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Karen Kay

Karen Kay

Embracing Empowerment: Beyond The Barbie Movie’s Feminist Controversy

The release of the Barbie movie has sparked much debate and over-analysis, with some individuals expressing hesitancy to watch it due to…

Jul 29, 2023

Embracing Empowerment: Beyond The Barbie Movie’s Feminist Controversy

Jul 29, 2023

Karen Kay

On This Day: You Were Dead

“I called your brother; I wanted to know if you were dying,” Andrea told me on the phone during…

Aug 7, 2021

On This Day: You Were Dead

Aug 7, 2021

Karen Kay

The ‘Pile of Hope’ – a Simple Story of Resilience

At 3:45 pm EDT on a Saturday, I get a panicked call from my daughter. Awakening from a rare afternoon nap, my eyes tried to register what…

Nov 13, 2020

The ‘Pile of Hope’ – a Simple Story of Resilience

Nov 13, 2020

Karen Kay

The Fiasco of the Online Dating Profile and Why You Must Stop

Guys, guys, guys. Please stop doing the following things on your profile…

Nov 6, 2020

Nov 6, 2020

Karen Kay

Self esteem – It looks like seagull poop

It’s been years since I’ve managed to spend real quality time with my kids. Mainly because there are two of them, and being a single mom…

Oct 25, 2020

Self esteem – It looks like seagull poop

Oct 25, 2020

Karen Kay
in
The Startup

Before you subscribe you have to confirm humanity

The call to action is NOT to copy all the other white folks I was guilty of doing myself. It is to start asking yourself some fundamental…

Jun 27, 2020

Before you subscribe you have to confirm humanity

Jun 27, 2020

Karen Kay

Will I ever be someone’s “Sassenach,” and other Sunday musings.

It’s as good a day as any to ask the universe questions. Perhaps it will answer me one day. In the meantime — you should stay home!

Mar 16, 2020

Will I ever be someone’s “Sassenach,” and other Sunday musings.

Mar 16, 2020

Karen Kay
in
The Startup

Discover the three words that will answer two different life questions

When we find ourselves in the middle of a crossroads, it’s often hard to choose which way to go. Sometimes it may even seem impossible…

Feb 15, 2020

Discover the three words that will answer two different life questions

Feb 15, 2020

Karen Kay

Are you a coward? Birth a child and watch that change you forever

When I was a young girl, I passed up on a lot of opportunities to defend myself. I would shrug silently when the kids in my class would…

Nov 20, 2019

Are you a coward? Birth a child and watch that change you forever

Nov 20, 2019

Karen Kay
in
The Startup

Invisibility is only good for ghosts: take off the cloak and live your best life

The five things that aren’t helping you show up for yourself

Nov 13, 2019

Invisibility is only good for ghosts: take off the cloak and live your best life

Nov 13, 2019

Karen Kay

Karen Kay

I write to explore fear, courage and growth. I help others bibbidi bobbidi boo words so they don’t have to, even past midnight. www.hellokarenkay.com

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