Artist, writer, and community force Karen Mobley has built a life around creativity—from poetry and painting to art consulting and teaching. She opens up about facing cancer, living with a birth defect, and finding meaning in art, purpose, and connection. Karen’s honesty about vulnerability, self-advocacy, and aging is both grounding and inspiring, reminding us that creativity and courage can coexist—beautifully.
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Host Hara Allison won first place in the 2022 International Positive Change Podcast Awards and was a nominee in the 2023 and 2024 Publisher Podcast Awards and in the 18th Annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards. She was also a 2024 Spokane Women of Achievement nominee for the Arts and a finalist for The Women Changing the World Awards.
Dream, Anyway at Dream Studio: dreamstudionw.com
Photography: hara.photography
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