I read this only a year into my own autism diagnosis, and (perhaps slightly counterintuitively) this post imbued me with a dash of hope for the next six years. Your work helped me discover myself, and I'm ever grateful for your creativity and guidance as someone several steps ahead :) Thank you for sharing so much of yourself with the world.
This will doubtless make you all cringey and uncomfortable but I find your writing incredibly inspiring. It’s so honest, raw and resonant - perhaps that’s the wisdom others perceive in it - your authenticity.
It reminds me that it’s OK to be weird little me with my struggles and quirks, and that there’s value and strength in the way I see, interpret and communicate with the world around me.
I’m s heartened to read this , I have struggled with summer this year as it seemed to suddenly explode into light and in my northern town it’s never flipping dark! I realise that I feel too exposed and I need to retreat from it sometimes too ❤️
Although I'm welcoming the Winter Solstice here in Australia and looking forward to lighter days I still feel a deep connection with all you write... I feel the need for rest and reset as I look to what is to come next. As someone discovering things about myself I have always thought to be "just me" I now see that there are many more reasons. You're writing inspires me to take this journey of self discovery.
It's 4:30am as I read this (can't sleep), and the house wrens are already chattering away. Midsummer is such a strange beast! I'm so grateful to have your words, here, as I move through this wide-awake season. "We’re building that scaffolding, a little better this time, a little more stable, a little more flexible." Amen to that.
I feel I’m brimming over with responses to this, but chief among them is gratitude (much as it might make you squirm) and a wish to honor your experience—to make you feel as seen as I feel reading it. That approaching wave, that mass of cycles ending; the terror and yet the absolute necessity of it; I’m there, too. Thank you for this exceptionally generous piece.
What I most appreciate actually, is your mess and that you share it; the way you turn it over in the light; the pathways through it you seek. I said to someone recently about your work: it’s not that I think you have all the answers. It’s the questions you ask that I’m grateful for.
I’m reading this in 2025, and it has lodged in my heart and mind. I’ve been doing enneagram work and have experienced some of the dislocation of making changes but then not being sure what replaces the old ways of being. Your work is a gift to so many, and your stories help many of us make more sense of—and create with more confidence—our own stories. Thank you for writing! 🌞
Hi, sorry this is an admin thing but not really sure where else to ask - I have a retreat membership lasting till 2nd aug but am unable to open the locked content for tomorrows online retreat.
Any tips anyone what to do. I’ve been so looking forward to it!
Your writing is an exquisite elixir that I hope will never end.
Ditto ... 🩵
I read this only a year into my own autism diagnosis, and (perhaps slightly counterintuitively) this post imbued me with a dash of hope for the next six years. Your work helped me discover myself, and I'm ever grateful for your creativity and guidance as someone several steps ahead :) Thank you for sharing so much of yourself with the world.
It’s a voyage of discovery 🤍
This will doubtless make you all cringey and uncomfortable but I find your writing incredibly inspiring. It’s so honest, raw and resonant - perhaps that’s the wisdom others perceive in it - your authenticity.
It reminds me that it’s OK to be weird little me with my struggles and quirks, and that there’s value and strength in the way I see, interpret and communicate with the world around me.
Your writing feels like coming home.
It is more definitely okay, and I’m going to learn to cringe less and to just say ‘thank you’ 🥰
I’m s heartened to read this , I have struggled with summer this year as it seemed to suddenly explode into light and in my northern town it’s never flipping dark! I realise that I feel too exposed and I need to retreat from it sometimes too ❤️
Midsummer is hard! But it passes. July is more relaxed.
I hope 🤞🏼
Although I'm welcoming the Winter Solstice here in Australia and looking forward to lighter days I still feel a deep connection with all you write... I feel the need for rest and reset as I look to what is to come next. As someone discovering things about myself I have always thought to be "just me" I now see that there are many more reasons. You're writing inspires me to take this journey of self discovery.
It's 4:30am as I read this (can't sleep), and the house wrens are already chattering away. Midsummer is such a strange beast! I'm so grateful to have your words, here, as I move through this wide-awake season. "We’re building that scaffolding, a little better this time, a little more stable, a little more flexible." Amen to that.
I feel I’m brimming over with responses to this, but chief among them is gratitude (much as it might make you squirm) and a wish to honor your experience—to make you feel as seen as I feel reading it. That approaching wave, that mass of cycles ending; the terror and yet the absolute necessity of it; I’m there, too. Thank you for this exceptionally generous piece.
What I most appreciate actually, is your mess and that you share it; the way you turn it over in the light; the pathways through it you seek. I said to someone recently about your work: it’s not that I think you have all the answers. It’s the questions you ask that I’m grateful for.
And also, yay, Rebecca!
I’m reading this in 2025, and it has lodged in my heart and mind. I’ve been doing enneagram work and have experienced some of the dislocation of making changes but then not being sure what replaces the old ways of being. Your work is a gift to so many, and your stories help many of us make more sense of—and create with more confidence—our own stories. Thank you for writing! 🌞
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Hi Katherine! Would you (or anyone with the knowledge) fill me in on what a digital retreat is all about? Thanks ☺️
Hi, sorry this is an admin thing but not really sure where else to ask - I have a retreat membership lasting till 2nd aug but am unable to open the locked content for tomorrows online retreat.
Any tips anyone what to do. I’ve been so looking forward to it!
Just to say - I've forwarded this to someone who knows the answer, just so you know it's been seen! You can also email members@katherine-may.com
Thanks Katherine! Sorry about the boringness of this! I’ll try following up too. need the retreat!