Have you been BETRAYED?
Let’s talk about betrayal. Specifically betrayal from your workplace. I am not certain what has transpired recently with the “great...
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Karen Messina McDonnell
Jul 24, 20225 min read
Being Stronger that THAT!
So how are you feeling today? Are you good? Are you sad? Are you mad? I want to talk to you today about being stronger than your...
Karen Messina McDonnell
May 24, 20222 min read
What kind of woman would hire a Divorce Coach?
The kind that believes the coach will give her the strength and guidance to remain resilient and focused. The kind that doesn't want to...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Apr 17, 20221 min read
5 Day Challenge - How to ask for what you want.....
Who wants in?? Not asking feels terrible, and thinking of asking feels terrible. So you are stuck in this terrible no-win situation. We...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Mar 30, 20221 min read
I can offer you EMOTIONAL STRENGTH
What does that mean? Emotional strength is defined as 'the ability to respond in an open and vulnerable way in the face of intense...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Feb 6, 20223 min read
Are your relationships suffering?
Have you ever felt so confused about how you could have ended up in an unhealthy relationship? I mean you are educated after all. You...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Dec 27, 20216 min read
The Updated Motivational Triad
We Seek Pleasure, Avoid Pain, Exert the Least Amount of Effort: In the past, our brains taught us to survive by seeking pleasure,...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Oct 23, 20211 min read
The Living Free From Fear Movement
I couldn’t be more proud to be working with 9 other incredible women on making the issue of Domestic Abuse - the fear, the stigma, the...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Oct 17, 20214 min read
Expectations and Beliefs
When we start off on our journey through life, we learn things, we start to grow into our belief systems and we come to have some...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Sep 29, 20211 min read
The Living Free From Fear Movement
OK everyone, hold onto your hats, I am over the moon excited because..... I have started a GLOBAL Movement, along with 10 other amazing...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Sep 27, 20215 min read
Are you Settling for Less?
If you are healing and growing and moving forward as a survivor, there is one thing that we sometimes do and it is self-sabotage. How do...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Aug 21, 20214 min read
What is the fear that has prevented you from asking for help?
I recently read about feeling hopeless, helpless and wounded. Dr. Daniel G. Amen wrote a book called The End of Mental Illness and I am...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Jul 30, 20215 min read
WATCHING YOUR LIFE PASS YOU BY
Doesn’t it feel like you are watching your life pass you by? So much has happened, over so many years, but you feel like your life is at...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Jul 24, 20215 min read
Mental Health or Brain Health?
Let’s look at brain health instead of mental health and start Loving Your Brain. I was listening to a podcast with Daniel Amen, MD. He is...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Jun 27, 20214 min read
IT IS TIME TO MAKE SOME CHANGES
I want to get serious and really talk about making changes in your life that will benefit you and not hinder your progress. We have all...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Jun 20, 20214 min read
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why do I keep making the same mistakes? Sometimes we think the thoughts that we have thought our entire lives. "I am not good enough. I...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Jun 17, 20213 min read
Yoga/Self-Love Glamping Weekend July 16-18
Join us in the beautiful Finger Lakes region for a 2-night women’s glamping experience filled with yoga, self-development workshops,...
Karen Messina McDonnell
May 23, 20215 min read
Are you taking responsibility for your role in your emotional healing?
We are going to get serious about emotional healing and who’s responsibility it is? Now I have talked about being a victim and spending...
Karen Messina McDonnell
May 8, 20212 min read
YES…. I was a VICTIM of abuse, yet I had the perfect childhood growing up….
How could that be possible? I had a loving family, beautiful friends…. But still, I ended up with an abusive husband. What I did NOT HAVE...
Karen Messina McDonnell
Apr 28, 20211 min read
As a Survivor, do you sometimes feel paranoid?
I went to the Googles for this description: "Paranoia is thinking and feeling like you are being threatened in some way, even if there is...
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