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You Calling Me Fat? OK, I realize this picture looks like I am standing with the “after” in my “before and after” picture, but in fairness I am about 10 months pregnant in this photo (I’m the one on the left). The other cute girl in this photo is my friend Stephanie (she’s on the […]

First, a confession: I have the same dirty little secrets most women have. I suck-in my tummy when someone’s taking a picture. I totally want to be on The View. I cry when I can’t flirt my way out of a ticket. And, although I recognize that Taylor Lautner of the Twilight movies is only […]

I have a lot of kids. That is, a lot by most people’s standards – not by long skirt wearing, science averse, Dugger types – but still more than most people can fathom, or should ever have to, really. I have squeezed four children from my own body, and have been lucky enough to get […]

I read a Facebook status the other day that said “Thank you Disney for the unrealistic expectations about love. I am still waiting for my Prince Charming.” As I read that I thought “Huh. That is a little bitter. Sleeping Beauty has never updated her Facebook status using that tone, and I am pretty sure […]

It is New Year’s Day 2011. I spent the day driving two and a half hours to the Canadian border to visit friends in Vancouver. When we got to the border, my husband and I were told that we could not take our two babies into Canada because they did not have their birth certificates. […]

Karen, an award-winning presenter is available to speak at your event. Topics include Radical Happiness, Radical Parenting, and Living Out of the Box and Liking It. Karen is an outspoken comedian, writer, artist, teacher, speaker, pod-caster, Mom of seven children plus a puppy, and an adventurous thinker. She is a strong advocate of mindful thinking, […]