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The simple and effective solution for endless worrying

March 23, 2018 By Karen Main 2 Comments

Karen Main

I woke up one day, 19 years ago, unable to open my jaw fully. To fill you in, my life that year was a busy whirrrrr!!!  I’d been promoted to my dream job, had a 45 minute commute to work and was putting in ten-hour days.  Plus, I was getting married and had my control […]

Filed Under: Growth and Learning, Self Care Tagged With: ease, rest, worry, worrying

Why balance is the key to health and happiness

February 17, 2017 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

Balance

I’ve been thinking a lot about balance recently, the tipping point between too much and not enough. I’m noticing that a healthy, happy life requires balance in all areas. Enough rest to restore and enough movement to maintain vitality. A diverse mix of clean food to nourish and enough treats to add fun and avoid cravings. Saving habits […]

Filed Under: Being Mum, Growth and Learning, What matters most Tagged With: balance, fun, health, rest, work, work life balance

Why you should stop when everything is in chaos

August 12, 2016 By Karen Main 2 Comments

If there is one thing I’ve learnt over the years it’s how unhealthy and unproductive I become when I’m burnt out and overwhelmed. So why would I even consider pushing myself to this point? Well this week it went something like this… I was already depleted from a busy few weeks preparing and delivering a variety of workshops […]

Filed Under: Intuitive Feelings, Less can be More, What matters most Tagged With: busy, chaos, rest, restore

Are you too busy to stop? You could be doing more harm than good.

April 30, 2016 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

Work

There it was! I could see it and boy could I feel it, my tell-tale itchy eye was back and I knew what it meant.  I’m run down and exhausted. My weary self needs a damn good rest. I’ve pushed my limits mentally, emotionally and physically of late, and ignored all the earlier warning signs to slow down. The stiffness in […]

Filed Under: Intuitive Feelings, Less can be More, What matters most Tagged With: balance, ease, rest, work

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Meet Karen

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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