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Sensei Karen engages with leading experts and accomplished business leaders, diving deep into what it means to be an outstanding leader of people while thriving at work and in life.
Get ready to be inspired as Karen and her guests share their journeys through captivating stories, offering hard-won wisdom and practical advice that you can use right now.
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Episode 95: 5 Key Questions to Boost Your Productivity
Karen is joined by award-winning psychologist Simi Rayat, author of Productivity Joy, to explore strategies for boosting productivity. Together, they break down Simi's 5Qs formula—five key questions designed to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Read BlogEpisode 89: The Formula of Life
Karen sat down for an inspiring conversation with Rena Harvey, a talented Reiki master, intuitive psychic and spiritual mentor. They dove into the journey of self-discovery, sharing powerful insights on how to embrace your true self and step into a more empowered life.
Read BlogEpisode 86: Navigating Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Challenges on the Path to Success
Krystal shares her journey from nurse to entrepreneur, discussing the challenges of scaling her business and the impact of ADHD. We explore her vision for inclusive spaces for neurodiverse individuals and the future of her companies, Indigo Support and GameSpec.
Read BlogEpisode 85: The Chocolate Bar Life: Redefining Success and Finding Fulfillment on Your Own Terms
Karen welcomes Danielle Colley, author of The Chocolate Bar Life and a celebrated integrative life coach, speaker, event facilitator and writer for an inspiring conversation about redefining success and embracing fulfillment on your own terms.
Read BlogEpisode 82 : Finding the Courage To Be You
Unlock your true potential and embrace your authentic self with Joe Pane, a leading expert in human behavior and creator of the Emotional Fitness Formula.
Read BlogEpisode 81: Ending Body Burnout
We explore the root causes of body burnout with renowned nutritionist and wellness expert, Filipa Bellette.
Read BlogEpisode 78: Taming the Black Dog
Karen is joined by Adam Blum, the author of "Easy Target: Taming the Blackdog," a keynote speaker, First Responder Firefighter, and host of the TrueBlueConversations Podcast, to discuss the steps you can take to overcome depression.
Read BlogEpisode 72: Building Emotional Resilience
Want to increase your resilience and live a more fulfilling life? Join Karen and Dr. Jane Foster as they explore the science of emotional intelligence.
Read BlogEpisode 71: Rewiring Your Brain
Karen and Kim Hazendonk, a Neuropsychologist, come together to discuss the influence of the unconscious mind and strategies for rewiring the brain.
Read BlogEpisode 67: Recovering from Burnout
Tune in to this episode to learn how to overcome burnout and build a more sustainable work-life balance.
Read BlogEpisode 66: Mindset Matters
What separates high performers from the rest? Join Karen and Kew Jaliens as they explore the role of mindset in achieving your goals.
Read BlogEpisode 63: Being A Successful Entrepreneur
On the show today we’re going to kick off by talking all about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.
Read BlogEpisode 61: Trauma and Its Influence on How People Show Up at Work
Did you know that past trauma can significantly impact how people behave at work? In this episode, Karen and Bonnie Souter delve into the complex relationship between trauma and workplace dynamics.
Read BlogEpisode 59: Financial Finesse for Business Owners
Join Karen, Maddie, and money expert Jacqui Clark as they discuss budgeting, saving, and investing.
Read BlogEpisode 57: Difficult Times
Karen and Maddie are interviewing Jenny Stilwell and talking all about dealing with the difficult stuff.
Read BlogEpisode 56: Self-Improvement
This week on Work Savvy Cristina Casanovi joins Karen and Maddie to unpack self-improvement and confidence.
Read BlogEpisode 54: Burnout
Mindfulness expert Melo Calarco joined the show to chat all about burnout.
Read BlogEpisode 53: Lessons Learned in Building a Successful Business and Team
Business owner Olivia Mangold joins the show to chat all about the keys to building a successful business and team.
Read BlogEpisode 46: Martial Arts in the Workplace
Nadine Champion joins Karen and Maddie on Work Savvy to chat all about martial arts!
Read BlogEpisode 39: Finding Inner Peace
Fiona Redding joins the show again, this time to chat all about how to find inner peace.
Read BlogEpisode 38: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
Ros Batson is back on the show to chat all things EQ and leadership.
Read BlogEpisode 36: Building Self-Awareness
The Happiness Hunter herself, Fiona Redding, joins the show to chat all about self-awareness.
Read BlogEpisode 34: Finding Passion and Purpose
Peter Cook joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about finding your passion and purpose at work and in life.
Read BlogEpisode 32: Energy to Struggle Through Tough Times
Sian Stephens joins the show to chat all about having the energy to struggle through tough times.
Read BlogEpisode 29: How to Thrive as a Business Owner
Marcus Bird joins the show give Karen and Maddie tips on thriving as a business owner.
Read BlogEpisode 26: Building Courage
Margie Warrell joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about courage.
Read BlogEpisode 23: Resilience
Karen and Maddie are joined by Catie to chat about resilience, at work and in life.
Read BlogEpisode 22: Mental Health
Maddie is back interviewing Karen all about the common workplace impacts on mental health and what to do about them.
Read BlogEpisode 19: Emotional intelligence
Maddie is back interviewing Karen to chat all about EQ!
Read BlogEpisode 12: Mental Health and Connection
Karen and Maddie were joined by the creators of Mind You, Liv Downing and Caroline Weinstein to chat all things mental health.
Read BlogEpisode 4: How to Become the Best Version of Yourself
On this podcast episode Karen and Maddie are joined by Shannah Kennedy, the perfect guest to chat about how to become the best possible version of yourself.
Read BlogEpisode 1: How to Build a Mindful Organisation
Karen and Maddie are joined by Liv Downing from LivMindfully. So, what is a mindful organisation.
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