Anxiety can shock the system. It can pummel and paralyze us. It’s all too easy to feel angry or frustrated when life doesn’t go the direction we want it to go.
My take on the root cause of anxiety is just this: we want life to be how we want it. ... Read More


Our hearts have layers and layers of anguish. When something in life troubles us, often we hold onto it. These negative feelings and experiences accumulate like rust in our hearts. All of us have these layers of struggle and pain.
The good news is that you can break through the layers ... Read More
July 12, 2022Dr.Kirk Laman
My sister passed away unexpectedly this week. She was 62 years old. Strangely I didn’t feel much. As a cardiologist who encourages people to live from the heart, who helps people learn to connect to their heart for healing, my heart was silent. A vacuum cavernous and intensely occupied the ... Read More
June 13, 2022Dr.Kirk Laman
Our hearts are stuffed with wisdom. They are designed to lead us.
Too often we lead with our minds. The mind is important sure we can't deny it. But our minds dart randomly like a dandelion seed blown in the wind. Our mind latches onto fear and doubt. Our fears can ... Read More
May 29, 2022Dr.Kirk Laman
Heart’s ache. In these modern times, in this seemingly never-ending season of Covid- our heart’s feel stretched to the point of breaking. It’s as if a black, villainous balloon is being blown up inside our chests. And with each pump of air the emotional cords that are holding our heart’s ... Read More
December 9, 2021Dr.Kirk Laman
Are you mired in a pit of Covid Anxiety? Does walking through a store unmasked give you the willies? Much of the world is still rehabbing from the clutches of Covid-19. States have opened up. Yet, even though we have left behind the facial protection and six foot distancing the ... Read More
October 4, 2021Dr.Kirk Laman
Your heart needs to be healthy. It needs to be healthy so that you can move and live in the way that you want.
Normally, when we think of our heart health we think only of our outer heart–the physical heart. All of us know that our physical heart is important. ... Read More
December 1, 2020Dr.Kirk Laman
“How would your life be different if you stopped worrying about things that you can’t control and started focusing on the things you can?
Let today be the day…You free yourself from fruitless worry, seize the day and take effective action on things you can change.” ― Steve Maraboli
Control is often ... Read More
November 13, 2020Dr.Kirk Laman
Life can kick us in the stomach sometimes, but did you know that even when life seems brutal you don’t have to be unhappy.
Medical research has shown that happiness is within everyone's grasp. Recenty I came across an interesting book, "The How of Happiness," look at what the author, psychologist Dr. Sonja ... Read More
October 9, 2020Dr.Kirk Laman
A storm is brewing. The wind may be howling and the waves crashing. Perhaps the trees are bent nearly to the ground, stretched to their limit.
Just when it seems the darkest, you have to grab onto hope. You have to hope that relief is in site. The storm will pass ... Read More
September 20, 2020Dr.Kirk Laman