Ep. 17: Corporate Attorney Turned Kundalini Yoga Teacher and Optimization Coach, Kara Nicole Bitar

Kara Nicole Bitar holds a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and practiced high-stakes corporate litigation at one of the largest law firms in the southeastern United States.

A personal crisis well into her law career, however, became a catalyst for personal reinvention.

Kara took same the dedication and commitment involved in becoming a successful attorney and applied it to searching for greater peace and fulfillment in her own life. Along the way, she became a Reiki Master, Certified ThetaHealing® Practitioner, Certified SoulRealignment® Practitioner, and a KRI Certified Instructor of Kundalini Yoga.

Kara now teaches Kundalini Yoga and offers Optimization Programs and Coaching to help others live with greater joy, abundance, creativity, health, and vitality.

Kara Nicole Bitar Links:
Website:  https://www.karanicolebitar.com/
Instagram:  @karanicolebitar (https://www.instagram.com/karanicolebitar/)
Facebook:  Karanicolebitar (https://www.facebook.com/karanicole.bitar.7)
LinkedIn:  Karanicolebitar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kara-nicole-bitar-aa635a21b/)

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Chapters

• 0:00 The Person You Want to Be intro
• 0:37 Introducing Kara Nicole Bitar
• 1:58 Childhood environment
• 10:09 Absorbing cultural messaging
• 15:09 The path to lawyerhood
• 17:21 “Something’s off”
• 23:16 A philosophy major
• 28:15 Law school
• 32:41 Hard work vs. effort, conviction, and commitment
• 38:10 On working as a lawyer
• 42:04 “Why am I so unhappy?”
• 47:40 Gratitude: genuine vs. forced
• 52:26 Breaking point
• 55:42 “Thought errors”
• 59:25 The decision to quit her job
• 1:02:20 The long path to quitting
• 1:07:37 “Can I feel differently about myself?”
• 1:15:09 Why Kara did not consider conventional medical treatments
• 1:20:25 “Your body is communicating to you about you”
• 1:23:31 Other healing modalities
• 1:28:32 The turning point
• 1:38:43 Teacher training in Kundalini yoga
• 1:41:32 Calibrating the nervous system
• 1:47:03 Making the transition to solopreneur, in practical terms
• 1:54:28 Stepping into abundance
• 1:56:20 Unhiding ourselves from ourselves
• 2:06:00 Knowing from a deeper place than the intellect
• 2:08:08 On the role of challenges
• 2:16:33 How do we lessen unnecessary suffering?
• 2:19:58 “How good can I feel?”
• 2:23:56 A wildly different experience of life
• 2:28:46 Kara’s services and offerings