Karen Fazio is a Gerontologist, Holistic Health Practitioner/Coach, graduate of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute for Hypnotherapy, and a HeartMath Certified Trainer who is passionate about contributing to her community through education, holistic coaching, and support since 1990.
Karen has been teaching Gerontology courses in the Aging Studies Graduate Program, as well as teaching Stress Management in the Public Health department at California State University, Fullerton since 2012. She has worked on a variety of special projects for the Council on Aging, SC, California Health Advocates, and Medcom Trainex.
In 2014, she published her first book titled: Care, Grieve, Grow: Caring For Your Aging Parents While Caring for Yourself. In 2015, she published a digital text for the Stress Management course she teaches entitled, Stress Management Life Guide Workbook.
Karen teaches several classes intended to help people live inspired and purposeful lives, age resiliently, well and wise, cope with the challenges of chronic disease, and find personal and professional joy and meaningfulness. Since 1990, her focus has been on assisting people with stress management, chronic pain and illness, spiritual growth, and preventing caregiver stress and burnout.
Her most recent project is a virtual and in-person workshop titled Conscious Living, Conscious Aging ~ Building Resilience, Enhancing Vitality, and Distilling Wisdom, which utilizes holistic modalities to guide people through the process of letting go of, and healing the past, rediscovering inner strength, purpose and meaning, spiritual connection, and distilling wisdom from life’s experiences.