June 22, 2023

Controlled Burns

Controlled Burns

Have you ever had the urge to metaphorically strike a match and toss it at your business or some other part of your life?

Do you ever find yourself kinda’ feeling like this thing you were once passionate about, you now find boring and you feel trapped, or done or just completely over it? Whatever the reason, there's all this chatter in your head and you just don’t feel like doing it anymore.

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about the times in life when we get frustrated or bored or things feel out of alignment and we just want to set it all on fire.

If you've ever had the urge to burn it all to the ground just know that I totally get it. I’ve been there and I hear you, loud and clear! When that happens, you might want to hit pause, take a deep breath and a step back and put down the matches!

If this is where you are at, I’m here to let you know there’s another way. You are most likely in need of a redirect, a pivot, a change in direction, or what is known as a “controlled burn”.

Instead of setting everything in your business or relationship ablaze, perhaps you just need to let go of and burn away a small section or part that’s no longer working for you.

We can set intentional little “fires” that promote healing, create space and generate regrowth rather than total destruction!

* A resource I mention in this episode is Samantha Garcia’s wonderful new book: Regenerative Business: How to Align Your Business with Nature for More Abundance, Fulfillment and Impact

KK's Takeaways:

• The Roof Is On Fire (3:43)

• Balcony Of Support (6:40)

• Aligning Your Business With Nature* (9:24)

• Finding Your First Job (11:25)

• Controlled Burns In Business (16:40)

• Balcony People (21:24)

• Feeling Misunderstood (24:09)

• Storytime Hypnosis (26:47)


Karen Kenney is a certified Spiritual Mentor, Hypnotist, Integrative Change Worker and a Life Coach. She’s known for her dynamic storytelling, her sense of humor, her Boston accent and her no-bullshit approach to Spirituality and transformational work.

She’s been a yoga teacher for 22+ years, is a Certified Gateless Writing Instructor, and is also an author, speaker, retreat leader and the host of The Karen Kenney Show podcast.

A curious human being, life-long learner and an entrepreneur for 20+ years, KK brings a down-to-earth perspective to applying spiritual principles and brain science that create powerful shifts in people’s lives and businesses.

She works with people individually in her 1:1 program THE QUEST, and offers a collective learning experience via Group Coaching. She supports both the conscious and unconscious mind by combining practical Neuroscience, Subconscious Reprogramming, Integrative Hypnosis, and Spiritual Mentorship. These tools help clients regulate their nervous systems, remove blocks, rewrite stories, rewire beliefs, and reimagine what’s possible!

Karen wants her clients to have their own lived experience with spirituality and to not just “take her word for it”. She encourages people to deepen their personal connection to Self, Source and Spirit in tangible, relatable, and actionable ways without losing sight of the magic.

Her process called: “Your Story To Your Glory” helps people to shift from an old thought system of fear to one of Love - using compassion, un-shaming, laughter and humor, her work is effective, efficient, and it’s also wicked fun!

KK’s been a student of A Course in Miracles for close to 30 years, has been vegan for over 20 years, and believes that a little kindness can go a long way and make a miraculous difference.