Do You Believe in Synchronicities?
Energy, Feminine Power, Fulfillment, Gratitude, Growth Mindset, Leadership Milisa Burns Energy, Feminine Power, Fulfillment, Gratitude, Growth Mindset, Leadership Milisa Burns

Do You Believe in Synchronicities?

Do you believe in synchronicities? (I do. I want to make empowered meaning wherever I can get it!) I want to share a very fresh synchronicity – it just happened a few minutes ago. So, as you may know, I am hosting the first ever Making Room For YOU Circle tomorrow night. And, I have been planning on using the brilliant Claire Zammit’s Feminine Power visioning circle outline as the main structure for the Circle. It’s what I have used for the last two years and it is hugely effective.

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It’s Cold and I’m Tired… Why Would I Go Out to a Circle?
Energy, Feminine Power, Fulfillment, Growth Mindset, Leadership Milisa Burns Energy, Feminine Power, Fulfillment, Growth Mindset, Leadership Milisa Burns

It’s Cold and I’m Tired… Why Would I Go Out to a Circle?

You might well ask: Why would I make the effort to brave a dark, cold January night, after a long day, to join a Visioning Circle? Well, to answer your question, the bottom line is, the effort will pay off for you in spades – you may arrive tired, and even overwhelmed, but you will leave with a level of energy and clarity about your intentions for the year (and beyond!) that will be galvanizing for you. You will have clear steps to implement right away and a feeling that you are well supported.

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Are You In? Let Me Tell You How and Why "I'm In"
Feminine Power, Leadership Milisa Burns Feminine Power, Leadership Milisa Burns

Are You In? Let Me Tell You How and Why "I'm In"

I am unabashedly evangelistic about SheEO - have you heard of it? It's existence and the women SheEO supports give me hope for the future of our world. Below I share the short story of about how and why "I'm In" - this whole post is less than a 3 minute read... the inspiration and energy you'll receive from learning more about SheEO will be well worth your time spent!

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Waves That Can Overwhelm Us and Knock Us Down
Energy, Feminine Power, Vulnerability, Well-Being/Happiness Milisa Burns Energy, Feminine Power, Vulnerability, Well-Being/Happiness Milisa Burns

Waves That Can Overwhelm Us and Knock Us Down

That wave slap experience has stayed with me over the years in a visceral way. Lately, I have been noticing that my experience feels akin to what can happen to us when life comes at us in a wave - of emotions or thoughts or circumstances - and hits us unexpectedly. It's that same terrible feeling of overwhelm and of powerlessness.

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Are You Pot-Bound?
Feminine Power, Growth Mindset Milisa Burns Feminine Power, Growth Mindset Milisa Burns

Are You Pot-Bound?

There’s an inevitability to growth. Just like that plant, programmed to become a large oak tree, you are designed to grow into your potential. And yet if you are in too small a container, both your roots are contained, and your height is contained. You cannot grow tall and straight with your branches reaching out, aligned with who you are inside. How sad is that?

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Unexpected Gratitude
Energy, Feminine Power, Gratitude Milisa Burns Energy, Feminine Power, Gratitude Milisa Burns

Unexpected Gratitude

The other day I was working at a café here in Toronto, with a view through the window into the climbing gym where my youngest was in an after-school program. This has been our weekly routine for some months now and it is working beautifully. As I sat there, feeling stressed by what was on my plate, I felt a huge wave of gratitude come over me.

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The Sweet Fruits of Transformation – A Story
Feminine Power, Well-Being/Happiness Milisa Burns Feminine Power, Well-Being/Happiness Milisa Burns

The Sweet Fruits of Transformation – A Story

I want to tell you the story of Vanessa, an imaginary woman who is a combination of many of the women I have talked to and worked with over the years, and me. I want to sketch out for you her “before and after” coaching story – so you can see the benefits of transformation. The fruits of transformation can be very sweet indeed!

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I Do, and I Don’t, Want to Transform
Feminine Power, Growth Mindset Milisa Burns Feminine Power, Growth Mindset Milisa Burns

I Do, and I Don’t, Want to Transform

If you are anything like me, you probably have mixed feelings about the idea of transforming certain aspects of yourself or your life. When I would hear Claire Zammit, the founder of Feminine Power, talk about how we were going to transform in the first course I took with her, I would feel a good dose of fear along with any excitement. I feared that transformation would mean that everything I had built - my marriage, my family, my friends, my work - would be on the table for transformation.

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Fun is Not a Luxury
Creativity, Feminine Power, Fulfillment, Leadership, Well-Being/Happiness Milisa Burns Creativity, Feminine Power, Fulfillment, Leadership, Well-Being/Happiness Milisa Burns

Fun is Not a Luxury

In my conversations with other women over the years, I have heard over and over about their yearning for Fun. But they often hold themselves back from creating fun in their lives - they see it as a luxury. I too am guilty of this. But Fun is not a luxury. It is not selfish. It is an essential ingredient in our lives. And we need to Make Room For It.

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Blooming as a Catalytic Act of Leadership
Events, Feminine Power, Leadership, Vulnerability Milisa Burns Events, Feminine Power, Leadership, Vulnerability Milisa Burns

Blooming as a Catalytic Act of Leadership

What is so compelling about a bloom? The list is long – I am thinking about the power and the vulnerability of a bloom. In a flower, there is beauty, there may be a magnetic scent, and there is the vulnerability of the complete openness of a full bloom. When a woman blooms, there is also so much power and vulnerability. Blooming can be catalytic, an act of leadership.

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Are You Choosing to be a Victim or a Creator in Your Life?
Energy, Feminine Power Milisa Burns Energy, Feminine Power Milisa Burns

Are You Choosing to be a Victim or a Creator in Your Life?

Are you choosing to be a victim or a creator in your life? This is a moment to moment, day to day choice. One of the most influential things I have learned in the last few years is the sense that life is happening through me, not to me… and through you too… through us all. I knew this at one level before – I knew that I had many choices as to how I could behave and that those choices impacted my life and the lives of those around me.

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Does the Idea of a Circle of Women Make You Cringe?
Feminine Power, Perfectionism Milisa Burns Feminine Power, Perfectionism Milisa Burns

Does the Idea of a Circle of Women Make You Cringe?

Does the prospect of being in a workshop with a circle of women, most of whom you’ve just met, make you cringe? Does it actually scare you? If yes, I get it. I get it, because our society and many of the professions we are in - law (my background), medicine, academia, for example - seem to require us to always have the answers, to not show an iota of vulnerability. There is so much pressure to appear perfect.

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Energy, Feminine Power Milisa Burns Energy, Feminine Power Milisa Burns

Connect With Yourself First

Happy Valentine’s Day! I know this day can bring up a lot of emotions, positive and negative, whether you are single or in a relationship. I also know that the most effective way to be able to relate well with others - our loved ones and otherwise - is to connect to ourselves first. What do I mean by this exactly? I mean being able to turn toward yourself at least once a day and have the kind of conversation that you would have with someone you love - like a dear friend, your partner, or a child in your life.

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