The freedom I worked tirelessly to achieve finally came when I let go of everything.
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Read the exclusive interview with Brainz magazine here:


Kirsten Johansen
- 4 days ago
- 1 min
Your latest challenge isn't the last straw, it may just be the first step.
There's no need to consider a challenge the last straw and feel your back is about to break. With perspective and a shift in mindset,...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Aug 17
- 1 min
Are you having trouble sleeping? So was I.
My efforts to sleep have run the gamut. Alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, anti-emetics, cannabis, dogs in the bed, dogs not in the bed,...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Jun 10
- 4 min
Angels Among Us: The Legacy of Farrah Fawcett
Phoenix, AZ -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/24/2023 -- Kirsten Johansen firmly believes that Farrah Fawcett saved her life. In early 2011, Kirsten was...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Jun 10
- 4 min
Regardless of What You Were Taught To Believe...There is Nothing Wrong with You
Phoenix, AZ -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/06/2023 -- In the spring of 2020, Cheri Huber's book, There is Nothing Wrong With You, provided host...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Jun 9
- 1 min
Do resentments have a hold on you? You have the power to free yourself.
Resentments are sticky. They feel like they are about another person or situation, and if it were only righted by acknowledgment or...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Jun 9
- 1 min
What if you never spent another moment feeling bad about how you look?
You can free yourself from worries and self-doubt about your appearance through self-acceptance and routine practice. Read the full...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Jun 9
- 1 min
Release Your Resentments and Forgive Yourself
Kirsten talks with Kelly about how to change the narrative, forgive yourself, and release those sticky resentments so you can heal for good.
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Kirsten Johansen
- Jun 9
- 1 min
Your Weight and Size Are Not the Problems
Kirsten talks with Lynsie about rejecting the manufactured beauty standard and accepting yourself exactly as you are.
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Kirsten Johansen
- Feb 6
- 18 min
So, You Want a New Job
>>Listen to Freedom for Humans here! You sit with your dad in the upstairs TV room where you spend much of your time watching movies and...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Dec 2, 2022
- 13 min
Standing Close to the Flame
You arrive in Malta exhausted. You have made this trip several times, but this time you find it particularly difficult to sit on the...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Oct 12, 2022
- 12 min
The Octopus's Garden
What are you going to do…what are you going to do…what are you going to do…Your mind races and your body vibrates with anxiety. Anxiety,...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Sep 17, 2022
- 9 min
Farrah Fawcett Saved Your Life-Part Three
It is the spring of 2011. At the completion of your treatment for stage 3B anal cancer, your pain, burns, and opiate addiction are at...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Sep 7, 2022
- 12 min
Farrah Fawcett Saved Your Life-Part Two
It is January of 2011. Six years earlier, you received a call from your mom. She tells you she has breast cancer. You both cry. It is...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Sep 2, 2022
- 8 min
Farrah Fawcett Saved Your Life-Part One
You are enchanted with Farrah Fawcett. You watch Charlie’s Angels, sitting on the floor close to the TV. You appreciate the plucky,...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Aug 9, 2022
- 18 min
Your Food
*Contains a candid discussion of disordered eating. Once you begin binging on food around the age of ten, using it as a drug to numb your...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Jun 18, 2022
- 5 min
Your Body
Your body is your first, best and last partner in this life. No one knows you better than your body. It is your closest friend, ally,...
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Kirsten Johansen
- Jun 8, 2022
- 4 min
You are at the center of your life
You are at the center of your life. This sounds elemental. A given. It isn’t. You begin this way, but human existence quickly intervenes...
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