Karen southall watts- @askkaren coaching 

Even an introvert who loves alone time can be thrown by a forced lockdown. Much of my work already happened online and through technology...

Fall has always been my favorite time of year. When I was a girl, I remember breaking out my plaid wool skirts with glee. As a young moth...

Talk about a loaded question. In the year 2020 this question can lead to anything from, “I’m bored and I need a haircut” to “My grandfath...

and other social media rules. Social media can be fun or frustrating, depending on how you approach it. Social platforms can allow you to...

I'm incredibly lucky because my personal and professional networks are really diverse. I'm connected to people from a variety of backgrou...

If you are reading this on a computer or phone in a developed country, chances are you are going to live to be about 80 years old--give o...

I do realize not everyone likes to curl up with a cup of tea and a book. (Realize it yes, understand it, well not so much.) As we contemp...

If you read my last post, you know that I think many of us are going to be faced with reinvention in the next weeks and months. And, many...

Oh, no. Not again. The news is full of stories about how Covid-19 is destroying the economy, and I’ll admit sometimes I can’t look away. ...

Like many people, my stay-at-home days have been filled with Zoom meetings, weird cooking experiments, and online entertainment and educa...

So, you want to date, live with, or marry an entrepreneur? Or perhaps you're a freelancer or small business owner hoping your romantic pa...

How do you start a blog about feelings and mental health? I wrestled with this, as right now my own brain is stuffed with information fro...

Recently I was on a Zoom call and the facilitator began by asking, “Who’s wearing shoes?” I have it on good authority that some calls beg...

The coronavirus pandemic has been brutally painful. Many families have suffered loss, and are grieving. Others are working on the front l...

Usually when someone comes to me with a time management problem it is of the too-many-tasks-not-enough-hours variety. For years I’ve caut...

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 blo...

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...

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, ...

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 ...

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...