Back in summer 2025, I was a guest on the Burnout Break Room podcast, hosted by Caitlan Trewhella (a creative) and Lyndie Laramore (a therapist and career coach).
Greetings, Lovely Human. I’m Katherine Sauer and you are warmly welcomed to my little corner of existence.
I’m equal parts inquisitive mind, mystical heart, and creative soul, wrapped up in a body that thrives on movement and sensory experience.
At my professional core, I’m a scholar – always deeply learning something and often teaching, mentoring, writing, or speaking as I synthesize the wisdom.
The throughline of my professional and personal interests is a devotion to fostering the vitality of the human spirit – through education, holistic leadership, work-life well-being, creative pursuits, and systems-level change.
Since 2007, this site has been a place to park my projects. Back when I was a professor, that meant links to my published research articles and teaching resources. These days, it’s an evolving portfolio of whatever I’m getting up to.
Enjoy your time browsing. I hope you find something that sparks your curiosity.
The forthcoming Women of Power compilation, edited by Laura Nicholls, features an essay of mine entitled The Accidental Spiritual Awakening of a Ph.D. Economist. It’s my first crack at memoir-style writing and it stretched me in the very best ways.
My first book manuscript, MOTIVATED AF: Align Your Inner Drive for Performance and Fulfillment Without Burning Out is shaping up nicely. It’s for the mission-driven high performers who don’t want to be told to slow down.
Back in summer 2025, I was a guest on the Burnout Break Room podcast, hosted by Caitlan Trewhella (a creative) and Lyndie Laramore (a therapist and career coach).
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