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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Thursday, April 27, 2006   Daily Peace Want peace? If you've got 10 mintues per day to join a conference call that puts you into a peaceful state, the Peace Experiment might be the awesome daily adventure you've been looking for. Labels: FunStuff # posted by Amy L. Burns @ 7:53 AM 0 comments   Photographing Spirit Find a few minutes today to view this incredible photography: http://www.ashesandsnow.org/ I can't possibly describe the incredibly beauty of these images of people and animals. These are not you usual snapshots - this is brilliant art. Labels: FunStuff # posted by Amy L. Burns @ 7:48 AM 0 comments Saturday, April 15, 2006   Messages in dissatisfaction If your life, relationships, job or body seemingly aren't working, what message is there for you? No matter what, there is always a message or lesson in what is happening (or not happening) in our lives. If you are doing what you love and getting what you want out of life, the message might be that you are clear in your purpose and to continue in the direction you are moving. Likewise, it may be that by doing what you love, you will get what you need and want. What is the message your life, mind, body or spirit is trying to share with you if things aren't amazing or if you aren't getting what you want? For me, whenever I recognize that I'm dissatisfied with something, I also recognize it is an opportunity for greater understanding and awareness, an opportunity to change what I'm thinking or how I'm behaving in order to create something that better matches what I want to experience. Our mind, body and spirit all have one goal - of living a happy, healthy life. If this isn't happening for you, your mind, body or spirit will let you know through a variety of unpleasant mental, emotional or physical cues. These cues may come in all kinds of forms ranging from frustration to anger, sadness to depression, a headache to a broken leg, or even events and situations in our lives. Whatever the signal, you will likely experience it as some sort of dissatisfaction or discomfort. If you are experiencing dissatisfaction, the presence of this dissatisfaction is your mind, body or spirit's way of telling you its time for you to make adjustments to how you are thinking, how you are living, what you are doing, and/or who you are being. There are two important elements to what I just said... The first is that something needs to change. If nothing changes, the dissatisfaction will stay, too. The second part is that you are responsible for making the necessary changes. It isn't the outside world that needs to change to make you happy (even though we often want it to) - you need to change something in what you are believing, thinking, doing, or being. This doesn't mean you are wrong, bad or messed up. It merely means that you get to honor of being one person capable of and responsible for creating the experience you want. Wow, you hold incredible power! What messages are your life, mind, body and/or spirit currently giving you? How are you listening to these messages? With criticism, guilt, and anger or with love, compassion and forgiveness? What are you willing to do in order to experience more satisfaction? Labels: Exercises # posted by Amy L. Burns @ 12:14 PM 0 comments Thursday, April 06, 2006   How do you spell relief? Stress can creep right into a person's life, seemingly without warning. Like a freckle we've had since we can remember, over time we quickly become accustomed to feeling stress so that we no longer notice it sitting with us. What I've noticed is that building stress-releasing activities into my daily routine can really help me release stress, and prevent stress build-up. Kind of like using Tilex every time you shower, releasing bits of stress each day keeps my mind and body feeling clear. I also find it leaves me better prepared to deal with minor irritations and what can sometimes feel like huge crises. For me, there are so many avenues for relieving and releasing stress, and they are often some of the same things that nourish my spirit in general. walking painting ceramic or clay work crying laughing talking singing meditation writing dancing around like a faerie being playful spending time in nature gardening How do you relieve and release stress? How do you nourish your spirit? Labels: Exercises # posted by Amy L. Burns @ 2:52 PM 0 comments