Why I'm Changing My Name: A Personal Share

I wanted 2020 to be a year of clarity for me, but I didn't think something like this would happen, ​nor so quickly.

​Every once in a while, we reach a place in our life where we might feel as though we have finally “arrived”...

Arrived at some monumental understanding or insight.

Arrived at some sense of having survived or completed a challenge.

Arrived at an intersection where you must choose a new path.
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And there are a great many MORE days where we struggle to get there, right?

It’s an illusion, of course, since every step on our journey is as important as the last - each one counts and each moves us along the path, even when it doesn’t feel like it.

BUT… let’s face it. Some steps are little, and some are leaps.

A woman I danced with, many years ago, named her business Leaping Feats. The image has always stuck with me, as has her continued courage and determination to live her life calling to bring the benefits of dance to our youth.

So that is why I’m writing today. 

Because for me, today represents leaping a feat!

The catalyst was seven years of roller-coastering through illness, anger, despair and loss with highs of new awareness, understanding, forgiveness and faith.

The feat was a long struggle with myself: a long-held highly idealized version of who I wanted to be (control) against the reality of who I actually am (surrender).

And the leap is leaving behind all the thoughts, beliefs and behaviours that no longer serve my/the highest good, while bringing with me all the ones that do.

And I’m landing that leap on new ground… dancing on new ground!

I’ve found myself without even knowing I was lost. And with that clarity came the realization that my name was not me. 

So I’m honouring what is for me a great leap, by changing my name.

Yes, you might think this is silly or weird. I did too, at first. However, I can assure you. I've never felt so certain of anything. And it fills me somehow with a power, a knowing, that I HAVE ARRIVED.

So. I am no longer Kathi or Katherine or Anne. I've pruned and gathered and wove something out of all that, like a couple old jackets torn apart and made into something new:​

Hi, my name is Katanne. 

​And I look forward to connecting with you on new ground :)

PS. It will take some time for all my business and personal “paperwork” to change, so thank you for your patience and support during this transition time. You will still be able to contact me normally via my regular email, website, and facebook contacts. Such is the beauty of the tech world!