Born Without Arms, The Inspiring Lesson’s He’s Learned

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAMw_k5euy8&list=PLQIikebAPmLVG5K5SiFWKd8p62FwKQ2KE&index=1[/youtube] [powerpress] Born without arms, Alvin Law has learned to do everything hands do with his feet. The inspiring lessons he’s learned motivate people to be their authentic self and to fully accept themselves. He sat down with me at the National Speakers Association to share some of his life’s lessons and gifts with us.  In our informal interview, he shared these inspiring messages.    The first question that I always get is, “What happened to you?” The real answer Read More

The Truth About Post Traumatic Stress Disorder & Our Veterans

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGdWf1GsRrc[/youtube] [powerpress] PTSD veterans and the Wounded Warriors Project. What is PTSD and how the Wounded Warriors Project helps soldiers recover.  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.  Many people who go through traumatic events have difficulty adjusting and coping for a while, but they don’t have PTSD — Read More

Soldier Recovers After Losing His Legs in the Iraq War

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhxuIQ6hmYE&index=1&list=PLQIikebAPmLVG5K5SiFWKd8p62FwKQ2KE[/youtube] [powerpress] Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Veteran tells his inspiring recovery story.   Dan Nevins, a retired Staff Sergeant in the United States Army tells the gripping, emotional, and inspiring story of a fateful day in Iraq that left him deathly wounded. Eventually he would have both legs amputated to save his life.  It was November 10, 2004, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated beneath the vehicle in which he was a passenger on an early morning combat Read More

Living On The Edge: Being Bipolar

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wubl6GYaDRo&src_vid=lihdu4EEHpg&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_3969632117[/youtube] [powerpress] The truth about depression, suicidal thoughts and bipolar disorder. His story starts at just 16 years old, when Ross Szabo was diagnosed with bipolar disorder which escalated to depression, suicidal thoughts, anger control problems and psychotic features. At just 17, he was hospitalized for attempting to take his own life. He has found a way to not just survive, but thrive and has gone on to speak to over a million people on a mission to normalize mental health Read More

Teen Pregnancy – My Open Adoption Story

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa1UVlLvNt4[/youtube] [powerpress] Teen pregnancy changed her life forever. Her open adoption story of fear, hopelessness, healing and finally fulfillment. Juanita was just 14 years old when she got pregnant. Scared and unsure what to do, she hid her pregnancy for 6 months. When her mother found out, she forced her to give the baby up through adoption–something that sent her spiraling out of control for many years. She was finally able to get to a place of acceptance and through Read More

Miscarriage, Loss & Finding Hope: Her Story Mother of Six, Parenting One

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVYcd2vGYsw[/youtube] [powerpress] Miscarriage, loss and finding hope. A mother of six, parenting one tells her story. After four years of trying to get pregnant, my guest today, Ena and her husband went to see an infertility specialist. They went through rounds of IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) and IVF (In Vitro Fertilization), facing a devastating 6 losses before finally delivering their little miracle, a beautiful baby girl.  During our interview Ena was pregnant again. When I asked her how she was feeling Read More

When I Came Out

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr-OV7uJl9I[/youtube] [powerpress] From as young as 7 years old, Zachary Tristen had homosexual feelings, but when he was accepted into a premier ballet company he signed a statement that banned him from participating in homosexual activity. This led him to ignore his feelings for years. He even tried to heal himself from homosexuality, which at that time he believed was a choice. This denial of himself lead him to the brink of suicide before he finally got to a place Read More

KirstyTV Fan Video – Celebrating 1 Year & 100K Views!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIXnpIHpIew&index=31&list=PLQIikebAPmLUVFYU8QYx6Lih8JjH3krw3[/youtube] KirstyTV hit 100,000 views on our 1 year birthday! We are now 1 year old and 100,000 views strong! Our fans are the best and sent in their birthday wishes and congratulations. Thanks for celebrating with us!! We are on a mission to spread the healing to 1 million people this year! Help spread the inspirational and positive true stories of overcoming adversity by watching and sharing the show.  ‘Someone asked me what the coolest thing about speaking is Read More

Losing Everything Taught Her Major Life Lessons

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTKxSptcTjQ&list=PLQIikebAPmLVG5K5SiFWKd8p62FwKQ2KE&index=1[/youtube] [powerpress] Kristen Moeller writes a blog called, Walking Through Fire which is about the Denver forest fires in 2012 to which she lost her all of her earthly possessions and home.  On that fateful day, the home owners in her area were all warned to evacuate. As she was packing up her belongings, it didn’t occur to her that she would actually lose her home and everything inside.     Kristen tells us that it started like any other day, Read More

What To Do When Fear Tells You To Stop Chasing Your Dreams

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKhe7E-CkGk&list=PLQIikebAPmLUVFYU8QYx6Lih8JjH3krw3&index=1[/youtube] Living your dreams! It’s a bit of a roller coaster when you are on the entrepreneurial path or you are living your boldest dreams. There are inevitable ups and downs. You don’t always know why, but something will come up, usually fear. You may second guess yourself and think that you can’t continue on this path, which is completely normal! In one of my past K Diary videos called, ‘Pre Launch Jitters Of KirstyTV ‘Kmart Meltdown‘, I was a Read More