Katherine Burchhardt

03/24/2023

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The International Positive Psychology Association is hosting their World Congress this summer in VANCOUVER! Who's coming?! Looking forward to seeing some MAPPCP colleagues from around the world again. Come join us!

The International Positive Psychology Association is hosting in Vancouver this summer, bringing the latest innovations from experts in positive psychology and wellbeing.

04/05/2022

Many of you know we lost our dog Skipper this year. Here's a reflection I wrote about love, dogs, grief and our capacity to love through grief. If your or someone you know has lost a pet recently, know you are not alone, and I hope you find something helpful in my words in this post. ❤️

A piece on the love for our dogs, grief, and the love we share.

02/02/2022

January's roundup of some articles to check out in the coaching space. We're looking at awe, what makes the good life, legit doctor's prescriptions for happiness practices, and honoring a brilliant coach I admire who recently passed.

Moving into the new year with some articles to check out in the wellbeing industry.

01/05/2022

As we head into the new year, here is a run down of some of the articles published in the wellbeing space in December to check out. And the link to a FREE workshop a leader in positive psychology (I highly respect!) is hosting later this month, great for people in career transition. Take a look and see what insights are here for you. ✨

Articles to check out in the wellbeing space from December.

12/11/2021

New design live in the shop! 🎉 If you’re a life coach (like me!) these are great to mail to clients - it has three prompts they get to fill in ❤️ And great to pop in the mail to thoughtful friends of course. I hope you enjoy sprinkling these cards in the world! 🌲

Head over to shopkatherineburchhardt.com to grab a pack of these new greeting cards. 📬

12/01/2021

Ready to kick off December? Let's start with a roundup of some articles in wellbeing published in November. Make sure you check out the article I link about "the psychologically rich life". It discusses a route to wellbeing as activities that are perspective changing rather than just enjoyable. What do you think? I'm chewing on it!

November articles in wellbeing.

11/30/2021

On the phone in my first client session today we first connected on which mug we were drinking out of. It was early and we were warming up to head into our real topic for the coaching. We described our mugs to each other and why we picked them, virtually cheersing with our cozy mugs. It reminded me of a blog post I wrote a year ago about how the choice of your morning coffee mug can set the tone for your day. Sharing again here in case this is relevant to your morning too ☕️

Lots of people start their day with a cup of coffee, but what if you chose your mug with intention?

06/18/2021

A theme that’s come up in probably half of my client coaching sessions this week is some version of giving yourself grace. I find it often happens that some weeks clients seem to be tapping into a similar thread, and there’s a collective sense of something they’re all experiencing. This week the leading sentiment was the idea of giving yourself grace. I’m sharing this with you in case you’re also finding yourself thinking this, you are in good company.

This year has been a lot. (Duh.) And I’m encouraged by the shift I’m hearing in clients to a recognition of the importance of allowing themselves to just “be”, and honor the place they are in now.

Some of the powerful phrases I’ve heard clients say and connect with this week, of what they are committing to for themselves and the grace they are giving:

Breath. Connect to the present moment. Connect to wisdom. Feel proud. Feel strong. Take up space. Recognize your bravery. Your resilience. Find joy in people. Beauty in your power. Remind yourself you’ve done hard things before. Feel the power in this time. Give yourself grace.

I invite you to join them in allowing yourself to breathe, and be who you are right now. 🙏🏻

05/05/2021

Although it was my first class in Charleston, walking up to the barre3 class in the park today felt like home. Met with open arms and an air hug, it felt so good to be back in a community I so love. In Palo Alto was my place. Daily 7am classes with the crew brought me incredible grounding, joy and connection. Then moving to San Diego with no barre3 studio I switched to virtual classes. And in the pandemic, my littlest sister and I have been taking classes online together a few times a week (using our to see each other!) Through the years barre3 and their empowering workout and loving community has been a big part of my life. Walking up today to my first in person class, in my new town that I’m making my home, and sweating, fully vaccinated, with welcoming new friends, was everything. 🙏🏻

04/30/2021

You may have read the NY Times article introducing the word "languishing" as the dominant emotion during the pandemic - but I also suggest reading a response to this article, suggesting that actually "dormant" might be a fitting word. I share both of these articles, a new movie trailer, and some other interesting reads in wellbeing published in the month of April in this curated blog post.

Languishing, YOLO, new normal and a movie trailer. Here are some interesting reads in wellbeing from the month of April.

04/29/2021

I just watched the trailer for the upcoming movie, Luca, and I’m convinced they had a life coach on their writing team. Can you spot the coaching references in the trailer?

This summer, you’re invited to Portorosso. Watch the new trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Luca and see the film June 18 on Disney+. Set in a beautiful seaside ...

01/05/2021

8 articles in the news on wellbeing, life coaching & entrepreneurship in the month of December. This month we're looking at the top findings in 2020 in wellbeing, favorite books of the year, and finding joy this holiday season. Check it out - there are a few really interesting articles listed this month. ⬇️

Articles in the news on wellbeing, life coaching and entrepreneurship in the month of December.