Cultivating Kindness With Karen  Whether you are having a conversation about business, personal growth or spirituality the word 'alignment' is bound to be used. Whatever your definition, or understanding, of what alignment means; add in the word leveraging and see how you feel. Does the idea of leveraging alignment make you feel excited? Well, Stress Recovery Expert Karen Leslie, may burst that feeling of excitement in this episode of Cultivating Kindness With Karen as she explains how she understands "alignment". Chances are very good that Karen's views on alignment will not be in align with the majority of people. Join Karen in the chatroom and be a part of this conversation on how to work with the energy of alignment to create what you desire that you have not been able to actualize yet. ~ 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  Having regrets about something is not unusual. Having many regrets over your lifetime is also quite common. Often we brush them off, or push them aside, thinking they are just part of life. What people do not think about is how controlling those past regrets can be. Whether you have regrets for an action you did not take, or from an action you did take, regrets create very large limitations in your life and also keep you reliving your past. Having your thoughts hold you hostage is never a good thing. In this week's show "Those Nasty Controlling Regrets!", Stress Recovery Expert Karen Leslie, will discuss how we create regrets, how they maintain a tight hold on you and what you can do to let them go. Understanding your own thought process and beliefs will show you the way out of creating more regrets in the future. Join Karen on Cultivating Kindness With Karen in the chatroom to be a part of this important conversation. ~ 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  Experts say we have 60,000 - 80,000 thoughts every day; that is over 2,500 thoughts per hour! What is even more amazing, and scarier, is that most people are believing all of these thoughts. The vast majority of these approximate 2,500 thoughts every hour are not even true for you and likely not even helpful. Our thoughts are based on past programming, past events and beliefs we developed in the past. Do you see a pattern in our thoughts? They are strongly connected to our past. Stress Recovery Expert Karen Leslie, believes it is time to change how we work with our thoughts; choose which ones to actually pay attention to and choose which ones need to be let go of. This all requires the use of new tools and a commitment to creating a new way of thinking. Join Karen in this week's episode of Cultivating Kindness With Karen to discover how you can transform your way of thinking to support you in creating a better way of thinking and living. *Listen now on the Inspired Choices Network app!  https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/links/ ~ 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 been nervous before a job interview or before meeting someone new and people tell you to "just be yourself and you'll be fine". Then your brain screams back "how?, I am terrified". "I'm so nervous". What if you could release the fear in moments and be able to clam your thoughts, and your body, to the point where you can think more clearly and know you are safe? What if knowing more clearly who you are (beyond anxiety and stress) could stop your brain from screaming back "how?". Telling someone to "just be yourself" is often quite unkind in the moment. Stress Recovery Expert Karen Leslie, will explain how this simple suggestion backfires and how to actually be of help to yourself, or others, in moment of extreme stress or anxiety. Join Karen in this week's episode of Cultivation Kindness With Karen to learn tools and strategies for calming that automatic response from your brain when someone tells you to "just be yourself". *Listen now on the Inspired Choices Network app!  https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/links/ ~ 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 heard of the Spotlight Effect in mental health conversations? Specifically, how the spotlight effect can increase anxiety; especially social anxiety? This seems to be more of a private conversation and Karen believes it needs to have a greater presence in the overall mental health conversation. The spotlight effect can impact every area of your life; relationships, business, family, intimacy, even your dreams and desires for the future. Stress Recovery Expert Karen Leslie, will be highlighting what the spotlight effect is, how it has impacted her life and what it is that people can do to come out of the 'spotlight' and begin to enjoy their social interactions more. Join Karen for this week's episode of Cultivating Kindness With Karen to see if you struggle with the spotlight effect and how to step out of this belief (yes it is a belief) to help heal your anxiety and step into greater ease in your life. *Listen now on the Inspired Choices Network app!  https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/links/ ~ 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  In Part 2, the way out of people pleasing will be discussed. When you understand the hold this behaviour has on you, why you enjoy it and the fears underneath letting it go, then recovery from being a people pleaser begins. Recovery may sound ominous, or even harsh, but it is accurate. Stepping out of this programmed reaction requires awareness, consistency, coaching and an openness to living your life a new way. Sound scary? Well, Karen Leslie Stress Recovery Expert and Coach will explain the steps to take and the possible stumbling blocks that may come your way. Join Karen in the chatroom to gain additional support or to ask any questions you have during this episode of Cultivating Kindness With Karen on stepping out of the role of a people pleaser. *Listen now on the Inspired Choices Network app!  https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/links/ ~ 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  How do you see people pleasing? Is it a choice, a reaction or something else? Are you even aware of when you are falling into the role of being a "People Pleaser"? People pleasing (according to psychology) is actually more of a need to belong verses a need to help others. Everyone is taught that it is important to care about others and to be polite; however, that can get out of control and create havoc in your life. In this episode of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, Karen Leslie Stress Recovery Expert and Coach, will explore the hidden agendas behind people pleasing. Drawing on her personal experience, and research, Karen will outline some of the ways being polite and caring for others can create an unhappy life and perpetuate the desire to belong. If you know you are a people pleaser, know someone who is, or are just curious, you will want to be a part of this show. Join in the chatroom to be a part of the conversation. *Listen now on the Inspired Choices Network app!  https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/links/ ~ 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  Do you carry with you a low level of anger all the time? Is feeling angry the norm for you? Does your anger scare you or is it comfortable? Anger can arrive in many different ways. Anger can have different jobs and messages for us. How can you tell when being angry is actually helpful in the moment or when it is harmful to your or others? Is it wrong to be angry? Is it wrong to show that you are angry? Stress Recover Expert Karen Leslie, will explore these questions about anger and many others in this episode of Cultivating Kindness With Karen. Karen has personally asked these questions, experienced the more positive aspects of anger and the not so kind explosive side of anger and all of the additional emotions and judgments that follow. Tune in and join the conversation if you would like some clarity, tips or greater understanding about how anger is showing up in your life. *Listen now on the Inspired Choices Network app!  https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/links/ ~ 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  At some point in time each person will experience a loss of some kind that will bring them to experiencing grief. When we are grieving it can be difficult to find kindness towards yourself. There are many social norms around grieving and not all of them include the energy of kindness. Each person will have their own opinion on how to handle grief. So how do you maintain the energy of kindness for yourself and/or others during periods of grief? In this episode of Cultivating Kindness With Karen, Karen Leslie Stress Recovery Expert, welcomes Tammy Adams to the show to share her expertise on grief and how she helps people through this very emotional, and often painful, time in their life. Grief is not something that you "just get over" or is healed with time. We are all unique in our experiences as Tammy knows so well. If you are currently experiencing grief, have in the past, or feel you are still struggling years later be sure to join in live in the chatroom to ask questions and be a part of this important conversation. Tammy Adams loves to problem solve, inspire and motivate others who are ready and committed to change. She has spent over 30 years in the field of education (infant to post-secondary) and as a Certified Coach Tammy teaches individuals to challenge and conquer their limiting beliefs and insecurities to create the life of their choosing. As an Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist Tammy understands unresolved grief can limit an individual’s capacity for happiness and is gifted at supporting individuals through the pain and isolation cause by an emotional loss, of any kind, to a place of happiness they believed no longer existed. https://intuitiveunderstanding.com/ *Listen now on the Inspired Choices Network app!  https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/links/ ~ 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  Feeling different, feeling like you don't fit in, is massively uncomfortable for most people. Add on to this someone who makes you feel wrong for who you are, or how you are showing up, and it is like throwing salt onto an open cut. It is likely safe to say, that ever person on this planet has experienced this in some way. Depending on the frequency, and depth of reaction this/these situations may have created a lifetime of struggles and limitations for someone. There is a way out of this. There is a way out of feeling like you are wrong. There is a way out of feeling, or believing, that being different is wrong. Stress Recovery Expert Karen Leslie, knows first hand what this all feels like and will be sharing what has helped her discover who she is and how she is embracing it. If you can relate to any of this, then you do not want to miss this show "I Am Different, I 'm Not Wrong" this week on Cultivating Kindness With Karen. *Listen now on the Inspired Choices Network app!  https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/links/ ~ 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/