Not Being Limited By The Harsh Realities Of Our Lives w/ Karena Kilcoyne

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Kevin Miller

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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I’ve given focus to how we perceive our stories. We’ve also looked at toxic positivity and the damage of just trying to paint a pretty picture. We all encounter circumstances and events in our lives that challenge us. From massive traumas and tragedies to just disheartening disappointments. They all matter in regards to how we go forward in life. Following is a conversation that does not culminate with a formula. There is not contrite quote to sum it up. My guest is Karena Kilcoyne, who is a former trial lawyer who specialized in criminal defense, including complex white-collar and civil litigation in federal and state courts. Later in her practice, she worked as in-house counsel for a publicly traded worldwide manufacturing company. She was a success. But Karena started life as a kid. A kid who saw her dad taken to prison, and her mom succumb to mental illness. It’s as hard of a story as they come. And it took its toll on her and drove her to succeed in the world and keep dying inside. Until, she gained a new vision of possibility. No fairy godmother or self-help epiphany, just a real, raw story, that I feel we can all relate to, and find hope and equipping with. She wrote a book about it titled, Rise Above The Story: Free Yourself from Past Trauma and Create the Life You Want. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to start your free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome. I'm Kevin Miller and this is a podcast for your personal evolution. In this episode,
0:07.7	not being limited by the harsh realities of our lives. I've given focus here to how we perceive
0:15.4	our stories. We've also looked at toxic positivity and the damage of just trying to paint a pretty picture
0:21.9	over our stories.
0:22.9	We all encounter circumstances and events in our lives that just really challenge us
0:28.0	to say it lightly.
0:29.5	From massive traumas and tragedies to just disheartening disappointments and they all matter
0:34.5	in regards to how we go forward in life as a result of what we perceive,
0:40.4	what we encounter.
0:41.6	Well, following is a conversation that does not culminate with some formula.
0:46.8	There's no trite quote to sum it all up.
0:51.2	My guest is Karina Kilkoin.
0:53.5	She's a former trial lawyer who specialized in criminal
0:56.9	defense, including complex white collar and civil litigation in federal and state courts. Later in her
1:03.3	practice, she worked as in-house counsel for publicly traded worldwide manufacturing companies.
1:08.7	So she was a great success. But as you're about to hear,
1:12.1	she started life out as a kid like all of us and a kid who saw her dad taken away to prison.
1:17.9	And her mom succumb to mental illness. It's as hard up a story as you're going to ever hear,
1:25.5	I think. And it took its toll on her. It drove her some to
1:30.2	that, quote, you know, success in the world. And as you're going to hear, and she was dying inside.
1:37.3	That is until she gained a new vision of what could be possible for her life. There's no fairy godmother
1:43.3	or self-help epiphany. It's just a real
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