11/01/2024
Hello!!!!!
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here, and life has been full of many changes! I’m revamping and jumping back in so i thought I’d start with re-introducing myself!
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I’m Karen….I call myself a “midwife to the soul.” For almost 30 years, as a psychotherapist and coach, I have guided (mostly) women to come home to themselves: to tap into their truest essence so they can be their most authentic self in the world and live the life they are uniquely here to live. I combine ancient wisdom with hardcore academic knowledge and a lifetime of spiritual and embodied practice with hundreds of people (+ myself!) in the journey of being human.
My academic training & years of professional experience is only part of the reason this work matters to me. Here’s a bit of the backstory:
I grew up as a VERY GOOD GIRL.
🌸Met the expectations of others.
🌸World class people-pleaser.
🌸And I did a VERY good job of not rocking any boats.
I was the “right” size, got the “right” grades, and lived a life that would garner the approval I thought I needed.
(Wait, did I mention that all this perfectionism came with a debilitating eating disorder & major anxiety?)
Fast forward to my early-40s: I had a seemingly ideal life, the one I was conditioned to create, but a heart and soul that was…well, hungry, longing for something I couldn’t quite name. Yes, I was grateful but something was missing.
After years of therapy & journaling & self-help books, it was finally an astrologer who offered the wake up call. I asked him, “Why am I unhappy when I have everything I thought I was supposed to want?”:
“YOU ARE NOT A WHITE PICKET FENCE GIRL, Karen. And the longer you try to be that woman & follow everyone else’s version of you, the longer you will remain unfulfilled. You are meant to walk on the edge & follow your own path.”
(It’s scary AF to hear the truth sometimes).
From that day on, I set on a winding journey of coming HOME to myself. My TRUE self. I broke “the good girl” rules, learned to handle fear and navigate my life by true embodied desire instead.
That meant:
Deeper connections & intimacy, more authentic expression, work that fed my soul and used my gifts more creatively, more vitality & sexiness in my body (yes, even despite aging), and more aliveness in my life.
Perfect? Hardly. Meaningful? Abso-f**king-lutely.
And then, October 7, 2023 happened.
October 7 & its aftermath took me into a dark spot of deep grief and pain, seemingly uprooting the sense of home within myself I had cultivated.
But it turns out, the opposite was true: in tending to my grief, deeper roots took hold. I became further connected to my lineage, my tribe, and ultimately, my self. The loss and grief were like compost, nourishing a fierce strength borne of self-knowing. As my roots deepened, my confidence and sense of purpose became further illuminated, sparking a fire that ultimately burned away the next layer of what wasn't true anymore.
I am more committed than ever to helping others deepen their roots and brighten their inner light, so they can move through the world with confidence and show up in their fullest expression.
The world is not always a friendly place for light-carriers. It often tries to s***f us out and shut us down.
And sometimes we dim our own inner radiance, choosing instead to please others or conform to what is expected.
But you are not here to be dim, hidden, or following someone else’s rules.
You’re also not here to be exhausted, burned out, and always making everyone else happy.
You are here to live a deeply rooted, fully lit up, turned on life. And as you do so, you feel more joy, you feel more like yourself, others around you start to feel better in your presence, and you live with more purpose, more meaning, more LIFE. You also carry a torch of luminous light that the world so desperately needs.
I use my years of clinical training and education as a psychotherapist + my numerous coaching certifications (in everything from energy work to the psychology of eating to mindful sexuality) to lead group programs, retreats, and private 1:1 transformation.
I’ve got several programs happening this month which I’ll be sharing here.
