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How to do more of what you love

February 16, 2018 By Karen Main 2 Comments

Inspire

I live near the top of a mountain ridge, and the drive to my house is up a 3km long steep and windy road.  For the past year I’ve been wanting to walk down this road and then back up. Why? To challenge myself. To see how long it would take. Because I can. So […]

Filed Under: Curiosity and Wonder, Feeling Inspired, Growth and Learning, What matters most Tagged With: challenge, desire, fun, goals, Growth

How to quit avoiding your goals and start moving forward on your dreams

February 2, 2018 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

Avoiding

For most of last year I had a special meeting in my planner every week…  a one hour Accountability Call with my dear friend. Fuelled by our mutual desire to love and lead dream lives, we consistently carved out time to share our goals, challenges and disappointments with the intention of keeping each other on […]

Filed Under: Growth and Learning, Purpose and Meaning, What matters most Tagged With: dreams, goals, Growth

How A Theme Word Can Design Your Best Year Ever

January 12, 2018 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

January

Lately I’ve been experiencing sneaky moments of panic whenever I see a goal setting article. Panic that I’m not keeping up, that time is getting away and I’m missing the boat on setting my goals for the year. This unnecessary panic subsides, when I tune into my own personal process and declaration to sit with […]

Filed Under: Growth and Learning, Intuitive Feelings, Purpose and Meaning Tagged With: desire, effectiveness, goals, Growth, words

A raw and honest look at my first 365 days in a new city

November 24, 2017 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

Today I enter day 366 (my second year) living here on the Gold Coast. Even writing that sends a wave of conflicting emotions through me. Anticipation, Fear, Hope, Doubt, Excitement, Confusion.  What lies ahead? Once again more questions arise than answers. Seems to be the underlying theme for my first year here….  more questions than […]

Filed Under: Growth and Learning, Outside your Comfort Zone, What matters most Tagged With: courage, dreams, goals, Growth

What do you need to do your best work and enjoy life

September 22, 2017 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

Productivity

Times are a changing for me. Finally, after months of see-sawing between self-doubt and self belief, my never-give-up-on-creating-your-dream-life attitude has paid off. I’m finally generating regular paid work, that’s also allowing me the lifestyle flexibility I want. You heard it, 10 months after our move, and with another regular consulting gig on my books, my […]

Filed Under: Growth and Learning, What matters most Tagged With: effectiveness, goals, happiness, productive, productivity

How I found opportunity when no one wanted to hire me

August 11, 2017 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

Balance

I’m about to share my ‘little secret’.  A few months back I wanted to quit my own biz. At the time I was incredibly disengaged with my work.  I’d developed a not-so-good habit of comparing myself to all the “successful” coaches in my new home town, convincing myself there was no room for me. My […]

Filed Under: Curiosity and Wonder, Growth and Learning, Intuitive Feelings Tagged With: action, Choice, desire, dreams, goals, opportunity

Is a problem shared really a problem halved?

July 14, 2017 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

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“A problem shared is a problem halved,” a friends Mum once said to me. This was many years ago, I was barely out of my teens and struggling with the messiness of growing up. I sat sobbing at her kitchen table, pouring my heart out quite literally as tears dripped all over the floral tablecloth. […]

Filed Under: Growth and Learning, Intuitive Feelings Tagged With: advice, problem

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Karen Main is a Life Leadership Coach for people who are ready to make a change in their lives.
Through her coaching, workshops and speaking gigs she’s here to help you design a life you love — while making it all feel like a celebration.
And when she’s not working, you can find her indulging in a long walk with the dog, laughing with her kids or at her favourite yoga class Read More…

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