We live in a world where we are constantly targeted for our attention and are being pulled off our center to fulfill someone else’s agenda. So today, I wanted to share some thoughts about showing up more centered and peaceful by reclaiming our attention and time—our most precious irreplaceable commodity. A few years ago, my […]
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Here are a few anti-hiding factoids: If you’re in resistance to—pushing away—your life, you’re in some way hiding. On the other hand, if you’re flowing with your life and allowing yourself to experience everything coming your way…you are not in hiding. Most of us are in some form of resistance at any given time, whether it be
Note from Karen: I had the honor of sitting down with Kristin Kaye, published author and my book coach, to talk about writing—when the writing becomes facing trauma, when the writing is tough. For over a year, Kristin held my hand as I dove into—read: became consumed with—writing my pre-published memoir. Her thoughts on writing, When
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You’re not going to like these next words, but to come out from hiding and live in your truth, you will have to dig deep into the dark places that you have been trying to avoid for a long time. However, there is nothing more fulfilling than coming back out. It’s scary—this digging. It’s a
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Look all the way left. Then look all the way right. What do you think you will find? Since you aren’t looking left again, you won’t find a safe way to cross the street. In this scenario, you won’t find safety at all. What you will find is one of the most dangerous things a
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An interesting experience happened to me a few weeks ago, when an acquaintance who knows that I’ve written a memoir asked me how my business was going. I innocently responded by telling him I was starting a course. “Oh?” he said, seemingly intrigued. “What’s the course about?” “It’s called How to Come Out from Hiding,”
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It was June 2016 when I wrote, Wherever You Are, Be There. I had traveled from Southern California to my hometown in Northern Arizona to care for my hospitalized father while my mother was on travel. I sat at their dining room table and had one of those not-always-the-case writing moments as the words came
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Let’s discuss perfectionism, one of the classic ways that we hide. This is definitely one of my hiding foes, so much so that I’ve written other blogs on this topic. What I know for sure is that perfectionism is extremely rampant in many of us. What I also know is that it can show up
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I, like you, remember 9-11 as if it were yesterday. The images seared in my mind. My feelings—confusion, disbelief, fear, panic, dismay, powerlessness, sorrow, anger—still easily accessible. Stuck in my heart and throat. Still haunting me. I’ll never forget that day. I had already been serving in the U.S. Navy for 17 years when 9-11
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I was about four years old when I had an encounter with a group of boys who were bullying my older brother. The lead bully was the oldest and largest boy and there were his minions, three or four smaller and younger bullies who hid behind his fury. As he got closer to my brother,
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