Hi, I’m Kate Lily
The productive stoner on your side.
I am an Attorney-turned-Certified Cannabis Educator, here to show you how to gently use cannabis to find your happy place.
So you can feel calmer and happier while still living your high-functioning life.
Cannabis has been a balancing force in my life for years. It hasn’t kept me from success, it’s helped me achieve it.
Now it’s my mission to teach you how to do the same.
Who am I and how did I do this? Here is my story…
Certified Cannabis Educator
Cannabis Sommelier
Certified Cannabis & Health Coach
Founding Member of Women Empowered Cannabis Advocates Network
“Kate” and “Lily” are my real first and middle names, but they are so much more than that.
They represent the duality of who I am as a person.
Kate is the Type A, organized, successful attorney.
She loves logic, order, and efficiency. She thinks about the most streamlined way to empty the dishwasher or board a plane (zipper configuration, back to front). She always finds a way to make things work better than she found them. To bring process to chaos.
She sees your responsibilities, she sees your to-do list. She knows you have kids at home to care for.
She knows you can’t afford to get too high.
Lily is the Woo, spiritual, soft, psychedelic girl.
A seeker, a mind-expander. A nurturer. A mother. An artist.
She feels the interconnectedness of all beings as easily as she smells, sees, or tastes. She thinks about collective consciousness and studies yoga.
She’ll make you a custom pair of leather earrings just because she thought they’d look cute on you. Her Pinterest board is full of heart-shaped bongs, chakras painted on wood, and DMT art from Australia.
She wants you to use cannabis to feel the joy of it.
To relax, to giggle, to connect deeply with yourself and others.
Both of these women are me, in equal measure.
That is the magic I hope to bring to you.
To help you discover joy and ease while still being a responsible adult.
For most of my life, I was Kate on the outside and kept Lily hidden away in the closet. But I have always been both.
I have always loved cannabis.
I love it so much so that I left a successful 16-year career as an attorney to start my business, following my passion for the plant to help people just like YOU feel better with cannabis.
Now, I have the chance to claim both Kate and Lily as essential parts of me as I help guide you to using cannabis in a supportive, productive way.
So you can feel calmer and happier while still living your high-functioning life.
Want to know how I did it?
By high school, I had deeply internalized the message that life was serious and I needed to be high-achieving to survive.
I took all honors and AP classes and played three sports.
— But I also smoked weed the whole time —
My first experience using cannabis was at age 15, in a circle of friends nervously huddled together behind my friend Debbie’s house.
Her older brother had procured a single nugget of plant matter (or did she just pilfer it from him?). It was deep green with wild red strands running through it.
It held so much promise.
I stood in the crisp fall air, waiting for the makeshift pipe we had crafted from a Coke can.
I took a puff. It was exhilarating.
I felt happy, giggly, and somehow more like myself than I had ever felt.
My anxiety about saying the right thing, obsessing over whether my last joke was funny or dumb, it all fell away.
In that moment, I knew this plant was for me.
I knew that all of the anti-drug propaganda I had been fed about weed was wrong.
Weed was awesome.
And it was also just not a big deal.
You didn’t have to use a lot to feel good.
Its only side effects were lots of laughs, some out-there ideas, and intense music over-appreciation.
Once I discovered how a gentle dose of cannabis could make me feel balanced and happy, I used it as often as I could.
So did most of my friends. It wasn’t difficult to get, it just took a little persistence and a whole lot of waiting around in parking lots.
But we all still kept up our grades in our honors classes, still performed well for our sports teams. Life went on in a very balanced way.
In college I was pre-med with a Biology major. I spent my days learning about genetics and my nights studying organic chemistry. It was intense, it was all very Type A Kate.
I spent my weekends hiking in the forest, playing frisbee golf, going to concerts, and using cannabis. Letting Lily run free.
Still I kept up good grades, even under the immense pressures of a difficult major and a classroom full of brilliant minds from around the world.
— But I also smoked weed the whole time —
I got into law school, and now the stakes were really high.
I had to stay focused, had to make near perfect grades, even more difficult in a classroom of even more brilliant minds from around the world.
Using a gentle dose of cannabis at night helped me stay balanced and calm under stress.
Three years of hard work later, I graduated law school cum laude, proudly donning that special ribbon around my neck at graduation.
The moral of this story?
Using cannabis did not keep me from success.
It did not turn me into a lifeless, directionless stoner, forever destined to live in my parents’ basement.
Far from it.
Instead, using a gentle dose of cannabis regularly was crucial to my success.
It kept me centered, connected, and balanced.
A nice indica strain the night before a big chemistry final calmed my nerves and let me sleep.
An uplifting sativa strain helped push me outside on a daily walk, a habit I continue to this day to maintain my physical and mental health.
Dropping a THC tincture in soda water has become my favorite zero-calorie, zero-hangover happy hour drink. I wake up fresh as a daisy the next morning and get on with my day.
Fast forward 16 years…
I was a successful attorney with a great career.
I had carved a path for myself by creating innovative tools, systems, and templates that helped large businesses and hospitals connect and streamline their supply chains. It was serious work.
I had been happily married for 20 years and have two adorable young girls.
By every conventional metric, I was living a successful life.
But after 16 years as an attorney, I was starting to burn out. It wasn’t really me.
I don’t like being serious Kate all the time. I was hiding half of who I was to fit the mold of “serious attorney with difficult job.” I felt my spirit slowly dying.
I wanted to align my career with my authentic self. I wanted to use my voice to lift up something I was passionate about.
I love cannabis, it has helped me for my entire life.
It’s fun and helpful.
I want to shout it from the rooftops.
And I want for everyone else to love it as much as I do.
Then it hit me…
…Why stay Kate?
That is, why stay serious attorney Kate?
What if I could be Kate AND Lily?
What if I could make a career out of teaching people how to use cannabis?
Help people skip the bad experiences and go right to the great ones?
Give them the hidden key to balance and happiness?
So I hit the books.
While still working as supply chain attorney by day, I spent nearly a year’s worth of nights and weekends getting three distinct cannabis education certifications.
I learned from the very best in the cannabis industry:
30 years of cannabis experience and 3 cannabis education degrees later,
I am expertly trained and qualified to help you find your happy place and live your best life.
I don’t want you to become a lifeless stoner!
I want to infuse joy in your life where there was chaos before.
I don’t want you to get too high!
I want to help you skip over the millions of mistakes I’ve made over a lifetime of using cannabis, and head straight to the good experiences.
The best products.
The right, gentle doses.
Laughter. Play. Ease. Sleep.
It can all be yours! Check out the “Where Should We Begin?” section below to get started.
My Certifications and Affiliations
Certified Cannabis Educator
Certified in teaching the science, history, and uses of the cannabis plant.
Cannabis Sommelier
Certified in evaluating quality and predicting effects of different cannabis strains based on physical and aromatic characteristics.
Certified Cannabis & Health Coach
Certified in conducting 1:1 coaching relationships with clients, making specific recommendations on dosing and timing of cannabis products.
WECAN Founding Member
Founding Member of the Women Empowered Cannabis Advocates Network, a networking group for cannabis educators and entrepreneurs.
Where should we begin?
Welcome! I have LOTS of educational articles about CBD and cannabis on my site. Both beginners and old pros will find something useful here.
Head to Learn if you’re curious about cannabis but don’t know what products will work best for you.
Head to Kate’s Picks if you want reviews of the best quality cannabis products on the market, hand-picked by a Certified Cannabis Educator.
From vapes to bath bombs, I’ll share the products I know and trust.
