About Karen

Karen Gridley is the Excuse Removal Expert™, uniquely qualified to talk about removing excuses to achieve success because she herself is a Recovering Excuse Maker ^TM.

Karen Gridley, the Excuse Removal Expert™,  is an inspiring, dynamic and thought-provoking speaker, coach and author. Karen’s personable and humorous approach combined with the natural ability to get people to honestly face the person in the mirror makes Karen one-of-a-kind in her field. She touches people’s hearts as she provides guiding principles to explore endless possibilities. She works with companies, associations, business owners and individuals that want to remove excuses, improve performance, achieve goals, and increase the bottom line.

If you want to achieve things you’ve never achieved, you have to become someone you’ve never been and take action you’ve never taken.

Karen is the creator of The Twelve Steps of an Excuse Maker, The Twelve Steps of a Recovering Excuse Maker and The Recovering Excuse Maker Prayer. Her book, Embrace Your Rights, is highly recommended by Jack Canfield (co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and co-author of The Success Principles™). Karen’s audio CD, Lose Your Excuses, Gain a Life and DVD, Empower Yourself have been instrumental in helping many achieve their sought after success. She is also the co-author of Live Every Day Motivated, Successful, and Happy.

Karen’s background includes intense study with leading experts in the field of human potential. She also has a BS in Biology with a minor in Chemistry and twenty years experience as a laboratory analyst. Originally from upstate New York, she now lives in Arizona and is an active member of NSA (National Speakers Association).

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“The outcomes we experience in life are determined by the choices we make or the excuses we create.”

Karen M. Gridley