Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Career Break
Remote
Technology
Certification
Timeline
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KAREN BAKKE

KAREN BAKKE

Boulder,CO

Summary

I am a credentialed graduate from The Center for Medicinal Mindfulness as a Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Guide, specializing in Cannabis, Psilocybin, and Integration Coaching. I also hold certifications as a Health and Wellness Coach, Yoga Therapist/Teacher with decades of experience working with clients to achieve optimal health via customized, multi-modality lifestyle practices/protocols. I quickly and empathically build rapport with clients and internal teams. I am a gifted guide and coach; I excel at supporting others on their journeys to healing and awakening. I creatively collaborate, and work effectively with multidisciplinary teams at all levels.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work History

OWNER AND FOUNDER

Sacred Peaks Retreat
10.2024 - Current
  • Assess potential client's readiness to engage in psychedelic journeywork, integration sessions and necessary lifestyle and mindset changes.
  • Plan session logistics for safety, informed consent, waivers and orientation to the session potentials (heightened somatics & energy discharges/visuals/auditory and imaginal).
  • Collaborate with clients to create intentions, goals, visions and pathways toward growth and transformation
  • Guide clients through cannabis/psilocybin medicine journeys employing body scan techniques and appropriate breath work
  • Create customized ceremonies and curated music sets
  • Integrate session(s) via the Seven Stages of Integration; note resources, practices and tools to support ongoing evolution and resilience.

Senior Territory Manager

BIOptimizers
10.2022 - Current
  • Manage healthcare practitioner and retail territory throughout sales cycle, nurture market share and drive profitable national volume expansion
  • Source, manage and convert sales leads: increased customer base and achieved quarterly growth by 18.3%
  • Deliver best-in-industry product/protocol trainings for practitioner and retail teams
  • Identify opportunities to drive revenue growth, whether through new product lines, entering new geographic markets, or expanding customer relationships
  • Analyze competitors' products, pricing, and strategies to identify opportunities for differentiation
  • Built lasting rapport with customers by delivering exceptional presentations that demonstrated product value propositions effectively.
  • Organized and participated in trade shows, conferences, and other events to raise brand awareness while networking with potential clients.

SENIOR TERRITORY SALES REPRESENTATIVE

GAIA HERBS
03.2015 - 05.2021
  • Successfully expanded a territory of 150 independent and chain health food stores
  • Lead broker team training to refine their marketing skills and maximizing sales
  • Sustain support for products and programs while optimizing distribution, promotions, revenue, and training

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

THE WELLNESS INITIATIVE
08.2011 - 08.2012
  • Led group meditation and yoga asana classes while instilling healthy living choices in public schools for children and young adults

TERRITORY SALES MANAGER

NUTRACEUTICAL CORPORATION
03.2009 - 03.2011
  • Oversaw the business's day-to-day operations in the assigned territory comprising over 400 individual and chain health food stores, directing the strategy toward profitable growth with an emphasis on retail sales
  • Achieved an average of 33% rise month-over-month and routinely met periodical sales objectives
  • Consistently won sales revenue/distribution awards for top-producer
  • Devised and imparted in-store and telephone training and heightened team morale unlocking remarkable sales and productivity results potential
  • Managed hundreds of brands and excelled in competitive brand analysis, increased distribution and promotional participation

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSc) - PSYCHOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Credentialed Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Guide - Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapy

MEDICINAL MINDFULNESS ACADEMY
Boulder, CO
01.2024 - Current

Skills

  • Evidenced-Based Health and Wellness Coaching
  • Integration Specialist
  • Transtheoretical Model of Change
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Body Scan Meditation
  • Somatically-informed trauma resolution practices
  • Guide Interventions: 5-Awareness Practice, Tracking, Breathwork & Circuitboarding
  • Curated Music Sets
  • Yoga Therapy
  • Wilderness and Rescue/Psychedelic First Aid Responder

Career Break

03/01/11, 08/01/11, An intentional pause to focus on full-time caregiving.

Remote

True

Technology

Microsoft Office (MS) 365 Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Google Docs, Magento, Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, Google Chat, Google Hangouts, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, Salesforce CRM, BOX, Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive

Certification

Wilderness Medical Associates International - Wilderness and Rescue/Psychedelic First Aid Responder

Wellcoaches - Certified Health and Wellness Coach

Sundara Integrative Yoga Therapy - Certified Yoga Therapist

Sampoorna Yoga - Certified Yoga Teacher

Shiva Rea - Embodying the Flow/Yoga Trance Dance

Richard Freeman - The Yoga Workshop - Essentials Immersion Ashtanga Vinyasa

Jin Shin Jyutsu - Level 1 - Basic Seminar

YogaEd - Certified Yoga Teacher

Timeline

OWNER AND FOUNDER

Sacred Peaks Retreat
10.2024 - Current

Credentialed Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Guide - Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapy

MEDICINAL MINDFULNESS ACADEMY
01.2024 - Current

Senior Territory Manager

BIOptimizers
10.2022 - Current

SENIOR TERRITORY SALES REPRESENTATIVE

GAIA HERBS
03.2015 - 05.2021

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

THE WELLNESS INITIATIVE
08.2011 - 08.2012

TERRITORY SALES MANAGER

NUTRACEUTICAL CORPORATION
03.2009 - 03.2011

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSc) - PSYCHOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

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