Karen Allen

Karen Allen is an international keynote speaker, growth mindset coach, and author with nearly a decade of experience empowering leaders and teams. Specializing in growth mindset, mindfulness, and human leadership skills, Karen uses her Stop & Shift methodology to drive positive change. She has collaborated with organizations such as Genentech, Google, and Thomson Reuters to enhance leadership and team dynamics, resulting in more productive and resilient work environments. On this episode of the Bodyway Intuition Podcast, Karen shares how the murder of her husband before the age of 30 transformed her relationship with grief, intuition, healing, and self-trust. She reflects on how her body processed the experience before her brain could fully understand it, and how that darkness ultimately became a space of transformation and purpose. Together, we explore post-traumatic growth, subconscious processing, visualization, dreams, clairvoyance (clear vision), clairsentience (clear feeling), and the intelligence of the body. Karen also shares how learning to trust herself, follow intuitive guidance, and connect more deeply with her inner world helped shift the trajectory of her life and work. This conversation is a powerful reflection on how even the darkest experiences can crack us open, deepen our connection to ourselves, and lead us toward greater healing, alignment, and purpose.

In this episode of Life Without Secrets, host Jillian introduces Karen Allen, a resilient and transformative individual who has overcome immense challenges in her life. At just 29 years old, Karen experienced a devastating loss that pushed her to rebuild her life for the sake of her young son. Now, Karen is a thriving force in the world of personal development, using mindfulness, positive psychology, and neuroplasticity to help others build mental strength. Join us as Karen shares her journey, insights, and strategies for achieving personal and professional success through resilience and growth. Karen Allen is a keynote speaker, author, and thought leader who teaches simple techniques that incorporate mindfulness, positive psychology, neuroplasticity, and mental strength training. In her book, Stop and Shift , she shares her mental strength training exercise that helps rewire the brain and get you to a healthier mental state so you can live your best life. “I refused to let his little life then become this huge traumatic story because of my choices." Highlights: [00:05:23] Rebuilding after devastating loss [00:12:44] Post-traumatic growth [00:19:53] Owning your response to life [00:24:41] Pursuing life on your terms [00:31:56] Growth mindset applies to more [00:36:01] Neuroplasticity and practice Follow Karen Instagram Website Follow Jillian Instagram Website Email Jillian@lifewithoutsecrets.com with your story to be featured on the show!

The best systems aren’t cumbersome sources of frustration collecting dust in the cloud —they save you so much time, that creating even more streamlined solutions becomes a personal passion. That’s the case for me and today’s returning guest, Karen Allen. We’re going behind-the-business, swapping ideas for client-facing pages, client tracking databases, course resources pages, personal journaling, and more. Although we are talking specifically about Notion (this isn’t #sponcon, I swear!), any software that has similar functionality can work :) More About Karen : Karen is a super-mom, healthy eater, and keynote speaker . After experiencing the tragedy of losing her husband, she picked herself up and set out to thrive for her son’s sake. She is the founder of the 100% Human movement, helping others develop a mindset of joy and abundance through her community. She also hosts the In the Details podcast , and be sure to check out our previous conversation in episode 191: Structuring Free Time as a Single Parent While Grieving and Rebuilding . 🌟 3 Key Takeaways: Start Here Create a database for prospective and current clients (coaching, speaking, consulting, etc.) Within that, create a new client template that populates with information behind-the-scenes that you and your team will reference Within that, create a shared page that you and the client can see and collaborate on 📝 Permission: Invest in the systems that are going to support your overall well-being. ✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next: Examine an aspect of running your business that takes a lot of time. How could you bring that into a system, possibly with a template or two? 🔗 Resources Mentioned Karen on the web , IG: @karen.m.allen , LinkedIn , TikTok , podcast: In the Details Free Time Operations Dashboard (promo code PODCAST ), and one of Jenny’s earliest Notion pages (don’t laugh!)— (He)art of Podcasting course resources Voxer Coaching : Sign-up for the waitlist to work with Jenny » Video : Use Your Tragedy to Change the World Tools : Notion , Loom , Canva , Gusto , Bench People : Marie Poulin , Thomas Frank 📚 Books Mentioned Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte One Line A Day: A Five-Year Memory Book Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business 🎧 Related Episodes In the Details</s

“Small hinges move big doors.” That one thought helped Karen Allen pick herself up from the depths of grief after losing her husband in a tragic, senseless act of violence nearly a decade ago. Shortly afterward, she lost her house, her car, and then one year later — her job. Getting fired followed just a few months after an intuitive hit that corporate wasn’t the best fit for her any longer was a blessing in disguise that precipitated the founding of her now-thriving business, one where she puts her son front-and-center as her North star. In this conversation, Karen shares how she navigated overwhelming grief while parenting, structuring her business for free time as a single parent, and how her business has evolved as she continues gaining clarity about who she wants to be and how she wants to serve. More About Karen : Karen is a super-mom, healthy eater, and keynote speaker . After experiencing the tragedy of losing her husband, she picked herself up and set out to thrive for her son’s sake. She is the founder of the 100% Human movement, helping others develop a mindset of joy and abundance through her community. She also hosts the In the Details podcast . 🌟 3 Key Takeaways Gratitude helps balance out the negativity in our brain : Return to even the most simple acknowledgments, like having a soft pillow to lay down on at night. “My intuition has been sharpened through faith.” There are beautiful parallels between the two; you won’t always see things working at first. The universe rewards a courageous heart: look out for #GodHugs encouraging you to stay rooted in your values and what you know intuitively know to be true. 📝 Permission: Do what your soul is calling you to do, and create it in a way that supports you. ✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next: Identify your triad (or duo or quad) of life/work categories you want to be entirely present for; for example, time with family, for your business, for your community. Make sure each have their own dedicated (and inviolable!) space in your schedule. 📚 Books Mentioned Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman Deep Work by Cal Newport Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One Life After College 🔗 Resources Mentioned Karen on the web , IG: @karen.m.allen , LinkedIn , TikTok Video: Use Your Tragedy to Change the World Sarah K. Peck’s Startup Parent podcast and community 🎧 Related Episodes Karen’s podcast, In the Details : Introducing In the Details (Karen’s Story) Pivot : 29: Deep Work: Ditch Cognitive Junk Food with Cal Newport , <a href="https://www.pivotmet

Karen Allen is Anna's guest today on the podcast, chatting about how we can persevere through our flaws and failings - messing up, but not giving up. Karen is a renowned author, inspirational speaker, preacher, teacher, content creator and transformational leader whose passion and purpose includes the empowerment and development of others. As part of her life's mission she is committed to challenging the norm and changing the narrative as it relates to young people and in particular black men. Karen is also the proud mother of five phenomenal human beings. Links: - Find out more about Karen Allen: https://www.karenallen.info/ - "Broken into Useful Pieces" available here: https://www.karenallen.info/author - "Thou art the man" available here: https://www.karenallen.info/ (scroll down) - pre-order 'Being God's Child' by Anna Hawken (BRF, 2023) https://www.brfonline.org.uk/products/being-gods-child-a-parents-guide We hope you enjoyed hearing from Karen in this episode. We love producing faith-based content to encourage you - but of course there's a financial cost attached. Would you consider partnering with us, so that we can continue to record this podcast for generations of parents to come? You or your church can become a friend of Parenting for Faith by making a monthly gift of £2 a month or more. Alternatively, you can make a one-off donation. Find out more at www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.

Today on The Girlfriend Doctor, Karen Allen joins us to inspire post-traumatic growth in those trapped by feelings of grief and loss. After losing her husband to a tragic shooting, Karen felt overwhelmed by heartache and depression. The road to recovery was difficult, but she realized she could only move forward. Karen's post-traumatic growth led her to become an author, thought leader, and mentor to those struggling with limiting beliefs. Grief stays with you forever, but Karen shares her methodology for accepting and facing emotional turmoil so you can continue living a life full of possibilities. Karen teaches you the tools to thrive after trauma. It is not about erasing grief but remembering the immense joy behind that feeling of loss. Grief is a memorial to the joyful moments lost to tragedy, and those memories stay with you forever. Karen invites you to face and feel your grief so you can move through it instead of being consumed by it. Life after a loss can feel hopeless, but you can learn to see the possibilities again. Karen speaks about her relationship with God, and how her faith saved her in her darkest moments. Sometimes the best way to cope is to acknowledge and feel your profound loss but to surrender and embrace the present moment. Life doesn't stop until you do, and you may lose people and opportunities along the way, but Karen gives you the tools to stay positive in the face of tragedy. KEY TAKEAWAYS [3:00] How Karen moved forward from tragedy [6:00] Owning your healing with gratitude [10:00] Post-traumatic stress disorder and grief [13:20] Post-traumatic growth [17:00] The connection between grief and joy [20:30] Stop and shift methodology [22:40] Face it and feel it [28:00] Feeling the presence of God [36:30] Giving people the tools to thrive HOW TO CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: KarenAllen.co Instagram Podcast MEMORABLE QUOTES "If I didn't choose to get up, then my son's story was gonna be that he lost both parents and in that moment I refused to let that be his story." [5:35] -Karen Allen "In those moments of stress that you need to be more conscious about how we're interacting with it, because it's not the pain itself, it's the way that we interact with it that's then going to make that ripple effect in our life and in the lives of others." [20:53] -Karen Allen To learn more about me and to stay connected, visit the links below: Website: The Girlfriend Doctor Instagram: The Girlfriend Doctor

Karen Allen believes that we don't grow by accident but by design. Following her husband's unexpected and tragic death, Karen decided that if she was going to move forward in life, she needed to tame the chaos in her mind. She recalls thinking, "Every single thing that I do, even if I could only take it one breath at a time, everything I do is going to create a ripple effect beyond this moment." Don't miss this inspiring conversation with Karen Allen, a growth mindset thought leader, TEDx speaker, and founder of 100% Human . You'll hear why she's passionate about equipping people with the tools and resources to feel better, live better, and achieve their goals with a healthy mindset. Since 2014, she has studied the human mind, positive psychology, and post-traumatic growth. Her mission? To empower highly motivated individuals and business leaders to harness the power of their mindset and develop the self-awareness necessary to overcome challenges and achieve their full potential. If you're looking to keep your head in the game when the pressure is on, build resilience, use hardships as launching pads for growth, shed negative thought cycles, and move to more productive, positive thinking, this podcast is for you! #growthmindset #healthymindset #mindset #selfawareness #mentalstrength #resilience #transformation #personalgrowth #professionalgrowth #motivationalspeaker #inspirationalspeaker #keynote #keynotespeaker #events #eventmanagement #eventplanner #meetingplanner

Life is lived in the real moments and host Karen Allen wants to explore that realness with you -- with the help of her guests each week. Tune in to hear stories of obstacles, determination, and triumph in all of life's messiness.