Season 5, Special Series |11 Life Lessons from Stranger Things – Lesson 3: Stay Strange
November 1, 2025
Season 5, Special Series | 11 life lessons from stranger things- Lesson 3: Stay Strange
In this episode of 11 Life Lessons From Stranger Things, Karen and Bill celebrate the beauty of embracing your quirks, differences, and glorious weirdness — because as Eddie Munson reminds us, “Forced conformity is the real monster.” From Jonathan and Will’s brotherly bond over The Clash to Eddie’s unapologetic leadership of the Hellfire Club, Stranger Things reminds us that it’s our individuality that saves the world — not fitting in.
Karen connects this lesson to the wisdom of Brené Brown and Rick Rubin, exploring how authenticity and creativity are rooted in imperfection. Together, she and Bill share their own “strange” stories — from cat colonies to Comic-Con — and offer five playful ways to Stay Strange in a world that often rewards sameness.
Call to Action:
1. Practice radical self-acceptance.
2. Unplug from the comparison trap.
3. Wear your weird.
4. Find your Hellfire Club.
5. Share this special series with a Stranger Things Fan!
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About Karen auld
Karen Auld is an environmentalist and mind-set coach for mission-driven entrepreneurs and activists. Karen brings pragmatic thinking to her self-help teaching and environmentalism keeping heavy topics light and digestible. She is also the co-author of Color Love and Kindness, a coloring book based on a buddhist tradition known as metta.
When she is not giving talks or coaching, you can find Karen enjoying nature with her husband or watching her favorite shows, RuPaul’s Drag Race and Stranger Things, with a cat on her lap.
