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Karen Allen
Apr 6, 20215 min read
It's Hard to Just "Get Over IT!"
Have you ever had a bad haircut? Oh my goodness, it’s the worst, right?!! And for us curly girls, it’s even more of a quest to find...
Karen Allen
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Start Healing From the Emotional & Mental Fatigue of 2020
Let’s face it, friend, this year took a special set of survival skills. I’m not going to ask how many hours of Netflix you logged. Or how...
Karen Allen
Nov 18, 20204 min read
Peace of Mind Starts Here
Peace of mind doesn't come from STUFF, it comes from your thoughts. If you've been desperate for peace of mind lately, maybe you’ve been...
Karen Allen
May 3, 20203 min read
Feeling Funky?? That's Normal - here's how to get through it
Typically we just wait for the moodiness to pass. But you can move through it so it doesn’t linger longer than necessary.
Karen Allen
Mar 29, 20203 min read
How Do We Get Through Tough Times?? TOGETHER
The entire world is on edge as the coronavirus continues to spread and uncertainty escalates. The overwhelming losses and changes are...
Karen Allen
Jun 13, 20183 min read
12 Bedtime Affirmations
If you’re like me, most nights when you are ready to close your eyes and go to sleep, your mind starts racing. Maybe you have multiple...
Karen Allen
Dec 23, 20173 min read
Holiday Grief
People often ask me, “Do we ever stop grieving?” The answer is “no”, I don’t believe we ever stop grieving, I think we just learn how to...
Karen Allen
Oct 18, 20171 min read
Build Your Resilience Muscle
Resilience is the ability to endure adversity and we are all capable of doing so. Here are 3 ways I've built my resilience.
Karen Allen
Oct 12, 20172 min read
Time Does Not Heal Grief. You Do.
One of the biggest myths about grief is that "Time heals all wounds." It’s what we say to each other perhaps to be nice or as an attempt...
Karen Allen
Oct 2, 20173 min read
Las Vegas Mass Shooting: when is enough, enough?
How did we get here? How did we become so disconnected to humanity - to one another? This morning @Igorvolsky, Deputy Director of Guns...
Karen Allen
Aug 3, 20173 min read
3 Simple Ways to Manage Your Grief
Everyone is managing some sort of battle, am I right? If it's not personal, it's professional; if it's not professional, it's political....
Karen Allen
Jul 10, 20171 min read
Thank you, Sheryl
In my line of work, I have often discouraged from using the word "grief", like it's a dirty word or something. So needless to say, I am...
Karen Allen
Jul 10, 20173 min read
Two truths & a lie
Over the weekend on a drive home I noticed my son, Caleb, staring out of the back window. He was leaning forward, almost in anticipation...
Karen Allen
Jul 10, 20171 min read
Take your broken heart and make it into art
Last night Meryl Streep said “take your broken heart make it into art” she was quoting her dear departed friend Carrie Fisher....
Karen Allen
Jul 10, 20173 min read
What an unpredictable world we live in
Last year we were all left shocked at the countless losses, changes and tragedies that occurred in our world. It was an emotional...
Karen Allen
Jul 10, 20173 min read
3 tips to build resilience
Resilience is an essential component to life because we all experience hardships, change and/or pain. The beauty in the ashes is that we...
Karen Allen
Jul 10, 20173 min read
What really happens when you pull the trigger
Everywhere hearts are breaking for the recent shootings in our country. Children, harmless men and women, civilian, law enforcement…. It...
Karen Allen
Jul 10, 20172 min read
How to support your employees after the Pulse mass shooting
For many of us, we will return to work today and press on with life. But sadly, there are over 100 lives that will not be at their desk...
Karen Allen
Jul 10, 20171 min read
Every life matters
Every life matters. It’s that simple. My husband went to work one day, he was in the middle of teaching his Crossfit class when someone...
Karen Allen
Jul 10, 20172 min read
No memory, no pain?
Today a harsh reality was verbalized. My 5 year old son, Caleb, and I were in the car on our way to the barber shop. He needed a fresh...
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