Kaitlyn S. C. Hatch

Hi! Let me tell you a bit about myself...

Kaitlyn Hatch is a polymath: a writer, artist, designer, animator, podcast producer, community organizer, brand manager, fundraiser and philosopher.

Writing since before she could spell, she’s contributed essays and reflection pieces to Medium.com, Huffpost.uk, elephant journal, and Lion’s Roar, as well as having kept her own blog since 2008. She has self-published two books, one with the support of a crowdfunding campaign.

Kaitlyn founded The Miscellaneous Youth Network in 2004, a non-profit organization focused on creating sustainable safe spaces for QILT2BAG+ youth in her home town of Calgary, AB and is the father of Fake Mustache, Canada’s longest running drag king troupe.

A Dharma practitioner since 2008, anti-racism is core to her spiritual practice. Her primary teacher is Pema Chödrön, and while she has had affiliations with various Buddhist communities, she considers herself a rogue practitioner.

From 2015 until 2019 she produced the podcast Everything is Workable, which started as a way to share her practice and became a platform for uplifting and amplifying the wisdom of others through collaborative conversations.

Kaitlyn is currently enrolled as a second-year student in the Upaya Zen Center’s Buddhist chaplaincy training program.

Contribute & Connect

I am incredibly fortunate to have the support of patrons to enable me to do this work. It is 100% funded by others.

If you are struck by any of the work I do and would like to encourage and support it, it would mean so much to me if you became a patron. Your contribution is valued, regardless of what it is.

Writing

Blog

Books

Dharma Art

As an artist, I have worked with many mediums. My portfolio includes sculpture, animation, poetry, painting, drawing, leather-craft and embroidery. My current artistic focus is on creating detailed line drawings of traditional Tibetan Thangkas—specifically representations of various deities in non-male form.

You can see the progress of these pieces on my Instagram feed and other art pieces in The Gallery.

The artist's hand sketching a lotus flower below an infinite knot. A metal ruler lies across the image.

A pen and ruler laying across a half finished drawing of a generic dakini. The Dakini is in a sitting posture with a skull cup in one hand.

Podcast

Everything is Workable is a podcast I produced and hosted from June 2015 until October 2019. This was a project I did to support my Buddhist practice, express gratitude to the many teachers in my life, and show that what one person does truly matters.

My guests throughout the years included friends, fellow practitioners, and great teachers and leaders like adrienne maree brown, Lama Rod Owens, and Dekila Chungyalpa.

I am currently working on finishing a searchable archive of episodes, as want this to continue to be a source of support and encouragement.