Tools for embracing change

Change is an inevitable part of life. It urges us to try new things, but it is also something that many of us fear. Creativity coach Karen Powell, has prepared a toolkit with step-by-step instructions to help us embrace change.  “As much as we like to control things and keep ourselves comfortable, we cannot escape change throughout our lives. Having …

Building Tolerance Towards Yourself

by Karen Powell The idea of needing to build tolerance towards yourself implies there’s something wrong with you, or that you’re struggling to reconcile something within yourself. You might be feeling a lot of guilt for something you’ve done (or failed to do) and you’re having a hard time forgiving yourself. So let’s look at the feeling of guilt first. …

The restorative tonic of ‘thank you’

Science is proving the many health and wellbeing benefits – better sleep, lower blood pressure, and fewer aches and pains – that come with the simple practice of gratitude. How can we use the power of gratitude to reap these and other benefits in our lives? Karen Powell, a creativity coach, and a lifestyle mentor help us find some answers.  …

Changing The Way You Think About Money

The MYD Africa Golden Moments Series takes a look at some of the magic of MYD, highlighting some of it’s most insightful episodes over the years.  This episode is no exception, taking a look at Creativity Coach and Lifestyle Mentor Karen Powell’s tools for being money-wise.  MYD: Let’s talk about expectations and beliefs, how do they mould our experience in …

Change As the Vehicle of All We Could Become

“Change is the vehicle that delivers you to the doorstep of your dreams.” Fear of change is something we all seem to have in common yet all the great sages have taught us that change is a necessary part of life. To understand change and why it is that we fear it, 99FM’s MYD Heart sat down with Karen Powell, …

Afrospection with Karen Powell

Creativity Coach, Karen Powell shares here her learnings and lessons from the past year, her self examination from Africa… her Afrospection. Karen’s favourite that quote right now: “Be yourself and everything else will fall into place.” If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be? KP: I’d love to have my 20/20 vision back. …

The MYD Africa Show with Karen Powell

Karen Powell is a Creativity Coach, who is this episode of the MYD Africa Show,  assists us to understand what potential is all about, and how we tap into our full potential. “Potential is expansive; it is unlimited; it’s something that you can constantly tap into. What I find so fascinating about it [potential] is that the more you tap into …

Master Your Destiny at Inspiration Tables with Karen Powell

Inspiration Tables – A live MYD Africa Show recording with Karen Powell – How Do We Truly Unlock Human Potential. Come and join us on Thursday, 30 August 2018 at 16:00 in-studio for a discussion with Creativity Coach, Karen Powell about Mindset; the Power in a Present Moment and putting the ‘Self’ in Empowerment. Karen will be sharing on the …

Perspective Changing Tips for Stress Relief

Changing your perspective when you can’t change your situation has become almost clichéd advice. Yet, if our perspective can have an affect on our general wellbeing, perhaps its worthwhile knowing the great perspective changing tips, for when life feels a little too much to handle. 1. Set Your Sights on the Lesson and Not the Problem When we view what’s …

Building Tolerance Towards Yourself

by Karen Powell The very idea of needing to build tolerance towards yourself implies there’s something wrong with you, or that you’re struggling to reconcile something within yourself. You might be feeling a lot of guilt for something you’ve done (or failed to do) and you’re having a hard time forgiving yourself. So let’s look at the feeling of guilt …