Hi, I'm Karen -
I’m a writer, speaker, and guide for women ready to heal what’s underneath the drinking. Sobriety is just the beginning — the real work is healing the truth you’ve been carrying.
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I often say I’m like a firefighter: I’ve walked through the flames myself, and now I go back in to help other women out — with honesty, compassion, and lived experience.
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I’ve been married to my husband Barry for 35 years, and our rescue animals remind us every day that second chances are real.
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I’m here when you’re ready to begin your next chapter.
Alcohol wasn't my real problem
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Before
People who meet me now don’t recognize the woman in the “before” photo.
For a long time, neither did I.
At my heaviest, I was drinking to cope — numbing with vodka and food, pretending everything was fine.
But I was falling apart.
Inside, I felt ashamed, overwhelmed, and completely lost.
The day I stopped lying to myself was the day everything began to change.
This wasn’t just about weight.
It was about coming back to life.
What you see now is the result of that work —
not perfection, but peace.
It began by seeing the pattern underneath the pain.
