After years of serving, advocating, and caring for others, Catherine came to understand that the stress and burnout she was experiencing resulted in cascading health issues. She realized that, in her desire and need to care for others, she was no longer caring for herself. This was a wakeup call to return to and “tune into” the self-care practices she loves, such as communing with nature, writing, spiritual retreats, yoga, qigong, and Tai chi. These practices offer calm resilience to her life and bring into balance self-care and service to others. She has brought several of these practices to Healing Circle Langley and Healing Circles Global. She is a co-host for HCG's Writing from the Heart circle and co-facilitates the HeART of Body Qigong circle.