The Full-Bodied Pour Who the hell is Karen? Here’s the long-ass story: I’m Karen. Brooklyn born. Italian immigrant raised. Currently Spain living. Rewired warrior turned writer. Semi-retired healer. Fully retired fireball. A lifelong truth-spiller with a thing for espresso, real connection, and making hard things a little funnier. Once upon a time, I worked with CEOs, athletes, and everyday humans who were either trying to live better — or trying not to die. Literally. (Sometimes metaphorically.) I helped them know themselves so we could shift their energy, reclaim their bodies, and come back to life. Not in a cute hashtag way — in a “holy shit, I feel different” way. Any wonder I’m semi-retired? My origin story started early. I was a “surprise baby” to my 41-year-old mom, who found out she had cancer not long after she found out about me. She used to say I healed her. That kind of origin story wires your sense of purpose fast. (Don’t worry — I unpacked that heavy shit.) But even before the unpack, I was already moving energy. By the time I could talk, I was “helping” in one way or another. By my twenties, I was getting paid for it. Weird. Real. Wildly effective. The path wasn’t straight. It was a spiral: • I studied literature. • Taught fitness. • Held space for grief. • Snuck out to nightclubs. • Dropped out of my PhD. • Got fired (fast). • Built a successful wellness business. • Burned out. Got back up. • Took care of my dying parents. • Made good choices. Made terrible ones. • Set things on fire. • Set myself on fire. • Learned how to put it out. • And finally — finally — got rewired. Through it all, I was listening. To energy. To the body. To the stories we carry. To the ones I told myself. Listening for what heals — and what quietly kills. Somewhere in all that unpacking and fire-starting and listening… there was magic. So much magic. I’ve taught thousands. Helped others. Helped myself. Sat with people at the edge of transformation. Held others as they crossed over. And what I know now is this: The magic isn’t in being perfect, spiritual, or optimized. It’s in being honest. It’s in knowing yourself. It’s in being yourself. It’s in putting the damn fires out — and learning how to move your own energy. That’s what these books are for. To help you remember what I had to learn the long way. To share what healed me. What helped my clients. What might just help you too. I used to move energy one person at a time. Now I write so the work can move through many. Because healing in private is powerful — but writing it down makes it shareable. Scalable. Contagious. And the most contagious thing in the world? Nope, it’s not COVID. It’s an idea. So consider this library one big-ass sneeze of remembering — meant to wake up something powerful inside you. Bless you.