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Gavel and GossipGOSSIP CORNER: Karen ReadGet ready for a new segment GOSSIP CORNER! Kristan and Leslie are spilling all the tea on the Karen Read second murder trial, a case they're absolutely obsessed with!Here's the lowdown: Karen Read is facing charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter for the alleged killing of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe. His frozen body was found outside fellow officer Brian Albert's Canton home on that snowy morning of January 29, 2022. Prosecutors claim Read hit O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV and left him for dead. But Read tells a very different story: she c...2025-06-171h 20
Cultivating Kindness with KarenTriggers Are A Doorway To Healing (Final Episode) – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen How many times have you said "I got triggered" or "that is a trigger for me"? Each time it was likely with the energy that the triggers were something to bad or something to avoid. Triggers are a reminder that you have some healing you could look at. How about changing that mindset, or belief, that triggers are to be avoided and see them as an opportunity for personal healing. Does this change in belief mean those triggers will no longer be uncomfortable or even painful? No, however, with this change in your thinking you will b...2024-10-3000 min
Cultivating Kindness with KarenTriggers Are A Doorway To Healing (Final Episode) – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen How many times have you said "I got triggered" or "that is a trigger for me"? Each time it was likely with the energy that the triggers were something to bad or something to avoid. Triggers are a reminder that you have some healing you could look at. How about changing that mindset, or belief, that triggers are to be avoided and see them as an opportunity for personal healing. Does this change in belief mean those triggers will no longer be uncomfortable or even painful? No, however, with this change in your thinking you will b...2024-10-3055 minCultivating Kindness with KarenAre You Craving Stability? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen What does stability mean to you? Is stability missing in an area of your life? Do you find yourself seeking it, or craving it? By definition, you would assume stability would be all around and easy to find, yet it can be so illusive to many people. It is not unusual to find yourself craving stability. Since energy is always moving and changing, many people feel easily overwhelmed. They are very aware of the changes and shifts causing them to seek stability in their environment and life. This can create a lot of added stress to t...2024-10-2355 minCultivating Kindness with KarenAre You Craving Stability? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen What does stability mean to you? Is stability missing in an area of your life? Do you find yourself seeking it, or craving it? By definition, you would assume stability would be all around and easy to find, yet it can be so illusive to many people. It is not unusual to find yourself craving stability. Since energy is always moving and changing, many people feel easily overwhelmed. They are very aware of the changes and shifts causing them to seek stability in their environment and life. This can create a lot of added stress to t...2024-10-2300 minCultivating Kindness with KarenI Am “Healing” Trap – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Everyone has said these words "I Am Healing". Whether it is for an illness, or surgery, or heartbreak, or trauma. Life gives us many opportunities to heal in some way. If feels very positive to say "I am healing". It gives comfort to the person saying this and to the person hearing it. Everyone loves to feel comfortable. Could it be that saying "I am healing" could possibly create a space of being stuck or on autopilot? Does that sound like a crazy question? Could it be possible that these three words could be slowing your h...2024-10-1600 minCultivating Kindness with KarenI Am "Healing" Trap – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Everyone has said these words "I Am Healing". Whether it is for an illness, or surgery, or heartbreak, or trauma. Life gives us many opportunities to heal in some way. If feels very positive to say "I am healing". It gives comfort to the person saying this and to the person hearing it. Everyone loves to feel comfortable. Could it be that saying "I am healing" could possibly create a space of being stuck or on autopilot? Does that sound like a crazy question? Could it be possible that these three words could be slowing your h...2024-10-1655 minCultivating Kindness with KarenChained To Unconscious Commitments – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Unconscious commitments; yes this is a thing and they trip people up every day. Since they are unconscious they can be a little tricky to identify. Once you do, you are able to see things with more clarity and understanding. You will be able to see how these commitments have been directing so many of your choices and beliefs. Once you realize you have been working with unconscious commitments your whole way of looking at your life can change. You can see limitations and barriers that were invisible to you before. Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery E...2024-10-0900 minCultivating Kindness with KarenChained To Unconscious Commitments – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Unconscious commitments; yes this is a thing and they trip people up every day. Since they are unconscious they can be a little tricky to identify. Once you do, you are able to see things with more clarity and understanding. You will be able to see how these commitments have been directing so many of your choices and beliefs. Once you realize you have been working with unconscious commitments your whole way of looking at your life can change. You can see limitations and barriers that were invisible to you before. Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery E...2024-10-0955 minCultivating Kindness with KarenCreating New Beginnings – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen It is very common for people to resist new beginnings. There is often doubt and fear associated with a new beginning showing up. People are far more comfortable with the status quo verses creating something new. The idea of creating something new or different fills most people with anxiety. The mind quickly gives reasons to stop this behaviour. What if creating something new could be easy? What if people could actually release the fears and doubts and follow the energy of excitement or creativity? Think of what could be possible on the other side of this n...2024-10-0200 minCultivating Kindness with KarenCreating New Beginnings – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen It is very common for people to resist new beginnings. There is often doubt and fear associated with a new beginning showing up. People are far more comfortable with the status quo verses creating something new. The idea of creating something new or different fills most people with anxiety. The mind quickly gives reasons to stop this behaviour. What if creating something new could be easy? What if people could actually release the fears and doubts and follow the energy of excitement or creativity? Think of what could be possible on the other side of this n...2024-10-0255 minCultivating Kindness with KarenIs A Wild Imagination A Good Imagination? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Let your imagination run wild! Do not judge what comes to mind. Open your imagination and let your thoughts run wild. Such great advice until you take a deep look at what your imagination may be showing you. Have you just opened Pandora's Box? What if a controlled imagination was actually a better thing to create and master? What could having a controlled imagination offer you? Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert and Speaker, to understand the benefits and limitations of both a wild and controlled imagination. Then you can choose which one you would like t...2024-09-2500 minCultivating Kindness with KarenIs A Wild Imagination A Good Imagination? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Let your imagination run wild! Do not judge what comes to mind. Open your imagination and let your thoughts run wild. Such great advice until you take a deep look at what your imagination may be showing you. Have you just opened Pandora's Box? What if a controlled imagination was actually a better thing to create and master? What could having a controlled imagination offer you? Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert and Speaker, to understand the benefits and limitations of both a wild and controlled imagination. Then you can choose which one you would like t...2024-09-2555 minCultivating Kindness with KarenStop Defending Your Choices – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Being strong at defending your decisions or choices is seen as a great strength of character. It may secure you a seat on the Debating Team at school, or a position as a negotiator for employment. The difficulties can arise when defending your choices becomes a common practice in your life. Doors get opened that can lead to regret, disappointment and even feelings of failure. Feeling the need to defend yourself leads you down a path that often ends in the opposite direction to where you desire to be. Being in the energy of feeling you n...2024-09-1800 minCultivating Kindness with KarenStop Defending Your Choices – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Being strong at defending your decisions or choices is seen as a great strength of character. It may secure you a seat on the Debating Team at school, or a position as a negotiator for employment. The difficulties can arise when defending your choices becomes a common practice in your life. Doors get opened that can lead to regret, disappointment and even feelings of failure. Feeling the need to defend yourself leads you down a path that often ends in the opposite direction to where you desire to be. Being in the energy of feeling you n...2024-09-1855 minCultivating Kindness with KarenLight You Up First – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Many people desire to light up the room, or space, they are in. Some from ego, some from desire to be seen and some for healing. No matter what the origin, to light up a room requires intention and follow through. The first question is where does this desire come from? First you need to look at yourself before you can genuinely light up any room. There are many different ways to look at lighting up the room. Some will have you feeling temporarily good and others will fill you up and carry you forward for a...2024-09-1155 minCultivating Kindness with KarenLight You Up First – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Many people desire to light up the room, or space, they are in. Some from ego, some from desire to be seen and some for healing. No matter what the origin, to light up a room requires intention and follow through. The first question is where does this desire come from? First you need to look at yourself before you can genuinely light up any room. There are many different ways to look at lighting up the room. Some will have you feeling temporarily good and others will fill you up and carry you forward for a...2024-09-1100 minCultivating Kindness with KarenTurning The Blahs Into Aha! – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen You have had those days that just feel flat. The blahs kick in and your enthusiasm and motivation goes out the window. It can be like a wall of blahs has blocked out everything that could give you that aha feeling. Often you feel like packing in the day and you start to believe that the aha is just not going to arrive today. Once you start to accept the day as one filled with blahs that is exactly what you will get. However, never give up as there is always a way to flip this a...2024-09-0455 minCultivating Kindness with KarenTurning The Blahs Into Aha! – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen You have had those days that just feel flat. The blahs kick in and your enthusiasm and motivation goes out the window. It can be like a wall of blahs has blocked out everything that could give you that aha feeling. Often you feel like packing in the day and you start to believe that the aha is just not going to arrive today. Once you start to accept the day as one filled with blahs that is exactly what you will get. However, never give up as there is always a way to flip this a...2024-09-0400 minCultivating Kindness with KarenYour Past Is Always Creating – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Did you know that most people spend more time each day living in the past than they do living in the present moment? What you are thinking about is creating your reality. When you are spending the majority of your time thinking about the past, your past is actually creating your future. Most people are on autopilot and do not realize what they are unintentionally creating. Repeating thought patterns and re-telling stories or events (even just to yourself) really impacts your current life and the future. If you would like to have something different from what y...2024-08-2855 minCultivating Kindness with KarenYour Past Is Always Creating – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Did you know that most people spend more time each day living in the past than they do living in the present moment? What you are thinking about is creating your reality. When you are spending the majority of your time thinking about the past, your past is actually creating your future. Most people are on autopilot and do not realize what they are unintentionally creating. Repeating thought patterns and re-telling stories or events (even just to yourself) really impacts your current life and the future. If you would like to have something different from what y...2024-08-2800 minCultivating Kindness with KarenDoubt Is An Instant Block – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Where to even begin!!! Doubt is so pervasive in the world. It can be seen and felt everywhere. It has become a common energy and it is an energy that creates an immediate block in your life. This block will automatically reinforce your doubt or create a new one resulting in another block. If you are finding that the number of areas in your life are increasing in the amount of doubt you have in them, then you will benefit from today's conversation! Understanding the potency and strength of your doubts is extremely helpful. You are l...2024-08-2100 minCultivating Kindness with KarenDoubt Is An Instant Block – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Where to even begin!!! Doubt is so pervasive in the world. It can be seen and felt everywhere. It has become a common energy and it is an energy that creates an immediate block in your life. This block will automatically reinforce your doubt or create a new one resulting in another block. If you are finding that the number of areas in your life are increasing in the amount of doubt you have in them, then you will benefit from today's conversation! Understanding the potency and strength of your doubts is extremely helpful. You are l...2024-08-2155 minCultivating Kindness with KarenHarmony + Optimism Equals Manifestation – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Everyone loves to talk about manifestation and all of the different ways it can work. It is great to work with different methods and see what works for you. One of the common themes is harmony. The Law of Harmony is referred to in many different ways when it comes to manifestation. Now add in the energy of optimism and you have a powerful combination. What have you been desiring that is just not coming into reach? Have you felt like giving up and believing that manifestation is only for certain people? Do you feel like f...2024-08-1400 minCultivating Kindness with KarenHarmony + Optimism Equals Manifestation – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Everyone loves to talk about manifestation and all of the different ways it can work. It is great to work with different methods and see what works for you. One of the common themes is harmony. The Law of Harmony is referred to in many different ways when it comes to manifestation. Now add in the energy of optimism and you have a powerful combination. What have you been desiring that is just not coming into reach? Have you felt like giving up and believing that manifestation is only for certain people? Do you feel like f...2024-08-1455 minCultivating Kindness with KarenGratitude Destroys Anger – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Everyone has been angry. Everyone has felt the emotion of anger from both sides; the one who is angry and the one the anger is pushed towards. On the flip side, not everyone has had the same level of experience with gratitude. Gratitude is generally not felt as deeply, nor is it as prevalent in the life of those who experience a lot of anger. For many people being in the mindset, or space, of gratitude is difficult and not something that is thoughts of as a tool, or assistance, with anger. Gratitude is often more s...2024-08-0700 minCultivating Kindness with KarenGratitude Destroys Anger – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Everyone has been angry. Everyone has felt the emotion of anger from both sides; the one who is angry and the one the anger is pushed towards. On the flip side, not everyone has had the same level of experience with gratitude. Gratitude is generally not felt as deeply, nor is it as prevalent in the life of those who experience a lot of anger. For many people being in the mindset, or space, of gratitude is difficult and not something that is thoughts of as a tool, or assistance, with anger. Gratitude is often more s...2024-08-0755 min
The Universal Dancer PodcastKaren Kinney, speaker, artist, and author of Doorways to Transformation: Everyday Wisdom for the Creative SoulJoin us for an insightful interview on this episode of The Universal Dancer Podcast with guest Karen Kinney, an award-winning author, internationally exhibited artist and speaker. In this interview, Karen shares her journey of becoming an artist, from her creative childhood to teaching about creative freedom and inner transformation at prestigious institutions like the University of Hong Kong and Cambridge University.
Karen delves into her profound exploration of the divine feminine and the inherent connection between spirituality and creativity, a topic she also covers in her quarterly newsletter and her upcoming book.
Leslie and Karen d...2024-08-0154 minCultivating Kindness with KarenFitting In Verses Right Place – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen The desire, or seeking, to fit in is part of most people in some way or form. You seek fitting in for many reasons such as fear of abandonment, seeking to be safe, creating community. You are often taught the belief that fitting in, and not rocking the boat, is the correct way to be in your family or life. There is a really big difference between "fitting in" and being in the "right" place. They are not the same yet your mind will often give you evidence that they are the same. Fitting in can f...2024-07-3100 minCultivating Kindness with KarenFitting In Verses Right Place – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen The desire, or seeking, to fit in is part of most people in some way or form. You seek fitting in for many reasons such as fear of abandonment, seeking to be safe, creating community. You are often taught the belief that fitting in, and not rocking the boat, is the correct way to be in your family or life. There is a really big difference between "fitting in" and being in the "right" place. They are not the same yet your mind will often give you evidence that they are the same. Fitting in can f...2024-07-3155 minCultivating Kindness with KarenThe Upside To Letting Go – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Resist! Resist! You put so much effort into resisting letting go of something. It can be anything; a worn out shirt, an old book you have read multiple times, a garden hose or even a thought. The mind will always find a reason, or evidence, to support holding onto something. Letting go really has a bad reputation that was created by the mind. I can hear you now saying you needed something days after you let it go in the past. Or, you changed your mind about something and then experienced something negative as a result o...2024-07-2455 minCultivating Kindness with KarenThe Upside To Letting Go – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Resist! Resist! You put so much effort into resisting letting go of something. It can be anything; a worn out shirt, an old book you have read multiple times, a garden hose or even a thought. The mind will always find a reason, or evidence, to support holding onto something. Letting go really has a bad reputation that was created by the mind. I can hear you now saying you needed something days after you let it go in the past. Or, you changed your mind about something and then experienced something negative as a result o...2024-07-2400 minCultivating Kindness with KarenThe Solution Is Already Here – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen How often do you find yourself thinking, or saying, that you need to find a solution to some problem or question? Our minds are designed to seek out a solution. Our mind is not designed to think, or know, that the solution is already here. Yes, the solution you are seeking is already here. What is required after realizing you would like a solution to a situation is the knowledge, and belief, that it is already here. So, if it is here, why does it seem to be hidden or unavailable? If it is already here w...2024-07-1700 minCultivating Kindness with KarenThe Solution Is Already Here – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen How often do you find yourself thinking, or saying, that you need to find a solution to some problem or question? Our minds are designed to seek out a solution. Our mind is not designed to think, or know, that the solution is already here. Yes, the solution you are seeking is already here. What is required after realizing you would like a solution to a situation is the knowledge, and belief, that it is already here. So, if it is here, why does it seem to be hidden or unavailable? If it is already here w...2024-07-1755 minCultivating Kindness with KarenManaging Downloads & Activations – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Do you believe in spiritual downloads and activations? Are they reserved for the fortunate few? Are they for everyone? What would qualify someone to receive a download or activation? Really interesting questions to explore! Depending on your personal belief patterns and experiences you will have very specific answers to these questions. Many people would love to receive these energies. Many people do receive these energies. Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert and Expert Healer, to begin to unravel the mysteries around spiritual downloads and activations. Lots to explore and share. Join the chatroom on the Inspired C...2024-07-1055 minCultivating Kindness with KarenManaging Downloads & Activations – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Do you believe in spiritual downloads and activations? Are they reserved for the fortunate few? Are they for everyone? What would qualify someone to receive a download or activation? Really interesting questions to explore! Depending on your personal belief patterns and experiences you will have very specific answers to these questions. Many people would love to receive these energies. Many people do receive these energies. Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert and Expert Healer, to begin to unravel the mysteries around spiritual downloads and activations. Lots to explore and share. Join the chatroom on the Inspired C...2024-07-1000 minCultivating Kindness with KarenAwaken Your Heart – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen To awaken your heart involves a lot of trust. Trust in yourself and trust in the divine; or a higher power. For anyone who has experienced heartbreak, trauma or some other form of pain, the process can be slow and very guarded. The awaken your heart will result in many gifts for you and those around you. An awakened heart is an empowered heart. Living from this space fills you with compassion, expands your sense of your life's purpose and assists you in being the impact on the world you came here to be! So how d...2024-06-2600 minCultivating Kindness with KarenAwaken Your Heart – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen To awaken your heart involves a lot of trust. Trust in yourself and trust in the divine; or a higher power. For anyone who has experienced heartbreak, trauma or some other form of pain, the process can be slow and very guarded. The awaken your heart will result in many gifts for you and those around you. An awakened heart is an empowered heart. Living from this space fills you with compassion, expands your sense of your life's purpose and assists you in being the impact on the world you came here to be! So how d...2024-06-2655 minCultivating Kindness with KarenCalling On Spirit During Phases & Cycles – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Life is composed of phases and cycles that are in constant motion. The spirit realm is facilitating these changes in the cycles of life you pass through. The spirit realm has a very different perspective than what is held dearly by the human realm. It is very interesting to witness the response, or reaction, people have to change. It is rarely met with openness and enthusiasm. Spirit is truly here to help you; to guide you. Working with spirit is not difficult. What is difficult for many people is changing their judgments around change and spirit. T...2024-06-1200 minCultivating Kindness with KarenCalling On Spirit During Phases & Cycles – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Life is composed of phases and cycles that are in constant motion. The spirit realm is facilitating these changes in the cycles of life you pass through. The spirit realm has a very different perspective than what is held dearly by the human realm. It is very interesting to witness the response, or reaction, people have to change. It is rarely met with openness and enthusiasm. Spirit is truly here to help you; to guide you. Working with spirit is not difficult. What is difficult for many people is changing their judgments around change and spirit. T...2024-06-1255 minCultivating Kindness with KarenHow I Work With Angels – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Do you believe in angels or some form of spiritual helpers? Every culture has it's own stories and beliefs around angels and helpers. Beliefs on how to work with them, can you work with them, or is it even correct to believe you can work with them. According to Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert and Educator, you can work with angels and it is very easy to do so. Join Karen to hear how she employees angels to help her in all areas of her life. Karen will share her methods to set up clear communication a...2024-05-2900 minCultivating Kindness with KarenHow I Work With Angels – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Do you believe in angels or some form of spiritual helpers? Every culture has it's own stories and beliefs around angels and helpers. Beliefs on how to work with them, can you work with them, or is it even correct to believe you can work with them. According to Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert and Educator, you can work with angels and it is very easy to do so. Join Karen to hear how she employees angels to help her in all areas of her life. Karen will share her methods to set up clear communication a...2024-05-2955 minCultivating Kindness with KarenGrowing Your Inner Confidence – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Feeling more confident feels great for everyone. Growing your confidence may not feel so great. Often it is confusing and frustrating to grow your confidence. It truly is about focusing on your inner thoughts and beliefs. Your inner state of consciousness needs to be looked at. All of your beliefs and experiences are going to impact your self confidence. However you have labelled something from your past is going to support and build it up or pull it down and even smash it. Your self confidence can actually be very fragile until you understand all of t...2024-05-2200 minCultivating Kindness with KarenGrowing Your Inner Confidence – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Feeling more confident feels great for everyone. Growing your confidence may not feel so great. Often it is confusing and frustrating to grow your confidence. It truly is about focusing on your inner thoughts and beliefs. Your inner state of consciousness needs to be looked at. All of your beliefs and experiences are going to impact your self confidence. However you have labelled something from your past is going to support and build it up or pull it down and even smash it. Your self confidence can actually be very fragile until you understand all of t...2024-05-2255 minCultivating Kindness with KarenNo! To Reinventing Yourself – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen When you have low self-esteem or low self-confidence it is a popular thought to try reinventing your self-image. There is a belief that if you could just find the secret to reinventing you, life would be so much better. Life would be easier. This is a belief that creates a trap. it keeps you thinking there is something wrong about you; it keeps you thinking about, and stuck in, the past. This thought pattern of reinventing you is confirming a belief that you have no positive attributes or that you must keep parts of you hidden a...2024-05-1500 minCultivating Kindness with KarenNo! To Reinventing Yourself – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen When you have low self-esteem or low self-confidence it is a popular thought to try reinventing your self-image. There is a belief that if you could just find the secret to reinventing you, life would be so much better. Life would be easier. This is a belief that creates a trap. it keeps you thinking there is something wrong about you; it keeps you thinking about, and stuck in, the past. This thought pattern of reinventing you is confirming a belief that you have no positive attributes or that you must keep parts of you hidden a...2024-05-1555 min
Sparks Of Hope, Shooting For Success SummitWorking With The Energy of Hope – Karen LeslieSparks of Hope, Shooting for Success Summit There are many ways you can work with the energy of hope. Depending on your personal programming and beliefs you will have yours. It is very likely that you do not even realize that your beliefs about hope have been given to you and they may not be a match to what is true for you. This will be the main reason you struggle with maintaining hope at different times in your life. Karen is a speaker, educator and healer helping many people to step into areas of their life they have been c...2024-05-1400 min
Sparks Of Hope, Shooting For Success SummitWorking With The Energy of Hope – Karen LeslieSparks of Hope, Shooting for Success Summit There are many ways you can work with the energy of hope. Depending on your personal programming and beliefs you will have yours. It is very likely that you do not even realize that your beliefs about hope have been given to you and they may not be a match to what is true for you. This will be the main reason you struggle with maintaining hope at different times in your life. Karen is a speaker, educator and healer helping many people to step into areas of their life they have been c...2024-05-1424 minCultivating Kindness with KarenPositive Thinking Is Temporary – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Think positively and it will all work out. Often it does and a situation improves and you feel better. Thinking positive thoughts is always a good idea. Thinking positive thoughts can make a big difference in moments of upset or confusion. So if they are so great why do we keep needing to remind ourself to have positive thoughts? What causes your positive thoughts to be so helpful? What is the reason you need to be always reminding yourself to use them? What is in the way of your positive thoughts from being a part of y...2024-05-0800 minCultivating Kindness with KarenPositive Thinking Is Temporary – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Think positively and it will all work out. Often it does and a situation improves and you feel better. Thinking positive thoughts is always a good idea. Thinking positive thoughts can make a big difference in moments of upset or confusion. So if they are so great why do we keep needing to remind ourself to have positive thoughts? What causes your positive thoughts to be so helpful? What is the reason you need to be always reminding yourself to use them? What is in the way of your positive thoughts from being a part of y...2024-05-0855 minCultivating Kindness with KarenFeng Shui Your Thoughts – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen You do not need to understand Feng Shui to gain a clearer understanding about your thoughts in this episode. Another title could be 'All Clutter Must Go'. Do you have an abundance of thoughts that are disorganized, causing chaos and disrupting your energy? Just like it is very important to clean out your junk drawer and closets every now and then, it is also important to take inventory of your thoughts and clean them out as well. Just like holding onto clothes that no longer fit, it is not a good use of the space in y...2024-05-0100 minCultivating Kindness with KarenFeng Shui Your Thoughts – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen You do not need to understand Feng Shui to gain a clearer understanding about your thoughts in this episode. Another title could be 'All Clutter Must Go'. Do you have an abundance of thoughts that are disorganized, causing chaos and disrupting your energy? Just like it is very important to clean out your junk drawer and closets every now and then, it is also important to take inventory of your thoughts and clean them out as well. Just like holding onto clothes that no longer fit, it is not a good use of the space in y...2024-05-0155 minCultivating Kindness with KarenThe Gift In Resistance – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen People say there is always a gift in resistance. Do you believe that to be true? It likely depends on your beliefs and personal experience. To find the gift in resistance may take some digging of many people. Are you willing to do some digging? The universe is definitely sending a lot of energies to everyone to see who is in resistance and who is open to allowing change. Change is one of the cornerstones of healing. Are you ready to find out why? Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert, on this episode of Cultivating Kindness W...2024-04-2400 minCultivating Kindness with KarenThe Gift In Resistance – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen People say there is always a gift in resistance. Do you believe that to be true? It likely depends on your beliefs and personal experience. To find the gift in resistance may take some digging of many people. Are you willing to do some digging? The universe is definitely sending a lot of energies to everyone to see who is in resistance and who is open to allowing change. Change is one of the cornerstones of healing. Are you ready to find out why? Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert, on this episode of Cultivating Kindness W...2024-04-2455 minCultivating Kindness with KarenDo I Love Myself Enough To ____________? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Interesting question to be asking yourself on a regular basis. How much is enough? How do you know if you love yourself enough? Love can be a tricky word and energy. Love carries so many different interpretations and ways of looking at it. If you do love yourself enough what does that do for you? How about the opposite; what are the potential difficulties with not believing you love yourself enough? In this episode, Karen Leslie, will talk about how to determine your level of self-love, what having more can do for you and can you h...2024-04-1700 minCultivating Kindness with KarenDo I Love Myself Enough To ____________? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Interesting question to be asking yourself on a regular basis. How much is enough? How do you know if you love yourself enough? Love can be a tricky word and energy. Love carries so many different interpretations and ways of looking at it. If you do love yourself enough what does that do for you? How about the opposite; what are the potential difficulties with not believing you love yourself enough? In this episode, Karen Leslie, will talk about how to determine your level of self-love, what having more can do for you and can you h...2024-04-1755 minCultivating Kindness with KarenWorry Energy Is Unkind Energy – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Are you a worrier? Do you worry about yourself, the world, or other people? Everyone experiences the energy of worry from time to time. For some it is an energy that is around, and in your thoughts, a lot. Many people believe that to worry about someone means you care about them. Does that feel true for you? When worry energy is resisted by someone, the person who is worried may respond by saying "I am not worried, I care about you". There are so many different messages and agendas attached to the energy of worry! I...2024-04-1000 minCultivating Kindness with KarenWorry Energy Is Unkind Energy – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Are you a worrier? Do you worry about yourself, the world, or other people? Everyone experiences the energy of worry from time to time. For some it is an energy that is around, and in your thoughts, a lot. Many people believe that to worry about someone means you care about them. Does that feel true for you? When worry energy is resisted by someone, the person who is worried may respond by saying "I am not worried, I care about you". There are so many different messages and agendas attached to the energy of worry! I...2024-04-1055 minCultivating Kindness with KarenCreating Comfort In Discomfort – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Everyone struggles in different ways and at different times with discomfort. Yes, you hear all the time to find comfort in your discomfort. You also know that finding that space of comfort for you can be illusive, or even unknown. So how is it helpful to be told to be comfortable in being uncomfortable? Great question! Finding your comfort in any situation is very personal. Yes, there are some standard tips, but how to use them for your situation may be very different than how someone else may use the same tip. Join Karen Leslie Educator a...2024-04-0300 minCultivating Kindness with KarenCreating Comfort In Discomfort – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Everyone struggles in different ways and at different times with discomfort. Yes, you hear all the time to find comfort in your discomfort. You also know that finding that space of comfort for you can be illusive, or even unknown. So how is it helpful to be told to be comfortable in being uncomfortable? Great question! Finding your comfort in any situation is very personal. Yes, there are some standard tips, but how to use them for your situation may be very different than how someone else may use the same tip. Join Karen Leslie Educator a...2024-04-0355 minCultivating Kindness with KarenDid You Inherit Your Self-Image? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen How do you see yourself? What is your self-image that you have for yourself? Did you know that this self-image could be inherited? Yes, that is correct, there is a good likelihood that you have inherited your self-image! You may have little to, not part, in its creation. What an obscure thought! Even the term 'self-image' implies that you are the creator of this. If you are at all curious about how your self-image has been created, then be sure to join Cultivating Kindness With Karen this week. Karen Leslie, Educator and Energetic Transformational Healer, will b...2024-03-2700 minCultivating Kindness with KarenDid You Inherit Your Self-Image? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen How do you see yourself? What is your self-image that you have for yourself? Did you know that this self-image could be inherited? Yes, that is correct, there is a good likelihood that you have inherited your self-image! You may have little to, not part, in its creation. What an obscure thought! Even the term 'self-image' implies that you are the creator of this. If you are at all curious about how your self-image has been created, then be sure to join Cultivating Kindness With Karen this week. Karen Leslie, Educator and Energetic Transformational Healer, will b...2024-03-2755 minCultivating Kindness with KarenWho Is Your Hero? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Do you have a hero? As a child I bet you had a superhero. Now that you are older who is your hero? For some people this question is too big and may create some tension or anxiety in your body. For others, you will have a name, or an image, pop up right away. Having a hero is not just for children. It is important for everyone to have someone they look up to. Someone who inspires you can bring so much to you in your own world no matter how different those worlds may b...2024-03-2055 minCultivating Kindness with KarenWho Is Your Hero? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Do you have a hero? As a child I bet you had a superhero. Now that you are older who is your hero? For some people this question is too big and may create some tension or anxiety in your body. For others, you will have a name, or an image, pop up right away. Having a hero is not just for children. It is important for everyone to have someone they look up to. Someone who inspires you can bring so much to you in your own world no matter how different those worlds may b...2024-03-2000 minCultivating Kindness with KarenRed Flags Don’t Turn Green – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen All relationships can be tricky; with yourself, another person and in business as well. You all know what red flags and green flags mean. You know the concept of red for stop or warning and green for go ahead safely. The difficulties start to show up when you begin to blur the lines or colours. Thinking thoughts like 'this is more of an orange flag, not really red'. Or, 'I know there is potential underneath this temporary red flag' can be inviting trouble. You invite in drama, and even traumas, when you try to mask a r...2024-03-1300 minCultivating Kindness with KarenRed Flags Don't Turn Green – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen All relationships can be tricky; with yourself, another person and in business as well. You all know what red flags and green flags mean. You know the concept of red for stop or warning and green for go ahead safely. The difficulties start to show up when you begin to blur the lines or colours. Thinking thoughts like 'this is more of an orange flag, not really red'. Or, 'I know there is potential underneath this temporary red flag' can be inviting trouble. You invite in drama, and even traumas, when you try to mask a r...2024-03-1355 minCultivating Kindness with KarenSorry, I Am Human – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Yes, you are human, and sometimes you humans can find it difficult to say "sorry". At other times you will attach an apology to the fact that you are human and say 'sorry, I am human'. This can drastically change the energy of an apology. What is it that changes immediately for the majority of you who use this phrase? Are you even aware of the shift? For some people, yes, many of you are very aware and the choice of these words is intentional. For others you are blindly repeating what you have heard from o...2024-03-0600 minCultivating Kindness with KarenSorry, I Am Human – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Yes, you are human, and sometimes you humans can find it difficult to say "sorry". At other times you will attach an apology to the fact that you are human and say 'sorry, I am human'. This can drastically change the energy of an apology. What is it that changes immediately for the majority of you who use this phrase? Are you even aware of the shift? For some people, yes, many of you are very aware and the choice of these words is intentional. For others you are blindly repeating what you have heard from o...2024-03-0655 minCultivating Kindness with KarenWrite Your Own Story – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen The story of who you are is often written by others. Each day is filled with so many habits and social masks that keep you from writing your own story. Following your intuition and being in the flow of the day can eventually dry up and joy and creation become difficult. To write your own story feel like a mystery. To start to write it now feels too much. Within each person is the desire to know who they are. To look past the habits and masks requires honesty, vulnerability and sometimes a little bravery. Yet, w...2024-02-2855 minCultivating Kindness with KarenWrite Your Own Story – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen The story of who you are is often written by others. Each day is filled with so many habits and social masks that keep you from writing your own story. Following your intuition and being in the flow of the day can eventually dry up and joy and creation become difficult. To write your own story feel like a mystery. To start to write it now feels too much. Within each person is the desire to know who they are. To look past the habits and masks requires honesty, vulnerability and sometimes a little bravery. Yet, w...2024-02-2800 minCultivating Kindness with KarenI'm Still Here vs. I Am Here – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Have you ever said to someone "I'm still here"? Was this said to reassure them or give them some comfort? This was a standard line for Karen Leslie for years. However, each time Karen said "I'm still here" it was to reassure herself. This reassurance was empowering and then one day all that changed. So what is the difference between saying "I'm still here" and "I am here"? To Karen Leslie Energetic Transformational Healer and Educator there is a huge difference! Listen to this week's show of Cultivating Kindness With Kare to hear what transformed for K...2024-02-2155 minCultivating Kindness with KarenI’m Still Here vs. I Am Here – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Have you ever said to someone "I'm still here"? Was this said to reassure them or give them some comfort? This was a standard line for Karen Leslie for years. However, each time Karen said "I'm still here" it was to reassure herself. This reassurance was empowering and then one day all that changed. So what is the difference between saying "I'm still here" and "I am here"? To Karen Leslie Energetic Transformational Healer and Educator there is a huge difference! Listen to this week's show of Cultivating Kindness With Kare to hear what transformed for K...2024-02-2100 minCultivating Kindness with KarenYour Unconscious Jailer – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen What is an unconscious jailer? Great question! Could you be one? Could you be unaware, or unconscious, of something that is holding you stuck, or withing walls that you are not able to see? And, how can anyone have an unconscious jailer? Definitely not words many people use to describe a situation or period of time. Yet, this is a situation that most people find themselves in. Many are here for years, if not decades. The key is to be open to asking if you are your own unconscious jailer. Then working to step out of t...2024-02-1400 minCultivating Kindness with KarenYour Unconscious Jailer – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen What is an unconscious jailer? Great question! Could you be one? Could you be unaware, or unconscious, of something that is holding you stuck, or withing walls that you are not able to see? And, how can anyone have an unconscious jailer? Definitely not words many people use to describe a situation or period of time. Yet, this is a situation that most people find themselves in. Many are here for years, if not decades. The key is to be open to asking if you are your own unconscious jailer. Then working to step out of t...2024-02-1455 min
Take Action NOW SummitCo-Creative Choice- Receiving the Expansion – Karen LeslieEvery action you take and every thought you have is actually co-creating with your reality.. The draw back to this is that most of your actions and thoughts are unconscious and automatic. You have become unaware of how this is impacting your everyday life; let alone what hurdles are being put into place for tomorrow. To Co-Create so that you have the joy of expansion requires three daily actions. Each of these will be shared with you. Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years. Her life of depression...2024-02-0525 min
Take Action NOW SummitCo-Creative Choice- Receiving the Expansion – Karen LeslieEvery action you take and every thought you have is actually co-creating with your reality.. The draw back to this is that most of your actions and thoughts are unconscious and automatic. You have become unaware of how this is impacting your everyday life; let alone what hurdles are being put into place for tomorrow. To Co-Create so that you have the joy of expansion requires three daily actions. Each of these will be shared with you. Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years. Her life of depression...2024-02-0500 minCultivating Kindness with KarenNo More Eggshells! – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Ever feel like you are walking on eggshells? That uncomfortable feeling of being unsure about what to say or do. There are so many reasons why you can feel like you are walking on eggshells. Quite often it is very tiring and draining; yet we find ourselves doing it often. What propels people into this way of thinking and behaving? What are the perceived benefits of being on eggshells? There must be a reason many people do this, right? Join Karen Leslie Transformational Energy Healer this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen to understand more about w...2024-01-3100 minCultivating Kindness with KarenNo More Eggshells! – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen Ever feel like you are walking on eggshells? That uncomfortable feeling of being unsure about what to say or do. There are so many reasons why you can feel like you are walking on eggshells. Quite often it is very tiring and draining; yet we find ourselves doing it often. What propels people into this way of thinking and behaving? What are the perceived benefits of being on eggshells? There must be a reason many people do this, right? Join Karen Leslie Transformational Energy Healer this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen to understand more about w...2024-01-3155 min
Honoring the JourneySeason 1, Episode 2: Honoring Karen Shock's JourneyYou can find Karen at www.karenruthshock.com. She has written a book through Quoir Publishing and is currently working on her second book, due out this year. Karen is the co-host of this podcast, Honoring the Journey. You can find her book here. She is also on Facebook, Instagram and X. She would love to connect with you!Karen Shock is best known for her ability to share her most vulnerable thoughts and questions about God, Theology, and just life in general. Even though she has dealt with so much anxiety in her fifty-four years of l...2024-01-0858 min
Roads TakenFeeling at Home: Karen M. Smith Debolt (redux)Last we spoke with Karen M. Smith Debolt she was continuing her campaign to Make Karen Great Again and yet didn’t know what might be the next chapter. The conversation actually proved to be a bit of a kickstart to get her involved in something new. In this Roads Taken Revisited, Karen talks about Humble Design, the organization that she found that gave her a new perspective on the talents and passions she has and how they can go to work for the benefit of others.//In this episode, find out from Karen how helping others feel at ho...2024-01-0120 minCultivating Kindness with KarenOracle Cards ~ Helpful Or A Distraction? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen If you are a regular listener to Cultivating Kindness With Karen you will know that Karen uses Oracle cards as part of her preparation for every show. For Karen, they are very helpful. That being said, Karen has also used her decks as a distraction just like her walks and other activities can be at times. Whether you use Oracle cards, or don't believe in them, you will hear great nuggets of awareness on how we can use any "helpful" activity as a distraction from what we are actually required to be doing. Join Language and T...2023-10-0455 minCultivating Kindness with KarenOracle Cards ~ Helpful Or A Distraction? – Karen LeslieCultivating Kindness With Karen If you are a regular listener to Cultivating Kindness With Karen you will know that Karen uses Oracle cards as part of her preparation for every show. For Karen, they are very helpful. That being said, Karen has also used her decks as a distraction just like her walks and other activities can be at times. Whether you use Oracle cards, or don't believe in them, you will hear great nuggets of awareness on how we can use any "helpful" activity as a distraction from what we are actually required to be doing. Join Language and T...2023-10-0400 min
Fellowship SafarisS2 Ep.4: Contributing To The Academic Mission in Medicine - Dr. Karen LeslieOur 4th episode transports us to a conversation that Dr. Njeri had with her mentor and teacher Dr. Karen Leslie, Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto,an Adolescent Medicine Specialist and is currently serving as Program Director of the Adolescent Medicine training program. Dr. Leslie is a clinician-educator and has held leadership roles in Canada and globally in medical education. Karen walks us through her options, opportunities and failures that eventually led her to the meaningful work that she does in the fields of Adolescent Medicine and Medical Education.
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Off the Fence with Karen Covy: Mastering Decision Making, Divorce & MoreUsing Mindset to Make More Effective Real Estate Decisions with Leslie GlazierBuying and selling real estate can be nerve-wracking - especially when you're facing a life cycle event like retirement, divorce, or having a child. What's more, even when we think we know what we want, we often discover (after months of going down the wrong path) that what we really want is totally different than what we thought we wanted. Leslie Glazier has been using her background in psychology and her passion for real estate, to help buyers and sellers navigate the often tumultuous waters of buying and selling property for over 20 years. In this p...2023-08-2330 min