QUIET RESENTMENT

On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I​ talk​ about something I think affects each of us at different times in our life. I call it quiet resentment​... and I suspect that you just might be familiar with it too. You know​ that slow-building ​feeling that ​starts to ​agitate around inside you when you ​don't speak up, or you keep your needs to yourself... Or you avoid ​having difficult conversations, or ​you keep taking on some old role that no longer feels good or right for you​?​ Over time, if left unchecked - those little bubbling emotions (“double, double toil and trouble”) can​ grow from being a quiet internal simmer to a loud external boil - that makes a damn mess all over the place. S​o, if you’ve ever caught yourself ​silently keeping score, ​or saying​ shit like, “I’m fine” when you’re​ clearly not, or wondering ​to yourself, "Why do I always ​have to be the one​ who​____?" And if you feel like you’re more often than not the giv​er, ​the doer, and the initiator of reaching out first​... Then this sucker is totally for you! I explore how ​unspoken resentment can affect your body, ​weaken trust, and ​diminish emotional intimacy​. ​I also get into why it can help to treat resentment as a signal that something feels unfair or needs ​your attention. You’ll hear ​some practical ways to check in with yourself​ and name what you’re feeling, and ​how to express your needs ​with others using “I” statements​ - instead of ​throwing blame​ around. My hope is that this episode helps you ​to feel more ​willing and prepared to have honest, courageous, and ​"loving-but-firm​" conversations​​... B​EFORE shit gets weird and frustration turns into a blow-up​ or crash out that could have been avoided all together. This is an episode that can help us to build healthier communication ​with ourselves and in our relationships​! ❤️ KAREN KENNEY BIO: Karen Kenney is a writer, speaker, podcaster, certified spiritual mentor, and coach. She’s known for her dynamic storytelling, her sense of humor, her Boston accent, and her no-bullshit approach to spirituality, self​-discovery, and transformational change work. Karen helps people to navigate this whole “being human” experience with more love, curiosity,​ courage, and creativity. She encourages people to learn and explore by using personal stories and a bunch of different practical tools and universal principles. KK's been a yoga teacher for 25+ years and has been offering Thai Yoga Massage since 2008. She's also the creator of WRITE CLUB , and the host of The Karen Kenney Show podcast. She coaches clients individually 1:1 in her HEART-TO-HEART DAYS and in her program, THE QUEST. CONNECT WITH KK: 🌐 KAREN KENNEY WEBSITE: https://www.karenkenney.com/ 📬 GET MY EMAILS: https://www.karenkenney.com/signup 📝 WRITE CLUB: https://www.karenkenney.com/writeclub 💆🏼 THAI YOGA BODYWORK: https://www.karenkenney.com/thaiyoga ❤️ HEART-TO-HEART COACHING DAY: https://www.karenkenney.com/hearttoheart 🗡️ THE QUEST - 1:1 MENTORING: https://www.karenkenney.com/quest 🧘‍♀️ YOGA CLASS: https://www.karenkenney.com/yoga 🫙 TIPJAR: https://www.karenkenney.com/tipjar 🆓 SPIRITUAL TEAM FREEBIE: https://www.karenkenney.com/freebie 👤 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/karenkenney.writer/ 📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/karenkenneylive/ 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@KarenKenney