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As editor and publisher, Kat is the brain (and the bump) behind The Bump & Hustle. She is the face of Hustle on the Street, and co-host of The Ramble podcast. She's been a featured blogger for YummyMummyClub.ca, and her writing has appeared in Huffington Post Canada, and Metro News.

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  • The moment is all the matters.⁣ This breath that links me to the here and now, is all that I need.⁣ Being present is the only present I want-⁣ To celebrate this imprint of our lives overlapping. ⁣ ⁣ 💗✨💗✨💗⁣ ⁣ I am over the moon excited that in 3 weeks, at Spoonie Wedding Part 3, I will be able to share a true gift of connection and mindfulness with my guests.⁣ ⁣ First, I love how the universe works, because I had wanted a wedding meditation but I didn’t know how to make one happen. ⁣ ⁣ That’s when @yourweddingmeditation liked one of my posts- my eyes popped! Then I freaked out even more because who else is behind this wonderful service but my lovely friends Amy and Annabel from @mindmgtofficial !!!⁣ ⁣ I immediately texted Annabel to pump her full of questions so we could make this happen. Guess what?⁣ ⁣ They were trying to connect with me, because they wanted to gift me a custom wedding meditation. 😭❤️😭❤️⁣ ⁣ I am so excited to be working with these incredible, bright, beautiful inside-and-out women. ⁣ ⁣ I had the nicest talk (between happy sobs and goosebumps) about what I really wanted to touch on over the course of a few minutes.⁣ ⁣ Love. Life. Breath. Being present. Togetherness...⁣ ⁣ They will be writing a custom meditation for us, and this wonderful experience will also be a favour for guests to listen to at home so they can remember the day- and so they can ground themselves, re-center, and be together with their loved ones any time! 😍⁣ ⁣ Annabel and Amy, I’m so filled with gratitude for your generous gift. I can’t wait for our journey together and to share my gift with everyone. ⁣ ⁣ I love you ladies!! ⁣ ⁣ 💗✨💗✨💗⁣
  • “STRIPES ARE SO UNFORGIVING.”⁣ ⁣ Let’s stop and think about that for a second, because it’s the second time in a few days that I’ve heard someone say that an inanimate object or a colour has power over their body image. The first time was about an ‘unforgiving’ pair of white jeans. My jeans, actually.⁣ 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ ⁣ So let’s be literal for a minute. Like, full-on Drax the Destroyer literal. ⁣ ⁣ Because colours, patterns, or clothing and accessories of any kind - yes even when they are placed on or near your body - do not have the ability to judge you.⁣ ⁣ They cannot forgive you, nor can they hold a grudge.⁣ ⁣ Of course the question needs to be asked- why is the implication that you or your body have done something wrong in the first place? Why do you need their forgiveness? Seriously, Carol- what did you do to Stripes this time?⁣ ⁣ Nope. ⁣ ⁣ Repeat after me:⁣ ⁣ A pair of pants cannot hold your soul in the balance. Truly. Not even white jeans.⁣ ⁣ A colour palette’s purpose in the universe is not aesthetic servitude. Purple does not have an existential crisis because it didn’t make your eyes pop this spring, nor does it have the ability to age you or take years off. Yellow is not spiritually fulfilled because it warmed or cooled your skin tone.⁣ ⁣ So now that we have that clear, if you like stripes, or white jeans, or purple, or whatever, just start enjoying them!⁣ ⁣ You don’t have to criticize your body and make excuses with strange allegories and anthropomorphism.⁣ ⁣ Just put your clothes on and get out there and celebrate your beautiful shape with your favourite colours and designs. ⁣ ⁣ No forgiveness necessary.⁣ ⁣ 💗✨😘
  • Today I am learning how to:⁣ ⁣ • honour my energy⁣ • ask for help⁣ • use my resources⁣ • cultivate patience for myself and others ⁣ • stop comparing my current self to my past self⁣ • let go of the expectation that something can only be achieved in one way⁣ • foster beauty in every aspect of myself⁣ • be comfortable in my choices and my skin⁣ • trust that my goals are unique and will be waiting for me when I reach them⁣ • be present in my life- for the good AND the bad⁣ • embrace adaptation, and release ego⁣ ⁣ Because adaptation is the seed from which resilience grows.⁣ ⁣ And I’m only just breaking through the soil to feel the sun.⁣ ⁣ Just watch. ⁣ ⁣ ✨❤️💪🏻☀️🌱✨⁣ ⁣ Sending sunshine, strength, spoons, and maybe a little virtual caffeine to give you the leg up you need this afternoon! You got this! 😘⁣ ⁣ #gratitude
  • Inhale.⁣ Exhale.⁣ Yes.⁣ You are.⁣ ⁣ #mindfulmonday 💗
  • My Dad. ❤️❤️❤️ This Father’s Day is extra special for me. Not only am I feeling extra lucky to have my dad with me, but today coincides with a very special anniversary. 66 years ago today my uncle, grandma, and my dad arrived in Canada by boat. They landed in Quebec. The next picture marked the occasion (Dad is on the right), and I am so grateful to my uncle for sharing it with me. This is where We started. This is how I came to be where I am and who I am. Thank you grandma and grandpa for taking that trip; that risk. It must have been terrifying. It’s hard to believe that only a few years later in Toronto, my parents would meet for the first time, become dance partners, and eventually spend the rest of their lives together. I love you so much Daddy. Thank you for letting me look to our past to see the strength, love, enduring spirit and power of our family. It’s a legacy I am proud to keep nurturing and one that I will continue living and teaching every day. ❤️✨ PS. Yes, my dad basically looks like a combination of Tom Selleck, and Tom Skerritt. Maybe throw in some Harrison Ford for good measure. Now look at the photo again and tell me you don’t hear the Top Gun soundtrack and a gruff “...Gimme a call, I’ll fly with ya...”
  • This is the face of someone ‘disabled’ who just: • Bought her wedding dress • Wrote 3 articles • Hosted a kids sleepover • Walked a dog without a cane • Said yes to volunteering • Helped 2 amazing tweens with their talent show number • Spent quality time with family and friends • Still managed her symptoms with determination- and compassion. ✨💪🏻💗✨ I used to think that life was over just because my health and mobility wasn’t the greatest. I spent years in mourning for my ‘could have been’ selves. In all honesty, there are still times that I have to remind myself gently, that the woman in the mirror is just as amazing as any of those potential futures I had my sights on. But today, I am stopping to count all the wonders of the last week. Today, I am looking at all the joy and abundance that came flooding into my life, because I simply let it in. I am taking pride in my willingness to experience life; be present; be open; be loved. Just as I am. 💗💗💗
  • Feeling cute, and celebrating it! Because SELF LOVE. Happy Friday, Babies! ✨💖✨
  • 1. Struggling hard, but still beautiful.⁣ 2. Beautiful, but still struggling hard.⁣ ⁣ Everyone is on a journey of self love, and self acceptance. ⁣ ⁣ Every single person on this planet - right at this moment- is learning, growing, healing, and becoming. ⁣ ⁣ And every single experience is unique.⁣ ⁣ So today, look around you.⁣ ⁣ And then look around again with the joyous realization that you really don’t know very much at all.⁣ ⁣ That there is so much to discover about our surroundings, our selves, and even our closest friends.⁣ ⁣ There is always another truth lurking beneath our daily ‘I’m fine’ interactions.⁣ ⁣ Find that today. 💗⁣ ⁣ Re-engage with your spark of discovery.⁣ ⁣ You will truly want to ask ‘How are you?’⁣ ⁣ You will truly want to hear the answer.⁣ ⁣ Connection is waiting, and it looks nothing like you thought it did.
  • This is 4, you guys. ⁣ ⁣ Kid Vader: Mom you have your bath, and I’ll do a meditation for you.⁣ ⁣ Me: Ok sure!⁣ ⁣ Kid Vader: (Whispering) Mooooooooooom, just clooooooose your eyesssss, and become what you waaaaaaaant to beeeeeeee...⁣ ⁣ Me: Wow-⁣ ⁣ Kid Vader: SHHH. Now cloooose your braaaain, and remember you are beauuuuutiful! And beeeecome who you are...and also you are peeeeeeaceful! And a lot like Suuuuupermaaaaaan. Maybeee even like a dinosaaaauuur. But you are Moooooom. And that is even more awesoooome....”⁣ ⁣ BEST. MEDITATION. EVER.⁣ ⁣ Feeling refreshed, caped up, and ready to perplex Jeff Goldblum. 😂✨💗⁣

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  • The moment is all the matters.⁣ This breath that links me to the here and now, is all that I need.⁣ Being present is the only present I want-⁣ To celebrate this imprint of our lives overlapping. ⁣ ⁣ 💗✨💗✨💗⁣ ⁣ I am over the moon excited that in 3 weeks, at Spoonie Wedding Part 3, I will be able to share a true gift of connection and mindfulness with my guests.⁣ ⁣ First, I love how the universe works, because I had wanted a wedding meditation but I didn’t know how to make one happen. ⁣ ⁣ That’s when @yourweddingmeditation liked one of my posts- my eyes popped! Then I freaked out even more because who else is behind this wonderful service but my lovely friends Amy and Annabel from @mindmgtofficial !!!⁣ ⁣ I immediately texted Annabel to pump her full of questions so we could make this happen. Guess what?⁣ ⁣ They were trying to connect with me, because they wanted to gift me a custom wedding meditation. 😭❤️😭❤️⁣ ⁣ I am so excited to be working with these incredible, bright, beautiful inside-and-out women. ⁣ ⁣ I had the nicest talk (between happy sobs and goosebumps) about what I really wanted to touch on over the course of a few minutes.⁣ ⁣ Love. Life. Breath. Being present. Togetherness...⁣ ⁣ They will be writing a custom meditation for us, and this wonderful experience will also be a favour for guests to listen to at home so they can remember the day- and so they can ground themselves, re-center, and be together with their loved ones any time! 😍⁣ ⁣ Annabel and Amy, I’m so filled with gratitude for your generous gift. I can’t wait for our journey together and to share my gift with everyone. ⁣ ⁣ I love you ladies!! ⁣ ⁣ 💗✨💗✨💗⁣
  • “STRIPES ARE SO UNFORGIVING.”⁣ ⁣ Let’s stop and think about that for a second, because it’s the second time in a few days that I’ve heard someone say that an inanimate object or a colour has power over their body image. The first time was about an ‘unforgiving’ pair of white jeans. My jeans, actually.⁣ 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ ⁣ So let’s be literal for a minute. Like, full-on Drax the Destroyer literal. ⁣ ⁣ Because colours, patterns, or clothing and accessories of any kind - yes even when they are placed on or near your body - do not have the ability to judge you.⁣ ⁣ They cannot forgive you, nor can they hold a grudge.⁣ ⁣ Of course the question needs to be asked- why is the implication that you or your body have done something wrong in the first place? Why do you need their forgiveness? Seriously, Carol- what did you do to Stripes this time?⁣ ⁣ Nope. ⁣ ⁣ Repeat after me:⁣ ⁣ A pair of pants cannot hold your soul in the balance. Truly. Not even white jeans.⁣ ⁣ A colour palette’s purpose in the universe is not aesthetic servitude. Purple does not have an existential crisis because it didn’t make your eyes pop this spring, nor does it have the ability to age you or take years off. Yellow is not spiritually fulfilled because it warmed or cooled your skin tone.⁣ ⁣ So now that we have that clear, if you like stripes, or white jeans, or purple, or whatever, just start enjoying them!⁣ ⁣ You don’t have to criticize your body and make excuses with strange allegories and anthropomorphism.⁣ ⁣ Just put your clothes on and get out there and celebrate your beautiful shape with your favourite colours and designs. ⁣ ⁣ No forgiveness necessary.⁣ ⁣ 💗✨😘
  • Today I am learning how to:⁣ ⁣ • honour my energy⁣ • ask for help⁣ • use my resources⁣ • cultivate patience for myself and others ⁣ • stop comparing my current self to my past self⁣ • let go of the expectation that something can only be achieved in one way⁣ • foster beauty in every aspect of myself⁣ • be comfortable in my choices and my skin⁣ • trust that my goals are unique and will be waiting for me when I reach them⁣ • be present in my life- for the good AND the bad⁣ • embrace adaptation, and release ego⁣ ⁣ Because adaptation is the seed from which resilience grows.⁣ ⁣ And I’m only just breaking through the soil to feel the sun.⁣ ⁣ Just watch. ⁣ ⁣ ✨❤️💪🏻☀️🌱✨⁣ ⁣ Sending sunshine, strength, spoons, and maybe a little virtual caffeine to give you the leg up you need this afternoon! You got this! 😘⁣ ⁣ #gratitude
  • Inhale.⁣ Exhale.⁣ Yes.⁣ You are.⁣ ⁣ #mindfulmonday 💗
  • My Dad. ❤️❤️❤️ This Father’s Day is extra special for me. Not only am I feeling extra lucky to have my dad with me, but today coincides with a very special anniversary. 66 years ago today my uncle, grandma, and my dad arrived in Canada by boat. They landed in Quebec. The next picture marked the occasion (Dad is on the right), and I am so grateful to my uncle for sharing it with me. This is where We started. This is how I came to be where I am and who I am. Thank you grandma and grandpa for taking that trip; that risk. It must have been terrifying. It’s hard to believe that only a few years later in Toronto, my parents would meet for the first time, become dance partners, and eventually spend the rest of their lives together. I love you so much Daddy. Thank you for letting me look to our past to see the strength, love, enduring spirit and power of our family. It’s a legacy I am proud to keep nurturing and one that I will continue living and teaching every day. ❤️✨ PS. Yes, my dad basically looks like a combination of Tom Selleck, and Tom Skerritt. Maybe throw in some Harrison Ford for good measure. Now look at the photo again and tell me you don’t hear the Top Gun soundtrack and a gruff “...Gimme a call, I’ll fly with ya...”
  • This is the face of someone ‘disabled’ who just: • Bought her wedding dress • Wrote 3 articles • Hosted a kids sleepover • Walked a dog without a cane • Said yes to volunteering • Helped 2 amazing tweens with their talent show number • Spent quality time with family and friends • Still managed her symptoms with determination- and compassion. ✨💪🏻💗✨ I used to think that life was over just because my health and mobility wasn’t the greatest. I spent years in mourning for my ‘could have been’ selves. In all honesty, there are still times that I have to remind myself gently, that the woman in the mirror is just as amazing as any of those potential futures I had my sights on. But today, I am stopping to count all the wonders of the last week. Today, I am looking at all the joy and abundance that came flooding into my life, because I simply let it in. I am taking pride in my willingness to experience life; be present; be open; be loved. Just as I am. 💗💗💗

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