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About this book
Life is magical and beautiful. And when we are in pain, it does not feel that way.
It's natural to want to avoid pain. Because it feels “bad,” we instinctively resist it, ignore it, override it, and generally try to get rid of it as quickly as possible. Sometimes, we try to numb ourselves or escape – through painkillers, drugs, or alcohol; through distractions like shopping and overworking; or even through exercise or spiritual practices – because those are the only tools we know for dealing with it.
But what if pain isn’t the problem at all?
The truth is, pain is simply a message designed to get your attention. It isn’t a punishment. It’s a gift.
With more than 35 years as a physical therapist, energy healer, and a life coach, Helen MacMillan has helped countless people process and find the gifts in pain’s various forms—physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this book, she shares her simple yet powerful 5-step method to help you break the cycle of pain, release limiting beliefs and habits, shift your mindset, and transform your life.
Through deeply personal stories from both her own life and the lives of her clients, she shows how you, too, can find the gift in your pain – as well as a greater sense of peace, healing, love, and acceptance than you ever thought possible.
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About the Author
Helen Macmillan, Founder and CEO of SovereignMinds LLC, is a transformational life coach, success coach, mind-body expert, author and speaker who supports high achievers in developing the inner resources that allow them to achieve their highest potential - without compromising their joy, health or well being.
SovereignMinds advocates transforming the world by transforming yourself and is committed to helping multicultural leaders and emerging leaders free their minds, open their hearts and own their power through our one on one and group coaching programs, as well as personal development intensives and retreats. Find out more at www.sovereignmindsllc.com.
Endorsements
“On the other side of your pain is the next level of your power. This book is a guide to uplevelling your leadership.” - Rich Litvin, Founder of 4PC and Co-author of The Prosperous Coach
“It’s challenging to focus on achieving your dreams when you’re in any type of pain. Helen’s book is an essential read for anyone who is looking to shed their limiting habits, stop their self-sabotage, and provides a pathway for freeing you to experience more joy and fulfillment.” - Maya Marcia Wieder, CEO of Dream University and bestselling author
“Helen is a gifted teacher and coach who has transformed her own life and now empowers others to do the same. In this book she shares a simple, yet powerful 5-step process you can use again and again to make profound shifts in your own life by letting pain be your greatest teacher and guide.” - Jack Canfield, Co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and The Success Principles™
“In her new book, Gift of Pain, author Helen MacMillan shares a potent personal journey of discovering how embracing the unthinkable becomes a gift. She details a natural way your pain can become a roadmap to health.” - Deborah Sandella PhD, RN, International Bestselling author of Goodbye Hurt & Pain
“The most important thing to me in deciding whom I learn from is knowing that the teacher has integrated what they are teaching. Helen MacMillan practices in her own life everything she teaches in The Gift of Pain. This work is being birthed from an embodied place. Helen holds nothing back in her sharing, helping to inspire the reader to look within and heal their own heart.” - Darla LeDoux, Author of Shift the Field and CEO of Sourced
“What an extraordinary gift Helen MacMillan has given us with The Gift of Pain. In language that is as sparkling and clear as life-giving water, this relatable work doesn’t shy away from Helen’s own passage through pain. Instead, she reveals the dark country of her own grief, depression, and self-doubt before showing us, stumbling step-by-step, her own path to awareness and healing. In a voice that is compassionate, loving, trustworthy, and wise, Helen encourages us to embrace our own journey through difficult emotions, recognizing them as messengers that can point the way toward growth and restoration. Without judgment, and with complete faith in our ability to love ourselves back to wholeness, Helen guides us in how we can heed the lessons of our physical and spiritual bodies to create expansion, lightness, and peace. A beautiful and necessary book!” - Rosemarie Robotham, Writer, Editor, Literary collaborator at RosemarieRobotham.com
“If you are a human being, you have experienced pain in one form or another. Pain is a revelatory teacher, and had I known its true wisdom, I might not have resisted it for as long as I did. It took me until my mid-40s to understand it as an invitation to reveal, feel, and heal my way back home to myself, and while it’s never comfortable, I now understand it to be the true guide that it is. Helen has graced us with a beautiful testament to pain and its many gifts in her beautiful book. Not only will you appreciate her insight, but you will welcome her as a seasoned guide to help you through the hardest parts.” - Monica Rodgers, Founder of The Revelation Project and The Revelation Project Podcast