Amy L. Burns, CLC Filled with interesting and inspiring thoughts, quotes, and questions, this blog is intended as a sacred space where I explore and reflect on my personal spiritual experiences as they relate to coaching, and share my favorite tools and techniques to assist you in your own journey.

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Wednesday, September 01, 2004   Discovering Misalignments This past August I traveled to Seattle to visit family and friends. Much to my surprise, an amazing and unexpected thing happened. All of my stresses melted away. I felt so relaxed and at peace. Many of the anxiety-related behaviors and symptoms I experience in my daily life stopped. I stopped biting my nails and craving sweets, my back felt relaxed and loose, and I began sleeping soundly through the night. In fact, a few nights, I was even able to sleep 9 to 12 hours. A couple days before returning home to Boston I noticed the stress edging its way back in. Ugh. Then, upon returning home and to my part-time office job, all of the behaviors and symptoms magically re-appeared! What was causing all this stress and anxiety? I immediately saw an opportunity to learn something about myself. I took some time to consider the particular stressors in my life. What kind of stress did each present? Could I make changes that would reduce or eliminate the stress or stressor ? I found the most stressful and most changeable situation was returning to my office job. I love the environment and the company. But, the work is not in alignment with my life purpose and takes up time I would rather be using for activities that nourish me and support me as a whole person. In addition, I had planned on completing my service there by June, which had already come and gone. Once I made this connection it became clear to me that the “problem” or misalignment in my life is that I am doing something that does not support my life purpose or personal truth. It is a huge barrier to peace, joy, ease of life, and fulfillment. So, I know that right now is the perfect time to let it go. What an amazing learning experience :) Letting go is not always easy. But it is very freeing. Labels: Articles # posted by Amy L. Burns @ 7:00 AM 0 comments   M. Scott Peck Quote The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. M. Scott Peck Labels: Quotes # posted by Amy L. Burns @ 6:02 AM 0 comments