Karen southall watts- @askkaren coaching 

When I was a teenager, my mother would sometimes call me, “my little Type A baby.” She said it with a smile, but I could tell that my blooming perfectionism,...

There’s a scene in the Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks rom-com You’ve Got Mail, where the character Joe Fox is trapped in an elevator. This tiny brush with mortality has ...

Remember a few days ago when Madonna, soaking in a milk and rose petal bath, told us that the Covid 19 pandemic was an equalizer? Uh…no, Madonna…just no. If ...

I was never a hand shaker. In fact, I used to tell stories in classes and workshops with tips and tricks I used to not shake hands or to slip the grasp of hu...

The last face-to-face work I did before the Covid 19 lock down was teaching a course in customer service communication. Despite having an official textbook, ...

Covid 19 is taking adult education for a wild ride, sending many instructors to a place they never anticipated going...the online classroom. If you are teach...

Covid 19 has changed the whole world, including the way we do education. Imagine this...your college has just pushed all your classes online. Maybe you're an...

For those of use who've taken the solo road to entrepreneurship -- freelancers, gig workers, consultants etc. -- working from home or alone all the time may ...

You did what all the experts and gurus told you to do – you made a personal success plan. Or maybe you called yours a 5-year plan, or you created a magnifice...

When the dire pronouncements began, I didn’t think much about what I’d do in terms of my own life and social distancing. I was too busy going to work early t...

In just a few days, I will start teaching another class in Customer Service Communication. Over the course of four weeks I will encourage students to examine...

Well, 2020 is underway and I’ve just coached another group of budding entrepreneurs through the business planning process. Somehow, while I wasn’t looking, I...

Did you know that the fitness business is counting on you, maybe not you personally, but the typical person, NOT going to the gym to fulfill that New Year’s ...

Famous authors and small-town preachers have been telling us for years that listening to someone with total attention is a priceless gift. Maybe your undivid...

Gratitude is good for us. Everyone from our grandparents to preachers, teachers, and personal coaches has drummed this into us. Yet, sometimes it’s truly har...

October was a very busy month for me. Sadly, not all of it was enjoyable. I moved to a new apartment, and my close friends can tell you, it was tough for me....

Technology has changed the way we do everything from how we date to how we work. For many of us in developed countries, distance no longer impedes communicat...

Well, I gave my first PechaKucha talk at White Rock Live. A concept invented by design professionals to avoid “death by PowerPoint,” these talks are structur...

It’s like a buzz in the air. No, not the super early availability of pumpkin spice flavored products heralding fall…the whispers, arguments, and screams abou...

Some people are always confident, always know what they intend to do, and don’t feel the need to seek advice from others. Then there’s the rest of us. From t...