Welcome to a podcast that challenges social norms and pushes boundaries in personal development and coaching. We dive deep into Critical Conversations, exploring topics that make us uncomfortable—but that’s where real growth happens.
Through raw interviews and insights, we’ll break down societal expectations and explore new ways of thinking, living, and evolving.
If you're ready to expand your mindset and challenge what you think you know, this space is for you.
What If the Way You’ve Always Done It Isn’t Working Anymore?
I’ve been MIA for a few weeks, and life has been LIFE-ING. In this episode, I’m sharing a little life update, talking about trauma and PTSD, and exploring what it means to wake up to the patterns, habits, and ways of being that we’ve been operating from.
Because at some point, we have to ask ourselves: Why the hell am I still doing it this way if it’s not working for me anymore?
This is a grounded, real-life conversation about awareness, awakening, and giving ourselves permission to do things differently. No pressure to have it all figured out. Just an invitation to get curious, challenge the familiar, and consider what might be possible when we stop doing things simply because that’s how we’ve always done them.
Welcome back to Critical Conversations. Let’s get into it.
17 Sept 2026
Stop Being an Ass. You Don’t Know What’s Possible.
What if the thing standing between you and what you want… is the assumption that it won’t happen?
This episode of Critical Conversations is all about assumptions—and how quickly they can close us off from receiving the very things we say we want.
I’m sharing some real-life, last-minute “miracles” that happened when I stopped being an ass. 😂 When I stopped assuming things wouldn’t work out, stopped deciding the outcome before it had a chance to unfold, and actually opened myself up to the possibility that something better might be waiting for me.
These aren’t hypothetical stories. They’re real experiences, real examples, and some pretty damn incredible reminders that sometimes we don’t need to force, control, or figure everything out.
Sometimes we just need to stop assuming, stay open, and let life surprise us.
I’m REALLY pumped about this episode, and I hope you’ll join me for the conversation.
Listen in.
Tell me what you think.
Share it with someone who needs this reminder.
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And if this episode gets you thinking, questioning, or wanting to share your own story, email me: hello@karissadean.com (mailto:hello@karissadean.com)
Real talk. Real examples. Real miracles.
Let’s talk about what becomes possible when you stop deciding it’s impossible.
5 Sept 2026
Quick Update + Let's talk GOALS: Are Your Goals Still Yours?
Welcome back to Critical Conversations.
Today’s episode is a little bit of a life update, a little bit of a reality check, and a whole lot of me thinking out loud about goals, accountability, community, action, discipline, and purpose.
This is a thick one.
Because lately I’ve been doing some serious reflecting on the goals I’ve set, the things I say I want, the things I’m actually doing, and the spaces where those two things aren’t quite lining up.
And I think there’s something really important in that.
Sometimes we don’t need a new goal. We need to revisit the goal we already have.
Sometimes we need to reshape it. Sometimes we need to admit that it’s no longer what we want. And sometimes we need to create completely new disciplines, structures, relationships, and communities to actually support the thing we say we’re trying to create.
Because wanting something and creating something are two very different things.
So today, I’m sharing where I’m at, what I’m learning, and some of the questions I’m asking myself—and hopefully, they’ll get you asking a few of your own.
Are your goals still yours?
Do your current habits actually support them?
Who are you accountable to?
Who is in your community?
And are you taking the kind of action that moves you toward the life you say you want?
So grab your coffee, settle in, and let’s have a Critical Conversation about what happens when we stop just setting goals and start getting really honest about what it’s going to take to create them.
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