It's Going To Take More Than Kamala Harris in the White House and Harriet Tubman On the $20 Bill
How One Book Changed My Life and I Became Vegan
How One Book Changed My Life and I Became Vegan
Oh Sleep: You Dark Temptress, You Dreamy Seductress, You Elusive Lover
Oh Sleep: You Dark Temptress, You Dreamy Seductress, You Elusive Lover
Donald Trump Has Been Impeached Again! Should We Rejoice or Be Worried?
Donald Trump Has Been Impeached Again! Should We Rejoice or Be Worried?
How An Act of Sedition Gave Rise to a New Feeling of Love for my Country
How An Act of Sedition Gave Rise to a New Feeling of Love for my Country
When Algorithms Go Bad: From Bike Parts to Dildos
When Algorithms Go Bad: From Bike Parts to Dildos
A Viral Tsunami Crashing All Around Me
A Viral Tsunami Crashing All Around Me
Dear Santa: I Want to Be an Unfucker
Dear Santa: I Want to Be an Unfucker
American: Let's Shake Off the Night Terrors and Awaken to a New Day
American: Let's Shake Off the Night Terrors and Awaken to a New Day
The Only Answer Is Love
The Only Answer Is Love
Why I'm So Done With Christmas Songs - Except for This One
Why I'm So Done With Christmas Songs - Except for This One
Melt-in-your-Mouth Goodness: an Easy Recipe for Healthy & Delicious Chocolate.
Melt-in-your-Mouth Goodness: an Easy Recipe for Healthy & Delicious Chocolate.
Survivor's Guilt in the Time of COVID & 7 Practices That Can Help
Survivor's Guilt in the Time of COVID & 7 Practices That Can Help
Feeling Physically & Emotionally Dirty? Try This Cleanse
Feeling Physically & Emotionally Dirty? Try This Cleanse
The Queen's Gambit and How My Husband Came Prepared to Take Me Down
The Queen's Gambit and How My Husband Came Prepared to Take Me Down
When The Pain of Loss Teaches Us to Scream
When The Pain of Loss Teaches Us to Scream
Breath Awareness - A Key to Peace in These Crazy-Ass Times
Breath Awareness - A Key to Peace in These Crazy-Ass Times
How To Recognize The Divinity Within Ourselves
How To Recognize The Divinity Within Ourselves
Believe It Dear Girl - You Are The Prettiest Girl In The Room
Believe It Dear Girl - You Are The Prettiest Girl In The Room
Election Eve and I'm Feeling So Much Emotion
Election Eve and I'm Feeling So Much Emotion
Vote - Let Your Voice Be Heard
Vote - Let Your Voice Be Heard
The Day I Learned to be Fearless on my Bike
The Day I Learned to be Fearless on my Bike
Evan's Gate - The Hair Raising Ghost Story from Northspur
Evan's Gate - The Hair Raising Ghost Story from Northspur
Secret Love Letters From the 80s
Secret Love Letters From the 80s
My Dog's Journey Home From The Rainbow Bridge
My Dog's Journey Home From The Rainbow Bridge
I Refuse To Spiritually Bypass My Feelings About Trump's Corona Virus Diagnosis
I Refuse To Spiritually Bypass My Feelings About Trump's Corona Virus Diagnosis
Am I A Corona Virus Long Hauler? The Struggle of Having Symptoms
Am I A Corona Virus Long Hauler? The Struggle of Having Symptoms
From Damaged Goods to Damn Good - Reframing Our Self Worth
From Damaged Goods to Damn Good - Reframing Our Self Worth
Joy & Bliss Are Overrated - 5 ways to Settle Into Contentment
Joy & Bliss Are Overrated - 5 ways to Settle Into Contentment
Love Warrior - a poem
Love Warrior - a poem
Life Lessons From My Massage Mentor
Life Lessons From My Massage Mentor
Feeling Stuck? Call On The 9 Superpowers of Ganesha
Feeling Stuck? Call On The 9 Superpowers of Ganesha
Can a Good Yogi Be Angry About Children Being Gunned Down?
Can a Good Yogi Be Angry About Children Being Gunned Down?
Five Steps to a More Authentic Life
Five Steps to a More Authentic Life
What the 5 Stages of Hindu Love Teaches Us About Valentine's Day
What the 5 Stages of Hindu Love Teaches Us About Valentine's Day
Our Ability to Transsform
Our Ability to Transsform
The Transforming Power of Sacred Sound
The Transforming Power of Sacred Sound
Practicing Bliss
Practicing Bliss