Stop Defending Your Choices – Karen Leslie

09/18/24 • -1 min

Cultivating Kindness With Karen Being strong at defending your decisions or choices is seen as a great strength of character. It may secure you a seat on the Debating Team at school, or a position as a negotiator for employment. The difficulties can arise when defending your choices becomes a common practice in your life. Doors get opened that can lead to regret, disappointment and even feelings of failure. Feeling the need to defend yourself leads you down a path that often ends in the opposite direction to where you desire to be. Being in the energy of feeling you need to defend yourself often results in you stepping out of your power and strength; not stepping into it. Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert and Speaker, to gain a clearer understanding as to how you have been working with the energy of "defending". Learn how and when to bring this energy in so it helps you in being grounded and empowered. Light From The Shadows: Enriching The Lives Of Others Inspired Choices Network Hosts Author Karen Leslie Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738249417 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1738249417 ~ 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/

Previous Episode

Light You Up First – Karen Leslie

Cultivating Kindness With Karen Many people desire to light up the room, or space, they are in. Some from ego, some from desire to be seen and some for healing. No matter what the origin, to light up a room requires intention and follow through. The first question is where does this desire come from? First you need to look at yourself before you can genuinely light up any room. There are many different ways to look at lighting up the room. Some will have you feeling temporarily good and others will fill you up and carry you forward for a long time. Some ways only benefit you, or another person. Other ways contribute to everyone there. Which do you choose? To be able to light up a room, or space, is such a gift to be shared openly. To understand how to light yourself up first, and then others, listen in this week to Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert and Expert Healer, on Cultivating Kindness with Karen for ways to ignite your inner light and let it shine out to the world. Light From The Shadows: Enriching The Lives Of Others Inspired Choices Network Hosts Author Karen Leslie Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738249417 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1738249417 ~ 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/

Next Episode

Is A Wild Imagination A Good Imagination? – Karen Leslie

Cultivating Kindness With Karen Let your imagination run wild! Do not judge what comes to mind. Open your imagination and let your thoughts run wild. Such great advice until you take a deep look at what your imagination may be showing you. Have you just opened Pandora's Box? What if a controlled imagination was actually a better thing to create and master? What could having a controlled imagination offer you? Join Karen Leslie, Stress Recovery Expert and Speaker, to understand the benefits and limitations of both a wild and controlled imagination. Then you can choose which one you would like to work with. Choice is always best! Light From The Shadows: Enriching The Lives Of Others Inspired Choices Network Hosts Author Karen Leslie Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738249417 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1738249417 ~ 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/