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eet Karina Stephens,
author of “The Stressless Revolution”, creator of the Enrich
Virtual Retreat, and a modern-day alchemist.
Kharisma: I’m so excited to learn all about how you leveraged your
years of experience in the health wellness industry, to launching
such a powerful, enriched Retreat and Spa.
Karina: When I think back to when I first became an entrepreneur, it
was probably a year before I had just ended a five-year emotionally
abusive relationship, and I did two things differently this time.
I stopped blaming him and took responsibility back to me, so I
gave power back to myself; and the second thing was, I asked,
Is this all there is to life?, as I was at my darkest at this time, and a
resounding No came back, Stop looking outside of yourself. So, I
went in search of answers internally, rather than trying to find the
answers outside of me. It took me on a personal development and
spiritual journey. A year later, I started my business and realized I
was born to be an entrepreneur. This was my thing, this was my
groove. I remember my grade 6 teacher telling my mom at report
time, that I was boy-crazy and worked spasmodically. And I said,
“Mom, the boys chase me.” And we went and looked up the word
spasmodic, and nothing’s changed except, there’s only one guy
chasing me now.
I still work spasmodically, I still love to do something here, and
then I’ll go over here. I might find that’s perfect for an entrepreneur
because it gives me diversity and it gives me a great range
of interests - and you need to do everything when you’re an
entrepreneur. I started a massage and holistic business, and then
developed the personal training on top of that, because I had the
nursing background, and followed that through the years. Then,
10 years ago or 11 years ago now, I joined forces with my husband.
I got married and moved to Sydney, Australia. He was already in a
speaking and training business, so I joined forces with him, and I
learnt all the backend and the online component of the business.
I get to do everything that I love, and to give back to so many
people, as well. So, that’s been my journey so far.
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