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Karen Burns

How I've survived violent crap. And dancing

Category: The Butterfly Effect

Kid in The Corner

Posted on January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 By karensburns

Do you know someone who feels alone? Do you have someone in your life; your child, your student, a friend, a partner, or someone you pass by occasionally, that you can tell is suffering? Last weekend I had the honor of performing at a benefit for Kid in The Corner and…

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Empathy Moves Mountains

Posted on November 8, 2018November 7, 2022 By Karen Burns

This is just a reminder that your empathy will always be more important, more impactful, and more life changing to this world than your opinion ever will be. Empathy removes confining walls and allows space for healing and understanding. Empathy moves mountains. – Kate Held In My Opinion, now, more than…

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10 Ways To Be Kind You Didn’t Think Would Count

Posted on September 20, 2018October 1, 2018 By karensburns

You don’t have to do big things in every moment of every day, even simple, small things will change the world. 10 things you can do this week to feel better about yourself and maybe set a good example to someone…your child, your mate, total strangers, squirrels. 1. Put your…

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Tell Me Something Good

Posted on September 14, 2018October 1, 2018 By karensburns

What can you tell me about your good stuff? This blog is a place for good. But, good often comes out of struggles, pain, evil, lack, and on and on. Disaster gives us a chance to rise up and be better human beings and doings to make a difference. So…

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How To Change The World

Posted on November 26, 2017October 1, 2018 By karensburns

On October 1, 2017, Steven Paddock had a psychotic break in Las Vegas and unleashed a string of bullets onto unsuspecting country music fans across the street from his hotel. No one saw it coming and no one knows why. Our world seems lost and out of control. Ten years…

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Karen Burns

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I live in a suburb next to an enormous Intel plant in a desert where I don't belong. My neighbors are techies, blue-collar football fanatics, gamblers, bankers, parents, sky-divers, nurses, pilots. I'm a dance, music and acting teacher, performer still, mother and wife hoping to be kind in this corner of my non-indigenous environment. I actually like living here. Most of the time.

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