Episodes

Dec. 5, 2024

REPLACE OR REPAIR

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I tell a little story about my car that highlights the difference between dealerships and mechanics. I discuss how the approach of “replace vs. repair” can be applied not only to our…
Nov. 28, 2024

THE KNOW, LIKE, TRUST FACTOR

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I put a fun new personal spin on the concept of the “Know, Like, Trust Factor.” The KLT Factor is a common marketing strategy that’s focused on building relationships with clients/cu…
Nov. 21, 2024

YOUNGER YOU

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I tell a story about how I often talk about “Today me, thanking ‘younger me’ – for decisions that I’ve made.” Which led me to discussing the powerful process created by Richard Schwa…
Nov. 14, 2024

WEAR THE DAMN SOCKS

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I share a story about the New England ritual of changing out our seasonal clothes. When I did this recently, I found a few items that inspired me to stop waiting for the right time o…
Nov. 7, 2024

TIME FOR A NEW PRACTICE

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I talk about if what you’re doing is worth your time. Meaning, that it’s important to take the time to evaluate the effectiveness of your “practices” – spiritual and otherwise. I als…
Oct. 31, 2024

THINK SOMETHING NEW

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I tell a little story about my desire to "think something new - about something old!" And whether the “old thing” that we wish to see through a new lens - is an old belief, mental pa…
Oct. 24, 2024

SOMETHING LOVES ME

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I tell a personal story that exemplifies the concept of "Spiritual Team on the Job" (STOTJ). I'll recount a series of events - that lead to a wicked fun ending - that are linked toge…
Oct. 17, 2024

ONE SECOND DECISIONS

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I share an idea that’s inspired by one of the “ass kickers” on my Spiritual Team, David Goggins! I discuss the concept of "one second decisions" and how the quick choices we make - c…
Oct. 10, 2024

WHEN HELPING HURTS

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I’m exploring the concept of "when helping hurts." And how even our well-intentioned efforts to help others can sometimes do more harm than good. I springboard off of the idea from t…
Oct. 3, 2024

YOUR LAST WORDS

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I’m reflecting on my own mortality (and others) and our last communications. I talk about how we never know when or what our last words given or received might be. And how the qualit…
Sept. 26, 2024

BREAK IT DOWN

This episode of The Karen Kenney Show was inspired by the famous Lao Tzu quote, "A journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step." I share a personal story about another simple and effective tool I use that helps me to ge…
Sept. 19, 2024

GET IT IN GEAR

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m sharing a sharing a simple, yet effective tool I often use to overcome resistance and take some action. I discuss when, why, and how I use this tool and the importance of creating what’s c…
Sept. 12, 2024

ARE YOU SERVING APPETIZERS?

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m sharing a story about a recent FB comment I received about what I was charging for a drop-in class. I’ll discuss the small-mindedness, fear, and lack of understanding that often accompanie…
Sept. 5, 2024

YOUR LAST WORDS

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I’m reflecting on my own mortality (and others) and our last communications. I talk about how we never know when or what our last words given or received might be. And how the qualit…
Sept. 5, 2024

FINISH EACH DAY

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m sharing a couple of quotes that have been instrumental in helping me to not beat myself up about the past. We’ll explore how the mind loves to travel back in time to all the past places wh…
Aug. 29, 2024

LEAVE IT BETTER

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m discussing the concept that I share at the end of every episode, “leave it better”. We’ll explore the power of consciously leaving people, places, animals and yourself - better than how th…
Aug. 22, 2024

STOP BUILDING CAGES

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m talking about why we want to “stop building cages” for ourselves and others (inspired by a favorite poem by Hafiz.) We’ll also explore the importance of not limiting people because of our …
Aug. 15, 2024

YOU ARE NOT THE THINGS

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m talking about a new way of looking at the challenging things, the difficult things, and the negative things, that we might have encountered in life. We’ll also explore the idea that we don…
Aug. 8, 2024

ALL NIGHT DINER

I recently told a funny little "Knock, Knock joke" - that also led me to some spiritual principles that I think are worth sharing! So today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m talking about my playful perspective on “Jesus and God…
Aug. 1, 2024

Practice Being Present

I asked my Inner Teacher for some guidance about, “What’s something wicked helpful that I could share with my listeners?” And I got one word in response, loud and clear: BRFWA. So today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m sharing …
July 25, 2024

Keeping Your Commitment

What do you do when you're having a hard time keeping your commitment to yourself, or some habit or change you want to make? Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I'm going to share one little quick tip that I taught to the folks …
July 18, 2024

271 - I Call Bullsh*t

What do you do when you live in a world where there’s just so much bullshit going on? Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about what to do when it seems like the whole world is going crazy! We’ll dive into our temp…
May 9, 2024

Why Go It Alone?

One of the things that I’ve noticed about myself, and others like me, is a pattern of hyper-independence and self-reliance. These traits aren’t uncommon in people with some trauma in their history. And whether they truly cou…
May 2, 2024

Increase Your Courage

I’m sure we’ve all been in a situation before where there was something that we wanted or needed to do, but our fear was so great that it kept us from taking action. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking all about co…