When we become adults - if we’re not careful - we no longer create enough time for fun, play and joy in the things we choose to do. This way of living can become a slippery slide down slope - where everything in our life feel...
Apologizing is an art form and a skill set that we have to take time to learn, practice and build. It’s not something that most of us do well or even automatically. In fact, plenty of people suck when it comes to making apolo...
As we start to do some spiritual work - we can become more aware, awake and sensitive to our previous words and behaviors - when we weren’t at our best. If we don't have any tools or resources in place when our past mistakes ...
Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re continuing our conversation from my previous episode on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), by talking with one of my brilliant mentors and teachers! If you listened to my show last week, you...
Did you know that between 15% to 20% of people in the world suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome – also known as IBS? It’s incredible to think about how those three little letters (IBS) - can wreak so much havoc, distress, de...
When it comes to trying new things - the best way for me to learn what I think about it, what I feel about it, and whether I like or don’t like a particular person, place, program or product, etc. - is to do what I call: FAFO...
A quote I love from writer Jonathan Franzen is at the heartbeat of today’s episode. He says: “When you stay in your room in rage or sneer or shrug your shoulders as I did for many years. The world and its problems are impossi...
Like the Fall leaves that blow all over our yards, we can often get blown around by our thoughts. Have you ever been looking for the answer to something, and you say to yourself, “I'm just going to look this up real quick on ...
My friend and former elementary school teacher, Kirsten Tulsian, found herself sitting on the floor of her classroom one night with her head in her hands and breaking down in tears. Feeling overwhelmed, overworked and underap...
At the transformational retreats that I lead, I sometimes like to share something with the participants that I call: “Voted Most Likely To”. It’s a humorous exercise that looks at what we or the people in our life would defin...
For those of you that know me, you know that I just absolutely love Mr. Fred Rogers. So much so that I consider him one of the head honchos on my Spiritual Team. When Fred was little and big scary things were happening in the...
When it comes to communication, relationship building and dreaming big, it’s important and impactful to be specific in what you say, the decisions you make, and the actions you take. Specificity is at the top of the list beca...
Everywhere we look it seems we’re seeing suffering in one form or another. It's completely normal to want to turn away and avoid the feelings of fear, overwhelm, exhaustion, rage, despair, and hopelessness that may come with ...
There is so much going on in the world - violence, war, division, separation, lack of cooperation and simply not listening to one another and as a result we bump up against each other all over the place. This got me thinking…...
Not everyone will be our “cup of tea” and we won't always be theirs - and sometimes this can even extend to seasons in our life. Meaning that, what was once something we needed, we no longer need now or what we once liked or ...
I hope your curiosity brought you here because I know that my curiosity brought me here to record this episode. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about the British slang term “Coddiwomple” - which plainly means “t...
Sometimes it’s not just the people in the immediate relationship that are affected by the decisions that we make or that get made. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about collateral damage and how the choices we m...
I think knowing how we best learn is super important and helpful. It’s good to discover for yourself, if you’re a visual, audio or kinetic learner, or a combination of two or all three. It's also helpful as you're learning to...
Mahatma Gandhi was known for having said; “My life is my message.” Recently, I was thinking about my own mortality and one of the things I considered is… when I die, what am I actually leaving behind? Like, if I were to drop ...
Have you ever found yourself overthinking and softening your language in emails, meetings, conversations, or voice and text messages... So that other people wouldn’t perceive you as being a pain in the ass, or too needy, or t...
So many people, many of whom, because of experiences from their earlier and most formative years - have developed a low level or lack of self-esteem, self worth, and self confidence. Since we sometimes can't truly see our rea...
Something I learned back in college from my Communications Professor, is that “the message sent is not always the message received.” Just because I think I've done a good job communicating who I am, what I do, and what I off...
There’s a saying that gets tossed around a lot that says, “Hurt People, Hurt People.” While this can sometimes be true… There's also a ton of people out there with adverse childhood experiences - that include unbelievably dif...
In life, we sometimes need to move things around. Whether the movement is about the physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual — we’ve gotta’ get our ass up, in gear and “rearrange the furniture” of our lives. Today on The Kar...
