Katarina (Kat) Stenstedt
I go by either Katarina or Kat, which I’ve switched to these past ten years or so, for simplicity’s sake. Or Kata, if you’re an old friend and you grew up calling me that. 🙂 To get in touch, email me at kat@sleeponthehearth.com.
Writing and editing
I was a professional writer and editor from 1992 to 2019, and I’m now a healthcare chaplain. For more about that sort of thing, see my LinkedIn profile.
My novel Soul Boundary is a literary sci-fi story about the human soul.
Music
Until I was in my mid-twenties, I didn’t sing at all. Then I discovered that not only did I enjoy singing, but I also wanted to write and record my own songs. (Which I did, and now I’m kind of over it….)
Spiritual direction
I’ve been a spiritual director since 2002, and a spiritual-direction supervisor since 2008. In 2004, I completed the Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction (DASD) program at San Francisco Theological Seminary (now part of University of Redlands). I completed the Together in the Mystery supervisor-training program in 2009.
I pared down my spiritual direction practice when I became a chaplain, but I still have a few clients, who I treasure deeply.
Spiritual community
I’m a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and I belong to Strawberry Creek Monthly Meeting in Berkeley.
The rest, in brief…
I was born in Linköping, Sweden, and lived in California, Belgium, and Iran while I was growing up. I went to high school in Lafayette, California, and then attended Stanford, from which I have a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science.
I have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area most of my life.
I hope you enjoy my website!
