Karen's Story

This is where I'm supposed to tell you everything about me? Maybe you want my credentials? My titles, my labels?? Or that little marketing tagline of who I am and what I help you do?

Hi. My name is Karen and I don’t really have a label. But I sure know I don’t need one to know who I am and what I do.I help you do the same. 

How do you compact over five decades of life into one sentence? 

The first thing you need to know about me is that I've never felt that I can fit into a box. Oh no! One of those multipassionate people who doesn't fit into a niche! Whatever will we do with her?

The second thing that I'd like to discuss with you is that I'm not good at small talk. I like to drill right down to the good stuff. Meet you where you are, Get down to business. I started believing in you at "hello".

 You don't have to know who you are to define where you are going.

It Doesn't Have to be Hard

When I was 7 I began writing stories. It wasn’t really the writing that was my favorite part, it was reading them aloud. Not everyone liked my stories, and even though I wanted to be a writer and on TV in those days people who looked like me just weren’t there.If I could go back to that little girl in my present being, I’d tell her that wasn’t true. She just wasn’t looking in the right places.

In the pursuit of finding something I could be good at, I got my first job at Dairy Queen. It felt better than school. Somewhere before my 16th birthday I was a fulltime employee and official dropout.

I was a mom by 23.The time between 15 and 23 doesn’t really fit into a paragraph. Quite honestly it was a time I don’t have fond memories of but I’m proud of in the same breath. In that 7 year cycle I had the first taste of consequences in decisions, both good and bad. The first real adventure into the unknown.I drove off a cliff and climbed my way back out of the gully. My first taste of will, confidence, strength and forgiveness.

In my late twenties I started walking daily. My entire body changed. So did my mind. Nobody tells you that with transformation, new identities are born. I had a body that was congratulated, but I lost touch with the person inside. I didn’t always know how to “be.”

I began to build a new identity in fitness which paired well with a beauty advisor gig. Soon I had a mini online fitness business and taught fitness classes in the evening. I always felt like I had a dirty little secret. That I didn’t belong. 

Many people speak of the fear of success. I was not afraid of it however the fear of falling kept me in a constant battle with my body. The constant battle of the last 10lbs.If people see me change, 10lbs up, or no makeup in the grocery store, they won’t like me anymore.

Building an online business in fitness meant writing. Constantly. Copy, posts, captions, documenting and sharing every thought, every day.

And then buried in an online marketing course of all things was a little section that asked me questions I had never asked myself. Answering questions about myself unlocked a new corridor of belief in myself.

You know that saying...Careful not to wake the beast? Once I started writing daily about myself, possibilities opened up. Idea after idea… I was throwing spaghetti at the wall like something had to stick at sometime. The problem was that most everything was sticking and that made decisions even more difficult on what I should complete first. 

Who am I? What am I? People asked me what I did, and I didn’t have a label. Everyone wants a label. What if I’m multipassionate? What box do I fit in? I felt like without a label I was a nobody.

So I kept going, I kept searching. I wrote and produced several online courses that flopped because I told no one about them. I kept looking for a shortcut. A secret idea that everyone knew about but me. For something “out there”. 

When I was 48 I was deep in a mentorship to become a better storytelling speaker and that as you guessed it required a lot of writing. The exciting part was sharing my stories. Well that’s what they teach you is that fear and excitement feel the same so let’s go with it. Every story I wrote and every line I spoke was bringing me closer to me. The inside part that’s been there all along. The part of me that knows and has the answers that I was seeking. 

I was writing to find my story. The one that I could share with the world that told them in 3 minutes exactly who I am. But I’m not good at small talk. In this process there were many stories that didn’t make the cut.

I made a deal with myself to write that book finally and get it in my mom’s hands before her 79th birthday…I had 90 days. I did it in 93 days. Mom didn’t care that I was 3 days late. 

These days I'm an Indie Author and the founder of Creative Life in Motion. I help you get your story out of your head and on to the page, into your body and on the stage. I guide you to put your energy into the details that make the most sense for you and what you want to do with your stories.

I’m not a marketing guru and this is not that. What I specialize in is communication and energetic expression. We all have a fingerprint that’s different, and so is the way you communicate.

I help you express the thing you’ve been quietly holding for years and help you extract and shape your story in a way that sets you in motion.

There is nothing to fix. There’s nothing broken. We lighten up, have fun, tell the truth and let your story breathe.

If you’ve ever said “I’ve always wanted to write a book, I have too many ideas for one niche, I don’t do small talk, or I’ve always felt my purpose has been just out of reach,” it’s time.

Hi. My name is Karen and I don’t really have a label. But I sure know I don’t need one to know who I am and what I do.I help you do the same. 

You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just need a custsmized plan and system to integrate with your expression.