The Monarch Manifesto
This is Karen’s heartset—how she sees, lives, and offers coaching to the world.
I’m not here to impress.
I’m here to create spaces where presence breathes, and truth gets to stay.
I’ve walked with high-performing teams, stood behind global summits, and written a book from the edge of allergy, grief, and grace.
But the real work?
It happens in the pauses.
In the nervous system’s soft exhale.
In the moment someone says, “I didn’t know I was allowed to feel that.”
I don’t coach to fix. I coach to remember—To return.
To release what never belonged and rekindle what’s always been sacred.
I carry science in one hand, and soul in the other. I speak both trauma and transformation.
I trust the body’s wisdom.
I trust the Word of God.
I trust that truth can come dressed in silence or wrapped in metaphor.
I do this work because I believe coaching should heal, not perform.
Because presence is the most radical tool we have.
Because your story deserves a space where it won’t be rushed, dismissed, or flattened.
This is not a business built on volume. It’s a practice built on resonance.
A slow-burn. A quiet fire. A legacy of depth in a world addicted to noise.
If you’re longing for a brave place to be seen—gently, fully.
To grow in sacred presence without leaving yourself behind.
To show up for yourself from the body, the soul, and the Spirit,
And tend the quiet fire that’s always been yours—
You’re in the right place.
This is Monarch. Where the Heartset leads.
About Karen
Karen holds a PCC (Professional Certified Coach) credential with the ICF and brings over two decades of experience working across State and private sector organizations. She is a Certified Team Coach (CTC), Certified Trainer of both the in-person and virtual classes of Training from the BACK of the Room™, Certified Brain Coach, Certified Neuroscience Coach, Certified Trainer of Somatic Coaching & Neuroscience, and creator of the Coaching Heartset© framework. Her organization, Monarch Coaching is accredited as a learning organization by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Her approach blends neuroscience, somatic practice, agile systems, and trauma-informed presence. Karen’s tools invite people out of performance and into true embodiment—where real transformation happens.
Karen is the founder and creator of Neuroscience Summit Live, the author of Savor Without Sensitivity, a Balsam of Peru–friendly cookbook and community resource for those with rare, complex allergies, and the creator of the Pacific Northwest Coaching Retreat, an ICF accredited CCE retreat. She has taught sustainable jewelry-making to women in rural India since 2012 and continues to serve as both a global trainer and global mentor coach.
