Hey all, I’m Cas!

I’m so happy that your curiosity brought you here. I can’t wait to have a chat but in the meantime here’s a bit of my story…

My most authentic teachers in this world are a 5-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl. Their daily lesson plans are focused on love, acceptance and magic and almost never being afraid to try new things and I live for it! But it takes effort each day to slow down to absorb their teachings.

I love my husband & coffee…most days in that order. Our house is full of animals and it’s usually some level of messy! We try to live simply & slowly. I really don’t like to have more than 1 commitment on a weekend. Like you I am also a whole list of other things…a granddaughter, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a friend. These relationships are important to me, and I work on them daily. Many times, this work looks a lot like making mistakes and trying again. 

I am woman living life without losing focus on my necessities & desires!

I get up at 5 most mornings, I love early mornings. Lately, it’s because it’s when I do my best work and when you are Mom-ing all day and trying to build a business you work when you can. But there’s always been something magical to me about starting early every day. Sitting in the quiet, the first sips of coffee, the time I get to hear myself. This business has been built from 5-6:30 am and then again after bedtime for the past 5 ish years, so please forgive the grammar and spelling mistakes.

I work from home now caring for extra little ones and creating this business but before this adventure I ran a childcare center for the better part of 15 years. My favorite part of my past work life was leading a team to excel in their own learning, to strengthen their skills and connection by having conversations that forced them to see each other as real people. I enjoyed nudging them out of their comfy routines to try something new while focusing on the possibilities. I have collected awards (like real, on my wall, plaques) for my work as an Educator and Leader. Basically, these awards mean I’m kick ass at building relationships and encouraging others and I never want to stop doing that. In my transition out of that job I realized that the most important thing to me about that work was being in the energy of others learning about themselves. I loved my time as their curious cheerleader and now I want to be yours.

As a visitor here, I want you to notice and remember how awesome you already are!

I really think that people are super interesting; the way we make decisions and choose to act daily intrigues me. I believe that when we know different, we do different. I’ve worked with life coaches, women’s groups, work teams, schools, community organizations and have stacks of books and bookmarked websites because I have a serious knowledge addiction. I think we learn best through hearing and sharing stories & I love collecting stories.

My mission right now is to make sure that when my two best little teachers grow enough to need me differently, I don’t look in the mirror, or at my husband, and wonder who the hell I am or who the hell we are. I am determined to know my awesomeness in every day that I am given and then to create opportunities to use that knowing.

I want to share what’s worked for me, especially if it’s been hard work. I promise you these stories are real, messy and not perfect…just the way we get through our days over here. My wish is that from your time here you gain a sense of community, the encouragement you need to master life and the strength to make it through the sticky spots.

I recently went on a little scavenger hunt through that one box we all have. The one that is tucked so far away and filled with things from our previous life, as teenagers, kids, 20 somethings, etc. I found this little piece of paper taped into a book where I used to write my own poetry (note to self…write poetry again! Or at least try and see if you still like it).

Maybe this lived in this book when I was 15 because I didn’t always feel listened to and maybe it was because I was often afraid to share my voice but not this time sister…I am here to listen, and I am here to share a space for you to be heard!

This past summer my boy made the rounds of a playground asking kid after kid to play with him (I love this trait of my boy and you’ll likely hear more about it through our time together). His requests were met with confused stares and lots of kids just walking away (I don’t love this about other kids and you’ll likely hear more about that as well). My boy got fed up, but he didn’t quit, quitting was not even an option for him. He climbed to the tallest part of the structure and yelled ‘My name is Lucas and I like dinosaurs! Who wants to play with me!’ I don’t know if the boy that responded was one he had already asked to play but to these two second chances were an option. This little guy yelled back ‘I like dinosaurs’ and hustled to the top of the climber. I can still feel the awe that I felt in the few seconds that it took this scenario to play out in front of me. I don’t even think any of the other adults around the perimeter of the playground even noticed that this was happening. And I wondered to myself, would they notice if I had climbed up on that climber and yelled ‘Hey, I’m Cas and I like helping people really get to know themselves. Does anyone what to play with me?’ I wonder if anyone would have hustled up to the top of the climber to meet me?

So here I am… just a gal who believes in you, sharing myself in hopes that you’ll believe in you too and make a commitment today to get to know yourself better!