Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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?...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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)...

Cultivating 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!...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating Kindness With Karen  Yes, a dog named Angel. This rottweiler named Angel was a client who taught me many lessons. Lessons learned while working together and also after he passed away. I love dogs and I had no idea a rottweiler could teach me so much. Angel's owner had a special request and I was happy to see if I could fulfill it, even just a little bit. To hear about this special request, and the journey, to fulfill it you'll have to listen in. The journey is filled with love and...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...

Cultivating 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...