From Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Mariko is a dynamic transformational speaker and expert on aligning business with the spiritual path.



In 2003 she had a near death experience and was sent back with the unusual gift of being able to uncover your true calling and see "the assignment on your life" as well as your path to abundance.



She’s worked with Olympic and professional athletes, CEO’s of 7 and 8 figure businesses and serves as a speaker, spiritual healer and high performance coach. Her book about life in the afterlife is scheduled to be released in January 2021. She’s the founder and CEO of Soul Priority—a business and spiritual development company dedicated to helping professionals and entrepreneurs turn their higher purpose into higher profits. Her book about life in the afterlife is scheduled to be released in January 2021.



"In 2003 I had a near death experience and was sent back with the unusual gift of being able to uncover your true calling and see the assignment on your life as well as your path to abundance. I’ve worked with Olympic and professional athletes, CEO’s of high figure businesses and I serve as a speaker, spiritual healer and high performance coach. I’m board certified with the National Certification Commission For Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine In Asian Bodywork therapy. As a transformational speaker, healer and I love helping entrepreneurs align their business with their spiritual path."

I have been in Family and Sports Medicine for 20 years serving patients and athletes of all ages.  I have taken care of athletes ranging from High School, College, Semi-Pro and U.S. Olympic levels (soccer and Rugby).  I have a special interest in concussion management and non-operative joint pain care as well as all sports related injuries and illnesses.I am currently in practice in Geneva where I have been for the last 2 years.

Karen received her Masters’ Degree in Social Work from Columbia University and has worked in the areas of family therapy, eldercare and PTSD.

Acclaimed talk show host of Spouting Off

As a performer, she has toured the country in musical comedies, entertained on cruise ships and appeared in television and film. Her broadcast experience includes turns as a classical music radio announcer, news-caster, voice-over artist and of course, talk radio host. She lends her operatic voice to a variety of fundraisers and community events and has sung the National Anthem and God Bless America in numerous venues from State Legislatures to the New Jersey Nets.

Karen has trained people of all ages in public speaking, voice and diction, assertiveness and interpersonal communication. She taught communications at a Manhattan corporate training firm, the New School for Social Research, Parsons School of Design in New York, New Jersey’s Montclair State College, and Fairleigh Dickenson University, among others.

In politics, Karen has written numerous editorials and run for public office. She is passionate about freedom, equal justice and personal responsibility. You might have trouble pigeonholing her.

She enjoys encouraging people to think for themselves and to question everything.

Karen is the author of the awarding winning memoir, FATLASH! Food Police & the Fear of Thin, a memoir about her "stage mother on steroids" and her participation in child beauty pageants.