A few months ago I developed a strange symptom. Every time I woke up, either from a nap or after a night of sleep, I would wake with a start, my stomach doing flip flops and my heart racing. It was as if I was waking up from a horrifying nightmare, only I wasn’t. My mind felt calm, yet my body felt terrified. Over time it became worse and worse, to the extent that I was having these symptoms on an ongoing basis throughout the day. I had butterflies in my stomach, and the rest

Hello, my name is Kira, I live with a chronic health condition, and I gave up on finding a cure several years go. After over 20 years of living with chronic pain and illness, I’ve accepted that if I haven’t already found a cure, it’s unlikely I will ever find one unless scientists discover something new. I know, I know! I know the drill: if I think I’m going to be sick, I will be sick, and if I think positively, I can make great things happen, including curing all kinds of he

What do you resist? Exercise? Eating healthy? Cleaning your house? Meditating? Working? I resist writing and putting together talks and workshops. And I resist hard. Don’t get me wrong, these are both things I love to do once I’m doing them, but getting me started is a whole other matter. When confronted with writing, my resistance Hulks-out and I often feel powerless to overcome it. To be perfectly honest I am writing this post because it is easier than working on the presen

When it comes to love, relationships, happiness, career and financial success, how worthy do you feel? On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being low and 10 being high, where would you rate your overall level of self-worth? The reason I ask these questions is because I am continually astounded by how many women and men have revealed to me lately that they have very low self-worth. People I respect and admire. People who would never cross my mind when I hear the words "low self-worth

Are you waiting for everything in your life to line up perfectly so that you can finally be happy? Or do you feel that somehow you ended up with a crummy life while everyone else got a better deal? If you answered "yes" to either of these questions (or even "maybe"), this three-part series on happiness is for you! Why? Because happiness is achievable and is within your reach. If you haven't already read the first two posts in the series, head back and catch up by clicking the