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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
Sep 7, 20172 min read
Are Compassion & Empathy Part of Your Business Plan?
What if you arrive at work in the morning to your manager showing genuine care and concern for the grief you are feeling from a sudden...
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...
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