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When the Body Struggles BUT the Spirit Soars
Healing isn't about staying positive. Amy Conn reflects on holding exhaustion and hope at once, and finding courage in simply continuing.
What If We Are SO Fatigued… We Feel Like Giving Up on Hope?
Soul tired is different. Amy Conn reflects on compassion fatigue, remaining human in hard times, and why choosing hope is its own quiet courage.
Usui Reiki Level 1 Training This Fall 2026 — Why I'm Finally Teaching It
Amy Conn shares the real story behind her Reiki journey from cancer survivor to practitioner, and why she is opening her first teacher training this fall in Salt Lake City.
When It Rains… It Pours (Or Maybe… It Aligns?)
Life feels full, compressed, and a little overwhelming. But what if the chaos isn't chaos at all? A reflection on alignment, bucket lists, and rising.
Sound the Alarm - Ring the Bell
Michael rang the bell. After months of scans and treatment, a firefighter's cancer journey reaches a powerful milestone worth celebrating.
Firefighter Cancer Risk: Awareness, Research, and Utah’s Legislative Response
Dozens of people have asked me if Michael will write his own book about his cancer journey.
Dozens.
Salt of the Earth People
MARY: "Bread, that this house may never know hunger. Salt, that life may always have flavor."
GEORGE: "And wine, that joy and prosperity may reign forever. Enter the Martini Castle."
Small Bodies, Big Wisdom: Finding Happiness Anyway
Anxiety lives in some of the kids’ little bodies. It shows up in tight shoulders, restless hands, shallow breaths. It’s subtle, but it’s there.
And I suspect it doesn’t start with them.
Yoga for Life | A Tale of Two Brave Men
Bravery wears many faces.
Some are gentle and creative.
Others are firm and unyielding.
Both can be difficult to witness.
Both are necessary.
Wellness Beyond Medicine
Lately, I’ve been sitting with a question that keeps returning to me—quietly, insistently.
Are people spending more time tending to their wellness, rather than simply waiting until they’re sick enough to see a doctor?
Sometimes It Takes a Team of Firefighters to Challenge Cancer
Challenging cancer isn’t a solo act.
It’s a collective one.
And grace, as it turns out, often looks like a team.
Is It Okay To Believe In HOPE Again? | Intuitive Reiki Healing
On this fourth day of January, something feels different.
Maybe you feel it too — a subtle shift in energy, not loud or dramatic, but quiet and present. Like a pause. Like a breath. Like the moment after a long season when the air changes just enough that your body notices before your mind does. For many people, intuitive Reiki healing becomes a way to stay present and supported during seasons like this—when hope needs to be held gently, not forced.
Where Christmas Lives
In the magic of Christmas, I’ve been thinking about how often it arrives in non-traditional forms.
I believe Christmas doesn’t live solely on a date in the calendar or a carefully arranged set of traditions.
It lives in the spirit of an event.
An adventure.
A person.
A community.
This year, our son’s very unconventional Christmas felt more like Santa’s workshop than a holiday movie.