Welcoming in 2018
As we edge towards yet another year’s closing, it is time to take up the challenge of Soft Cell’s 1981 song, ‘Say hello, Wave goodbye’ although not in the same old way. Out with the old – New Year’s Resolutions, Plans and monthly...
Reflect not over-analyse
A creative blog I wrote over on our Motoroaming website has caused a real challenge for me this weekend. The Confessions of a Travelling Introvert was a heart-felt reflection of our travels and its impact on my introvert personality. Little did I know that it was a...
Happiness – nature or nurture?
Do we need to teach our children happiness? What a great question posed by one of my Happiness Heroes from my Facebook Group – Wake up to Happiness last week, after her two year old daughter asked her, ‘Are you happy mummy?’ And this got me...
Paradox of Year End – Be don’t Do!
I read a post from a group last week that asked for input on how to best use the last few days of December to maximise our goals, to ramp up our achievement and gear ourselves up for success in 2017. The poster was looking for the tips we would give to support this...
3 Ways to Simplicity in a Complex World
Have you ever spent time looking for the answer to something and eventually found it right underneath your nose? That is the beautiful simplicity of life – everything we need, everything we need to know is already there, we just need to open our eyes and our...
3 Happiness Lessons in 1 week
I love it when stuff happens that makes you go ‘Ah ha!’ Those moments where the light goes on, something so simple dawns on you or you get a little prod from the Universe that brings you right back to where you need to be. And this week, I have had many...
6 Steps to Mastering the Art of Stillness
Is stillness the new movement that will help us find happiness? As I put the finished touches to my Seasonal Happiness Programme – Winter Series, I am enjoying putting together the section on using meditation and mindfulness as part of my Happiness Prescription....
Finding happiness in the duality of life
As I sat on the rocks aside of the lake this morning, reflecting and meditating, I felt a lovely sense of peace as the water lapped the shore and the distant cry of seagulls contributed to the orchestra of early morning tunes. And then in the space between my...
Eudaimonia – The Art of Flourishing
I came across this word Eudaimonia, in a travel book, of all things and it intrigued me – as I’d not heard of it before. It stems from the Greeks, where philosophers held the space for our human flourishing under this rather beautiful phrase:- Eudaimonia...
After 20 years struggling with depression and stress, a final straw event in 2012 made Karen face up to the self-defeating patterns behind her misery. As a people pleaser, approval seeker and perfectionist with low self-esteem, Karen saw how much her suffering her passivity caused.
Since then, Karen has followed her own pathway to happiness, having realised that if she created her misery, then she too could shape her happiness. Having let go of a successful, yet stressful business and learned to be more assertive, Karen is now living her happiness dream, travelling around Europe; working, living and playing in their motorhome, experiencing freedom, choice and discovery.
A meditation teacher, author of Awaken your Assertion and a coach with over 15 year’s experience, Karen is ready to share her passion for making YOUR happiness a priority.
