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Karen - The Woman Who Turns Grief Into Light

  • Writer: Uchenna Opara
    Uchenna Opara
  • Nov 4, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Dec 2, 2025


Karen’s story begins with love.


Deep love. Dad-and-daughter love.


The kind that shapes a heart forever.


Then came loss.


Six losses.


Then seven.


In five short years.


Her grief grew heavy.


Her health grew weak.


Her family turned cold.


Her heart almost stopped.


She felt alone.


She felt broken.


She felt unseen.


But then,

she remembered her father’s voice:

“Karen, help someone.


That is the way through the pain.”


So she did.


She built Seniors Grief Circle,

a safe place for hurting hearts,

especially at midlife.


She guides adults in their 40s,

50s, 60swho carry grief,

family stress, and silent pain.


She shows them how to breathe again.


How to move again.


How to feel again.


Karen isa grief coach,

a mindset guide, a yoga teacher,

a health coach, a giver, a healer.


Her life has many paths economics,

policy, non-profits, yoga, Ayurveda,

functional medicine.


But her purpose is one thing:


Help people rise from deep sorrow into new peace.


She grew up in Willowdale, Toronto.



  • Strict home.

  • Quiet streets.

  • 70s childhood.

  • A mother who struggled.

  • A father who adored her.


His death broke her open.


But it also opened her mission.


Today, Karen offers her

Make PEACE™ with Grief program,

her weekly newsletter, and tools

for grieving hearts trying to stand again.


She serves with God.

She speaks with love.

She brings“real talkthat soothes the soul.”


If you know someone facing grief,

family hurt, or life storms,

Karen will meet them with care,

truth, and steady light.


Connect with Karen via LinkedIn




 
 
 

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