Katherine Kowalski
@saltwaterscribe.bsky.social
Strategic communications consultant for sustainability, social change and small businesses | Writer (creative non-fiction, flash fiction, novel-in-prog) | Neurodivergent | Working parent carer / SEND system survivor | Based in Cornwall, UK.
🚀 Traditional marketing can feel all wrong for neurodivergent business owners. Your brand should feel like you, not a performance. This mini-guide dives into Values Modes, Enneagram & MBTI to help you build a brand that fits who you are. No burnout, no cringe.
open.substack.com/pub/voiceand...
open.substack.com/pub/voiceand...
January 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🚀 Traditional marketing can feel all wrong for neurodivergent business owners. Your brand should feel like you, not a performance. This mini-guide dives into Values Modes, Enneagram & MBTI to help you build a brand that fits who you are. No burnout, no cringe.
open.substack.com/pub/voiceand...
open.substack.com/pub/voiceand...
When we think of Stoicism, it's Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius... But women lived by Stoic principles too, even if their voices were excluded from the written record.
I’m exploring these forgotten voices and will share on theintrepidpeace.substack.com soon – and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
I’m exploring these forgotten voices and will share on theintrepidpeace.substack.com soon – and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
The Intrepid Peace | Katherine Kowalski | Substack
The Intrepid Peace explores nature, myth, and ancient wisdom to inspire belonging, hope, and inclusivity, offering soulful reflections and vibrant stories for neurodivergent women and kin. Click to re...
theintrepidpeace.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When we think of Stoicism, it's Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius... But women lived by Stoic principles too, even if their voices were excluded from the written record.
I’m exploring these forgotten voices and will share on theintrepidpeace.substack.com soon – and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
I’m exploring these forgotten voices and will share on theintrepidpeace.substack.com soon – and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
For the parent carers out there… I wrote this piece about finding our way.
A meditation on hope, acceptance, and the profound beauty that exists in different ways of moving through the world.
#SEND
open.substack.com/pub/passthes...
A meditation on hope, acceptance, and the profound beauty that exists in different ways of moving through the world.
#SEND
open.substack.com/pub/passthes...
Learning to see the stars
Life lessons in a special school corridor
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
For the parent carers out there… I wrote this piece about finding our way.
A meditation on hope, acceptance, and the profound beauty that exists in different ways of moving through the world.
#SEND
open.substack.com/pub/passthes...
A meditation on hope, acceptance, and the profound beauty that exists in different ways of moving through the world.
#SEND
open.substack.com/pub/passthes...
For fellow rewilders, this starter pack is fantastic.
Reposting my rewilding in UK & IRL starter pack for anyone who may be new here. Like, share or suggest people who should be on it.
go.bsky.app/A7v5ZUQ
go.bsky.app/A7v5ZUQ
January 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
For fellow rewilders, this starter pack is fantastic.
'Do what you can, with what you have, where you are'.
Unexpected wisdom for autistic burnout recovery.
New piece on The Intrepid Peace about finding our own rhythm, working with our brain's patterns, and refusing to diminish our dreams.
open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
Unexpected wisdom for autistic burnout recovery.
New piece on The Intrepid Peace about finding our own rhythm, working with our brain's patterns, and refusing to diminish our dreams.
open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
January 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
'Do what you can, with what you have, where you are'.
Unexpected wisdom for autistic burnout recovery.
New piece on The Intrepid Peace about finding our own rhythm, working with our brain's patterns, and refusing to diminish our dreams.
open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
Unexpected wisdom for autistic burnout recovery.
New piece on The Intrepid Peace about finding our own rhythm, working with our brain's patterns, and refusing to diminish our dreams.
open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
It’s a doom-laden #BlueMonday so I wanted to share this mildly hopeful sunrise from my back door in Cornwall. Yes it is drizzly and chilly. And yet the birds are singing, the cats are out scampering and there is sunlight out there beneath the clouds. ☀️
January 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It’s a doom-laden #BlueMonday so I wanted to share this mildly hopeful sunrise from my back door in Cornwall. Yes it is drizzly and chilly. And yet the birds are singing, the cats are out scampering and there is sunlight out there beneath the clouds. ☀️
Maybe this betrays me as not very sympathetic but as someone who experienced burnout in 2017 before it was cool, I am incensed by what a throwaway self-diagnosis it’s become.
No, if you ‘hit burnout in November and are now ready and rested to hit 2025’ then it wasn't burnout. You were tired.
No, if you ‘hit burnout in November and are now ready and rested to hit 2025’ then it wasn't burnout. You were tired.
January 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Maybe this betrays me as not very sympathetic but as someone who experienced burnout in 2017 before it was cool, I am incensed by what a throwaway self-diagnosis it’s become.
No, if you ‘hit burnout in November and are now ready and rested to hit 2025’ then it wasn't burnout. You were tired.
No, if you ‘hit burnout in November and are now ready and rested to hit 2025’ then it wasn't burnout. You were tired.
As a working parent carer and home educator I get about 0.1hrs a week to myself. Nervously awaiting child no1 as she does something independent and social, trying to channel that energy into my writer’s notebook, and some reading…
January 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As a working parent carer and home educator I get about 0.1hrs a week to myself. Nervously awaiting child no1 as she does something independent and social, trying to channel that energy into my writer’s notebook, and some reading…
So many wonderful literary gifts in this post, and… some lovely, nurturing ideas for how to support our fellow humans in LA through their loss and shock right now.
open.substack.com/pub/janeratc...
open.substack.com/pub/janeratc...
The Best Books You've Never Read
Why do some books become huge? And others fade away?
open.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So many wonderful literary gifts in this post, and… some lovely, nurturing ideas for how to support our fellow humans in LA through their loss and shock right now.
open.substack.com/pub/janeratc...
open.substack.com/pub/janeratc...
It happened AGAIN this week. A professional who should know better called me "Mum" in a meeting. Not Katherine. Just "Mum."
I wrote about why this seemingly "harmless" habit is actually a power play that needs to stop.
SEND parents - tell me I'm not alone?
open.substack.com/pub/passthes...
I wrote about why this seemingly "harmless" habit is actually a power play that needs to stop.
SEND parents - tell me I'm not alone?
open.substack.com/pub/passthes...
Don't Call Me Mum
The Hidden Power Play in Professional Settings
open.substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It happened AGAIN this week. A professional who should know better called me "Mum" in a meeting. Not Katherine. Just "Mum."
I wrote about why this seemingly "harmless" habit is actually a power play that needs to stop.
SEND parents - tell me I'm not alone?
open.substack.com/pub/passthes...
I wrote about why this seemingly "harmless" habit is actually a power play that needs to stop.
SEND parents - tell me I'm not alone?
open.substack.com/pub/passthes...
New piece up on my Substack, 'The Intrepid Peace', exploring how seeing the world as interconnected - rather than something "other" to save - might shift our approach to climate action. Thoughts through a neurodivergent lens.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
The nature of interconnection
Neurodiversity and the call to rethink environmentalism
open.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
New piece up on my Substack, 'The Intrepid Peace', exploring how seeing the world as interconnected - rather than something "other" to save - might shift our approach to climate action. Thoughts through a neurodivergent lens.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
Today the whole village has been tucked in under a beautiful blanket of sea fog and I don't think there can be a better kind of weather for Boxing Day.
December 26, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Today the whole village has been tucked in under a beautiful blanket of sea fog and I don't think there can be a better kind of weather for Boxing Day.
Bob does Boxing Day 💤
December 26, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Bob does Boxing Day 💤
My Christmas present to myself this year. Worth it alone for for the brilliant essay in this issue on the uncanny similarities between the fall of Constantinople and the ‘Liz Truss Economic Event’ Just [email protected]
December 21, 2024 at 8:26 PM
My Christmas present to myself this year. Worth it alone for for the brilliant essay in this issue on the uncanny similarities between the fall of Constantinople and the ‘Liz Truss Economic Event’ Just [email protected]
The solstice reminds us that even the darkest night tilts toward light. 🌙 This year, I’m reflecting on the comfort of nature’s rhythms and the quiet resonance of this season as a late-diagnosed autistic woman.
open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
The faintest promise of light
Embracing the winter solstice: reflections from a late-diagnosed autistic woman
open.substack.com
December 21, 2024 at 8:55 AM
The solstice reminds us that even the darkest night tilts toward light. 🌙 This year, I’m reflecting on the comfort of nature’s rhythms and the quiet resonance of this season as a late-diagnosed autistic woman.
open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
ND folks and #SENDfamily... there's some absolutely FANTASTIC stuff on this Substack newsletter from Jade Farrington. Definitely one to watch in the ND/mental health space.
Neurodiversity Newsletter December Edition open.substack.com/pub/jadefarr...
Neurodiversity Newsletter December Edition open.substack.com/pub/jadefarr...
Neurodiversity Newsletter December Edition
Counselling - Neurodiversity - Information - Signposting
open.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:46 PM
ND folks and #SENDfamily... there's some absolutely FANTASTIC stuff on this Substack newsletter from Jade Farrington. Definitely one to watch in the ND/mental health space.
Neurodiversity Newsletter December Edition open.substack.com/pub/jadefarr...
Neurodiversity Newsletter December Edition open.substack.com/pub/jadefarr...
Spot the extra special gift under the Christmas tree 🎄🐾
December 15, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Spot the extra special gift under the Christmas tree 🎄🐾
Love this essay too. As a comms consultant, not least because of this: 'Often the actual impact of what we do is elusive and hard to measure. The economist Joseph Stiglitz once said, “what we measure is what we do” and so we chase easy-to-gather metrics more than we chase the more elusive stuff.'
I LOVE this essay by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social and agree with it all. (Personally i will be ditching my ridiculously brilliant, productive friends and finding some lazy losers instead) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December
I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design
www.irishtimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Love this essay too. As a comms consultant, not least because of this: 'Often the actual impact of what we do is elusive and hard to measure. The economist Joseph Stiglitz once said, “what we measure is what we do” and so we chase easy-to-gather metrics more than we chase the more elusive stuff.'
Last night I fell into a rabbit hole. Exploring the Navajo understanding of identity which is totally fascinating. It inspired some writing, about how labels impact us as late-diagosed autistic women. Empowering? Or limiting? I'm still not sure I know... open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
The Paradox of Labels
Identity, Understanding and the Limits of Naming
open.substack.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Last night I fell into a rabbit hole. Exploring the Navajo understanding of identity which is totally fascinating. It inspired some writing, about how labels impact us as late-diagosed autistic women. Empowering? Or limiting? I'm still not sure I know... open.substack.com/pub/theintre...
I’ve just published a new piece on Pass The Salt Water, my long-time blog and now Substack exploring the parent carer experience. It’s a soft re-entry, exploring the reasons for my silence and the personal reflections that encouraged me to reconnect.
passthesaltwater.substack.com/p/returning-...
passthesaltwater.substack.com/p/returning-...
Returning: A Journey Through Silence and Back
Hello everyone,Thanks for reading Pass The Salt Water!
passthesaltwater.substack.com
December 14, 2024 at 11:54 PM
I’ve just published a new piece on Pass The Salt Water, my long-time blog and now Substack exploring the parent carer experience. It’s a soft re-entry, exploring the reasons for my silence and the personal reflections that encouraged me to reconnect.
passthesaltwater.substack.com/p/returning-...
passthesaltwater.substack.com/p/returning-...
Returning: A Journey Through Silence and Back
Hello everyone,Thanks for reading Pass The Salt Water!
passthesaltwater.substack.com
December 14, 2024 at 11:35 PM
I’ve just published a new piece on Pass The Salt Water, my long-time blog and now Substack exploring the parent carer experience. It’s a soft re-entry, exploring the reasons for my silence and the personal reflections that encouraged me to reconnect.
passthesaltwater.substack.com/p/returning-...
passthesaltwater.substack.com/p/returning-...
Reposted by Katherine Kowalski
The charity IPSEA have a free webinar on Thursday 5th December, 12.30 - 1.30 for parents/carers "A guide to Education, Health and Care Plans" Register via the link below or request a recording if you're unable to attend the live session. www.ipsea.org.uk/webinar-a-gu...
#send #sendfamily
#send #sendfamily
Webinar: A guide to EHC plans
Join members of our legal team for a FREE webinar - 'A guide to EHC plans'
www.ipsea.org.uk
December 1, 2024 at 4:04 PM
The charity IPSEA have a free webinar on Thursday 5th December, 12.30 - 1.30 for parents/carers "A guide to Education, Health and Care Plans" Register via the link below or request a recording if you're unable to attend the live session. www.ipsea.org.uk/webinar-a-gu...
#send #sendfamily
#send #sendfamily
“Make your mess your message”
I heard this somewhere once and it just popped back in to my head today. Serendipitous perhaps… I’m finding it helpful anyway.
Parent carers & #SENDfamily maybe it will resonate ❤️
I heard this somewhere once and it just popped back in to my head today. Serendipitous perhaps… I’m finding it helpful anyway.
Parent carers & #SENDfamily maybe it will resonate ❤️
November 27, 2024 at 10:46 PM
“Make your mess your message”
I heard this somewhere once and it just popped back in to my head today. Serendipitous perhaps… I’m finding it helpful anyway.
Parent carers & #SENDfamily maybe it will resonate ❤️
I heard this somewhere once and it just popped back in to my head today. Serendipitous perhaps… I’m finding it helpful anyway.
Parent carers & #SENDfamily maybe it will resonate ❤️
Like others in strategic comms I’ve been advising clients for a while now to evolve their social media strategies away from X. Good to see our industry body making the switch: newsroom.cipr.co.uk/cipr-to-ceas...
CIPR to cease engagement on X
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has today announced it will cease active posting on X (formerly Twitter), citing growing concerns over declining engagement, platform governance, and...
newsroom.cipr.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Like others in strategic comms I’ve been advising clients for a while now to evolve their social media strategies away from X. Good to see our industry body making the switch: newsroom.cipr.co.uk/cipr-to-ceas...
Came across this while doing a bit of online Christmas shopping.
Spot the problem…
Spot the problem…
November 24, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Came across this while doing a bit of online Christmas shopping.
Spot the problem…
Spot the problem…