Cultivating Kindness with Karen

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  The Universe has your back! This is a statement that is heard often and believed by many. This implies the Universe will lead you and also gives many people a great deal of comfort. If the Universe is leading are you following it? Is this working for you? Many of you will answer 'yes'...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  You may be looking at everything around you using your physical eyes. However your "looking" is often coloured by the beliefs of others. They may be your eyes but your brain filters in other people's perceptions. How we see the world around us is greatly shaped by our family, friends, the media and so much more. The joy, or lack of joy, we experience is influenced by others...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  Quality of life is usually something that grows over time. What we choose to do daily becomes easier and our sense of satisfaction, or rewards, becomes more apparent. Even the very small habit can contribute to the rewards at the end of the day. As we learn more about what we enjoy, what things we would like to have in our life, we can begin to take actions to achieving them...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  You have heard all of these lines before: 'the universe has your back', 'the world is full of abundance' and 'anything is possible'. People talk about unlimited possibilities all the time. Yet, does it feel like these unlimited possibilities are not truly available for everyone? There truly is an abundance of everything...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  What were your favourite childhood games, or roles, to play? In adulthood most people will dismiss all things "child-like" believing their childhood play is irrelevant now. The truth is that this way of thinking is backwards; your childhood roles have shaped your adulthood in many ways...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  Likely no one has suggested to you that you allow your life to be guided by fun. More likely you have been told to let practical and pragmatic choice be your guide. To have the energy of fun be your guide would be fool hardy and reckless. The energy of fun is not silly, reckless or a bad idea. The key is how you connect and what your intentions are. Fun can be your guide in pleasure, day-to-day activities and even business...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  Have you ever walked past a mirror, or a reflection in a window, and had that flash thought "is that me?" or "do I actually look like that?". Did you surprise yourself with your reflection? This is actually quite common. How you see yourself changes over time. These changes can surprise you in both positive and not so happy ways. These changes may feel like they just appeared with no warning. In truth these changes have been occurring for a period of time...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  Everyone uses labels. Labels give definition, description, understanding and comfort...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  The concept of fear is well known by everyone, even if you have not experienced it. Fear is something that has been taught to avoid, or even run away from. Working with fear is often not taught. Working with the energy of fear is almost never taught. You do not have to have been in a life threatening situation to understand this energy. For some a horror movie can illicit fear. For others a state of anxiety can escalate to a state of fear...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  The idea of fitting in and/or belonging is very desirable for most people. As young children we are both taught and role modelled to fit in or to belong to a certain family or community...