90: “If you think success will make you happy… Think again” - Kara Nicole Bitar

Are you an over-achieving under-receiving woman? Watch my free masterclass.Kara Nicole Bitar is a former attorney turned Optimization Coach specializing in helping people align with their true nature.In this episode, you're going to learn why Kara walked away from a prestigious legal career without a plan, how understanding her uniqueness changed her life, what the manifesting blueprint reveals about thriving in life, why vision boards don’t work for everyone, and how seven polarities can help you live in alignment and avoid burnout.Kara Nicole Bitar holds a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law and practiced high-stakes corporate litigation at one of the largest law firms in the Southeast of the United States. Kara now combines the dedication and commitment that it took to become a successful attorney, real-life training in what it takes to succeed at high-levels, and extensive research, experience and training in how to optimize our lives, to help her clients live the most joyous, energized and successful versions of themselves. She does this through Optimization Programs she developed, Akashic Records readings and teaching Kundalini Yoga. Kara is a KRI Certified Instructor of Kundalini Yoga, Reiki Master, Certified ThetaHealing® Practitioner and Certified SoulRealignment® PractitionerTimestamps:[06:26] Why Kara left her successful legal career[12:14] Introduction to the manifesting blueprint[13:42] The importance of knowing and expressing your uniqueness[16:10] Similarity vs contrast explained[20:05] How similarity can guide personal growth[21:27] Understanding how contrast thrives in unlikeness[25:11] Process vs outcome and how it defines success[29:37] Why vision boards don’t work for process-oriented people[31:45] Internal vs external: how people know themselves[35:04] Why internal people need alone time to thrive[40:01] Consistent vs variable: thriving in repetition or newness[45:07] Reinventive vs innovative: creating through reinvention or originality[47:46] Instigative vs reactive: making changes proactively or in response[50:08] How integrative vs exclusive people process decisionsWant to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call hereGet  $100 off your Manifesting Blueprint with this special offer for Kelly's listeners here.If you want to connect with Kara, visit her website and follow her on Instagram.Instagram: @kellybroganmdWebsite: kellybroganmd.comJoin Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here.Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here and join the companion program, Reclaimed, here.This week’s episode was sponsored by Lotus Wei. Head to lotuswei.com and use the code Kelly15 to get 15% off your purchase.

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It hurts to have unmet needs. And it sucks to scurry after crumbs when you’re starving. Join Kelly Brogan MD, as she teaches us how our pain points are portals. She’ll help you discover a world where every seeming challenge is a new chapter in your most audacious story. Plot twists, body symptoms, and heartbreak each represent an opportunity to own ourselves and learn to better wield the power of choice. Kelly will take you on a reclamation journey from the battlefield of victim consciousness to the sovereignty of self-devoted pleasure and expose every surprising place you’ve given your power away. Explore the tools you’ll need to find out what you want, how to ask for it and how to stand in fierce alignment with yourself.Kelly Brogan is a soul alchemist and threshold guardian devoted to the transformation of collective consciousness. As a young know-it-all atheist, candy-addict, straight-A MIT neuroscience major and Ivy-league trained psychiatrist, she specialized in feeding women, herself included, straight into the mouth of the medicated beast. After a Hashimoto’s healing journey inspired her to sound the alarm on the bait-and-switch of big pharma, she became a renegade activist—authoring the New York Times bestseller, A Mind of Your Own, and its follow-up, Own Your Self; co-editing the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression; and eventually becoming an honorary member of the Disinformation Dozen. She is the creatrix of Vital Mind Reset, the online health reclamation program, and the membership community Vital Life Project. She’s a human, cat, and chicken mom.