Nailed It!!! 💅🏾🦋

I’m looking at this lovely butterfly all the time…so mesmerizing!
Kourtney’s nail genius on display!

After a few short months of being her client, I am certain that Kourtney KNOWS me – and this helps her deliver a prime customer service experience every time.

You KNOW your nail tech is a keeper when she:

  1. Guides you to a color combo that eases you into the neon you’ve been hesitant to try for 3 seasons but it still works in a professional corporate setting 🤓
  2. Deciphers your ambiguous ask for “blingalicious” 💎 and pulls it off without using your prime obsession: gold glitter topcoat 
  3. Understands that your indecision between fill-in vs. gel polish vs. complete soak-off (so you can ambitiously do your own nails😯 with cheap polish from the drugstore😳…which will never happen because it takes more time than it’s worth and you get more product on your skin than on your nails🥴) is pure foolishness…and lets you run with that circular reasoning until you remember that your nail appointment is a valuable investment🎯 in your self-care and mental well-being 🥳 #SelfCareIsNOTselfish
  4. Patiently waits 🤐 until you realize (on your own) that you’re aggravated because you need the fill-in and cut-down within 3 weeks instead of trying to stretch it to 4 weeks (or beyond…#Guilty)
  5. Incorporates your child’s college colors (#AggiePride💙💛), your love of stickers, AND your business logo for transition, renewal, and rebirth in one fell swoop 🦋
  6. AND you BOTH laugh and cry🤣 in the same appointment because it’s a sistah chat, venting session, and therapy all rolled into one

At least that’s how it was for me! I left her chair with a song in my heart, ready to face the world again…with super-fabulous nails!

Thank you, Kourtney!💓🤗 Follow her on IG @huesovhazel to be dazzled by her creativity and artistry…

I hope you find great service that brings you similar nail joy…or book with Kourtney if you’re in the area – just don’t take MY appointment time, PLEEEEZE!😊😉 

“…but by love serve one another.”

(Galatians 5:13b)

© Copyright 2022 by Kayren J. Cathcart

NEW Episode: The Convo Lab welcomes Pearlette Cassells🎙

Catch my convo with dynamic author and Productivity Coach Pearlette Cassells this week for the final 2021 POWER-PACKED episode of The Convo Lab! Pearlette is featured in a book compilation with Les Brown (one of my favorite motivational speakers): Ignite the Hunger in You: How to Develop Your Greatness and Ignite Humanity.

Tune in for Episode 8 of The Convo Lab – Kayren Cathcart & Pearlette Cassells:

https://tinyurl.com/TheConvoLabPearletteCassells

Drop me a comment after you watch; I wanna to hear from you…and please Like, Share, Comment, and Subscribe to my YouTube channel for notifications of new episodes!

Blessings, Kayren

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

(I Corinthians 6:19-20)

© Copyright 2021 by Kayren J. Cathcart

The Power of Pause & Reflection

Learn about the benefits of journaling as a self-professed introvert (Yaritza) and an obvious extrovert (Kayren) share a conversational collaboration. Consider pausing to reflect on this year (and write your thoughts in a journal!) while preparing to forge ahead into 2022.

Tune in for Episode 6 of The Convo Lab – Kayren Cathcart & Yaritza Pluguez:

https://tinyurl.com/TheConvoLabYaritzaPluguez 

Drop me a comment after you watch; I wanna to hear from you…and please Like, Share, Comment, and Subscribe to my YouTube channel for notifications of new episodes!

Blessings, Kayren

“11 I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.”

(Psalm 77:11-12)

© Copyright 2021 by Kayren J. Cathcart

My Black Friday SPECIAL 4 U!🥳

Self-care not selfish Thurs. 9-2

Hey, friends! You’re in the right place for my fantastic #BlackFridaySpecial – whoo hoo!🥳👍🏼😉

If you’ve ever asked, “ME Time…what’s THAT?!” then these 7 Easy Self-Care Tips are for YOU!

Why? Because #SelfCareIsNOTselfish – that’s why!

Download your FREE tips now: https://tinyurl.com/7EasySelfCareTips

P.S. Share this link with all your friends! After all, gifts are for giving…and it’s WAY more fun to enjoy goodies with friends, right?! That’s why I’m GIVING you some of my best self-care tips…enjoy!

“37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

(Matthew 22:37-39)

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”

(I Corinthians 2:12)

© Copyright 2021 by Kayren J. Cathcart

I Am Thankful!🙌🏽🙏🏼

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! I am grateful for you…🤗

Blessings, Kayren

14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

(Colossians 3:14-15)

© Copyright 2021 by Kayren J. Cathcart

Teaching My Mama to Text

My shadow while taking a pic of Mama – pretty cool, eh?

Q: Do you know the only thing funnier than me being a TechnoDino🦖 (my teenagers have iPhones, but I don’t)?

A: It’s me providing tech support for my parents when I visited them – and actually fixing their issues!🤣 LOL

My parents and I are Android users. Their new cell phones are nicer than mine – not jealous, I just know that (at least) 70% of the features will never be touched.💯 Seriously, the only reason Mama’s barely used flip phone got replaced was because it was misplaced…go figure (bless her heart)! This is the lady who referred to sending me an email (a decade ago) by saying, “I’m gonna type to you today if I get time, Kayren!”😳 Anyhoo…

Not only did I teach my Mama (#CutieAt74) to send her first text, but I also showed her how to download a photo to her Gallery (AND add it to a Contact – new or existing) and set an alarm for important reminders (like upcoming appointments). We set up a Gmail account so she can subscribe to my YouTube channel, and she took her first cell phone photo!🥳

She even did a video call with me – that was especially funny! She’s still getting used to swiping and touching the screen, but with a bit more use, I have full confidence that she’ll reach proficiency in no time.🤔😏😉

This is a lady who has a lifetime legacy of teaching – a former middle school (translation: combat zone) Teacher of the Year…my Mama is a real life, ol’ school, bona fide educator. She just has to overcome some tech phobias (like many of us at one point or another). But she finally faced some of her techno-apprehensions, and I’m really proud of her for it.💓

Sure, it took a bit of extra patience for this Life Transition Coach to hand-hold my Mama while demonstrating some new technology. However, in comparison to the innumerable times in my 4.5 decades that she’s extended an abundance of grace and patience to me, I’ve gotta say it was more than #WorthItAll. 😊🌻🤗

“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”

(James 5:7-8)

© Copyright 2021 by Kayren J. Cathcart

A Message in the Clouds

Clouds aren’t bad…many of them have silver lining!😇 #PerspectiveMaintenance

In many ways, a cloudy day can be just as beautiful as a sunny day…allow God to adjust your focus today. You may be pleasantly surprised at what you SEE…

“Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.”

(Psalm 36:5)

“For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.”

(Psalm 57:10-11)

© Copyright 2021 by Kayren J. Cathcart

Carolina Moon

Shoutin’ out my fellow recovering perfectionists with this friendly reminder: Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that make all the difference.

Can anyone relate? Drop me a comment if you’re taking intentional steps to simplify your life these days! #LiveWithIntention

Sharing photos from yesterday’s walk – I had no agenda except to appreciate and enjoy God’s creation while moving my body.🙌🏽😇 I’m consciously countering “overachiever” tendencies and experiencing so much peace… #LetItGo 🕊

“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.”

(Psalm 119:130)

© Copyright 2021 by Kayren J. Cathcart

Nature’s Music🎵

Crunch, crunch, crunch – that’s the sound of the leaves I stepped on while walking without music from my playlist today.🎵 It was absolutely delightful!

What seemingly small sounds are speaking to you today? Pay attention…they may hold an unexpected hidden treasure! Blessings, Kayren 😊

P.S. Sharing photos from my weekend walk with my mom – I didn’t realize all the beauty (and duck activity! LOL🦆) of the neighborhood creek when I lived there…funny how time can change your perspective, eh?😏🎁

“Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.”

(Psalm 150:2)

© Copyright 2021 by Kayren J. Cathcart

Sistah Support Systems

We’re not designed to do it all on our own, despite what the world says…😯

Shaundrelle Green, CEO of She, Inc. (Sisters Healing & Evolving) powerfully describes the beauty and strength of like-minded women coming together to support one another. #TheConvoLab

Tune in for Episode 3 of The Convo Lab with Kayren Cathcart & Shaundrelle Green:

https://tinyurl.com/TheConvoLabShaundrelleGreen

Drop me a comment after you watch; I wanna to hear from you…and please Like, Share, Comment, and Subscribe to my YouTube channel for notifications of new episodes!

Blessings, Kayren

“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”

(Galatians 6:2)

© Copyright 2021 by Kayren J. Cathcart