About Karen
On the wall above my desk is a drawing one of my young English students made for me at home, before class. It shows me standing calmly in the middle of a storm of scribbles, inside a clear orange line, with a green heart on my chest.
I'd looked at it every day for a long time before I really saw it. When I did, I understood what I actually teach. I took that class for English, but what we really practised was language in its truest sense: the thing that connects one mind and heart to another.
From the boardroom to Lake Garda
I spent my career in corporate roles and hold an Executive MBA. At 45, my life changed in a single day: my marriage ended, and the business we had built together went into liquidation.
I chose to rebuild. I negotiated with the liquidators, kept the parts of the business others would have closed, cut it back to a profitable core and grew the margin, while keeping working hours that let me rebuild myself too: physically stronger, mentally steadier, emotionally more available.
That experience shapes everything I do. I didn't go looking to be rescued; I went looking for the best training I could find. Pressure is handled in the body as much as in the mind, and in the words we choose.
Today I live on Lake Garda, after moving from Australia to Italy, and work with clients online around the world and in person by the lake.
Training and qualifications
- Executive MBA
- Certified Unbeatable Mind Coach (Mark Divine)
- Precision Nutrition Coach: nutrition, sleep, stress and recovery
- Yoga, qi gong (including Ba Duan Jin) and breathwork
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language: ITTT diploma
Get in touch
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Email: karen@phoenixbykaren.com · Instagram: @phoenixbykaren
Online worldwide · In person on Lake Garda, Italy