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A Deep Well
Last year, a friend who knows me well said something that stopped me.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 12, 20252 min read


An Identity Shattering Loss
The loss of Tatsuda’s wasn’t a transition. It was an identity-level rupture.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 12, 20253 min read


Built For Welcome
I built a place where people belonged—and I didn’t realize how much it mattered until it was gone.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 12, 20252 min read


The Thing I Never Wanted To Lose
Some losses don’t take your future. They take your foundation.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 12, 20253 min read


2017: The Call to Possibility
I didn’t realize I was living a lie until I stood on a stage hoping not to win.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 12, 20254 min read


The Miscalculation of Architecture
They saw my softness and assumed that was all there was. They never recognized the structure beneath it.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 11, 20252 min read


Explicit Courage
I found something I wrote in May—and it reminded me just how fiercely I saved myself.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 11, 20252 min read


When Heartbreak Meets Ego
No one warns you that after a breakup, it’s the ego, not the heart, that keeps flinching the longest.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 11, 20253 min read


When Momentum Halts
This week, I was reminded how human I am.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 11, 20252 min read


Soul Desire
I used to chase what I wanted. Now I’m listening to what’s already unfolding.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 10, 20252 min read


Late Lessons
No one teaches you that self-abandonment can look a lot like kindness.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 10, 20253 min read


Stepping Out Of The In-between
After months of recalibrating my life, I felt something shift: my purpose was coming back into focus.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 10, 20252 min read




The Universe Rewards The Brave
Unexpected wisdom from a Christmas movie.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 9, 20252 min read


Your One Precious Life
What will you do with your one precious life?

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 9, 20252 min read


Mirrors
There are parts of us we can ignore for years… until a relationship holds them up to our face.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 9, 20254 min read


A Strange Awkwardness
December 8, 2025 There’s a strange awkwardness in this chapter of my life— the chapter where nothing inside me is broken or bleeding, but I still feel the urge to share . It’s a weird place to be— learning how to write without urgency, without heartbreak shaping the edges, without needing to make sense of a mindfuck or integrate another shard of trauma. And because of that, my writing has changed shape. Just like I have. In recent weeks, I’ve noticed my words drifting toward

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 8, 20252 min read


The Courage To Be Disliked
This year taught me more about courage than any philosophy ever could.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 7, 20252 min read


A Sweet Escape
Sometimes life surprises you with a weekend that opens your heart without asking permission.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 7, 20251 min read


When Jealousy Whispered
Jealousy whispered to me the other day, and my response surprised me.

Katherine Tatsuda
Dec 7, 20251 min read
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