Happily Divorced with Karishma

Have you ever handed your power away looking for approval from your parents, your partner, or your boss?

In this episode, Karishma shares a recent conversation that left her devastated and the days it took to come back to herself. She explores where our need for validation begins (hint: childhood and our family of origin), how it follows us into relationships and careers, and why no one outside of us will ever give us the love, safety, and belonging we're searching for.

You'll hear about:

• Why we fall back into childhood patterns around family

• How scarcity and survival show up around money and safety

• Why even the most loving partner can't meet every need

• What to do when someone calls you "too much"

• How to become the source of your own love and belonging

If you've been waiting for someone to finally see you, this one is for you. 🤍

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This week was a perfect storm — a work trip, a talk I had to rebuild last-minute, my twins' 15th birthday, and their first day of school, all in one week. In this episode, I get real about what it looked like to choose empowerment over victimhood, why doing less can actually be the win, and how learning to accept support (instead of controlling everything myself) changed the whole week. Plus: the serenity prayer, Al-Anon lessons, and the moment my boyfriend told me I handled it all really well.

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Four weeks of travel. Two families, four kids, 300 miles apart. A birthday weekend I'd been dreading instead of celebrating. In this episode I get honest about the week I fell apart — why overwhelm isn't really about having too much to do, why I shut down instead of speeding up, and how old fears about being alone and unsupported hijacked a moment that should have been pure joy. I share the tools that got me back: slowing down, one day at a time, one hour of nothing, and the story of the two wolves that finally broke the spiral.

In this episode:

• Toward vs. away values — and why depletion flips the switch

• The two ingredients of overwhelm (it's not just the workload)

• Why shutdown costs more energy than the task itself

• The one-hour rule: 30–60 minutes of genuine nothing

• Control as a trauma response, and what it looked like with my partner

• "This is 2026" — separating today's facts from yesterday's fear

• The two wolves, and which one you feed today

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Summer's a third of the way done and Karishma is reflecting — on a magical trip through Vienna, Budapest, and Prague with her kids and boyfriend, on a Father's Day pool party that had everyone in the water (yes, including her dad who never gets in the water), and on the radical act of letting people love you.

In this episode, Karishma gets real about the story she inherited — the type A, do-it-all, don't-ask-for-help conditioning that followed her from childhood into marriage and straight into single motherhood. And what happened when she finally put a HALT sticker on the dishwasher and actually let someone else empty it.

This one's about co-parenting with intention, blending a new partner into family life, and the mindset shift that changes everything: you are dreaming the dream of your life — so what dream are you choosing?

In this episode:

- How Karishma created a Father's Day with her ex-husband, her dad, and her boyfriend — and why it worked

- What "dreaming the dream of your life" actually means in practice

- Letting go of the type A identity and allowing yourself to be supported

- Why the people in your life rise to meet the vision you hold for them

- Valuing experiences over things — and how that shaped a whole European summer adventure

- The HALT sticker moment and learning to receive love

If you're building a new version of family after divorce, this episode is your reminder: you never had to do it alone. You just thought you did.

🎧 Share this with someone who needs permission to let go.

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In this heartfelt episode, Karishma reflects on a weekend that completely redefined what family, partnership, and healing can look like after divorce. From navigating tension with extended family to creating a table filled with gratitude, acceptance, and connection, she shares the internal shifts that made these moments possible.

This episode dives into emotional triggers, self-worth, asking for what you desire, and learning how to belong to yourself first. If you’ve ever struggled with rejection, fear, people-pleasing, or feeling unseen, this conversation will remind you that peace begins within and that alignment changes everything.

This episode is a real and honest reflection on self-worth, relationships, and the patterns that keep us stuck.

Karishma shares personal experiences and client stories to unpack a hard truth: We don’t tolerate unhealthy dynamics because of others. We tolerate them because of what we believe about ourselves.

From ignoring red flags to staying in misaligned situations, this conversation goes deeper into the root cause, disconnection from self, lack of trust, and the belief that “this is the best I can have.”

You’ll hear:

• Why we stay in relationships, jobs, and dynamics that don’t serve us

• How past experiences and trauma create patterns of self-sabotage

• The hidden cost of numbing your emotions and disconnecting from yourself

• How fear and lack of trust keep you settling

• What it actually looks like to pause, reassess, and choose differently

• The shift from fear to trust and what becomes possible when you believe you are worthy

This is an invitation to stop negotiating your worth. To stop overriding your truth. And to start choosing from a place of alignment, not fear.

If this resonated, share it with someone who needs to hear it.

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Last week, something shifted for me in a way I didn’t expect.

Not in my business.

Not in my external life.

But in my role as a daughter.

In this episode, I share a personal story about growing up feeling unheard in key family conversations and how that pattern carried into adulthood.

I walk you through a recent experience supporting my parents through estate planning. What had been avoided and stalled for weeks finally moved forward in a single conversation.

But the real shift wasn’t the outcome.

It was how I showed up.

This episode is about:

- Breaking old family dynamics

- Finding your voice in uncomfortable spaces

- Letting go of the story that holds you back

- Choosing courage over assumption

If there’s a place in your life where you’re still waiting, this is your reminder to move.

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This episode is a real and honest conversation about what it actually means to move out of victim consciousness and into personal power.

Karishma breaks down victimhood in a way that goes beyond surface-level mindset work. She shares how resistance shows up in everyday life, how the ego protects us through stories and avoidance, and why true transformation requires facing what is instead of trying to change it.

Through personal experiences in both business and relationships, she walks through the internal patterns that keep us stuck and the cost of avoiding our truth. She also introduces a simple but powerful 4-step process to help you identify what you’re resisting, uncover the story behind it, and reconnect with what is actually true.

This is not about forcing positivity or bypassing discomfort. It’s about building the capacity to sit with yourself, see clearly, and move forward from a place of alignment.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, disconnected, or resistant… this episode will help you understand why and show you the path forward.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• What victim consciousness actually is (and how it shows up subtly)

• Why resistance is the real reason you feel stuck

• How the ego protects you through stories and avoidance

• The difference between transformation and spiritual bypass

• A practical 4-step framework to move through resistance

• How honesty with yourself creates real freedom

  
  

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If you are the strong one, the leader, the responsible one in your family or relationships, this episode is for you.

Because underneath the fixing, the managing, and the advising, there may be something else driving you:

Fear.

Attachment.

Control.

Today I’m sharing a very personal experience about how I lost my peace over situations that were never mine to carry, and how I’m learning to take my power back.

In this deeply personal episode, I share what happened when I brought my family together to review my parents’ estate documents.

What started as a practical conversation about wills and wealth transfer turned into something much deeper.

Old dynamics resurfaced. I felt unheard. Ignored. Invisible.

And instead of numbing it or pushing past it, I let myself feel it.

This episode explores:

• The emotional realities behind estate planning and family wealth conversations

• What happens when daughters are spoken over • How old family roles quietly reappear

• The link between burnout and not valuing yourself

• Why we keep seeking validation from the people who cannot give it

• The hard truth about self-worth and productivity

• How to stop waiting for permission to rest

If you’ve ever felt unseen by your parents… If you’ve ever overextended yourself hoping someone would notice… If you’re exhausted from performing your value…

This episode is for you.

Because the breakthrough wasn’t about my father.

It was about me finally choosing myself.