About me

​In my previous career, I was a beauty therapist, a role I loved. It allowed me to help women take time out for themselves, and it gave me the chance to connect with other women on a day-to-day basis. Connection is a big part of what helps me thrive. I am built for connection and community.

During my many years in the beauty industry, I realised that many of my clients didn’t only come to me for my well-honed waxing skills but also for the fact that I asked about them and their lives and that I listened. I listened and I heard, something that was missing in their everyday conversations.

I started hearing time and time again stories of women stuck in jobs they didn’t enjoy, unfulfilling relationships, lives full of stress and anxiety, and often not knowing what to do about their situations. They often felt like they didn’t have a choice but to stay stuck; this was life, and they just had to put up with it.

I had a burning desire to help these women more productively than just waxing their lady gardens and giving them space to talk. I wanted to help them create the change they wanted and to help them go from just existing to thriving.

To be honest, I wanted that change for myself too. Although I had a very successful waxing salon, I was lonely, stressed and fed up. Over time, I had lost my sparkle, and it had been going on for too long - I was stuck.

Since I can remember I have always had a motto that "you can do anything you put your mind to". I believe that we are capable of anything we choose to do. The things that get in our way and stop us from reaching our potential are the stories we tell ourselves or the beliefs that we hold, sometimes deep within our bodies. I realised that I, along with the lot of the women I met in my salon, were stuck in their stories.
 
So, I went on a journey of personal development and a self-healing exploration to find out what, why, and how to go from just existing to thriving.

In that period, I lost my waxing salon to bankruptcy during covid (horrendously stressful) and I suffered peri menopausal symptoms that had me at a very low point wondering if I had made the right choice to re-educate and start again in my 40s.
 
I discovered wounds deep within myself that I didn’t realise were there but that affected me and the way I showed up regularly at work, in my relationships in general but especially with my husband and children, and for myself.  Slowly I started to heal, and I continue to heal and "do the work" every day. Healing and change are a journey, but one that continues to bring me positive change. 

Over time, I started to slowly recognize and change my limiting (negative) beliefs about myself, beliefs about the way things were and the stories about whom I thought I was and how I "should" be living my life. Each new modality I have studied and put into practice has brought me more and more understanding of why we do the things we do. Continuing this journey of learning ensures I can show up for my clients (and myself) and help create lasting change in their lives. 

I look forward to discovering if I can help you get unstuck and thriving 

Karen
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