News — behind the scenes

Silent Story ~ pre-orders and feedback

Posted by KATIE BERGGREN on January 11, 2022

View the page devoted to A Silent Story I am ENORMOUSLY grateful for your thoughts about my Seeker, and your pre-orders for the Silent Story book! Thank you! Over the last 2.5 years of work, I have been nervous, scared and overcome with Resistance. I put the project aside for SIX MONTHS because I had many other projects. Looking back, I COULD have squeezed in Silent Story, but Resistance is good at using what is already inside us ("I have so much on my plate!!") as a tool to stop us from doing what we are...

De-Cluttering AND Creating - Tips!

Posted by KATIE BERGGREN on September 9, 2021

There was a large period of my life where my first morning thought was “What area can I declutter today?” This was well before Marie Kondo came on the scene :) My favorite books were The Joy Of Less and The Simple Living Guide. Discovering simplicity and minimalism blew my mind - Oh to have words to describe how I felt! Do you have this feeling, too? Did you get so excited when Marie's book came out, like I did? After I read it, I did a HUGE purge of 'mementos' I'd been holding onto for years, and the feeling afterwards was like...

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New Art Collection & SOUL DEEP, inspired by my father

Posted by katie berggren on January 2, 2020

Happy New Year! I have 3 special paintings to share. 1) My New Collection of Paintings In Process (what shall I name this collection? If you suggest a name that I choose, I’ll send you a free collection of mini prints of these paintings). 2) SOUL DEEP ~ inspired by my father 1) Before […]

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Before & After: This Moment Between Us

Posted by katie berggren on October 3, 2019

She is complete (again). In 2014 I first completed This Moment Between Us inspired by my pure love for bedtime moments with my 10-year old son. Here is how she looked, and I loved her: BUT… I felt there was something that she needed… I put her away for years, and moved on with other […]

(new videos) Dance Of Life, New MMP, T Shirts

Posted by katie berggren on June 13, 2019

Mindful Mothering Project, painting #20 begins now! I’ve chosen the photo for my next Mindful Mothering Project painting ~ this photo was submitted by Kathryn, along with these beautiful words: “Adoption is both the most beautiful, and most tragic, event in motherhood – for both the mama saying goodbye and the one saying hello. […]