Today's guest is Dara Kurtz; she's a writer, speaker, podcaster, and blogger of "Crazy Perfect Life" and shares her wisdom on life, loss, and love. She discusses why we should take a hard look at what's important in our lives. Dara's secret to having a happy life is living fully and loving deeply. Her mom's death held her back for a long time, and she wasn't able to make the most of her life or relationships because she didn't want to risk getting hurt again. Dara shows us the importance of opening our hearts, letting people in, and why we can't live life to our best ability if we worry about what might happen. Dara also encourages us to go for anything we want because what's the worst that can happen? 

 Dara Kurtz is a wife and mother, and at the age of 42 she was diagnosed with cancer. Going through chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery changed Dara's perspective; what she thought was important wasn't so important anymore. She decided to leave her 20-year career as a personal banker and financial advisor to focus on writing. Her blog, "Crazy Perfect Life," has over 200,000 followers. She is the author of three books, Crush Cancer, The Crush Cancer Workbook, and I Am My Mother's Daughter. When Dara was 28, she lost her mother to cancer. She recently wrote a book about the letters and lessons from both her mother and grandmothers, which includes tips that can help strengthen our relationships or help us move forward in our journey in finding love. 

Kerry Brett and Dara Kurtz cover a lot of ground, topics include;
Embrace that life isn't perfect and messy, and all you can do is the best you can.
Why we need to stop reviewing regrets.
How to keep the keys to your own happiness in your pocket.
Why you need to stop caring or worrying about how other people are going to react to us.
Why it's important to stop trying to be perfect and live a peaceful life.
Why you should challenge yourself, face your fears and ask yourself the worst that can happen?
If you don't push yourself and try different things, you can rob yourself of love and joy.
You develop more confidence by taking risks and bringing in new experiences.
We need to stop being stuck in pain and get back to the business of living.
Why you need to stop putting things off and star living for today.
Why we should make the of precious time with loved ones.
If we close our hearts, then we are cheating ourselves on some of the best positive experiences.
Count your blessings instead of your problems.
You can learn to recognize and replace negative stories and decide what you want to tell yourself to believe.
If you expect good things to happen, they usually do.
The world can be our playground if we let it.

For more information about Dara Kurtz you can find out more on www.crazyperfectlife.com  Follow on Facebook Crazy Perfect Life by Dara Kurtz and Instagram @crazyperflife.