About Me

I’m Cat, an enthusiastic life learner with a passion for herbs, wild spaces, good books and great conversations. Currently I am a homeschooling mom of 2, with a homesteading heart in my hinterland home. Before landing here on the Sunshine Coast, I was doing a PhD in community-led development, and I've worked in various community engagement roles here and overseas. I'm looking forward to learning and practising alongside you, as we journey together into our everyday habits and skills.

Our foundations

All my projects, events and books are built on these pillars:

Everyday _ slow, steady consistent habit of paying attention to your (holistic) body and gently, lovingly responding to its needs and messages

Everyday _ simple skills, habits and attitudes. A self-care, self-connection toolkit.

Health Sovereignty _ being response-able for your health. Feeling empowered and in charge. Feeling confident to be the author of your own story, even amidst the plot twists you didn't plan on

Body wisdom and deep listening _ trusting your body and taking time to cultivate a relationship with yourself.

Sustainable Personal and Family Culture _
building regular habits that nourish you and your family for the long-term

Seasonal living _ aligned with the cycles of nature

Why did I start Everyday Empowered?

My story starts in a hospital in Indonesia. It probably started long before that, but this is the snapshot in time that marked a beginning. I ended up in hospital for 3 months before being medi-vacced back to Australia. I almost got the whole plane quarantined, before being whisked straight to hospital quarantine. Thus begun my long road to recovery after two infectious tropical diseases. After not walking for 3 months, I had lost lots of weight and muscle tone. I used to wish my physio could do daily house visits, or maybe even just be my personal body slave, as I learnt to re-use and rebuild my core muscles.

Over the last 10 years, I have worked with amazing practitioners who have helped me on the return to vibrancy and vitality. And yet, at the end of the day, I am the one who is in my body every day. I am the first to know what is working, what feels off, and when I need to dip into my personal toolbox of mind-body-soul strategies to regain balance.

When it comes to having vibrant health and a flourishing life, we're the ones we've been waiting for. It is imperative that we know how our bodies work, what messages they’re sending us and that we have a toolbox of simple, holistic strategies to help us respond and re-calibrate when things go off course.

This is what Everyday Empowered is all about – breaking it down in to a range of simple skills and habits you can use every day to understand and respond to your body’s mind-body-soul messages. It is preventative health, yes - by seeing early warning signs you’ll have time to course correct while imbalances are still small. But even more, this skill - this body literacy - is perhaps, one of the most foundational skills for a flourishing life.

At Everyday Empowered, I collaborate with a range of skilled practitioners and educators so you can build your holistic tool-kit for understanding and looking after your own health and life.