The Karen Kenney Show

Have you ever felt underestimated by different people in your life? Sometimes, people are quick to underestimate us, particularly if we’re not the same as them or display characteristics or traits that differ from their own. But to that I say “let them underestimate you.” Use their disbelief to your advantage. The people who truly get you and value you won't be swayed by the ignorance of others -...

When it comes to my Spiritual Team (ST), I’m what you might call kind of a “mutt.” I draw upon a lot of Divine Helpers from different traditions and don't just stick to only one particular thing. My ST is a cast of characters that put me back in touch with who I really am, remind me of what I'm capable of, what my purpose is and to whom I belong. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about...

In this day and age of social media and the internet, a lot of people seem to have no respect for intellectual property. They will just take someone else’s words, content and or ideas and slap their name on a quote card and call it their own. They believe that if they alter it slightly, even just by one word and then attribute it to themselves, then they’re good to go. Sometimes they’ll even teach...

There are times by simply being ourselves and making our own choices, we inspire or influence others in a positive way to look at themselves and what their path is. This happens especially if someone looks up to us, respects us or likes to learn from us. Occasionally, it can also have the opposite effect, and people will see or hear you and then subconsciously feel uncomfortable with what they the...

It seems like so many people are feeling overwhelmed these days or have a kind of “sense of despair”. There's been so much senseless violence, loss and grief happening in the world and folks are just trying to work their way through it. Even in my own life, in the past six months, I've lost three of my Aunties, and three of my furry kids. Let me tell you, it has been a season. I also know people w...

If you’ve been feeling uninspired, or unsure if you’re up to the task at hand, or finding it hard to get out there and enjoy what life has to offer, then this episode might be exactly what you need! Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking to my longtime friend Sean Snow (S2), a former triathlon coach, who’s participated in 5 Boston Marathons, and has competed world-wide in over 70 Half-Ironm...

As a Spiritual Mentor, I often jokingly say that, “This being human is an ongoing problem.” Funny things about humans though, we often don’t make the connection between human problems and spiritual solutions. When we’re facing human sadness, fear, loneliness, grief, heartbreak, trauma, overwhelm, anxiety, disconnection, and the thousand and one other ways that humans can suffer and cause suffering...

At some point or another, we’ve all probably thought or even said the statement; “I'm not going to get my hopes up.” We did this because for some reason we thought it was better to not dream too big - rather than having our hopes dashed when things didn’t go our way. But words matter, and what we say to ourselves even in moments of “self-protection” can make a difference in the outcome of our dail...

Did you know that from the third trimester, when we're still in our mom's belly until the time that we're about seven years old, we are deeply programmable, open to suggestions and often operating in the brain wave states most associated with being hypnotized? Like little sponges, we soak up everything we hear, see and experience in our environments, including scary situations or mean statements l...

It can feel challenging sometimes, especially if you were raised as a “blue collar kid” to take time to rest even when it’s needed. But the push back against resting is really just an old pattern of societal pressure and subconscious programming, that we can not only let go of, but we can replace with a more helpful way of thinking. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about how the brain...

In today’s episode of The Karen Kenney Show, we revisit a wicked honest episode that got a lot of feedback when I first released it! I heard from so many people who said they loved the show, that it really resonated and that it got them thinking and talking with their friends and family about their own personal drinking and our greater culture of drinking. I also heard from some folks that shared...

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about the power of “Word of Mouth” (WOM). WOM can be defined in a few different ways, but how it’s traditionally known is the passing of information from person to person using oral communication. This is simply where a person tells a story about either a real (or made-up) event to someone else. Word of mouth like storytelling has been around since the...

One of the things that we often do (and something I used to do all the time) - is we mistake our identity, who we think we are, how we see ourselves, and how we relate to the world with what's happened to us; with our origin stories. We confuse our identity with “our biography” - all those things that have happened to us, especially when we were younger. Sometimes we also even do it with our genet...

Back in the day, before there were refrigerators, people had to store their crop harvest together over periods of time in big batches. Something that they learned, sometimes the hard way, is that just one bad apple that’s really bruised, rotting or starting to go bad gives off a gas known as ethylene. This gas affects the other fruit close to it by speeding up the ripening process and if left unch...

There’s so much pain, fear and worry in the world right now, but not everybody who’s suffering will outwardly show it. Many people give the appearance that they’re holding it together so well, that we wouldn’t ever know there was something big going on just below the surface. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about checking in on the people we love and extending grace, compassion and k...

When people hear the word Hypnosis, they often think about someone being made to run around on a stage clucking like a chicken, barking like a dog or doing something extremely embarrassing for the sake of entertainment. The truth about hypnosis and hypnotherapy when used in service for transformation and healing, is not even anything close to that. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking abo...

I don't come from the school of thought that if you dress better; you do your job better. Not just in the sense of business but life in general. The clothes someone has on their back does not make or break the person they are inside or dictate whether or not we can rely on them. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m talking about placing our focus beyond the physical and onto the things that truly m...

When we become aware of a tender spot in another being, we need to keep in mind that if something is a tender spot, the appropriate response is to be tender. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about tenderness and how growing up I sometimes found it hard to extend a lot of compassion, softness and mercy towards others, because I didn’t know how to offer it or allow it first within mysel...

I sometimes wish that I could pull my eyeballs out of my head and pop them into another person, just so they can see themselves how I see them. So they could witness the Divine shine that I see when I look at them. It's like we walk around with blinders on to who we really are and miss our own brilliance. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about seeing ourselves clearly. If our mind’s n...

Have you been feeling a little extra “squeezed”, stressed or overwhelmed lately? We all have those moments when human challenges can seem all-consuming and we lose the clear picture of where we actually are, how far we’ve come and who it is that helped us get there. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about remembering and connecting to that deep, inner gratitude for the ones who have lo...

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about the concept of “telling it like it is”. I got to thinking about this because people often say that one of the reasons they like to work with me is that they view me as someone who “Tells It Like It Is”. While I understand what they mean, I think the more accurate description is that, “I tell it like I am.”  It would behoove us all to remembe...

One of the things I’ve seen time and time and time again, and you can “Double Amen Hands” me if you have witnessed this yourself or have done this yourself, too - is that when somebody starts to cry in public or in front of others, almost always, there's a moment where they say, “I'm sorry.” When this happens (or when I’ve done it in the past) I often think to myself, what am I or what are they so...

How we enter a place matters.  The energy and vibe we bring also shows up in how we speak to and treat the people, animals and environment that we come into contact with. The same can be said for how we leave a place. We can choose to either leave a positive impact or a negative one. They both have a lasting effect and the decision is ours, as to which way we want to be known or remembered fo...

If we're a person who walks around with a lot of internal anger, rage, shame, guilt, blame impatience, frustration, negativity or anything that we've come to believe about ourselves, when we get “squeezed” - what's going to come out of us, is any combination of those things. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re taking a look at what happens when we feel the squeeze of life. When we end up in a pr...

It’s been said that in our lives, we are the captain of our own ships. This of course doesn’t mean that we always get to decide what happens in the world around us. Thing is, we’re often not in control of a bunch of what goes on “out there”. What we are in control of, is how we choose to respond to whatever the heck is happening. I call this being the captain of your “shift”. Taking responsibility...