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Kate Powers

Author, Educator, and Nervous-System-Informed Guide.

An author, educator and alignment coach who believes rebuilding should feel human, not heroic.

Scripts, visuals and calming tools. Free.

Featured books and resources

Books that sit beside you.

Welcome letterIt's written for the woman who has spent years holding everything together and secretly wondering, "If I finally stop, will everything fall apart?"
Stop Existing, Start Living by Kate Powers
Stop Existing, Start LivingA gentle invitation out of survival mode and back into a life that feels more like your own.
Stop Existing, Start Living
A soft containerIt's not a productivity planner. It's a soft container for your own clarity: one page, one small honest answer at a time.
SESL Guided Journal Companion by Kate Powers
SESL Guided Journal CompanionGentle prompts that help you tell the truth without judgment.
SESL Guided Journal
90 daysIt invites you to notice small, honest moments of goodness: a warm mug, a soft blanket, a kind message, a breath that came a little easier today.
A Garden of Gratitude by Kate Powers
A Garden of GratitudeA 90-day journal for steadying your heart, not for forcing positivity.
A Garden of Gratitude
Pip the Plover and the Dune Grass Path by Kate Powers, on Amazon
Pip the PloverCourage, safety and finding his place. Ages 3 to 7.
Pip the Plover and the Dune Grass Path
Picture book

Pip the Plover

Follow a tiny shorebird with a very big message. Pip the Plover and the Dune Grass Path is a story about courage, belonging, and finding your safe place in a busy world. It's written for kids, but often just as healing for the adults reading aloud.

A Garden of Gratitude
Guided journal

A Garden of Gratitude

Ninety days of gentle, grounded prompts to help you come back to yourself without hustle or perfection. Think of it as a soft place to land on the days when life feels like "too much," and you still want to remember what's good and sustaining.

Kate's printable scripts, cards and journals on her desk
Free

Free Resource Library

Scripts, visuals, and calming tools for real homes and real classrooms. Inside, you'll find printable supports for big feelings, regulation-friendly routines, and creative resources for parents, educators, and caregivers of neurodivergent kids.

Meet Kate

Hi, I'm Kate Powers. An author, artist and special education teacher.

I'm an author, educator, and alignment coach who believes rebuilding should feel human, not heroic. My work sits at the intersection of three things I know by heart: raising neurodivergent kids, recovering from survival mode, and using creativity as a way back to ourselves.

Through picture books like Little Dragon Learns to Wait and Pip the Plover and the Dune Grass Path, guided journals like Stop Existing, Start Living and A Garden of Gratitude, and gentle coaching spaces like Women Who Rebuilt, I help women and families find practical tools that also feel like a warm hug.

Whether you're parenting a sensitive child, navigating your own big feelings, or quietly rebuilding after a hard season, you're welcome here. This isn't a system to keep up with. It's a body of work you can return to at your own pace.

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In their words

Notes from readers and parents.

"Kate has this rare ability to speak to your heart and give you practical tools at the same time. Her resources have helped me reframe tough parenting moments with more compassion."
SarahMom of two
"Her blog posts are like a warm hug. I feel seen, heard, and supported."
T. RiveraEducator and parent coach
"I can't begin to express the deep transformation that occurred in every aspect of my life."
Rebecca Night
For you

Free resources for you.

Printable

Visual Schedule Set

Simple, printable visuals to help kids know what's coming next. Use them to soften tricky transitions, create more predictable routines, and give sensitive nervous systems a little extra support.

Printable

5 Free Scripts

Five nervous-system-aware phrases to reach for when you're exhausted, your child is overwhelmed, and you can't think of the "right" thing to say. Keep them on your fridge or phone for the moments when you need words that calm instead of escalate.

Booklet

Art Cards Booklet

This free booklet is for anyone who feels stuck in survival mode and doesn't know where to begin. You're not asked to fix everything at once. You're simply invited to tell the truth about where you are and consider a gentler way forward.

One of Kate's hand-painted calm cards: a coneflower in watercolour
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Calm on paper, magic in spirit.

Gentle, meaningful ways to nourish your day and support Kate Powers' mission.

These hand-illustrated cards pair centering art with simple, grounding words you can return to again and again. Pin them where you'll see them, tuck one into a student's folder, or keep a small stack by your favorite chair. They're created to soothe hearts and remind busy nervous systems to exhale, not to add décor to your to-do list.

"The Calm Kit is a lifesaver in my classroom. It's beautifully designed and super usable."
AnnaKindergarten teacher

“Rebuilding should feel human, not heroic.”

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Kate smiling outdoors at golden hourSpeaking
Speaking

Invite Kate to speak.

Kate is a sought-after speaker for schools, parent communities, nonprofits, and creative spaces wanting a grounded, practical approach to big feelings and burnout.

She speaks on topics like nervous-system-informed parenting, supporting neurodivergent kids, rebuilding after survival mode, and how creativity becomes a regulation tool for the whole family. Workshops, keynotes, podcast interviews, and panel conversations can all be tailored to fit your audience and capacity.

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Blog

Read her blogs.

Kate's writing weaves story, science, and lived experience into short, honest reflections.

You'll find essays on regulation, seasons of rebuilding, parenting sensitive kids, and learning to live at a pace your nervous system can actually hold.

Many readers describe her posts as "a warm hug for my brain," something to reread on the days that feel especially loud.

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Let's connect

Interested in collaborating with Kate?

Whether you're planning a podcast interview, workshop, book event, or collaborative program for parents or women rebuilding, Kate would love to hear from you.