Cathay O. Reta

Cathay Reta is on a mission to help people who struggle to find or recover their passion, to know their purpose and to live fully. It’s something she knows about because a few years ago life shook her foundation enough that she started to question everything she had believed. Listening to her inner voice, she took a walk—a long walk—on the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James), a 483-mile pilgrimage trail across northern Spain. Traveling alone, at the age of sixty-four after her husband’s death left her widowed, she got to know herself again and to fall in love with that self she rediscovered. On the Camino she also found the courage to pursue her dream of being an author and speaker.

Cathay has a diverse background with a BA in music; a lifetime of co-ministry with her late husband, David; and a forty-year career in adult literacy, developing and conducting training for local, statewide (California), and national organizations—most often with public libraries. Her greatest passion is turning life’s experiences and observations into relatable lessons for others. Her mantra is: “You can do anything. You are unstoppable. You are amazing! Now live it!”