Karen Chapman - Choosing Happiness

09/03/2026

☕ COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT | HALDIMAND BIZ HIVE 🐝

Own a business in Haldimand County? Come out for a coffee and connect with other local business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals!

The Haldimand Biz Hive meets next Wednesday, September 9 at 9:00 a.m. at Revival Coffee Shop in Caledonia.

It’s a casual opportunity to meet other people doing business in our community, make connections, share ideas and get to know the people behind some of our local businesses.

Whether you’ve been in business for years, are just getting started, or simply want to make more local connections — all businesses are welcome!

📍 Revival Coffee Shop
172 Argyle St. N., Unit 8, Caledonia
🗓 Wednesday, September 9
⏰ 9:00 a.m.

Come grab a coffee and say hello! 👋☕

👥 Nick & Traci Realty — Your Local Community Real Estate Agents

🌐 nickandtracirealty.com

Traci Burt
📧 [email protected]
📞 (905) 902-7086

Nick Burt
📧 [email protected]
📞 (905) 929-7086

Brokerage: Realty Network 100

12/18/2020

Resistance. I hit it HARD coming into this week.

Last week, during a moment of weakness, I thought it would be a good idea to get an accountability partner. Someone I look up to and respect that would hold me accountable for all the things I want to get accomplished in my business. So I asked someone. And they agreed.

What had I done?!?!

I hate answering to people! It’s one of the reasons why I run my own business!

Monday morning arrives. Ugh! First accountability call. It goes well. I’ve outlined all the things I want to accomplish this week. By the end of the day I can quickly see exactly why this accountability stuff works. I’ve already accomplished more in one day than I did all last week!

Fast track to today. I had accomplished my whole week’s worth of tasks by Thursday afternoon along with a bunch of other things I had been putting off.

Turns out what I thought was a moment of weakness, was actually a moment of courage, which resulted in an extremely productive week. The first of many I presume.

Here’s the lesson. Typically, when you find yourself resisting something, it’s likely the thing you need to do the most. It is usually something outside of your comfort zone and here’s what we know about comfort ones: great things never came from comfort zones!

So STOP resisting and start living!

11/25/2020

What is codependency? This is THE BEST description of codependency that I have ever read! The 2nd paragraph described my existence to a tee and I am so grateful that I get to spend the rest of my life helping people break through and move beyond this kind of conditioning!

Codependency is a pattern, where we are disconnected from ourself + our needs.

If we have codependency conditioning we generally feel resentful, drained, + like we are always chasing approval—or never doing enough. We believe that we are responsible for other people’s emotions. We also find our self worth through others, so we do whatever we can to be chosen.

As children, if we were raised in homes without clear boundaries (+ most of us are) we don’t fully understand what’s “ours” + what’s “someone else’s.”

So, we begin fulfilling roles— + neglecting ourselves + our needs. We begin performing or achieving for love (just as we did for our parent-figures love.) We unconsciously fear the abandonment we faced in our past.

This cycle repeats because it’s how we learned to survive.

Healing from codependency comes from doing the work of reparenting ourselves. We can begin to learn what our needs are + how to meet them. We can begin to understand that we are not responsible for the emotional states of others— that each of us can (+ should) have our own unique emotional experiences.

We can begin to understand we are worthy of creating life on our own terms, of saying ‘no’ to things they don’t serve us, of being autonomous adults who make conscious choices in our own best interest. In the process we attract relationships with people who seek freedom + mutual evolution rather than seeking a partner to temporary relieve them from their unresolved trauma.

Many of us neglected ourselves to survive. Healing is self-reclamation

11/18/2020

Something to ponder. Our minds can make mountains out of mole hills. Observe your thoughts and you will be surprised at how serious it makes things for you. Then question question your thoughts to see how true they really are.

11/17/2020

Truth be told, we were misinformed and it’s time for a re-write! I could say so much about the lasting damage our words can cause, but I will only say this. Be kind and be honourable with your words.

11/16/2020

Monday doesn’t have to suck. It’s not a rule. Monday is just Monday. It is our thoughts about Monday that make it suck. You have the power to change your thoughts. Choose happy today.

11/13/2020

Do not believe everything you think. YOU are NOT your thoughts. The truth of who you are exists in the space which notices them.

11/12/2020

[THANKFUL THURSDAY] Today I am thankful for the knowledge that even on the days that I don’t “feel” very thankful, there is still so much to be thankful for.