There comes a moment when life gives you a shake-up and quietly asks a simple question. Now what.

Karen Marshall listened.

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After a significant life shift, she stepped away from a successful international career in publishing and digital and chose something far less certain, and far more alive. She co-founded Fleurs de Villes and began creating beauty people could step into.

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What started as an idea has become a global phenomenon. Her large-scale floral installations now appear in cities around the world, transforming public spaces and stopping people mid-step. For a moment, something changes. People look up. They pause. They feel something.

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Karen has a natural instinct for connection and collaboration, grounded in the belief that nothing meaningful is built alone. Her work brings together artists, designers, and communities to create something larger than any one person could achieve.

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At SHIFT Sessions, Karen shares a story of reinvention. Of trusting the nudge when it would be easier not to. And of what becomes possible when you choose to begin again, even without a clear map.

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