Choose One Word. Change the Year.
Every January, the pressure shows up right on time. New goals. New habits. New versions of ourselves we’re apparently supposed to roll out immediately—fully formed, wildly motivated, and running on green juice and willpower. I’ve tried that approach. It never lasted. What has shaped my life, again and again, is choosing one word to live […]
New Year Energy (No Overhaul Required)
Quick question—are you actually ready for January… or just tired?Because this in-between week has a funny way of making us think we’re supposed to have everything figured out. New goals. New habits. New life.I’m not buying it.I’m starting the new year the same way I start most meaningful things: by getting clear. No overhaul. No […]
Winter Solstice: A New Beginning
When I think about winter, I don’t think about hustle or chaos.I think about being a kid.I picture myself outside for hours with my siblings — sledding, building snow forts, mismatched wool mittens, red cheeks, snow packed into our boots. We’d come inside cold and starving to a crackling fire and a big, warm meal […]
When Life Breaks You Open
Life’s Cosmic 2×4: When the Book You’re Writing Isn’t the Book You’re Meant to WriteA funny thing happens when you decide to write a book.You think you are the one choosing the topic.You think you are in charge.I thought that too.I was deep into writing what I thought was my newest book, Age Out Loud—a […]
The Truth Behind Holiday Overwhelm
How to Recenter Your Body, Mind, and Spirit When Life Feels LoudEver had a holiday or anniversary sneak up and punch you right in the heart?Yeah… me too.These dates—holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, milestones—have a way of stirring something deep inside us. One minute we’re handling life just fine, and the next a song, a scent, or […]
How to Find Yourself After Everything Falls Apart
There are moments in life when everything changes at once. Maybe it’s a death, a loss, a diagnosis, a breakup, a betrayal, a job ending, a dream collapsing. Whatever the catalyst, something inside you shifts in a way you can never un-feel. That’s what I call the grief bomb. Sometimes it’s sudden. Sometimes it builds […]
The Body Remembers
Part 2 of the Grief and Grace Series: The Process of Becoming Grief doesn’t live only in the heart. It lives in the body — in our breath, our bones, our muscles, and our nervous system. The truth is, when we experience loss, our bodies often know it before our minds do. We might feel […]
For When You’re Tired of Trying to Be Okay
Fixing Isn’t Healing — It’s Becoming By Kate McKay Hey friends, it’s Kate. I want to talk about something that touches all of us at some point — this idea that if we could just figure it out, if we just found the right formula, we could finally fix what hurts. We love formulas, don’t […]
How Grief Found Me (Again)
https://youtu.be/Abdy_EEWhN8 I began writing Age Out Loud not just because I believed in the message, but because I was committed to helping others experience it — the strength, vitality, and holistic resilience that come from choosing to live fully, no matter your age or stage of life.I had lived that truth. I had built a […]
Resistance Isn’t the Enemy — It’s the Invitation
We all know that feeling – the tightness in your chest, the sick feeling in your gut, the delay before you take that next step, the tug-of-war between “I know what I should do” and “Ugh, not today.” That, my friend, is resistance. And here’s the truth: resistance doesn’t get easier the higher you climb. […]