Kate Smalley
@katesmalley
Small Business Advisor & Educator.
Pursuing work that’s meaningful in a way that’s sustainable.
Exploring growth that centers play, possibility, care, and fullness.
Kate Smalley
katesmalley.com
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.”
— Anne Lamott
“The key seems to be to find a restful yet attention presence in the midst of our work, to open up a spaciousness even in the center of our responsibility.”
— David Whyte, Crossing the Unknown Sea
Conceiving of something as a gift changes your relationship to it in a profound way, even though the physical makeup of the “thing” has not changed. A wooly knit hat that you purchase at the store will keep you warm regardless of its origin, but if it was hand knit by your favorite auntie, then you are in relationship to that “thing” in a very
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Getting found is about being findable.
Tina Mai • Kernel | Chaos Theory
"Art happens between you and something—a subject, an idea, a technique—and both you and that something need to be free to move."
— David Bayles & Ted Orland, Art and Fear
What qualities in myself have never met? What two qualities in myself have I never put together. What distances could I travel if I actually brought parts of me together that have never spoken?
On Being • David Whyte — Seeking Language Large Enough
"You can’t find peace by avoiding life."
— Virginia Woolf