Meet Karissa

What is wisdom? What is faith? What is the connection between faith and wisdom? What wisdom is timeless? How do I carve a solid faith of my own? Those are the questions that drove me to Union Theological Seminary to once again be a student taking exams and the whole thing! The true theological question that we must all answer for ourselves in the twenty-first century is not “God or No God”. The choice we make every day is “Faith or Nihilism”.

I choose faith hands down. But it is a big faith full of more questions than answers. This faith says how I choose to live my life and how you choose to live your life really matters. We don’t know exactly how yet, but we get glimpses every day.

This search began after I completed my first book, “The Art of Authenticity”. The world of work was my think tank as an organizational psychologist for a few decades. I learned about executive behavior, or as I fondly refer to my clients, “action heroes”. People who make things happen. My job was and is to speak truth to power and help gifted people be just a tad more reflective, intentional and empathic.