Hello, I'm Catherine

Welcome to this space where I share my reflections, musings, and creative work.

I design learning experiences, explore how people grow through dialogue and practice, and experiment with technology along the way. I am curious, love exploring, and enjoy creating tools and systems that help people think, connect, and grow.

As a recovering perfectionist, this space acts as my personal challenge to "be a pro", post, and always keep progressing. I am (mostly) comfortable being uncomfortable and don't mind making mistakes. However, I do love running water and electricity and strive to make new mistakes rather than the same ones over and over.

Lone Pine, California

Lone Pine, California

New York, New York

New York, New York

Aberdeen, Scotland

Aberdeen, Scotland

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The Current "Thing"

We all have "things" occupying our time, minds, and hearts in any given moment.
Here are a few of mine.

A responsive design website displayed on multiple devices

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Project: Build a new website

It was killing me. I am using a GoDaddy template/hosting package and knew there was a better way. Thankfully I have nerd in my life who suggested that between HTML 5 templates and Claude AI, I could make my own site. Well, here we are.

Photo of the Hail Mary book cover

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Project: A new swing

Uggh. What was I thinking when I agreed with golf coach to change my swing? They say it took Tiger Woods over a year to change his so why is it I think I should be able to change mine faster than that? Focus Catherine, you are playing the long game.

Recommendations

Things worth your time — books, tools, and whatever else has caught my attention.

Book
Crossing the Unknown Sea book cover

Crossing the Unknown Sea

David Whyte

Book

Crossing the Unknown Sea

A poetic exploration encouraging us to fully discover who we are and become who we want to be - through what we call "our work".

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Never Split the Difference book cover

Project Hail Mary

Chris Voss

Book

Never Split the Difference

I always hesitate recommending this book for fear you might use these techniques against me one day.

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Shantaram book cover

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

Book

Shantaram

An epic! Completely immersive and I recommend you do not start reading until you are absolutely certain nothing else will require your attention.

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Podcast
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Tara Brach Podcast

Tara Brach

Podcast

Tara Brach Podcast

A masterclass in mindfulness. Each episode is a blend of deep wisdom and quirky humor that has saved me from my own worst impulses more than once.

Book
The Gift of Fear book cover

The Gift of Fear

Gavin de Becker

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The Gift of Fear

Seeing fear as a signal and using our intuition to identify and avoid dangerous situations.

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Project Hail Mary book cover

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Book

Project Hail Mary

This book pulled me completely out of my world and into another. I started it while in the middle of building this website — and, well, website development slowed significantly. Funny, smart, and surprisingly moving.

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