Why Happiness Coaching?
Tired of a one-size-fits-all approach to mental health that focuses on the symptoms without addressing the root cause? That’s my story, too.
A personalized coaching program designed to help you take your life back without doubling down on endless talk therapy or upping your dose of medication.
Happiness Coaching might sound a bit like Pollyanna, but I’m serious about the evidence-based process of nervous system regulation and deep healing that produces life-changing results.
It’s a holistic approach to wellness that incorporates all the tools I wish I’d had on my own healing journey.
Welcome to your space.
If you’re tired of:
Living in a constant state of stress, overwhelm, and reactivity
Managing a brain that leaves you constantly stuck in survival mode.
Constantly seeking reassurance to calm your anxious mind
Barely getting through the day without having a breakdown
… Happiness Coaching with Karen is for you.
How do I know it works?
Because I’ve been where you are.
A few years ago, my then-husband
asked me for a divorce out of nowhere.
(At least, that’s how it felt.)
At the time, I was in chronic pain and constantly overwhelmed. I had panic attacks from the overwhelm of college courses, kicking off my career, juggling my relationships, and making sure all my bills got paid. Even simple things my husband did, like loading the dishwasher
wrong, could make me snap.
Everything in my life felt completely
out of control. My relationship was the
only place I felt secure—but my divorce
showed me how wrong I was.
Simple moments can change your life forever.
One day, while miserably channel surfing,
I happened upon an Eddie Murphy movie
where he talks about how brief human lives are.
Eddie said, we get 75 years of life if we’re lucky,
75 winters, 75 summers, 75 springs, and 75 falls.
Give or take a few years.
His words hit me like a ton of bricks, and I started sobbing right there on my couch. I’d spent 30 of my 75 years consumed by anxiety, pain, and illness. And where had it gotten me?
That moment, hot on the heels of losing a person
I loved, was a turning point for me.
Let this moment be yours.
Don’t spend one more of your precious years
suffering and stuck in fight, flight, or freeze, just trying to survive until your head hits the pillow and you do it all again tomorrow.
Let this be the day that you choose a different path—from anxiety, chronic pain, and unresolved trauma to lasting happiness and fulfillment.
My love, hear me when I say that you deserve a life free from suffering.
When we’re beside ourselves with anxiety, stress, and pain, we don’t show up for our loved ones—or ourselves—at our best. We can’t.
My high-functioning anxiety and unhealed trauma manifested as controlling and critical behavior in my first marriage, culminating in a divorce I never saw coming. I learned the hard way how untreated anxiety can wreak havoc on our relationships with the people we love the most.
Determined to break the cycle, I studied the mind-body connection and the life-changing impact of nervous system dysregulation. I worked hard to reestablish a sense of safety and
create a secure attachment style in my relationships.
Today, I’m very happily remarried. I’ve seen firsthand the magic this kind of work can do.
I’m Karen, a certified coach with over 5,000 hours of experience.
When you join my coaching programs, you’ll learn practical, actionable steps to get immediate relief from anxiety and overwhelm.
In just a few weeks, I’ll teach you the skills that took me years to learn: how to calm your nervous system, conquer anxiety, unlearn habits that don’t serve you, and build the loving, secure relationships you deserve.
In coaching hundreds of women,
I’ve become an expert at:
Integrative therapies
We’ll heal your mind and body at the same time, teaching you the tools to soothe your nervous system in any situation. We work to address your anxiety at its root, using evidence-based techniques like cognitive-behavioral therapy in conjunction with body and breath work to produce lasting results.
Cultivating a safe, supportive space
We’ll put you back in the driver’s seat and focus on how you control your life, but always from a compassionate and loving place. We hold space for where you’ve been while focusing our energy on where you want to go.
Small steps that generate big results
When you’re depleted, you don’t have the energy to generate big changes right away—and you don’t have to. Understanding how to use your human brain to your advantage is the key that changes everything, and you can do it in just minutes a day.