Calm, embodied support for when you’re tired, wired and done pushing through
Midlife can feel like bat-shit crazy years!
It’s the time of your life where you often feel over-stretched, rarely off-duty and navigating life transitions such as menopause, divorce, grief, elder care or career changes; all whilst doing it all.
Yes, you’re more than capable but you’re going so fast, you’re finding it hard to keep up.
Let me guide you along a gentler, kinder path.
A path that slows you down without losing momentum;
helps you become more connected with yourself;
and allows you to embrace a way of life that fuels you, rather then burns you out.
Why this matters now
These are just some of the things that clients have shared with me over recent years:
- “I can’t keep doing this – I need another way.”
- “I feel like I’ve lost myself, and it’s time to find myself again.”
- “I can’t tell if I need to work harder or if I just need to stop.”
Sound familiar?
Life feels like it’s going faster than ever. Productivity expectations are on the up; expectations of ourselves are increasing. As women, we are taking on more when we’ve often taken on too much already.
If you’ve spent years holding everything together – career, business, family, health – there’s every chance you feel responsible AND must stay composed AND must remember everything.
It’s unsustainable and exhausting.
This is no longer about how to manage your time better or your ability to work smarter; you know you can’t push through any more.
What is Embrace
Embrace is a space to discover your inner wisdom and live your life in a way that feels truly sustainable.
We work together 121 and I’ll guide you to:
- Know how to hear and trust your intuition so you feel clear about your decisions
- Regulate your nervous system so you’re leading from a place of calm, not stress
- Develop a sustainable rhythm to live your life by that prevents burnout and fuels you
Through body-led practices, energetic anchoring, and meaningful conversation, you’ll walk away with renewed direction, a sustainable structure to live and work by, and the capacity to move forward without sacrificing yourself in the process.
What to expect from our time together
Helping you to tune in to your energy
Taking you from constant fatigue, pushing through burnout, and feeling drained by your daily schedule to reclaiming vitality and learning to operate in alignment with your natural energy cycles.
Our work together will include teaching you how to access your body wisdom and trust your instinctive reactions and decision making.
Discernment and boundaries will help you step into your authority, and create from what truly matters to you and your vision.
New perspective on working & resting to get better results
It’s easy to feel slowing down or stepping back as a failure or a loss of momentum, but it’s a critical part of your way forward.
Learning how to calm your nervous system will help you embrace rest and reflection, which in turn will give you the space for your greatest ideas and re-activation of your energy.
We work together cognitively – talk through what’s important to you to address and find practical ways of doing things differently
We work together somatically – moving and tuning into what your body wants you to hear
We work together energetically – calming your nervous system to allow your body to feel relaxed and rested
Who this is for
Karen specialises in working with women who are already open and curious about shifting their focus.
They want to:
- Trust themselves again rather than keep second-guessing
- Feel safe enough to slow down without losing momentum
- Lead from their inner wisdom and knowing what’s best, rather than fear and over-thinking
- Shift in how they work and show up each day
- Have a feeling of spaciousness, not more productivity or self-care need-tos or shoulds
If any of this resonates, Embrace was designed for you.
I am a numbers person, logical and rules driven and I first met Karen as a business coach and worked on my mindset, strategy and goals. I was really pleased with the result, but something was still missing. I am so grateful for the new offering from Karen - I can't quite put it to words, but the feeling I have after our latest work together is as if the missing peace of puzzle has been found.
It's like finally reconciling the books and it all matches to the last penny.
I want to say a big thank you, and encourage fellow business owners to do more than business coaching. We all read a lot of books and attend a lot of webinars, but they won't make a difference on their own. Looking after yourself, your body and your feeling, the energy you carry around is a must to create a successful, fulfilling and sustainable life. Give it a go and you will not regret. This has been life changing for me.
Elizabeta Ivonciene
Finance Manager
Let’s Work Together
6 Weeks
A focused series of four sessions designed to establish a strong, balanced foundation.
Perfect for those curious about embodied wisdom or seeking a short-term reset to restore balance.
- 6 weeks guided support
- 3 x 60 minute sessions
- Email support between sessions
- 1 x Distant Reiki treatment
£450
12 Weeks
A deeper journey of seven sessions to realign, rebalance, & shift your energy over three months.
Ideal for those seeking lasting shifts & a sustainable way forward to live life.
- 12 weeks guided support
- 5 x 60 minute sessions
- Email support between sessions
- 2 x Distant Reiki treatments
£750
Take your first step today and book a call to discuss your options
I cannot recommend Karen enough! She was an absolutely wonderful and incredibly practical guide during a truly challenging phase of my business journey and growth. Honestly, I wouldn’t be standing as tall or have made the pivotal shifts I needed without her invaluable support.
Karen’s expertise extends far beyond just tackling business problems. Her coaching on wellbeing in midlife, helping me understand how to truly listen to my body and the importance of slowing down, has been nothing short of life-changing. I’m forever grateful for her profound support and am continuously inspired by her strength, honesty, and resilience as she openly shares her own business journey.
I wholeheartedly recommend Karen for her transformative embodiment work. I’m already looking forward to our next session together to ensure I stay firmly on track, deeply connected to my intuition. After all, life is simply too short to be so preoccupied with work that you don’t enjoy the journey along the way!
If you are feeling tired, lost, and lacking energy, Karen is amazing at guiding you back to your true self, helping you restore your vitality, and reconnect with your inner wisdom. She is magic!
Lynsey Harrison
Social Media Agency Owner
Meet Karen Skidmore
Hi, I’m Karen and I’ll be your guide during your Embrace journey.
I am an embodied wisdom guide and sound and energy practitioner with 30+ years of commercial experience and two decades of running consulting and leadership companies.
My operations background and strategic thinking blend beautifully with my deep connection to using intuition and embodied wisdom, a rare combination of skills in the world of business and leadership.
Having experienced peri-meno-burnout in my 40s, I know the very real dangers of having the wrong kind of business and pushing too hard to achieve goals that weren’t right for me, especially as a woman working through her menopause with our ever-increasing pace of business and life.
Now, in my mid-50s, I’m stepping into my most powerful phase. Having trained as a sound healer, embodiment facilitator and Reiki practitioner in recent years, I now work with clients to help them embrace their embodied wisdom.
My work is rooted in my Serotina philosophy, a belief that we can bloom in our autumn years if we allow ourselves to lead with embodied wisdom.
What are clients saying about working with Karen
Karen has a real passion and expertise in supporting you align your core values around all aspects of your life including your business, allowing you to remain focused on the right results. She creates the spark that we all need in life and I have no doubt we will continue to work together for many years to come.
I came into a session with Karen very depleted and the energy flowed to exactly where I needed it the most. I was blown away at the power and impact of this session.
You’ve helped me see that, actually, my experiences are normal! We all have challenges one way or another, and we each need to find ways of managing our energy in a way that works for us.
For someone who recognises herself as a dominant do-er and thrives on being busy, it was great to look at ‘doing things’ from a different perspective. I’ve now got an increased awareness of the impact of cycles of effort and focus, and it’s made a significant impact to the way I’m working in my business.
You have a lovely way of holding space, and I felt very comfortable. The shaking off/getting rid of unwanted emotions was powerful, as was the drawing things in – that was quite lovely.
Working with you has helped me to consciously slow down. I am trying hard not to rush as much and enjoying going slower. The session was perfectly timed and it has helped with clarity around the next steps and growing my business.
You have made me appreciate how I can structure my day, week or month to work efficiently without burning out or bimbling along aimlessly.
I am now kinder to myself and it has ‘given me permission’ to slow down, not feeling that I have to be ‘doing’ something all the time to feel I’m ‘achieving’. I feel calmer, too, now that I have the tools to help me out.
You’ve helped me see how important just being is for me rather than always doing. I thought I was a dominant-doer, but now realise how that this is balanced by dominant being when I’m away from my desk. I can now relax & be without thinking I “should” be doing something. It’s almost as though I now have permission to just be since i recognise how much i need it.
Life was a huge perimenopausal struggle and business was challenging before starting working with you. You’ve helped me accept the ebb and flow in my life, instead of rallying against it, which has made a huge difference to how I live my life. I loved learning how to apply the seasonal analogy to my day.
