It's completely 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.

"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(R) series and The Success Principles(TM)

"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