A few years ago I rewrote the well-known hymn Count Your Blessings into Count Your Feelings.

I did this because I realized I used to love (well, love/hate) the hymns and wanted to take the yuk out of the yum. I wanted to reimagine them. The tenancy to dismiss pain and sing about gratitude misses the mark for me.

I wanted and want to live in a world where feeling deeply — all of it — is seen as sacred data.

When we start to count our feelings instead of avoiding them, we build emotional literacy, creative courage, and collective empathy.

That’s the world I’m here to help imagine and create.

As an artist, composer, and founder of the Inner Child Museum, I see emotional awareness not as indulgence but as infrastructure — the foundation for how we design our homes, our systems, and our relationships.

Let’s build that world together — one feeling at a time. 💗

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I’ll share a couple more of my hymn remakes soon, which I call them Pink Hymns / Hyrs. I also have a zine of them for purchase/donation to the Inner Child Museum. Once you make a donation here you will be sent a password to access the zine.

Love,

Kadie

July 26, 2025

As time goes on I realize no one else is talking about this. I am holding it by myself.

So I decided to post to social media.

I’m sharing this video to make sure you have the full picture of what I’ve been speaking about over the last month, since this happened.

The narrative I received from police—that it was a suicide—never sat right with me. And the more I learn, the less it does.

Everyone needs to be aware of this.

On Instagram, my videos on this have over 300,000 views. On TikTok, nearly 70,000.

The comments there are filled with thanks, with people saying “I had no idea.”

I am getting some hate there too, of course, but I am heartened by the sheer number of people urging me to keep speaking up.

But here? It’s been nothing but silence.

Why is that?

I believe dialogue is essential in moments like this.Processing what comes up for us is personal—but it’s also something we’re meant to do in community.

So I invite you to pause and ask:

What would you say to the part of you that wants to do more than stay silent?What would you say to the part of you that wants to turn away from this?

These questions aren’t easy.But silence is shaping this story—and I’m asking you to help shape something else.

July 15, 20925, Unceded Ohlone Land, aka Oakland, California

This project is an act of radically taking up space. Systems of patriarchy and racism terrorize. But I cherish my inner experiences, because they are mine.

I acknowledge my privilege of living in a white body, and how that shapes the visibility, risk, and access I experience, even in fear and pain.

The practice of witnessing myself helps me to be able to witness and empathize with the experiences of others and is a gentle invitation for you, too.

In this episode: stream of consciousness processing of external events and body sensations. A practice of self witnessing that is healing me.

Created by Kadie KellyWriting, voice, editing, production, and sound engineering by Kadie KellyMusic: “Eclipse” written, performed, produced, and engineered by Kadie KellyVisit kadiekelly.bandcamp.com for more.