Kristy immediately surrounded me with her positive and compassionate energy! I was able to open up and freely talk with her. My issue was low-self esteem. I grew up in a country where I was not allowed to be who I am. Kristy helped me turn what I thought were shortcomings into strengths. I felt truly heard and validated. Our work together gave meaning to my struggles. Kristy profoundly changed my life!
Kristy Sweetland has helped me change my life in ways I never dreamed possible. She is compassionate, intuitive, and has an incredible empathic ability to help others sort through difficult or challenging circumstances. Her coaching has truly been one of the most transformative events of my life. Kristy is a transcendent soul and I will forever be thankful for her role in helping me change my life.
From the first page, Stark Raving Zen is as riveting as it is brave, raw, and true. Such clarity and authenticity are rare and sorely needed in these times. Though speaking of supernatural and at times terrifying things, the voice remains casual, with humor, humanity, and lightness.
Sweetland writes of feeling released from shackles. Stark Raving Zen has the same effect on readers, permitting us to face our own demons, releasing us from unseen chains, and inviting us to join the author in becoming our full, unadulterated, authentic selves.
Stark Raving Zen, which could be called Learning to Trust Yourself, unflinchingly tells the incredible tale of a spiritual crisis and awakening. If this is what it takes to develop a mind and intuition as beautiful and brilliant as Kristy Sweetland’s, sign me up!
When reality ceases to be real and the surreal takes over, there is nothing to do but place one foot in front of the other and take each moment as it comes. One aspect of shamanism is the belief that whatever happens in the moment is your reality. What you’re experiencing at the time is real for you. Imagine, though, what it would be like to be conversing with an angel one moment and fighting off a horde of the undead the next—all within the space of 15 minutes. These are the kinds of trials that happened to Kristy, and kept happening for the better part of a month.
Regardless of one’s belief in the supernatural or lack thereof, Stark Raving Zen is a real page-turner. Readers will travel every step of this journey with Kristy—thrilled by the fearsome beauty of the Southwestern landscape, comforted by the calm presence of her angel dog Arya, hearts beating double-time in anticipation of whatever new challenge will present itself, just around the next curve in the road.
Publisher, Winds of Change Press / Four Winds Journal
When you read the pages of this extraordinary book, expect to take a journey unlike one you’ve ever imagined. Kristy’s vivid life experiences and her deft ability to express them with vulnerability, insight and a mastery of language is a raw and beneficent revelation that leaves the reader awed, shell-shocked and renewed.
Kristy courageously exposes her life and her truth-seeking to the reader, and compels us to look inward at our own lives as well, at our own truth, our own unique path. As a reader, I was not only taken into Kristy’s experiences with her, but also given access to her internal dialogue and self-analysis that accompany each profound, enchanting, horrific encounter with her own psyche and her place in this world. The words on these pages are completely transporting, and Kristy expertly mingles academic analysis, deep emotion and self-awareness with fantastic if reluctant self-acceptance. It calls us to break through the barriers that constrain our lives and to live according to our own truth.
Emmy-winning Producer & Writer; Author of Get In The Ring: The Tale of Bruno the Boxer
Every session with Kristy is a game changer. She is magical without even trying to be!
Owner/FounderRife MasonrySeattle, WA
Kristy’s manner is so compassionate, her attentiveness is resolute, and her ability to get to the root of the issue is remarkable. She is open, honest, and incredibly intuitive. I always finish my sessions empowered with a new sense of purpose.
Owner / ArtistLake Of The Owls Ceramics
“Kristy, whatever my success in life, I owe it to your coaching. I am deeply, truly grateful that you’re in my corner.”
Chief Legal OfficerGenesis Capital, LLC
I highly recommend Kristy as a coach! Having a session with her on my calendar motivates me to actively consider my current state and relaxes me because I look so forward to talking with her! Her attentive listening, adept intuition, and candid advice combines into a powerful experience that is soothing as well as provoking, both calming and energizing. I feel more like myself for having her in my life.
Chief of StaffNYC Urban Park Svc and Public Programs
Being stuck felt like going through the motions of life on auto-pilot. I am struck by Kristy’s 100% focus, authenticity, caring demeanor, and listening skills! Working with her feels completely natural!
ConsultantDenver, CO
