The Karen Kenney Show

In our current world of social media and internet access, we tend to “feel” like we actually “know” everyone (even though we really don’t), especially when it comes to famous people. As a result, sometimes their deaths can catch us off guard or stir up a lot of deep, personal, and unexpected feelings. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m talking with my friend Bill Baren about this very topic in th...

When I work with my Spiritual Mentoring clients, there’s an exercise that I have them do that’s based off of one of the Online Training modules that I created for them called: Balcony People. Balcony people are the reliable,​ enthusiastic cheerleaders in your life that love you, get you, see you and celebrate you! They’re the ones that show up to cheer you on at your events, in your successes or b...

We live in a wicked busy world, where a lot of people are trying to do way too many things all at once. Whether they're distracted by their phones/electronic devices, social media or have a conditioned addiction to being busy - more and more of what matters might be slipping through the cracks. With so many of us not being present or in the moment, we wind up feeling anxious, disconnected, lonely...

This week’s podcast and blog was inspired by something that was said at my favorite 8-Day writing conference down in FL. One of my favorite Boston Authors, Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Live By Night) was talking about writing “Characters” in our stories and I couldn’t help but see the connection between that and Spiritual Integrity. I was curious about what determines our character...

OK, so here's something interesting that I've discovered over the last 40 or so years... Grief & Love situations can make people say all kinds of clumsy shit. Ha! I don’t think they “mean” to say things that are hurtful - it’s just that they sometimes don’t “think” before opening their mouths. They’re sometimes blinded by their own pain, need to be special or their reluctance to be vulnerable - th...

I have some super gifted friends who’ve been doing some things for a wicked long time. They've been clear & focused and have devotedly put in the “10,000 hours” or more into studying, practicing and living their area of expertise. They’re disciplined in learning their craft, whatever that may be and have spent many, many years discovering, developing and becoming deft in their knowledge in a parti...

Today on the Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about overachievers. You know, those of us that always like to set the bar wicked high for ourselves. Now, having big goals isn’t a bad thing in and of itself… but things can get out of whack when we keep re-setting the bar so high and fast, that we never actually take the time to appreciate our success when we reach it. (or even sometimes, sail straig...

I get so excited at the start of a new year, because we get to put all of yesterday's nonsense behind us. All the ways we kinda’ blew it, all the times we didn't quite live up to our own expectations or maybe we just fell a little short. The onset of a new year means we get a nice clean slate. We get to show up, let go of the fear and start living in love. Today on the Karen Kenney Show, we’re tal...

As we come to the close of another year, I’m often asked how I spend my New Year’s Eve. Truth is, I like to spend it at home in a low key, contemplative kind of way. I have a ritual that I do each year, where I sit down with blank sketch paper and a bunch of colored pens/markers. I take some time to look at the past 12-months and take stock of what went down. I reflect back on my path, my purpose...

People are often so curious about what it is I do for work. And when I say that, “I’m a Spiritual Mentor” - I often get one of those questioning head tilts, that says “You’re a WHAT? Like WTF does that even mean, KK?” Ha! So today on the Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about the Fearless Flow Mentoring that I offer, who it’s really for and why I started doing this kind of work in the first place....

Something that I often say to my Spiritual Mentoring clients and my friends is, “The Assignment is Alignment.” HA! In order to be aligned with the who, what & where we’re supposed to be in life, we need to stop listening to the voice of the ego (aka: the voice of fear). Instead, we need to start listening for the voice of Love - that is our Spiritual Team. Today on the Karen Kenney Show, we take a...

Today on the Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about one of those difficult realizations that we often have after we experience the loss of something or someone of great importance to us and what can happen as a result. I’ve gone through it myself when I was younger and have seen + heard it from enough people over the years - friends and clients who are navigating a death, divorce or destruction of...

One of the things that I often ask my Spiritual Mentoring clients is: “In this moment, can you be grateful for everything that’s happened in your life so far?” And in the places where there’s still a big, fat NO ------> Like feck’ no, KK, I am so NOT grateful for that… death, divorce, disease, diagnosis, disappointment, disaster, etc. Why on earth would I want to give THANKS for THAT?) Well, my br...

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking with my friend Stacy Krecklow, co-founder of Ohana Kitchen about her story, her journey and her passion for “Servant Leadership Culture”. Stacy Krecklow is also one of my Spiritual Mentoring clients and a fellow “Masshole” originally from Amesbury MA. She now resides with her husband (Jay), four-year-old daughter (Prudence) and her adorable Wheaten Ter...

Have you been feeling “THE SQUEEZE” lately? You know the squeeze… That intense pressure you feel when a lot of shit is going down in your world all at once and you’re being asked to let go, surrender, change and maybe even let a few people, relationships, habits and old stories metaphorically “die” or fall away? That place right before the transformation actually happens, when stuff might still fe...

Mentors can be an extremely powerful force in our lives. As the ones who’ve gone before us, whether that be because of first-hand experience or simply age, their hard-earned lessons and wisdom POV, can teach us a lot about what might be helpful for us on our own journeys. Things would be totally different now if I didn’t have the influence of both female and a few male mentors in my life, especial...

In today’s episode of The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking to one of my favorite people and Soul Sisters, Karin Haysbert. She’s an author, coach, wife, mother, pastor and inspirational speaker bringing love and life strategies to rising queens worldwide.  I don’t care if you’re married or just paired up for a consistently long time, Karin’s inspiration is going to be wicked helpful. She’s worked t...

Are you unhappy with the world around you, the way your life is going or the path you’ve been walking? If you answered yes… then I have good news for you. You can always CHOOSE AGAIN! It’s time to take back your power and stop blaming others and the world around you for your unhappiness and lack of inner peace. While we can’t always control what happens, we can always control how we respond to and...

When I was younger and naive, I use to take people at face value & their word. Over time, I learned that it’s one thing for a person to think or say a thing - it’s totally different for them to actually act on what they say or follow through. Here’s what I’ve come to know, if our thoughts, words and actions are not in alignment with our truth not only will we suffer and eventually doubt ourselves...

Life doesn’t always have us travelling in a perfectly straight line. We sometimes change our mind or decide to try something different and don’t always know where the heck we’re going to end up. Good news is, it’s totally cool to think you know where you’re meant to go but then still change your mind or direction if and when the time comes for you to pivot. In my own life, I’ve taken what I call t...

As humans, we’re born into a world that conditions us to live in a fear-based state of thinking. Conditioning that has most of us believing that we’re separate from God, from our Source, from Love and each other. Once our minds take the ego’s BS bait, it starts to make this falsity it’s new Gospel truth. This dualistic way of thinking is then like the engine that drives the mental train of all our...

There’s a saying that there are three kinds of people in life: 1) Those who make things happen. 2) Those who watch things happen. 3) Those who wonder, “What’s happening?” HA! So the question is - Are you someone that takes action in life? Or do you find yourself more often in the position of the bystander? In today’s episode of The Karen Kenney Show, we talk about what it means to ponder life's ci...

In today’s episode of The Karen Kenney Show, we’re diving deep with one of my beloved mentors & friends, the one-and-only Bill Baren - Chief Executive Officer of The Big Shift LLC & Chief Product Officer of Empowered Education. Known as the “Business Oracle”, Bill is a world-renowned business coach, educator, and a serial entrepreneur. He’s started and grown four different multi-million dollar com...

In today’s episode of The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about the skill of knowing when to “back down” and the healthy importance & power that comes with the ability to Retreat. A lot of us tend to look at retreating as a sign of weakness - but I’ve lived long enough now to tell you that sometimes, it’s actually the extreme opposite. Having the wisdom and insight to know why & when to retreat (...

We're here in this world. We've got a certain amount of time. None of it’s guaranteed. And most of us, we don't know when we're going to die. But... if you knew you were dying, would you live your life differently? Would you be ready to stop making excuses for the choices that you've been making? Would you stop blaming your current life on your past circumstances? Would you be willing to let go of...