Better Me Karen

11/10/2024

05/11/2023

I’m happy to be home from my gorgeous Portugal trip and see my hubby. I met Maurisa McKillop, Paddy McKillop and the kids in Algarve and then I traveled to Lisbon by myself and explored the beautiful sights. It’s really the first solo vacation I’ve taken since I started traveling.After college I wanted to travel but wasted time waiting for friends to come with me that weren’t as interested as I was. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Time is precious ⏰don’t waste it waiting for others. Put away your fear and do it alone. Sure it’s great to go with a friend but there is great liberation in flying solo. You can do what you want when you want to.

Don’t be afraid! You will meet interesting and nice people with similar interests and budgets, along the way to keep you company. The world is a beautiful place don’t miss out because you are waiting around for someone to come with you. 🌎🛩️🏨

10/29/2022

10/28/2022

Beautifully stated ❤️

To heartbreak
Thank you for breaking me wide open
And giving birth to a new me

To dissatisfaction
Thank you for helping me to unlock my greatness
And see the potential that lies within me

To failure
Thank you for alerting me to what isn't working
And allowing me to gain greater experience, understanding and clarity

To envy
Thank you for mirroring back to me
What I secretly desire
And wish to become and achieve

To loneliness
Thank you for teaching me to comfort myself
And better appreciate my own company

To betrayal
Thank you for alerting me to those
Who aren’t operating from a place of truth and authenticity

To rejection
Thank you for redirecting me
And for teaching me to love myself enough to let go of those who are no longer aligned with me

To abandonment
Thank you for teaching me to show up for myself fully
When others fail to show up for me

To pain
Thank you for giving me space
To feel my feelings non-judgementally
And heal and mend from what has hurt me

And to myself
Thank you for being strong enough to honour these experiences
And allow them to empower you
To heal, grow, evolve, transform
And become all that you are capable of being.

Author: Tahlia Hunter

Artwork by : Loui Jover

09/30/2022

I love this...

Sit in quiet with yourself and discover who you are and what you want in your life.

Once you know then you live making decisions, and taking actions that will take you to the success and happiness you desire.

No need to convince and explain yourself to others. Just be you, let others be who they are, and stop explaining yourself and causing life to be complicated.

(When your peace is your highest priority, your choices become a lot more clear.-Streetwritings)

05/09/2021

Wishing all the beautiful Mother’s and their family and friends a day filled with love, peace, happiness and health.

04/28/2021

“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.”C. JoyBell C.

04/14/2021

So thankful 🙏🏼for my beautiful gift from my son Alex Machuca. How lucky can a Mami be. Love my ride ❤️ and love you to Infinity. 🥰Couldn’t be prouder of your accomplishments and the man you are.

04/14/2021

Join Lisa Varady Stannard, Ariel Boverman and myself on April 15 @ 8 pm. @ Clubhouse.

If anyone is interested in joining this social media platform Clubhouse or have joined the waiting list let me know.

Thursday, April 15 at 8:00pm EDT with Lisa Stannard, Ariel Boverman, Karen Machuca. Share your job loss experience with us. Where are you now? Where are you headed? What did you learn? Move forward together and lift each other up. Your future is filled with endless possibilities.

04/04/2021

Have a beautiful day everyone

03/17/2021

May the luck of the Irish be with you always 🙏🏼

Make it a brilliant day!