Writing Across the Threshold

Written By Karen Hoffman

An Invitation from Karen Hoffman

Nature Threshold Altar Created by Nancy Carter, March 21, 2025

Photo by Karen Hoffman

Moving from Winter to Spring is like crossing so many other thresholds in our lives. How do you mark times of thresholds? When you made your way from the traditional darkness of winter to the bounty of spring that began last week, what are ways you feel the change? Using various senses, we invite you to share your response to the emergence of spring in your life this week. What do you notice when you look, taste, smell, listen and touch in this new season? If you would like to share your writing with us, we’d love to read it.
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Karen Hoffman

Karen enjoys working with individuals and groups, helping people cultivate more attention to intention. As a mindful living guide, she brings creativity, energy, empathy and passion to her writing, gatherings, workshops, retreat and leadership roles. Karen’s professional background has been in non-profit management for the past 35 years, with an early passion for gerontology as well as faith-based community. In 2021, Karen started a company called Living on Purpose, offering tools and various modalities to help people cultivate practices of living more intentionally. She has designed decks of inspirational cards being used around the country in schools, therapy and support groups, corporate team gatherings, and workshops/retreats.

She has been trained as a group facilitator for Wise Aging by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. With a Bachelor’s in Psychology and MBA in Nonprofit Management, Karen brings all her life experience and skills to organizations like Retreat House - always steeped in values of gratitude, generosity and wonder. She enjoys nurturing her own passion for listening to and working with people of all ages.

Karen lives in North Dallas with her husband of 40 years, Alan. They have three adult sons, David, Brian and Aaron, and an ever-growing family of significant others.

Karen joined the Retreat House community in 2021 and joined the Board of Directors in 2023.

https://www.livingonpurpose.us/
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