Who is Karen Dean?

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Karen Dean is an incredible speaker, coach, entrepreneur, and bestselling author who shares her own personal stories of resilience and inspires with an amazing sense of positivity.

Recognized by the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards as a Nominee three times, Karen has operated successful businesses in many different industries for over 25 years. She has been a mentor to many women in business throughout her career and has had the honour of being mentored by some incredibly accomplished businesswomen.

Karen holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a certificate in Small Business Development Training.  She is also a Certified Knowledge Broker and Mastermind.com Professional. 

Karen shows her dedication to her community through extensive volunteering, including roles as a founding member of several community and business development organizations. She was one of only two women to ever be elected to the Board of Directors of Farmers Co-operative Dairy Limited, and she has also served as a board member for the Early Intervention Association of Nova Scotia and the National Holstein Convention.

Karen believes in paying it forward and, since 2018, she has raised over $130,000 for families in need in Nova Scotia. She was honoured to be chosen as the recipient of the QueenPin (Halifax) award in 2020 for her commitment to improving her community.

In November 2020, Karen self-published her first book, We Are Unbreakable: Raw, Real Stories of Resilience from Women in Nova Scotia in 2020. The book is a collection of authentic and inspiring stories about the unprecedented year of 2020 written by 22 incredible women who call Nova Scotia home. In these stories you will find examples of struggle, strength, togetherness and, mostly, of resilience as these remarkable women, from many different age groups and walks of life, share their experiences of living, working, running businesses and parenting through a global pandemic, along with a year of horrific tragedies that rocked the entire province of Nova Scotia in so many ways. We Are Unbreakable was an Amazon category best-seller for over 6 months and, in addition to being available through Amazon, it is currently being sold at Indigo-Chapters stores in Atlantic Canada and online at Target and Barnes and Noble. A portion of the proceeds from this book will establish an education fund for women in rural Nova Scotia.

In 2022, she published Fierce & Fabulous: A Self-Love Journal which provides readers with a daily practice to reconnect to their inner self and become even more fierce and fabulous!

Karen is the proud mother to three amazing humans who she points to as not only a source of joy but as her greatest accomplishments. 

Karen’s messages spring from a mountain of lived experience, and she is passionate about her mission to help people reboot their resilience and live their best life, personally and professionally, a purpose she lives in her own life every day.