The Full Story
About
Hello, I am so thankful and excited you have found our page. My name is Karina Houghton, I am a loving, kind, determined, compassionate, and resilient woman. If you have gotten this far, I have a feeling you are too (and the men who may be reading as well). I am also a mother, the founder of Conscious Roots, a Life Coach, and a writer.
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I come from humble beginnings which is undeniably one of the things I am most grateful for. My past, as yours, was bright and beautiful at times, while others, dark and painful. For many years, I was stuck in a frame of mind, in part ingrained in us as women, and the rest by how we perceive our environment and experiences. By the time I realized it, I had lived my life for others, fulfilling only their visions for me-- never my own. It was like I was trapped in somebody else's life, and I knew something had to change; it had to be me. Not the job, not the city I lived in, not my partner-- it had to be me. I needed to go way back to those humble beginnings and find out who I was. It was a tough pill to swallow, but it was the first step in my journey.
Some time passed and I started actively pursuing personal growth and development. As soon as I did that, my understanding of me as a person finally started to appear just like the roots on a tree. It was like a snowball, once I started implementing one thing in my life something else would follow and my vision and clarity would become stronger and stronger. I am going to clarify, this didn't happen overnight, and it wasn't easy, but it was worth it to me to put in the hard work to grow. I have always felt that I am the one in my family that is going to change the way generations ahead of me live, that I am destined to be great. It's that same feeling that always pushed me even when I didn't want to do something.
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As I grew, my vision grew, and as my vision grew, things in my life started aligning themselves for that vision to begin to materialize. All I had to do was get up and choose me, my growth, and my vision. Once I started choosing myself, I also noticed something else, one of the biggest gifts this journey has given me. Do you remember that dark and painful past I have? It became another thing that I am undeniably the most grateful for, because without it I wouldn't have had the resiliency, the courage, or the desire to help you grow your roots and focus on your future, not your past.
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If you resonate with any of this, you are not alone, this is your community, we are here, I am here to serve you. Let's grow together, create our futures, and make a difference.
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With Love & Gratitude
Karina Houghton