A seasonal, embodied approach to business growth for female founders who want success without exhaustion.
An invitation to stop feeling like you’re failing & start feeling like yourself again
You’re feeling stretched thin, second-guessing yourself more than usual, or wondering how to sustain your energy without constantly pushing…
This is your invitation to step into a different way of working; one that feels clear, calm, and deeply aligned with who you are becoming.
Spring is a time of emergence, renewal, and growth but not the kind that requires force.
It’s time to reconnect with your own energy, trust your rhythm, and create from a place of inner clarity rather than external pressure.
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Why This Matters Now
These are just some of the things that clients have shared with me over recent years:
- “I just know that it’s time for me to refocus my energies.”
- “I can’t keep doing this – I need another way.”
- “I’m transitioning – changing my work focus – and want to know I’m on the right track.”
- “I feel like I’ve lost myself, and it’s time to find myself again.”
- “I can’t tell if I need to work harder or if I just need to stop.”
Sound familiar?
You’ve spent years holding everything together – your business, your family, your health.
While you’ve achieved success, you may now be feeling:
- Like you’re constantly in reaction mode, rather than acting from clarity.
- Pulled in too many directions, making it harder to trust your decision making.
- Afraid that if you slow down, everything will fall apart.
These patterns aren’t just about time management or your ability to work smarter.
They’re about energy management.
As you travel through life, energy ebbs and flows, and your approach to work, family and life needs to evolve with these shifts.
What Embrace Is (and what it’s not)
Embrace is not another productivity system, business growth programme or leadership training.
It’s a space to drop deeper into your inner wisdom and learn to work in a way that feels truly sustainable.
It’s an energetic container where you will:
- Know how to hear and trust your intuition so your decisions feel clear, not forced.
- Regulate your nervous system so you’re leading from a place of calm, not stress.
- Develop a sustainable work rhythm that prevents burnout and enhances creativity.
- Be able to tap into the knowledge of others who understand what it takes to run and grow your own business.
Embrace isn’t about adding more to your plate – it’s about realigning what’s already there.
Who This Is For
The women who will feel most at home in this space are those who:
- Want to trust themselves again rather than keep second-guessing.
- Know they need to slow down without losing momentum.
- Want to lead from their inner wisdom and knowing what’s best, rather than fear and over-thinking.
- Are craving a shift in how they work and show up each day.
- Feel stretched between work, life, and commitments, and want a feeling of spaciousness, not more productivity or self-care tips.
- Have been the ones holding it all together and are now seeking a space to exhale.
If any of this resonates, Embrace was designed for you.
Ready To Embrace Your Embodied Wisdom?
By the end of this journey, you will:
- Trust yourself again – making decisions effortlessly rather than second-guessing.
- Feel lighter and more in tune with your energy.
- Move through life and business with intention, not just reaction.
- Release the need to push, knowing that alignment creates momentum.
- Have a clearer, more sustainable rhythm that supports you long-term.
This isn’t a programme you complete.
Embrace is a way of being that stays with you throughout your life.
What’s Included in Embrace
A 3-month container running from April to June
1) Invitation to the next live Embodied Wisdom Workshop ‘Activating Vitality’
Discover how to harness Spring’s energy and step into your flow.
An energising workshop for women ready to shake off winter’s heaviness and move into aligned action with ease.
When: Friday, 4th April
What Time: 10am to 12.30pm (UK Time)
Where: Online from your office or home
- Recalibrate your relationship with work: Redefine your expectations of what success looks like and craft a new way of working that will support both your ambitions and energy.
- Connect with Spring’s energy as we go forward into April: Explore how this season of renewal fuels fresh momentum, helping you gain clarity on what’s next, take aligned action with ease, and nurture the first steps of your emerging vision.
- Embodied wisdom practice: Experience how Spring’s energy feels in your body through our embodiment exercises.
2) Monthly Circle Calls
A space to deep dive and be in conversation with other women.
Each call will start with a short teaching session, and then move into time for reflection and an opportunity to share experiences and ask questions.
These calls make up the framework for the Embrace container and each call will have a theme that will unfold as we journey through the season together.
3) Live Embodiment Classes
These are profound experiences of reconnecting with your body and learning to listen to its wisdom rather than just living in your head.
During these 75 minute classes, you will work through a series of exercises to experience how to move your body, follow your rhythms and flow, and open yourself up to creating new neuropathways in your body.
Each month, we will have a different theme and through these guided exercises, breathwork and movement, you will understand and experience the connection between your body and mind, allowing you to release tension and hidden blocked emotions, express yourself authentically, and tap into your natural energy flow.
These classes are a way to move beyond just thinking or talking about what’s blocking you or holding you back and instead feel the shifts directly in your body.
Please note: This is a safe space without judgment or expectations. Nor are these classes a performance or designed to be fitness sessions, although you may be delighted with how your mobility improves, and you won’t follow any dance routines or choreographed steps.
4) Guided sound meditation and short embodiment practices
To support yourself between the live calls and classes, you will have a number of audios, videos and music playlists to access.
As you will be part of the first pioneers of Embrace, these will created from you and the group’s needs and wants.
5) Coaching for those wanting personal guidance from Karen
For those of you who want to go deeper and have 121 time with Karen during your time in Embrace, select the Coaching option.
You can use this time to deep dive into:
- Your business model and strategy and get advice on how to streamline your efforts and create more sustainable income
- How to align your energy more effectively and how this impacts the way you work with clients
- Re-frame your current thinking, identify what energy blocks you have and how to eliminate them
- And anything else relating to your work and business vision that you would like Karen’s wisdom on
PLUS Bonuses for those of you who join Embrace now
1) First access to the new Ebb & Flow: Embodied Business online course
Get access to this game changing course that gives you a proven, practical process to help you design your business in a way that aligns to the way you work
- Redefine what productivity is; get to see and experience the difference between being busy and productive
- Get shown the cycles that affect your flow; how your hormones, menstrual cycles, moon cycles, and the seasons all contribute to your creativity and ability to get things done throughout the year
- How to identify as a Dominate Do-er or Dominate Be-er and why it’s important to have both doing and being energies in your day
- Discover powerful centering practices that will help you stop and breathe in the “in-betweens” and bridge between projects and tasks
- How to use seasonal wisdom to create a work rhythm that will work WITH you and stop you from trying to fix and fight your way through your day
- Shift from linear lists to cyclical growth and propel your growth in ways you didn’t imagine were possible
- Plus much, much more!
2) Be the first to try out the new Ebb & Flow AI Partner, a revolutionary way of using AI to create a deeper connection to your intuitive self.
AI is changing the way we are doing business and thinking about business … but it’s way more than just a tool to create your social media posts!
So by being part of Embrace on this first season, you’ll get the opportunity to experience first hand how AI is impacting personal development and coaching.
** Both Ebb & Flow & its AI Partner are scheduled to be available by end of May 2025 **
Everything inside Embrace is designed to fit into your life without overwhelm.
Giving you just enough structure to feel held, while leaving space for your own rhythm.
Embrace is an invitation – not a push, not a prescription, but a space to return to yourself
If you’ve been feeling the pull toward a different way of working, living, and creating, this is your chance to step into a new rhythm.
You don’t need to do more.
You just need to trust what’s already within you.
I’d love to welcome you inside.
Meet Karen Skidmore
Hi, I’m Karen and I’ll be your guide during your Embrace journey.
I’m a business strategist, embodied wisdom guide and sound and energy practitioner with 30+ years of commercial experience and two decades of running consulting and leadership companies.
My operations background and strategic thinking blend beautifully with my deep connection to using intuition and embodied wisdom, a rare combination of skills in the world of business and leadership.
Having experienced peri-meno-burnout in my 40s, I know the very real dangers of having the wrong kind of business and pushing too hard to achieve goals that weren’t right for me, especially as a woman working through her menopause with our ever-increasing pace of business and life.
Now, in my mid-50s, I’m stepping into my most powerful phase.
My work is rooted in my Serotina philosophy, a belief that we can bloom in our autumn years if we allow ourselves to lead with embodied wisdom.
FAQs
Dates for your diary
These are the dates and times (London, UK) for the live elements of Embrace, all of which are being run via Zoom.
Embodied Wisdom Workshop ‘Activating Vitality’
Friday, 4th April 10am to 12.30pm
Circle Calls
These happen on the second Monday of each month from 1.30pm to 3pm
- April 14th
- May 12th
- June 9th
Embodiment Sessions
These happen on the fourth Friday of each month from 12.45pm to 2pm, with an option to stay for a half-hour ‘fireside chat’.
- April 25th
- May 23rd
- June 27th
What should I expect from the Circle Calls?
You are invited to join once a month for a short teaching session, reflective time, and an opportunity to share experiences and ask questions.
These calls make up the framework for the Embrace container and each call will have a theme that will unfold as we journey through the season together.
What if I can't attend one of the live sessions. Will there be a recording?
Yes, calls are recorded so if you can’t make one or more of the live calls, you will have access to the recording after.
What should I expect from the Embodiment Sessions?
After a warm welcome from me, you’ll be invited to turn off your mics (this is a no-speaking class). We will work through a series of exercises to experience how to move your body with the music, follow your rhythms and flow, and open yourself up to creating new neuropathways in your body.
These classes aren’t a performance nor designed to be fitness sessions, although you may be delighted with how your mobility improves, nor do you have to follow any routines or steps. If you do have any mobility issues, please let me know at the start.
Do I need any prior knowledge or experience with embodiment?
No prior experience is needed. The embodiment sessions run during Embrace are designed to accommodate beginners as well as those who have experience working somatically. All exercises we do during the sessions are accessible for anyone looking to create a more aligned and fulfilling approach to work.
I have mobility and/or energy issues. Can I still join the live embodiment sessions?
Yes, absolutely. These workshops aren’t performances or choreographed dance classes; all exercises can be done seated while still receiving the same benefits.
That said, my invitation to you is to ensure you know your limits and complete the sessions within your energy and mobility levels.
What are your terms and conditions?
The full terms and conditions of your purchase can be viewed over on this page here: https://karenskidmore.com/terms-and-conditions/
In a nutshell, you are entitled to a 14 day cooling off period, as is your consumer rights here in the UK. But after this period, there is no refund.
How do the coaching sessions work?
The coaching option is ideal if you’d like personal guidance from Karen during your time in Embrace.
You’ll receive three one-hour coaching sessions, which you can book any time during Karen’s coaching availability during the Embrace journey.
Please note: all coaching sessions will need to be booked and taken by the end of June.
What are clients saying about working with Karen
I don’t typically let my guard down in a “work” space like that, or really in general, so to be able to experience a profound emotional experience and feel safe doing so is a definite testament to you, Karen, and the safe space, expertise, and ability to be yourself permission you give the group.
I felt a little self-conscious about whether I was doing it ‘right’ and whether what I was wearing was okay, but I realised how good it was to move and feel the music.
You’ve helped me see that, actually, my experiences are normal! We all have challenges one way or another, and we each need to find ways of managing our energy in a way that works for us.
For someone who recognises herself as a dominant do-er and thrives on being busy, it was great to look at ‘doing things’ from a different perspective. I’ve now got an increased awareness of the impact of cycles of effort and focus, and it’s made a significant impact to the way I’m working in my business.
You have a lovely way of holding space, and I felt very comfortable. The shaking off/getting rid of unwanted emotions was powerful, as was the drawing things in – that was quite lovely.
Working with you has helped me to consciously slow down. I am trying hard not to rush as much and enjoying going slower. The session was perfectly timed and it has helped with clarity around the next steps and growing my business.
You have made me appreciate how I can structure my day, week or month to work efficiently without burning out or bimbling along aimlessly.
I am now kinder to myself and it has ‘given me permission’ to slow down, not feeling that I have to be ‘doing’ something all the time to feel I’m ‘achieving’. I feel calmer, too, now that I have the tools to help me out.
You’ve helped me see how important just being is for me rather than always doing. I thought I was a dominant-doer, but now realise how that this is balanced by dominant being when I’m away from my desk. I can now relax & be without thinking I “should” be doing something. It’s almost as though I now have permission to just be since i recognise how much i need it.
Life was a huge perimenopausal struggle and business was challenging before starting working with you. You’ve helped me accept the ebb and flow in my life, instead of rallying against it, which has made a huge difference to how I live my life. I loved learning how to apply the seasonal analogy to my day.
