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.

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My Website Is a Shifting House Next to a River of Knowledge. What Could Yours Be?

thecreativeindependent.com thecreativeindependent.com

Art in Containers

“Life is ceaseless movement; stability is found in balance, not rigidity.”

— Neil Theise, Notes on Complexity

people don’t buy products when they understand them. they buy products when they feel understood.

Communication, Language, Form

"It is a paradox that experiencing pain releases pain."

— Gunilla Brodde Norris

How to Human

Words are really honest presences. They always show what’s going on. Show me the words you use and I’ll have a fair ideas of what’s happening or not happening with you.

John O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty

Communication, Language, Form

"We lost public spaces. Online public spaces. Facebook and Google are shopping malls, but we think they are parks!" — Aral Balkan

The Emergent Now

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The Emergent Now

To name the world as gift is to feel one’s membership in the web of reciprocity. It makes you happy—and it makes you accountable.

Emergence Magazine • The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Emergent Now

“Great things can only be understood gradually. You don’t get anything great all at once.”

— Richard Rohr

How to Human