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Pam Ahern is a deadset super hero in my eyes. She's the creator of Edgars Mission here in Victoria, one of my most favourite places on Earth. A lifelong animal lover and activist, Pam always had her heart for the animals. After being a long-time champion equestrian, everything changed when a tiny piglet, the eminent Edgar Alan Pig, trotted into her life in 2003 and led her down a path she’d never imagined. 

She gave up her full-time paying job, hung up her riding boots, and dedicated her life to the protection of farmed animals. With Edgar firmly at its heart, Pam built the sanctuary, Edgars Mission from the ground up and set in motion outreach programs that would bring farmed animals out of the dark unknown and into public view. 

Pam is also the proud Australian Ambassador for World Animal Day and was a 2014 Victorian Local Hero Finalist in the Australian of the Year Awards. In the lead up to Be Kind To Animals Week, I have brought Pam on the podcast to talk all things kindness and how we humans with beating hearts and change animals' fate through our choices.

Edgar’s Mission: https://www.edgarsmission.org.au/

Edgar’s Mission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edgarsmission/

Be Kind to Animals Week - Make the pledge: https://bekindtoanimalsweek.org.au/

I rate Cathy. She's an awesome human who took a huge leap of faith that was driven by her heart and values. Cathy couldn't comprehend that calves were being taken from their mother's and slaughtered so we could drink their mother's milk. I for one stand with her on this matter, big time!

HOW NOW Dairy is the end result of her heart and vision. It's what happens when a music industry exec (that's Cathy) meets a third generation dairy farmer, and together they decide to challenge the globally accepted inhumane dairy industry practices and create an ethical dairy farm based on the simple premise of kindness.

Third generation dairy farmer and renowned dairy nutritional consultant, Dr Les Sandles found himself becoming increasingly disenfranchised with the direction of the Australian dairy industry toward mega-dairies and in 2012, he and partner, Cathy Palmer, a passionate animal right activist who had built a career in the music industry, decided to stop complaining about the problem – and become part of the solution.

The dairy is small, family owned, and fiercely independent. They're proud of their commitment to a more ethical approach to dairy production.

Keep your ears and heart open in this one and see how much impact the value of kindness has when it's put into action.

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Been doing my darnedest to keep Captain Asshole at bay, however, she's making a regular appearance at the moment and it's been a real face ache. It's been exhausting coming back to my senses, getting out of them, coming back to then and so on, and I want to share here I manage myself during these times.

It’s not always easy sharing when I’m not okay. I fear that people will think I’m unstable or not fit for the work that I do. I fear I’ll turn people off and fk up my business. But, I’m a firm believer of not posting about not being okay one day of the year and then showing a highlights reel every other day. That to me is inauthentic.

I hope this serves you well. Love Kat x

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For a lot of years, I numbed pain through drugs, cigarettes, dysfunctional behaviours and avoiding being with myself. To feel meant I had to address what I wanted to turn a blind eye to. It meant  that there were truths for me to face or accept as reality when it was preferable to live in la-la land.

These days, feeling all the feels can be incredibly overwhelming, especially in areas I give a fk about - the environment, animals and the state of humanity. Accepting the extreme contrast of beauty and pain of this world can be a real struggle, so it's important that I have tools at the ready to support that feeling journey.

But I'd rather feel than numb out, than turn a blind eye, then pretend something isn't happening, when it is. Feeling the feels allows emotions to move through me, each of them communicating a different message that helps me make an empowered choice once I've allowed them to pass.

Have a listen to today's episode about allowing yourself to feel again. I hope you enjoy it and take some gold nuggets from it.

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My ego's greatest fear is being taken down. I have a story that goes something like this. "If I be me, I'll be taken down and have nothing left. I'll have everything to lose and I can't bear that pain again. So don't have anything to lose".

Recently this came up when I was doing a process on being my real and raw self. The same story reared its head and it became obvious that my ego is so consumed with, "not being me", because if I'm not the true me, then nothing can hurt me. As a result, if I stayed focused on that, protecting myself for fear of being rejected and alone, I'd abandon my soul for a false sense of security.

Listen to the podcast for the deep insights and how this can relate to the stories your ego sells you.

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I've got big dreams that I focus on and act in favour of. I call them my True North Stars, or end results. These are the desires in my heart that long for me to live into, embody and materialise. They help me grow, be more resourceful and challenge the shit outta my limiting beliefs.

A few of my clients ask me, "but what about on the daily Kat? What about little goals for the day, do you set them?" For sure I do. I call these, "my daily practice". When I ask myself, "what am I in the practice of today?", I intend for the practice to help me serve my highest good and the good of others. This becomes a mini end result for me to keep me in check and remind myself that this is the matter I want to make matter.

In today's episode I share about how I go about this in greater depth in hope to serve you in your journey.

Lotsa love x

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In 2013, I wrote a peace essay on what peace means to me. It was an essay competition led by Rotary, that would see 10 young people chosen to go to the Rotary Global Peace Forum in Japan. 60 applicants sent their essays in, me included, and I was one of the 10 chosen to go.

At this time in my life, I had overcome chronic pain, stopped taking medication, broke up from my co-dependent six year relationship and felt like something in me was calling for more. I had overcome so much adversity and felt like an overflowing cup of energy, power and a new zest for life. Something in wanted to give back and take the learnings I had learned and share them.

I spoke to my Dad about this. Dad's a devoted Rotarian and pointed me in the direction of some programs I could get involved in, plus the peace essay. These were the first steps I took towards a path that I couldn't see clearly into, but I could feel it.

In today's episode I share this journey and the essay that I wrote (with a few tears). I believe this episode is an important one as when I wrote this essay, I had no firm vision around what I wanted to do, but had a feeling in me that wanted to be explored. Choosing to follow the feeling led me to where I am today, and maybe there is a feeling inside of you waiting to be acted upon too.

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Can you tell when you're in egoic truth (illusion) versus "truth" truth?

In my illusion (although it feels like reality), I’m right and everyone else is wrong. They’re the problem, not me. I haven’t done anything wrong, it’s all on them. They have to change, not me!
My head hurts. I’m tunnel visioned. My energy and heart is closed for business and I’m defensive as all hell. Then I judge, project, separate and disconnect (what a catch)!

When I am aware of myself in this ego drunken state, to sober myself up I unplug from the noise in my head and tune into KAT'S SOUL FM Radio Station (aka, my soul). In there I have access to higher truth and have greater capacity to expand my view of myself, others and life beyond limited thinking.

It's a humbling process to come out of illusion and back into reality. It'll hurt your ego but liberate your soul.

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I fooled myself. I'd tell myself if I did "this", then I'd be rewarded by the Universe and be deemed a true spiritual person. The stories I'd tell myself if I did or didn't do my practices was causing mental disturbance, unrelenting standards and a path of spiritual perfection.

I'm all down for keeping our minds in check and doing the work. But sometimes, part of doing the work is allowing ourselves to be human, to be real with our emotions and to feel what's going on before spiritually bypassing everything with practices.

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We have reached the final session of the coaching series with my Legends, and to finish us off, Michelle has bravely brought herself forward.

Michelle lived for everyone else for a really long time. Her needs, wants or desires weren't ever up for consideration because in her belief system, everyone else's needs, wants or desires were for her to support. 

" Kat, I have been living and operating unconsciously for so long, that I have had a massive realisation that I have not taken personal responsibility for anything for as long as I can remember.  I have just gone along with whatever anyone wants to do, have been too afraid to make decisions that might “rock the boat”, have not used my voice, and have lost myself - I am 53. For my whole life I have felt as though I am unworthy and that is why I have let others make decisions for me.  I am also a procrastinator and think of, “what if this goes wrong?" My husband was in a relationship with another woman for 2 and a half years, 9 years ago.  Can you believe that I have hung around for this long? I have been pretending for soooooooo long".

As a result, many of her deep inner longings have gone unacknowledged and unnoticed, and now she is rebuilding herself, doing the work and digging deep into herself. Michelle's story is a familiar one to so many and I am thrilled to share her with you all.

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