A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down for a podcast interview with Connect Elgin to talk about Greenbriar Community School, including, what it is, how it works, and why it matters. A major topic of discussion was about how Greenbriar isn’t just a school, it’s a community-centered model of education […]
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Greenbriar Community School and Intentional Community is one of the greatest gift’s of my lifetime! I feel blessed to have found this community during this magical time in history. Tucked into 173 acres of winding trails and parkland, our organization offers a successful community school model that I believe whole heartedly can be replicated in
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Word of the Year: Sanctuary I made a decision to create a Sanctuary this year – to make my home a sanctuary, make my mind a sanctuary, make my yard a sanctuary, make my car a sanctuary, and make my friendships / motherhood / marriage into living sanctuaries as well. There is a song by
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2025 was one of the best years of my life, albeit also one of the most exhausting years of my life!!!!! With a competitive dancer, a job and family that take me across the globe, homeschool activities, and now gymnastics – we stay BUSY!!!!!!!! In the fall all 3 children were homeschooled!!!! I knew it
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Its the second day of 2026 (as I write this, it will publish a few days later), and I have already finished reading my first book, The Year of Less by Cait Flanders. I read this book ultimately by accident (story for another time), and I am so SO glad that I read it exactly
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Blog Post Summary: The Cost of Unaccountable Liberty In a compelling presentation at Monerotopia hosted in Mexico City, Catherine Bleish Bonandin passionately addresses the disconnect between the rhetoric of freedom and the actions of some within the movement, particularly focusing on her personal experience with coercive control and the lack of accountability in decentralized communities.
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2024 was a mixed bag for my family, but it was generally a really good year. My husband spent New Year’s Eve in Italy to be near his mother before she transitioned. She passed on January 23rd, 2024. Nearly 2 years after my mother’s passing. This was a very hard experience for us, it has
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https://youtu.be/eZB4VR9NXd8?si=bbheiYcKeRs7foCchttps://youtu.be/eZB4VR9NXd8?si=bbheiYcKeRs7foCc Summary In a dynamic 45-minute panel at the Porcupine Freedom Festival titled “How to Walk the Walk,” Catherine Bleish Bonandin moderates a discussion with fellow Liberty movement veterans Danny Sessoms, Jay Noone, and Carla Gericke. These “Porcfest and Anarchapulco OGs” share their journeys of living in alignment with their values, offering practical insights and
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Catherine Bleish tells stories from her upcoming book Memoirs of a Radical. Activism arrests, domestic violence and getting out of victimhood!.
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2023 was an amazingly complicated year. High highs and major lessons learned. The end of a 9 year cycle for Cat. Chickens, roller blading, kayaking, and travel made up a lot of our year. And dance!
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My mom would sit at the kitchen table and do reading flash cards with me. I would cry. The written language was so hard for me to figure out. While I was super high functioning academically, reading never became automatic for me, or fully integrated. I have seriously struggled to learn to spell, and I
Embracing My Reading Challenges: A Personal Tale of Overcoming Dyslexia Read More »
Freedom SELLS! Do the salesmen walk the walk or just talk the talk? There are wolves in sheep’s clothing, can you see them hidden in plain sight?
Liberty For Sale – Watch Out! Read More »
When you engage in circular conflict with toxic people, you actually teach them how to beat you.
Reflections from my Barn Cat on Circular Conflict Read More »
Sovereignty can take shape and be expressed in countless lifestyle choices. Off grid homesteading, global digital nomading, high tech, low tech, fast paced, slowed down – the common denomoter is that *you* chose the path because you *own* your life and you have made the choice to exert supreme authority over your existence. No that
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Conflict is an inevitable and unavoidable aspect of all human relationships. You are guaranteed to experience conflict in some form during every relationship of significance you will ever have, including (and maybe most especially) your relationship with yourself….. While healthy conflict must happen for a relationship to stand the test of time, drama should be
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The first annual Mariposa Freedom Festival took place just outside of Puerto Vallarta on a butterfly sanctuary! Catherine gave a tall about integrity in community.
Integrity in Community at the Mariposa Freedom Festival Read More »
Sovereignty is more than a political or philosophical ideology, it is a spiritual practice and a lifestyle. Overcoming an abusive relationship taught me how to find freedom in all aspects of my life.
How I Found My Voice Again Read More »