Meet Amy Stark | Podcaster and Transformation Coach

We had the good fortune of connecting with Amy Stark and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Amy, is there something you believe many others might not?
I disagree with the conventional advice that there is little we can do to change our health, especially when it comes to chronic illness.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
My career began because I could no longer handle teaching in a hard-to-staff school.  Unfortunately, I became burned out after just 4 years of teaching.

I was a high school science teacher working with students classified with Emotional Disturbances and had almost no training in working with this population. Very quickly, I became overwhelmed and chronically stressed.

This chronic stress slowly eroded my mind, body, and spirit. I frequently became sick and struggled to feel like I was making a difference. I felt defeated because I had worked so hard to become a teacher and I couldn’t handle the intense stress I was under.

I eventually left my teaching job to save myself.

To start, I began by changing my diet and exercising again. I started feeling better and gaining more clarity around my life. Around that same time, a friend recommended meditation, so I tried it.

At first, I was very intimidated by the idea of meditation but figured it was worth a try. I started with 15 minutes but soon worked my way up to 2 hours a day because it felt so good when I meditated.

I’m glad I began meditating because it changed my life in ways I never could have imagined.

I began to get to know myself in a better, deeper way. I heard my inner voice and was shocked at the way I talked to myself. I also became frustrated by the useless repetitive thoughts but soon learned how to let them go.

Meditation became a time when I sorted through many years of inner conflict, limiting beliefs, fears, and traumas. It also became a time when I learned to master my thoughts.

You see, meditation isn’t the absence of thought (as many have believed), it is our ability to remain focused despite the inevitable thoughts that arise. Meditation is a time when we become aware of our thinking and practice how to shift our thinking by choosing different thoughts.

The more I meditated, the better I felt.

For almost 30 years I had been chronically ill. Doctors resigned to the idea that I would always be someone who was sick. They said there was little they could do to help. In hindsight, there was little THEY could do.

I soon began to realize that the more I meditated, the more I naturally gravitated to things that were good for me. I no longer had cravings for sugary cakes and snacks. I no longer was a 3 diet Cokes a day kind of gal. I wanted vegetables and lots of them. I craved time in nature. I balanced my time between work and play. I suddenly was happy again and healthy too.

I felt more healthy than I had ever felt in my life.

This set me off on a journey to learn more about the role of the mind in our health.

As I put the pieces together, I began to realize that mental health played the biggest role in overall health, and when we are in a state of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn, (overwhelm) we are not creating health, but destroying our health. This realization led me to find out what triggers the fight, flight, freeze, and fawn state of being, also known as the sympathetic nervous system.

It turns out, that our environment can trigger the sympathetic nervous system, but the number one thing that can trigger a sympathetic state is our thoughts.

Humans are constantly thinking throughout the day and night. In fact, humans have an average of 6,000 thoughts a day (not including thoughts at night). That’s one every 9 seconds. Most of our thoughts are repetitive and negative. Most of our day we are on autopilot–accomplishing tasks, without having to pay much attention.

Additionally, most of our thoughts stem from early childhood programming. This is akin to running software on your computer that was created by a young child. There would be gaps in coding, incorrectly coded information, and limited interconnectivity between programs. As you can imagine, running a computer with this type of software would create lots of headaches and grief. The same is true for humans. If left unchecked, our thoughts have the potential to sabotage our life and health.

Understanding the brain and how it works is imperative to shifting and changing your life and health. The more you know about how the brain encodes information and pairs it with feelings, the more opportunity you have to shift it to a state that is more conducive to building the life and health that you want.

Fortunately, there are several modalities that can help us shift and recode our mind, body, and spirit to one that is thriving. One of those modalities is Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as E.F.T or tapping.

I teach my students, clients, and podcast listeners EFT because it is a fantastic tool for transformation.

With each tapping session, old programs, trauma, beliefs, and fears leave, while new more intuitive faster programming is created. Little by little, these small shifts in perspective add up to big shifts that empower us to create the life and health of our dreams.

I am living proof that addressing your mind, body, and spirit can have a massive positive impact on your health. I am 42 years old and have the immune system of a 28-year-old. I know this because I had my DNA sequenced and they were able to read the age of my immune system. As someone who was once chronically ill with no hope in sight, this is incredible news.

I believe everyone should have access to the tools, mindsets, and strategies that can assist them in creating a happier, healthier life. This is why I have a podcast called The Stark Transformation Show.

In my podcast, I share more about my journey from science teacher to healer, the fastest ways to transform your life and health, as well as interview people who are on the leading edge of health and wellness and have navigated through tough times and learned to thrive.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I love to bike or walk around Waneka lake. The views are incredible. I also loved camping in Grandby at the YMCA. There are gorgeous views, great bike paths, and so many activities for kids and families.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I’d love to thank my wife Fenella, my son, family, friends, teachers, mentors, healers, and clients for making me the woman I am today.

Website: www.starktransformation.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Starktransformation

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Starktransformation

Youtube: youtube.com/starktransformation

Other: My podcast is on all major platforms. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gIhBiPzYcA5DqVmupdFbD?si=95ec4f82d5b84792 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-stark-transformation-show/id1502603298

Image Credits
Photos by Melissa Rich and Kelsey Bauder.