Lessons from a master procrastinator, and the surprising parts I met along the way
Kat Hofmann Kat Hofmann

Lessons from a master procrastinator, and the surprising parts I met along the way

For years, I thought procrastination was about avoiding the task.

I'm beginning to suspect it's often about standing at the threshold of a new identity.

That doesn't mean every delay carries profound psychological meaning. Sometimes an email is simply an email, and the kindest thing I can do is stop overthinking it and press send.

I've also learned that shame has never once made me more creative.

Curiosity has.

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What Somatic Work Is. And What It Isn’t.
Kat Hofmann Kat Hofmann

What Somatic Work Is. And What It Isn’t.

Very often, somatic work looks almost ordinary.

It can be noticing that you’re pulling your abdomen in and allowing it to soften. Realizing your jaw has been clenched for hours and letting it release. Feeling your breath deepen by a fraction. Becoming aware that you’ve been holding yourself upright and allowing your weight to rest back into the chair.

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Over-Self-Regulation: When Being “Calm” Becomes a Survival Strategy
Kat Hofmann Kat Hofmann

Over-Self-Regulation: When Being “Calm” Becomes a Survival Strategy

A life that feels technically fine but emotionally unreachable.

The antidote is not dysregulation.
It’s permission.

Permission to feel the heat rise in your chest.
Permission to feel the grief under your sternum.
Permission to let your no move through your diaphragm instead of holding it down.
Permission to shake, expand, breathe, reach, soften.

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