by Cate Montana | Oct 1, 2017 | the E-Blog
Here I am, merrily tripping along on the coattails of 36 years of intense introspection, thinking I know where all the buttons and dead bodies lie. Writing a definitive text about the ego, (and having a great agent and publisher to go with it) everything in my life...
by Cate Montana | Sep 15, 2017 | the E-Blog
So, I’m driving towards Phoenix. It’s late and instead of messing around with Airbnb I did the old-fashioned thing and stopped at a motel for the night. Perhaps that’s what triggered the sense of insecurity and isolation this morning. Or maybe it was the first email I...
by Cate Montana | Aug 12, 2017 | the E-Blog
Finishing up my yoga and meditation this morning I couldn’t help noticing how utterly present I was. No thinking. No direction. No needs. No “I better get going on that book or blog or email.” No need to run to the bathroom or the kitchen or the grocery store....
by Cate Montana | Jul 26, 2017 | the E-Blog
For the longest time, I thought “being” meant hanging out in a meditative-like state of quiet bliss—you know— totally calm and “present.” Compared to the frantic state of modern civilization and much of my life, “being” seemed like a haven of refuge. “I’m just going...
by Cate Montana | Jul 17, 2017 | the E-Blog
Waking up to blue skies the other morning, I sat on the deck nursing my coffee, totally aware that my computer wasn’t calling to me. My inner child, however, was making a huge racket. The beach! The beach! Let’s go to the beach! I didn’t even try to...
by Cate Montana | Jul 12, 2017 | the E-Blog
Ever had that thought? I can’t leave my __________ (lover, husband, wife, job, school, home … fill in the blank). I might never find one as good. The other day I was thinking about moving to a new place (California!) and caught myself driving to town, soaking up the...