An Update on Goings On

Katie Rowland
Oct 13, 2020
4 min read

Hello Everyone!

As some of you may know from previous posts, I have recently moved back to the state I was born and raised in, Michigan from Utah. It has been quite an adjustment for my whole family. It is my husband's first time being away from his close knit family for this long. My kids are used to the suburbs and we've moved out around some rural farmland. It took them a little while to settle and they still have some complaints but are loving our walks through the forests and catching frogs.

A true blessing has been that my job I was at for 7 years has allowed me to work remotely out of state. On one hand, it may have been a nice time to completely dedicate time to my Spirit work, on the other, I am able to care for my family, which is most important at this time. My sons are 7 years and 4 years old. It is a busy busy busy time for doing my job though. The holiday season gets pretty crazy.

Working from home allows me to take "nature walks" around the perimeter of my yard. I've spent the summer watching the bees prepare for the fall, the mice scurry through the grasses along the edge of the bean field, and hawks or crows swoop overhead. We have had a bounty of butterflies fluttering around the wildflowers and also many birds I haven't seen in years. We are lucky to be renting such a beautiful piece of land -- although I hope when we try and buy a place next year we can get just a little closer to the forests!

It is 2020 though, and times are challenging to put it lightly. Like many of you, I have no basis for comparison of these times we live in. Being an empath, I deeply feel the fears and struggles of my loved ones and the collective whole. This has been the most chaotic year I can remember with the global pandemic and the lifestyle changes my family has gone through. It has been difficult to stay grounded and centered.

I set these goals for myself at the beginning of last year:

To Best fulfill for the Highest, Greatest good mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically:

my role, responsibilities and serve myself.
my role, responsibilities and serve my family (Both blood related and non) and community.
My role, responsibilities and serve nature.
my role, responsibilities and serve the global tribe, global village, tribe of one, the collective, the All

Honestly, I am making strides towards these things. They seem like they should be so simple, right? but it is hard to maintain self care in the face of hardship or when you are responsible for others. It is also hard to take care of the global tribe when you feel much frustration with some of those within it. The energy of all these 4 things moves within a circle - each of us depends on the others.

I've been circling back to myself lately. I am making sure that my center is strong enough to bare these energies and to fulfill my mission here on earth. I know that it is the most important time for Lightwork. We need to shine at these dark times. I have been taking a break and feeling so guilty for doing it but it is also important work.

I used to cringe at the term "Light-Warrior" and I think I understand why. I may be fighting darkness too, but there are those who are supposed to clash and fight with it head on and there are also those of us who are here with softer hearts and hands. Our fight is in the space we hold. To some this talk of battle will sound crazy regardless and others will get it. For the lightworkers in my camp who are here to tend to the broken, the inner balance needs to be nurtured and maintained.

If you've noticed the pop up on my page by now, this blog is partly an explanation for why I feel the need to take a break. I need to balance the spokes in the cycle of those 4 areas of life. I don't have to fix it all right now but I need to re-weave and maintain those energies at this time. If you haven't seen the pop up, it just states that I will be taking a break from paid/private readings for clients at this time. I am thinking of creating a wait list but I also do not want to pressure myself.

For now please visit this blog for updates. I am going to try to keep it going as I am doing my self work. I have been energized recently through a course in Shamanism for daily life. It has been such a meaningful experience for me and would like to share everything when I have some time.

I am also revisiting my early roots on the Green path. It has been a nice time for organization and picking back up on knowledge and projects I sat aside a long time ago. It's been a really cool journey to follow the foot steps back to my 18 year old self and take everything I have learned since and see it with fresh eyes. It is all about circles and cycles. It is actually a very powerful time for me, although singularly focused right now.

Please also visit me at Facebook, where I will be offering free reads as often as I can and so I do not get "rusty" :-). I will also offer updates there as well. https://www.facebook.com/AWildLeap/

Sincerely,

Katie AKA "StarzyKat"