Cultivating Kindness with Karen

Cultivating 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 red flag. How many red flags do you allow? Are you a "three strikes and out" thinker? Join Karen Leslie, Educator and Life Transformation Guide, this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen to hear why only one red flag is plenty and what it is about a red flag that does not let it turn green. Light From The Shadows: Enriching The Lives Of Others Inspired Choices Network Hosts Author Karen Leslie   Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738249417 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1738249417     ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

Cultivating 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 others. Does it even matter how you use this phrase? According to Karen Leslie, Educator and Life Transformation Guide, it really does. Join Karen Leslie this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen to understand the differences so you can consciously decide if you even wish to use this phrase ever again. Light From The Shadows: Enriching The Lives Of Others Inspired Choices Network Hosts Author Karen Leslie   Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738249417 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1738249417     ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

Cultivating 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, when you do look past all of this the rewards can be truly amazing. Join Karen Leslie Energetic Transformational Healer and Educator this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen for ways you can begin to pull the curtain aside to see more of you and the story you came here to share. The story of you! Light From The Shadows: Enriching The Lives Of Others Inspired Choices Network Hosts Author Karen Leslie   Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738249417 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1738249417     ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

Cultivating 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 Karen when she shifted from one statement to the other and the impact this shift has made in her life. Light From The Shadows: Enriching The Lives Of Others Inspired Choices Network Hosts Author Karen Leslie   Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738249417 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1738249417     ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

Cultivating 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 this role and throwing the keys to the jail away! Join Karen Leslie Energetic Transformational Healer and Educator this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen to identify what constitutes an "unconscious jailer". Then learn how to change this behaviour so you never create this for yourself again. Light From The Shadows: Enriching The Lives Of Others Inspired Choices Network Hosts Author Karen Leslie   Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738249417 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1738249417     ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  Lead with your strengths is often given as advice to help encourage people. The other side to this statement is to hide your faults. What are the results of suggesting it is a good idea to be hiding your faults? What happens when hiding your faults becomes a priority? It is easy to see the upside to leading with your strengths and it is not wrong to do so. Who doesn't wish to put their best foot forward? When the mind becomes fixated on this way of thinking you naturally (unconsciously) bury your faults deeper and deeper sending some very harmful messages to your mind and body. Join Energetic Transformational Healer Karen Leslie, for ways to change this harmful way of thinking which will actually strengthen your presence, beliefs and overall posture each time you enter a room. This week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen lets look at stopping "Hiding Our Faults" and standing taller in your beliefs about yourself. ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

Cultivating 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 why you find yourself engaging in this behviour and what it is actually doing for you. You may find the reasons why you keep doing this very surprising.   Light From The Shadows: Enriching The Lives Of Others Inspired Choices Network Hosts Author Karen Leslie   Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738249417 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1738249417   ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  Have you every paused to think about this question? Depending on the line of work you are in, or your living situation, you may go back and forth between control and creation. Do you know when you are using creation or control? For many people there may not seem to be much of a difference. Especially if your days are run on autopilot. With all of the changes in our world, new energies to deal with and our own desires for your life, it is so important to be able to easily identify when you are doing creation or control. Each way of being will create different outcomes. To have greater enjoyment and to be creating what you desire depends on you truly and honestly knowing the difference. This week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen, Energetic Transformational Healer Karen Leslie will explain the importance of this question. Karen will help you understand how to shift to what is the greatest contribution to you in the moment. Join Karen in the chatroom on the Inspired Choices Network. ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  Change is hard! How many times have you heard this statement? How many times have you said this to someone else? Change is constant and many of your personal experiences will confirm to you that it is hard. The reasons you believe change is hard goes beyond your experiences. It goes beyond you hearing this statement your whole life. This statement, that you may see as a fact, is actually hardwired into you. Yup!! So, if it is hardwired does that mean it cannot be changed? Karen Leslie, Energetic Transformational Healer will answer this question this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen. Hint, nothing is permanent no matter how firmly in place it feels. The question is how to move what appears to be unmoveable? Join Karen to learn how to move something that feels permanently in place or stuck. ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  As we enter a New Year many people set intentions of change. You may wish to grow your prosperity or personal strength. You may be looking to move up in your chosen career. Most intentions are to help you grow and move up towards a greater sense of self and achievement. In order to achieve these goals/intentions you must be sure to look at yourself and what is required from you. This can include your shadow side or parts of you that you have worked hard at keeping hidden. In order to have more, everyone is required to grow up and step into the maturity required to see yourself, your choices and your actions for what they have truthfully created. To Grow Up and Grow Out requires a number of skills that will be shared this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen. Join Energetic Transformational Healer Karen Leslie to gain a greater understanding of what is required to create 2024 so that it does not create a repeat of life from 2023. ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/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'. If it is working for you could it be that the Universe is actually following your lead? Are you the true leader in this relationship? Join Energetic Transformational Healer Karen Leslie as Karen delves into these two different ways of looking at how the Universe is contributing to you. Which is leading? Which is following? Start 2024 with a clearer understanding of how to create what you desire. ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

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. The hardships we encounter are also seen through the eyes of those who share their experiences with us. As 2023 comes to a close it is a great time to look back on different times during the year and honestly ask yourself whose eyes were you looking through and how might you wish to change this for the future. Join Energetic Transformational Healer Karen Leslie for great insights on how to connect back to your own eyes so you can accurately create the life that will bring you greater joy in 2024. ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

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. So what is happening when what we are desiring is not showing up? What are your daily actions that are either supporting your desires or getting in the way of them? These questions, and more, will be investigated this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen. Join Energetic Transformational Healer Karen Leslie and discover which of your daily habits are one to hold onto and which ones need to leave. If you wish to create more for yourself be sure to listen. ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

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. So the question remains: how do you access this? Is there a secret step or formula? How come them and not me? These questions, and more, will be talked about this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen. Join Energetic Transformational Healer Karen Leslie and dive into the world of unlimited possibilities to begin your journey in accessing this energy for yourself. ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/

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. Play has tremendous value and if you can remember the games you played; and more specifically the roles you played, you have the opportunity to see aspects of your original blueprint. Aspects of your contract or mission on Earth. Join Energetic Transformational Healer Karen Leslie, in this fun and thought provoking conversation on how your childhood games were reminding you about what you wanted to do in this lifetime. To share your favourite roles from your childhood join the chatroom on the Inspired Choices Network. ~ More About Cultivating Kindness With Karen ~  Karen Leslie is an Educator and an Expert Healer who has been facilitating energy with others for over 25 years.  Her life of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts has led her on an interesting, and at times, turbulent path to where she is today. Kindness was definitely missing in Karen’s life.  Karen was always kind and compassionate to others, however she was not showing kindness to herself.  Today Karen knows that kindness towards others was actually a way of avoiding her own wounds and sadness.  These choices created a life of ‘people pleasing’, keeping the peace and avoiding conflict; especially if it involved having to say “No” to someone else. Karen knows now that everything we do to help ourselves from the neck up will help everything from the neck down.  Karen now lives each day with enthusiasm, excitement, an openness to new adventures and a great deal of kindness towards everyone, most especially herself. www.karenleslie.ca To get more of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/cultivating-kindness-with-karen/