KAREN BRAILSFORD
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​It is my intention that SACRED LANDSCAPES,
encompassing rushing rives and mountainous peaks,
barren wilds and wide-open vistas,
verdant spaces and desert paths within the heart
will lead you into

RADIANCE
SPLENDOR
LIGHT

About ​me.
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AUTHOR | SPIRITUAL GUIDE | LITERARY AGENT 
​The author of the award-winning inspirational book SACRED LANDSCAPES of the SOUL,  and a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management, Karen Brailsford has worked on staff at Newsweek, Elle, People, In Touch and E! Entertainment covering arts and culture, Hollywood, fashion, beauty and human interest. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Black Enterprise, Interview, Unity magazine and other publications. The mother of actress Amandla Stenberg, Karen served as her de facto manager for several years, employing the expertise she gleaned from interviewing celebrities, covering Fashion Week in New York and Los Angeles, and negotiating with Hollywood publicists, all the while deflecting the momager stigma. 

A licensed spiritual practitioner at the Agape International Spiritual Center founded by Michael Bernard Beckwith since 2009, Karen serves as the coordinator of its pastoral care ministry, One From the Heart, and writes for Inner Visions: A Guide for Daily Inspiration. For five years, she hosted a monthly gathering for congregants in her home and is featured in Agape's 31 Ways in 31 Days Transformational Challenge. Bucket list check item:  Karen sang with Agape's choir backing up John Legend, will.i.am, Mary J. Blige, Seal and Faith Hill at various events, including Oprah Winfrey's broadcast from the Kennedy Center, leading up to President Obama’s first inauguration.
 
​The native New Yorker is a graduate of The Brearley School and Yale where she majored in English literature. Her paintings have been exhibited at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, CA, and other galleries.
She lives in the City of Angels and cites the City of Light as her go-to landscape.
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​Gallery of highlights.

Paris passion
Hello, halo! With Eckhart Tolle at an Oprah dinner
Oscars 2019: Red carpet takeover
Agape pulpit prayer
Once upon a Fashion Week
Ready for my close-up on the Mexico set of "Colombiana"
Lounging at Coco Chanel's Paris apartment
A holy-moly, laying-of-hands moment on the dance floor with family
Jamming with Jimmy
Sporting matchy-matchy black garb and grins with Gloria Steinem
Reunion: Beaming with sis and Spike Lee 26 years after I interviewed him about "Malcolm X"
Brown Girls Dreaming: Anika Noni Rose and Jacqueline Woodson at the NAACP Image Awards
Beauty editor perk: Backstage with Alicia Keys
Back at Sundance in 2018 after covering the festival in the 1990s
More than enough: Surprising The Talk's Elaine Welteroth at her book signing in MA
A full circle moment at Essence's Oscar Week luncheon with Beyoncé's mama, Tina Knowles, in 2019. She gave me advice at the start of Amandla's career, and now here Amandla was being honored.
On retreat at the Peace Village with Sister Jenna and some very special friends
Agape's Rev. Michael Beckwith + Amandla: When your master teachers run into one another at a Hollywood event
If you blink...I'm at 3:31 in this video featuring John Legend and the Agape choir at the 2008 Democratic National Convention
ELLE magazine editors, 1990s style
A post-concert moment with "my pal Al"- my nickname for my favorite singer of all time, Al Jarreau
ELLE reunion to celebrate Robinne Lee's can't-put-it-down novel, "The Idea of You"
A reading with former ELLE colleague Matt Berman upon the pub of his JFK Jr. memoir
Posing with Bogie backstage at the Saban theater (pre-Covid) before an Agape service
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​Dedication.


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    • Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit (talk + guided meditation)
    • Inner Visions >
      • An Appreciation
      • Forward
      • Life As We Know It And See It
      • Precipice and Presence
      • Sentient and Prescient
      • The I Am of Resonance
      • The Glass Is Always Full
      • You Will Know
    • Sacred Landscapes (excerpts) >
      • Spiraling
      • Sacred Landscapes of the Soul
      • Go Directly to Jubilee
      • Bring the Party
      • A Life Is God Writ Large
      • Soot into Soil
      • In the Here and Now
      • Creation Story
      • In This Skin
    • Still I Rise by Maya Angelou (recitation)
    • Go Directly to Jubilee! (talk)
    • God's Love Keeps Lifting Us Higher and Higher (talk)
    • Paintings
  • Book Agenting
    • Aevitas Creative Management
    • Writer's Digest
    • His Name Is George Floyd
    • Kamala's Way
  • Write Volumes
    • Short Stories >
      • It Takes All Kinds
      • All is Nothing
      • Ever After
      • Dinner Parties
      • Shades of Love
    • Essays >
      • Floating Like Butterflies
      • Mommy, Still
    • Poems >
      • Covid: Covert No More
      • Harriet and Me
  • Media
    • Download Kit
    • Articles and books >
      • Unity >
        • Rising in Joy
        • Blessed by a Dress
        • This Is How You Pray
        • For A Reason, for a Season, or for a Lifetime
      • People: Voices From the Fight Against Racism
    • Podcasts, radio and video >
      • The Peace Studio Summit 2021
      • The Jenny McCarthy Show
      • In the Flow With Rev. Skip
      • Waking Up in Daily Life
      • The Only One in the Room
      • Bridges & Blessings with Rev. Julie
    • Press
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