The May 2022 What’s Next call addressed addictions. One of Kristen’s examples was sugar. It really clicked for me and I’ve cut out desserts. (I know processed foods still contain it, but just saying no to candy, etc. is still a big win on many levels!) Thank you, Kristen!

This is the only thing that I’ve found that works.

I feel like my brain has been “rewired” in a positive way that is working for me.

Thank you Kristen for letting us all find you. You can’t thank a person enough though for unlocking the truth held within you, and giving me my life back.

HOLY SHIT. The world seems different. Thank you so much! I’m still in awe of how it has been helping me.

Wow. Just wow. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I’d emerge from this past weekend as I have. Wow. I feel like I have received a special present from you.

I didn’t say it clearly, but after 30 years of failed experiments, I’m finally out of the desperation arena. I feel pretty well now and am optimistic.

You are doing groundbreaking work. I have done lots and lots counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, drugs (started and stopped), psychiatric care, and two 10 day Vipassana meditation courses.  You take it further. I have struggled with for years, waking up 40 times a night. now my anxiety dreams have calmed down.

I have been public speaking without panic attacks and have experienced ease and spontaneous interaction with people I would have been intimidated by in the past. Also no constant free-floating anxiety in the background all the time. A great relief after 40 years of struggle. Thank you.

I could not have made it through such an intense transitional year without your teachings. I do not believe the words thank you are powerful enough.

This is the first time that I feel genuinely excited and eager about what the future has in store for me. And I have you to thank for that.

I feel like a different person. Like myself, but completely different. Can that be?I feel an immense sense of ease I totally didn’t expect.

I noticed that I felt lighter. In the days that followed, I noticed that my light feeling became clarity of mind. As the days went, the clarity didn’t go away (as I feared it would) and I began to notice that my emotions were more translucent and rose and fell, rather than overcoming me or creating a suffocating fog. I kept thinking it would wear off, but it hasn’t.

When I rebuilt my relationship with Fear from the ground up, there were career side benefits. My superiors started commenting on observable improvements in my performance. After about 2.5 years I was promoted to supervisor. I caught on more, and began to apply what I had learned with Kristen directly to my new work challenges. And now, I’ve been promoted to manager, which includes an immediate 70% pay raise.

My staff reckon I’m not that cranky or dark as much as I used to be and that’s only after a couple of weeks of practice.

Hi Kristen. The experience of (working with you) was incredible for me. I’ve shared it (verbally) with a fascinating cross-section of people. Clearly you provided me a resonant, powerful, beautiful approach to life and I will be working to convey that with my words in the weeks and months and years to come. THANK YOU!

I’ve not had a teacher like this before never let it in that far and I wish not to squander the understanding.

I am feeling great! Thanks for such a transformative time-? I really do feel like I have a road map for the next fifty years!

I know it was just over a decade ago, but I wanted to let you know that time with you still helps me regularly.

It has opened a lotta flow and I’m going a lotta places maybe I didn’t dream I could before.

I got some mind blowing insights, regarding my motivations for just about anything.

I have had the best two weeks! It is so very helpful to become more aware of what I am feeling/thinking/doing. I am excited to explore this more.

It truly has been life changing. It’s been fun to see how long the effects have lasted.

My life has been so dramatically affected that only my memoirs would actually be able to encompass the broad impact and those won’t be written for at least another 30 years

I feel I have been exposed to elements within myself that I was unaware of that there is more to me than I previously knew existed.

I’m so glad fate brought Kristen my way. My life is forever changed, and I’m eternally great full.

The difference now is that I will let the answers come to me, rather than fighting and hunting.

I am in a far better place now than I was before… I honestly feel enlightened and renewed -? I have PATIENCE again?!?!

I can’t say enough about the experience. I’ve spent a fair amount of the day raving about it to friends and family.

You opened my mind to possibilities again. Kristen, you are truly inspiring.

I am more satisfied with you understanding the impact your work had on me- and what it can mean for others.

It truly was transformative for me. It has changed my life.

It friggin’ worked!!! I couldn’t believe how relaxed my body started to feel. Thank you!!

What Kristen teaches works.

These sessions are like 2 hours of fresh air in a smog filled world.

Thank you for being so brave and saying it all so clearly in the PTSD course video. I know that fewer words and clearer statements like that often come from a LOT of work. I let our 8-year-old watch part of it with me. She was completely taken with it. She made a comment about how different it was than other self help. I think because you were making such clear, solid, true statements.

It’s awe inspiring to me to watch you put yourself in other’s shoes so completely, and focus in on THE issue so quickly.

Kristen, In a weekend, I learned to synthesize hours of therapy and weeks of reading into something I could use in my life!

I cannot stop thinking about our great weekend. I feel like I stepped out of my life, then returned home with a greater depth of understanding of myself. It was as though I was looking from the outside in.

You know it’s a special experience when you have an amazing time with complete strangers. A time that is both uproariously funny, profane, irreverent and also deeply insightful, thought-provoking and life altering in the best sense of the word.

I have a whole new perspective. Thank you for creating a space where it was safe to be open and vulnerable.

I got sooo much from my time with you… I am in a far better place now than I was before… I honestly feel enlightened and renewed -? I have PATIENCE again?!?! The group time was AMAZING!

Kristen’s got what it takes, that’s for sure. She can get involved with (many) people on a very personal level, which is very important so everyone can come away with a Big Mind experience.

The connection with you and the ah-ha moments I have in your sessions are huge for me. You inspire trust and really connect with (us) in a big, very real way. Thank you. Thank you!

I was blown away. The spiritual portion was kind of a surprise- that steals the show.

As time passes, the difference now is that I will let the answers come to me, rather than fighting and hunting.

I was blown away. I hadn’t expected the group to respond so deeply and thoroughly as they did. The spiritual portion was kind of a surprise- that steals the show. That’s much of the beauty of (this work).

This ain’t no band aid, this is the real deal.

If every human being occasionally took (this) journey, things might settle down a bit out there. I’m sure we will be back.

It is shocking to think that a couple of decades of religion and a couple years of therapy -? each helpful for various reasons -? hadn’t yet accomplished what (Kristen’s work) effected in three days.

There is in nothing in my history to prepare me for the experiences I have with this work. I think this defies metrics. Everything in my long ago education says it should not work but it damn well does work. Beautifully.

The first night my anxiety dreams calmed down (something I have struggled with for years, I even had sleep apnea testing because they are so bad and I wake up 40 times a night).

It was a really amazing, life-changing experience.

All I have to say is WOW! What an amazing experience!! Kristen, Thank YOU for being so wonderful to have the vision and foresight to put a program like this together. You are truly making an impact to the population one by one.

I know this has already begun to profoundly change my life. There is much work for me to do but I look forward to every moment.

A vicious circle had been broken. My wheel is unstuck. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.

Today at work the immediate feedback that I received was that I looked less stressed and that I was smiling with my entire being. Wow! Thank you so much for everything. I am so very grateful. What a glorious gift. ?

It’s been a few weeks and I can’t believe the difference it has made. I am truly a changed man. I have you to thank for that.

Thank you. You have helped more than you will ever know.

I came away with so many interesting thoughts about life and emotions and openness. First step -? recognition. Next step -? finding my own means of expressing this in a healthy way.

I feel that something switched for me and I was shown a new way to see the world and myself.

I seem to have a whole new perspective.

So much has come up for me, and continues to come up for me. Thank you again…for so many things.

Thanks Kristen for truly original, wonderful, productive, awe inspiring, soul searching, healthy and magical (teachings). I’m left with a whole lot to think about and to feel about!

I’ve not had a teacher like this before never let it in that far and I wish not to squander the understanding.

It’s been a few weeks and I can’t believe the difference it has made. It allows me to approach life situations with a much more open mind, thus creating more fluid and successful outcomes. I’m no longer feeling anxiety or stress around decisions.

I am truly a changed man. I have you to thank for that.

Kristen, I am amazed and I never use the word. THANK YOU. This rocks Kristen, you have hit it.

I really do feel like I have a road map for the next fifty years!

Everything you ever wanted to know about fear. Ulmer takes a radical approach to an age-old problem and delivers smart, exciting, and extremely fresh ideas.

Learning how to have an intimate relationship with fear is one of the best things you can do, and Kristen is masterful at teaching you how to do that.

For years I dangled my ski tips over the edge of cliffs. Kristen got me to actually jump. Whether on snow, in your career, or just in life itself, no one owns fear better than Ulmer.

Who better than Kristen Ulmer to introduce us to our constant companion, fear, and turn him from an enemy to a friend.

Kristen Ulmer offers us a manual for living with freedom and joy in the midst of all the competing voices that arise to derail us on the journey.

What to do about fear eluded me until I met Kristen. I now use her advice daily, especially when my life is intense and busy, to take the pit out of my stomach, do a better job at work, and get much-needed sleep.

Blending practical, personal, and philosophical insights, Kristen Ulmer has expanded my mind and changed my life.

I can’t believe the transformation I’ve undergone from the analytical tight ass that I was to this free-flowing self.

I felt like this formerly insurmountable weight had been lifted off of my chest. I’ve never felt more at peace.

I noticed that I felt lighter. In the days that followed, I noticed that my light feeling became clarity of mind. As the days went, the clarity didn’t go away (as I feared it would) and I began to notice that my emotions were more translucent and rose and fell, rather than overcoming me or creating a suffocating fog. I kept thinking it would wear off, but it hasn’t.

If I can make that kind of change in one afternoon, what else can I do?

For me, each new day brings new and deeper insights. I know that this is just the beginning, so it’ll be interesting to see where the ride takes me

This past weekend at work, one of our volunteers in his late 60s/early 70s and is an MD picked it up and started reading. A few hours later he looked up and said I’m buying 2 of these lol. If everyone did the work you have outlined we would all have a much better mental state.

Awesome, honest, refreshing. Life-changing. I feel that something switched for me and I was shown a new way to see the world and myself.

This is the first time that I feel genuinely excited and eager about what the future has in store for me. And I have you to thank for that.

I spoke to Eileen, and she told me that (this) did more for her than 15 YEARS of therapy.

I had never heard such a powerful and deeply true message about anxiety and it completely changed my life.

You are doing some groundbreaking work. I have done lots and lots counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, drugs (started and stopped), psychiatric care, and two 10 day Vipassana meditation courses. You take this a step further because you actually address emotion. I have recommended your (work) to everyone I know.

If I can make that kind of change in one weekend, what else can I do? I feel like someone took my training wheels off.

Afterwards, I noticed that I felt lighter. In the days that followed, I noticed that my light feeling became clarity of mind. As the days went, the clarity didn’t go away (as I feared it would) and I began to notice that my emotions were more translucent and rose and fell, rather than overcoming me or creating a suffocating fog. I kept thinking it would wear off, but it hasn’t.

The whole experience was life-changing. I feel that something switched for me and I was shown a new way to see the world and myself.

I could not have made it through such an intense transitional year without your teachings. I do not believe the words thank you are powerful enough.

This ain’t no band aid, this is the real deal.

People have been avoiding or medicating away Fear and Anxiety for too long, and we need a more integrative approach. Finally, someone who is clear about this enormous and important subject, with great practical advice that is simply spot on. This book will turn the fear and anxiety world on their heads.

I am on this amazing turbo charged growth path -? I am blooming faster and faster, at a wonderfully rapidly unfolding pace- there are truly no words to describe this. (Working with you) is one of the three BIGGEST events in my life that have helped me really turn a HUGE corner. I am deeply grateful!! Thank YOU!

I wanted to thank you for changing my life. I don’t think I realized how much of an impact (your work) had on me until recently and it’s been a year since I attended. I knew it had an impact right after, but as time has gone on, there have been more and more lessons that pop up into my head that I never initially considered. I love that!

The experience was outstanding. None of us will ever be the same.

My partner and I went to the camp together and it enhanced our understanding of each other as well as our relationship -? our love is flowing stronger than ever!

I just wanted to say that my experience at your camp has been life changing.

I’m still awestruck by the weekend.

(My Friend) tells me that I seem somehow happier than before. And on Wednesday it was the first time skiing since the last camp, and I was amazed. I was all alone … and skiing more gracefully than ever. I was making turns without doing anything I could detect to make them happen.

The guidance you gave me on the chairlift has changed everything for me. I am really happy with where (my life) is going, and you helped me through (an awkward hold back).

I reflected on my life trajectory while on the trail this summer…I need to say that I think where you’ve taken skiing is ground-breaking and inspiring.

It was so powerful for me. What you’re doing at these camps is truly amazing. That you’re able to bring so many people together from all walks of life and unify them in purpose and connect them on a real level is impressive.

(Ski to Live) was, bar none, head and shoulders above the rest, the most powerful teaching and skiing experience I have had in my 39 years of skiing.

Thank you hughly for all that you gave to us and everybody in that clinic. It was just absolutely amazing. It’s not only a once in a lifetime experience but just from a teaching perspective some of the things you did were just really astonishing.

Thanks again for offering me a life altering experience. A day hasn’t gone by since I was in Utah that I don’t think about the camp.

This is the first time that I feel genuinely excited and eager about what the future has in store for me. And I have you to thank for that.

Oh my! It was and continues to be all you promised, Kristen, and more. And the tribe we formed is by far one of the most powerful groups I have ever encountered.

I am on this amazing turbo charged growth path -? I am blooming faster and faster, at a wonderfully rapidly unfolding pace- there are truly no words to describe this.

Wow. Just wow. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I’d emerge from this past weekend as I have. Wow. I feel like I have received a special present from you.

I could not have made it through such an intense transitional year without your teachings. I do not believe the words thank you are powerful enough.

I am living with color, light and dark, and texture I never noticed until I did this work.

This ain’t no band aid, this is the real deal.

I’ve gotten more out of (3) phone consults than a year of therapy.

My fear disappeared about three months ago. I have been public speaking without panic attacks and have experienced ease and spontaneous interaction with people I would have been intimidated by in the past. Also no constant free-floating anxiety in the background all the time. A great relief after 40 years of struggle. So, thank you.

Read this book if you want to know the reason behind many of your struggles. It explains, simply, everything.

The Art of Fear is an authentic, original, and deeply helpful guide for turning fear to your advantage. Drawing on a lifetime’s experience as a top-ranked extreme skier, Zen practitioner and sports coach, Kristen Ulmer offers us a manual for living with freedom and joy in the midst of all the competing voices that arise to derail us on the journey. This is a book that comes directly from a courageous heart, and should inspire you to live with the same radical courage!