Each Step is a Portal

Take the First Step

The 5 Stepping Stones Process

A mystical path rooted in transpersonal wisdom and born in its original form as Kate’s Master’s thesis, this non-linear process takes many forms and does not lead to a final destination. Rather, the stones serve as reliable companions, always present, alive, overlapping, and circling back to each other throughout our life’s journey.

The 5 Stepping Stones path honors your past, present, and future selves, guiding you within five foundational dimensions.

  • Go beyond your ego and explore your inner landscape to discover and connect with your True Self.

  • Get quiet to listen and still to hear the voice within. Come home to your body and breathe in the wisdom of your inner knowing. The profound medicine of silence is always accessible to all of us; we just need to create space for it.

  • Face your fears and release what no longer serves you to experience the joy of surrender. You cannot leap if you are still holding onto what was. Release is the most tender of stones. It asks for honesty, humility, and a willingness to let go of things, work, or relationships that no longer serve you.

  • Nurture belief in something greater than yourself, whether you call it God, Spirit, the Divine, Creator, Higher Power, the Mystery, or another name. Allow trust to hold you even amidst uncertainty. Belief is a muscle you build each time you trust that the ground will rise up to meet you, even when you can’t yet see it.

  • Summon your courage and leap towards what’s waiting for you. The leap is less a single act or one moment; it’s more a series of moves we make until we spring forth. Trust that the net will appear if you need it.

In Service of Spirit

Meet Kate Bednarski

Kate’s path has never followed a straight line. It has been a continuous unfolding of the stepping stones – knowing, stilling, releasing, believing, and taking the leaps that carried her forward.

As a Shamanic Practitioner, Transpersonal Guide and Spiritual Companion, Kate holds space for your awakening through coaching, shamanic clearing, reformation and intuitive presence that supports the highest levels of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. In partnership, she helps you discover your purpose, claim and sustain your power, and attune to your soul’s longings, empowering you to live with meaning.

More About Kate

“What am I really here for?” 

This question and awareness planted seeds which crystallized into Kate’s master’s thesis in spirituality, a guidebook to life and meaning entitled: The 5 Stepping Stones—a Mystical Path to Discover Your Purpose and Live With Meaning. The Stones —Know, Still, Release, Believe, Leap— came through as both a book and a personal initiation. She lived them as they wrote through her, and she’s been walking them, again and again, ever since. And so can you.

Answer the Quiet Call

The Gaia Codex

Open the journal.
Receive its symbols.

Work with the symbols, oracles, and actions encoded in this channeled activation journal. Follow your inner guidance and intuition—and use them as a daily oracle practice or contemplative tool.

“I received your wonderful Gaia Codex…I am a paper artist  and was drawn to incorporate two of the Codex symbols into  a large scale portrait I decided to make by tracing the exact lines of two of your drawings as there was no way I could recreate the same feeling/energy from their seeming ‘imperfection’…Thank you for the inspiration.”
— Yulia B.

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  • "Kate is hands down one of the most impactful people in my life. Her ability to positively impact her clients' lives is a gift for each and every one of us. Her work and compassion makes its way throughout the world, touching the lives of people she has never even met. I thank her for that, it is truly a blessing."

    — Khe H

  • "Working with Kate has paid dividends toward my future work, how I make decisions and generally living a blessed life."

    — Adam H

  • "Kate is an incredible blend of science/psychology/emotion and she has helped me understand myself better. She provides great guidance and helps me talk through things and gain perspective. She also calls it as it is and doesn’t take any nonsense – which I love (and need).”

    — Brad K

  • "Thank you for being by my side this past year and a half. I know I wouldn’t have gotten to this point of personal or professional growth without you. I’m so grateful and appreciative that you’re in my life."

    — Cara R

  • "I’ve been reflecting on how much of my personal growth and clarity, especially around purpose &healing, and how I move in the world has come from our work together. You have shaped so much of my journey. I know I have a lot more ahead of me, and I am so grateful that I’m able to do it with your guidance."

    — Emmet D

  • "You have become a spiritual anchor in the sea of my life. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for your strength and patience."

    — Stephanie C