where I've been...! 

This is such, 'my Patrons made me do it,' energy. I'm so happy you took a step back to really focus on you. With RU-vid, I feel sometimes it can be more about 'the people watching,' rather than the person creating, and it can be so easy to try and power through for everyone else. Take all the time you need to find your joy again!

Kate, it is so good to see you. I was worried about your health. I discovered your channel early 2019 while recouperating from a long hospitalization when my life was spinning out of control. I did NaNo that year because of your enthusiasm. I have since published one book and just got the proof cover for my 2nd book today. Thank you. You helped me through a tough time.

I was officially diagnosed with migraines in December and feel grateful to have a medication that helps me. I'm glad that you're okay and are taking care of yourself. I'll keep being a patron of yours no matter what, and it's always great to see you.

Kate: I'm gonna take things easy, slow down a bit, take care of myself. Also Kate: So hey I'm gonna host 17 hours of writing sprints this weekend bcs prime numbers babyyy~

I agree when you spoke about the "Spiral." I have gone through that, too many times honestly, and it really is like a spiral. You know and can watch it spinning, but it drags in older thoughts, comments, emotions, and warps them while bringing it all to the surface. It, it can be hard to get out of the whirlwind.

I am just happy to see your smiling face!! Glad you are ok😊

Kate, it's so wonderful to see you again! 🥳🥰🌹 Oh yes, changes always take a lot of time, practice, patience (especially with oneself), humour, “un-perfectionism”, courage, meows, purrs, and woofs. 😺🐶✨ Negative comments do not say anything about you, but only about the person writing them.

You sound like I did in 2013. I had a lot of medical things come up that I'd been telling my doctors about for a while and then they were like "oh yeah these numbers are no longer good." The spiral is real. I've had full fights in my head with people I haven't seen since middle school and my 10 year old nephew in the middle of a spiral. For life style changes and the body pushing back it's natural. I combated it by after the initial cut back I chose one thing to reduce per quarter or half year. The easiest one to explain is soda. The first I cut my soda intake to 120 oz a week. Which is 6 20 oz bottles a week. The next cut I went to 5. The next quarter. I cut my ice cream in take whatever it was, but the soda intake was the same. It's taken me 10 years to really have the "healthy" life style. At least it's healthier. Luckily I was a social drinker and didn't smoke so I didn't have to contend with all that

not sponsored by amazon prime lol so glad to see you're doing well now!! I have this weekend off so i'm pumped to join in on your event!

From one chronically and mentally ill human to another, you hit the nail on the head with all of this. I’m glad you’ve found a helpful med for your migraines, that is an awesome step in the right direction! Glad to see you back!

Yay! So good to see you back! I turned 40 this past year so I took have had my fair share of lifestyle changing in order to hopefully keep my health on track. Good luck with your new routines, it’s so good to see you back!

Kate, may I suggest streaming from the category Writers instead of Just Chatting? the Writers category on twitch has grown a lot in the past year or so, and there's so much streams going on that a lot of people don't look in other categories for writers. For a full weekend event, I think that might be useful. Not that you don't have a lot of viewers, but to help more writing viewers find an event like this.

omg tummy issue girlies unite! But for real, I hope your journey of health and healing is productive.

Dear Kate, it is such a relief to know that you stepped away to take some time for yourself. I look forward to your videos every week/month because you are such an authentic real person. Every video reminds me that the joy is in the doing and I think that it’s so wonderful to see you respecting the fact that making a lot of changes all at once is hard. I can totally relate these last few months. I had to make a bunch of dietary changes as well and I didn’t want to, but I had to and it was so difficult and I also did the toddler thing saying like OK I know I’m not supposed to have you name it gluten/dairy/sugar/alcohol but I’ll just have a little bit and then immediately my stomach would hurt and just mentally it takes up so much of your time, because for me, at least, food was such a way to encourage myself and celebrate myself. Like if I wrote a good chapter, I would have a tasty treat or I would go somewhere that I had a tasty treat to write a chapter and I really didn’t enjoy the alternative substances like alternative milk as much as the original and it was just super super hard so I 100% commend you and respect you for prioritizing shifting to these new challenges, and not pushing yourself to make videos for us, or for yourself, and to, just make it through the mental spirals, but I think that you’re so amazing and I hope that you take the time to read this and know that you just have one of the biggest fans in the whole world. I think that no matter how long any of your projects take we all have loved being part of the process and I hope that I know how negativity buys works but that these comments can overpower someone who doesn’t really understand the joy that you are commenting, something dumb when they don’t really see that you are like such an inspirationto me at least and yeah, I’m very excited to read all of your books when they come out or just celebrate the different projects that you’re working on as they happen for you thank you Kate 🎊 for coming back and letting us know what was going on

I hear you on using December as a "just chill" month. For the last several years when I've made plans for the upcoming year, for December I just put "Breathe." So far it's kept me (fairly) sane! Also, I'm so glad to see you back and you're feeling better about your health and your writing. You bring a lot of joy to authortube!

It's amazing the space relative strangers on the Internet can occupy in your mind. I'm very glad to see you back and that you're well, Kate. Been missing your videos and hoping all was well. Can't wait to see what 2024 brings for you creatively.

We’ve missed you, Kate! (And your pets, which my toddler always gets excited over) ❤ Hope things get better for you!

Welcome back Kate. Just now watching this video. I'm so excited to hear from you as I have been subscribed to your channel since late 2018. Please know that I look forward to every video.

I can see how it can be difficult sometimes to have so many eyes on you. I would not be comfortable at all. But I am so grateful for people like you who are brave to share. I used the time you were away to watch many of your old videos. It's kind of amazing to watch your growth and development. You have already brightened many of my days and certainly those of others, too. It is totally fine and important to take breaks. We'll still be here when you come back.

I'm so glad to see you back in this space. I also deal with health anxiety, and this year my partner was diagnosed with three different autoimmune diseases in the span of six months. The anxiety and depression I experienced because of it all was unreal, but I started going to therapy, and it has helped me so much.

HELLLOOOOO!!!! Ahhh and so wish I could join the event this weekend! I have family in town for a baby shower all weekend but if it really takes four days I may pop in on Sunday if it's still going.

Prime Writing Weekend! Prime Writing Weekend! PRIME WRITING WEEKEND! LET'S GO!!! 🎉

December and January were terrible for my creativity, I couldn't write or follow anything. Glad to see you back! ♥

So happy to see that you're doing well. I can relate to how much better things are when medication gets changed for the better. Take care.

Hi 👋🏻 I’ve missed your videos ❤

Aah, it’s been a few months since I’ve watched your videos or even written. I’m back at it again as I’m writing a zombie storie for an honors project at school. I’m so excited!! Your videos give me so much inspiration!!

Legit I was like "I'm gonna watch some Kate Cavenaugh today on my work break" and I was sad at how long it had been when I peeked earlier AND HERE YOU ARE. It was meant to happen lol Oh, also, I've been digging into "The Artist's Way" it's been super motivating and mind/eye opening for writing and I really think it'd be cool if you went along with that book for like a challenge video? Just an idea, don't stress about it cause your writing journey and especially mental health takes precedence over challenges and youtube things 😊

Welcome back Kate! I'm sorry for what you've been dealing with. Health anxiety can be such an isolating thing 😢 but sounds like you're already doing amazing things for future you ❤️

You have no idea how hype I am for this! Sounds like so much fun! I will be there reminding people to stretch, drink water and take little eye breaks.

Kateee! I missed your videos so much!❤

Yay! I missed you! The sprints sound super fun, looking forward to that :) I'm glad that you're finding things that work for your health, and that you've had those wins. Those are super important!

Hi Kate! Good to see you. ❤

Omg I am obsessed with the concept of combining a 10k-words day with a 10k-steps day, that sounds like such a fun challenge! (that I may or may not want to steal one day maybe) The prime weekend sounds so fun! I've got quite a lot going on this weekend, but will try to pop in here and there if I can (also twitch scares me, but I'm sure I'll figure out how it works 😶). Sorry to hear about the health issues, but glad it seems to be getting under control! Excited for you to be excited to be back, I've missed your videos 🥰

Yayyyyyy I was getting worried too!

Don’t usually comment, but you can see how much better you’re feeling outwardly, you look absolutely glowing. Good for you!😊

I'm glad that you're doing okay! Health stuff is hard....

I used to listen to (and sometimes write along with) your streams at work, but I left my office job a couple years ago and haven't been able to join since. However! I just started a new job working from home, so I get to join again. I'm really excited. I've never had a migraine and didn't really have a concept of them until I started dating someone who had been getting 2-3 a week since middle school. How excited she was on the day we looked at her migraine tracker and realized her most recent medicine had knocked it down to 2-3 a month was really eye-opening for me. So glad for you to have found a better medicine!

Earrings!!! YES. they suit you!!

we missed u queen

I related to a lot of this Kate- glad you're feeling better and continuing to take time for yourself. Looking forward to this weekend!

OMG I've been needing to get a jump on finishing my manuscript so this event is perfect timing! What time is the streaming beginning on Friday? I am in GMT so I have to do timezone maths XD

Kate I'm so glad you're feeling better. I'm also glad you've taken that minute to feel better. This viewer is here to stay no matter what. When you need those breaks go for it. Anxiety is awful to have to deal with. I deal with it too with out meds. But I've found my writing helps me strangely enough. Everyone is absolutely different and my coping mechinisms may not work for anyone else. Even If I appear to make a suggest of it I fully understand my attempt to help may not help. I am very glad to know you're ok. Take your time on this. :) And i'm going to attempt to do the weekend challenges. Sounds interesting and fun. :)

I had a major life altering health issue arise in may of last year that I had no choice but to make changes or you know death so I dove into the changes. It wasn't easy, there are days where I just want to say fuck it and go back to how things use to be but I just keep going. I am happy to see you make your return. Congrats on finding a med that works for your migraines, I get it I've suffered for the last 14 years with chronic daily migraines even with the meds Im on, at least I get some relief from the pain. I am looking forward to the prime streams :D I even had a prime sub that I hadn't used so where better lol

Happy to have you back! Glad you're doing okay but sometimes we all need to take a step back and focus on ourselves. I'm happy you were able to do that in a time when you needed to focus on yourself a bit. Also, I'm a chronic spiral-er so I know exactly what you were talking about. Sometimes that thing I did in the 4th grade or that look some random person gave me at the grocery store really makes me question my current reality. I'd be interested to know exactly how you overcame that.

I felt you about the spiral. It's good to see you back though. Your videos are such a huge comfort to me.

Thank you for the video - I was getting a bit worried about what's going on with you. Hope you implement the lifestyle changes as smoothly as possible and that they change your life for the better.

I'm glad you're good health-wise, that's always good to hear. I'm excited for this Prime writing weekend, I feel like I haven't written in so long! I just have to choose a project!

Lovely to see you back! I'm going to try my best to catch some of the sprints this weekend as I NEED THEM, but it will really depend on the timing/time zone differences 🤣

i was just thinking about the fact that i hadnt seen your videos in my feed for a while! im glad to see you and i lovvvvve the idea of a planned break. i did that at the end of the year too and im thinking ill do that every year :) very excited to tune into twitch! might have to set a reminder on my phone haha. ive been writing a longer form thing than im used to and im working really hard to not lose momentum so even doing a couple of longer sprints will be so helpful! glad to hear that you have doctors that you trust, and that you found a medication that works! ive been watching your videos for years, and theyve helped me learn when to take breaks and listen to my brain and body. looking forward to another year of your videos! especially the writing challenges! at the same time, i hope the amount of pressure you put on yourself lessens! youre doing good!

I can tell you that it gets better once you find your own "good" place with health stuff. Tummy issues are very tied in with everything else (just, seriously, they amplify every physical and mental misery) so I hope you find the right balance for you. I spent the last five or so years finding my own sort of balance of health stuff. Some of them still suck! But, finally getting to the right place for me has made it possible to write like I used to (which the health issues totally got in the way of). Taking December off is awesome 🎉 I feel like I'm doing way better in January because I did. It's sort of like a longer version of a break from a sprint ☺️

To help that brain spiral I always find your videos interesting, enthusiastic and creatively helpful. I am encouraged to write more after watching. 😉✍🏼

We missed you ! Hope you're doing well ! The sprints sound fun and I was looking forward to doing some sort of a challenge to start a new project, so count me in !

Girl you had me nervous !!!!!

I was just wondering where you were yesterday! ❤️❤️❤️ I'm glad you're kinda back! Take care!

I thought this morning "Huh, I think I haven't seen Kate for a while? Going to look her up this evening" and what do I see? A new video 😄

I'm so excited you're back! I hope you're feeling well and I hope to see you on Twitch this weekend

I’m so glad you’re back, but also glad you took the time to step away. Excited to try to join this weekend

I'm glad you're back and taking care of yourself first! In the realm of headaches and migraines, have you heard of the Ajovi shot that you inject once a month? I've done it myself and after the first couple of months I have to say it worked pretty well. (I'm not trying to get into your medical business, just thought I'd pass along information I have on migraines c:)

YES, December is my chill month, too. It's such a nice opportunity to rest and not be under any unnecessary pressure or 'to dos'. And at the end of the year, I'm just _tired_ 😅 Happy to see you back and on track with taking care of your health!

I’m gunna participate this weekend!! Hoping twitch notifies me when you’re live 🎉😂

Very glad you're feeling better Kate! And that you're working towards getting more answers and changes. I know what it can be like to go through some... not so great health things as we get older and to finally have doctors who are listening! I'm very excited to pop in during the weekend of sprinting! And glad that you're back!

Welcome back❤

Welcome back I really missed your videos.

I love your streams on Twitch but I miss your vlogs SO much!

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Im so glad you have meds for your migraines!! I know that glorious feeling exactly. Oh these sprints sounds exciting and thoroughly needed!!!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

I’m sorry to hear you’ve been having health issues. I pray you feel better soon, physically and mentally. I remember being diagnosed with Type II Diabetes right after I turned 20, and I wasn’t prepared for the mental/emotional aspect. ❤️ I just want you to know it’s okay if you get emotional when you’re going through physical health challenges and having to get used to new routines. (I’m 29 now, and no longer classified as diabetic, thankfully.)

Are we doing March 23-March 27? It would be a great way to finish my birthday week!

I am going to try my best to remember that twitch exists this weekend (/make an account? do I have one? it's all a mystery) to do some prime sprints. Everything you said about your health is so relatable... I went through the same massive changes last year. Learning that my body is starting to do new scary things and that I can't get away with my old habits. Overhauling my diet entirely because I can no longer tolerate a whole bunch of foods (and simultaneously thinking 'It's not fair! My body always USED to tolerate this!), and on top of the huge changes just stressing massively over everything (whilst having the professionals saying that stress is a potential trigger for symptoms, which makes it a horrible cycle). I'm so glad that your new migraine meds work better and that you're sorting through all the other stuff. But in terms of the difficulty of it... yeah, I relate!

Where do I find your books? Amazon -I am not finding!!!

I’ve been (silently) subscribed to your channel for a while now and I’m so glad that I stumbled upon it in the first place. I have gotten away from my writing these past few years, but you have given me the inspiration & motivation to keep brainstorming. Thanks to you, my excitement for creating has never vanished completely. So thank you for your videos. They’re so fun and I truly believe my love for writing would’ve died had I not discovered your videos. ❤

I had the goal of doing a 24hr writeathon once a month for a year. Then depression hit (finally just crawling out of it officially today, yesterday was a soft crawl 😅) so I didn't do one for January, but im trying to tell myself it's okay that I'm behind on multiple writing deadlines. As long as my editing work doesn't suffer, it's not the end of the world ❤

Huge fan of your stuff! Let's team up! Let me know if you need any help.

Hey, I'm so glad you're back! I love your videos

Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the evil in this world, God is full of justice, mercy and love. Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom. If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us into His image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. We cannot purify ourselves, but Christ lived that perfect sinless, pure life and then allotted it to our "account". That's where our righteousness comes from. Not from any good, works that you or I could do. It is not based on the amount of good works we do. God starts the changes, He carries it on, and He completes it in those who let Him. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him, again, through His power and instruction). He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if YOU had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place. He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, forgiveness, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it. He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way. NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER If you have any questions let me know

GIRL WE MISSED YOU WELCOME BACK

I'm sorry people are such jerks sometimes. Yes, please only YT when it's right/healthy for you, but for our sake, I hope you never go away....we missed you!!

Wow, I haven’t realized it’s been two months already… I’m glad you’re back!

How is dictation going?

Hello Kate. For a minute I was like wheres Kate??? Glad to see you!

oh yay, you're not dead ! 🎈 my impression of the health care system (at least in north america) is that it's very much focused on Management rather than Prevention, which makes absolutely no sense to me.

Hi Kate, happy that you're tending to your health now before it becomes an emergency. Might be fun to do a day in the life habit change edition. For example > I used to start with cappuccino, now i start with green juice. Might even help you nail down some of the areas you struggle with. Only of course if it doesn’t feel too intrusive! The spiral: you are cognitively impaired during it. Sometimes you just gotta hold on through it.

in case you need a positive comment to help NOT spiral: You are AMAZING, and I really enjoy your videos.

Hi Kate! I love this idea. I was just wondering, do you have an email address where people can contact you for collabs?