Critical Conversations Podcast
1) Stop Lying to Yourself: Can You Actually Handle Your Yes?
Today I’m talking all about intention, accountability, and the truth hidden inside every YES we say.Because the real question isn’t “Do I want this?”It’s: “Can I be accountable to the work required to...Show More
2) The Hardest Truth to Honor: What I Need
This Thanksgiving, I’m learning to be grateful for the harder things — the moments where my voice shakes, but I choose to use it anyway. This episode is a vulnerable one. It’s about advocating for mys...Show More
3) Meeting Myself Again: My Second Vipassana Experience
In this episode, I take you inside my second 10-day Vipassana retreat — ten full days of silence, stillness, and meeting myself in a way only that kind of pause can invite. I share what Vipassana actu...Show More
4) The Space Between Sounds
A tiny pocket of honesty for when you need a breath. I’m heading into my second 10-day silent Vipassana retreat, and before I go, I just want to share a little reminder: it’s okay to be imperfect, mes...Show More
5) Raising Emotionally Intelligent Humans Starts with Us
This might just be one of the most important conversations I’ve had all year.In this episode, we dive deep into emotional intelligence — what it really means, why it matters, and how our willingness t...Show More
6) The Weight of the Word “Victim”
In this episode of Critical Conversations, Karissa dives into a word that carries deep emotional weight: victim. She shares her personal experience of how being labeled with that word early in her div...Show More
7) Wake the F*ck Up: Confidence Comes First
This might be one of the most powerful episodes I’ve ever recorded. I went all in — talking about my divorce, the importance of confidence, and why change is necessary (even when it’s hard as hell).Th...Show More
8) Healed People, Healing People
In this episode of Critical Conversations, I share a real-time moment where I had the choice to react—or to pause. A stranger’s unhealed projection could have pulled me into chaos, but instead, I chos...Show More
9) Do We Ever Truly Deserve? Co-Creating the Life You’re Worthy Of
Today I’m diving deep into a word that has been sitting heavy with me lately: deserve.In this raw and unfiltered conversation, I share a personal moment where I questioned what it really means to dese...Show More
10) From Survival to Steady: Nervous System Tools for Conflict
In this episode, I continue peeling back the layers of my own story—because my mess is my message. I share what it’s been like to move beyond survival mode and into a steadier, more grounded way of li...Show More