Sometimes it’s not just the people in the immediate relationship that are affected by the decisions that we make or that get made.

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking about collateral damage and how the choices we make can affect those around us in sometimes not so great ways.

Picture dropping a pebble into a lake, and watching those little water ripples go out further, getting bigger, eventually enveloping all the surrounding water in their wake.

Sometimes our personal choices do something similar, they envelope our partners, our kids, our extended family, shared friends and even our fur babies.

Things can get messy — because the human experience is complicated ‌and sometimes there are unintended negative consequences to our choices.

This is not to say we can never resolve these situations - but we do have to consider the question: will the repair make sense, be kind or compassionate to those affected and are we willing to take it all the way in holding responsibility for our actions and choices?

While holding onto the possibility that fixing it, explaining ourselves or repairing the damage is not always possible and finding a way to be okay with that or coming to a place of acceptance.

Our actions can create positive ripples just as easily as they can unintended waves; it is what we do on the other side of each that makes a difference in the end.

KK's Takeaways:

• Unintended Consequences (05:41)

• Navigating Difficult Relationships (10:09)

• Repairing Relationships (16:35)

• Forgiveness + Healing (20:41)

• Relationships, Growth + Self-Awareness (24:18)

Karen Kenney is a certified Spiritual Mentor, Hypnotist, Integrative Change Worker and a Life Coach. She’s known for her dynamic storytelling, her sense of humor, her Boston accent and her no-bullshit approach to Spirituality and transformational work.

She’s been a yoga teacher for 22+ years, is a Certified Gateless Writing Instructor, and is also an author, speaker, retreat leader and the host of The Karen Kenney Show podcast.

A curious human being, life-long learner and an entrepreneur for 20+ years, KK brings a down-to-earth perspective to applying spiritual principles and brain science that create powerful shifts in people’s lives and businesses.

She works with people individually in her 1:1 program THE QUEST, and offers a collective learning experience via Group Coaching. She supports both the conscious and unconscious mind by combining practical Neuroscience, Subconscious Reprogramming, Integrative Hypnosis, and Spiritual Mentorship. These tools help clients regulate their nervous systems, remove blocks, rewrite stories, rewire beliefs, and reimagine what’s possible!

Karen wants her clients to have their own lived experience with spirituality and to not just “take her word for it”. She encourages people to deepen their personal connection to Self, Source and Spirit in tangible, relatable, and actionable ways without losing sight of the magic.

Her process called: “Your Story To Your Glory” helps people to shift from an old thought system of fear to one of Love - using compassion, un-shaming, laughter and humor, her work is effective, efficient, and it’s also wicked fun!

KK’s been a student of A Course in Miracles for close to 30 years, has been vegan for over 20 years, and believes that a little kindness can go a long way and make a miraculous difference.