Spirituality & Mental Health Reflections – Reflective writing and musings on on the intersection of spiritual practice and emotional healing. These resources explore intuition, presence, divine connection, and the sacredness of recovery through a soulful lens.
We see everything through a glass, darkly. Sometimes we can peer through the glass and catch a glimpse of what is on the other side. If we were to polish the glass clean, then we’d see much more. But then we would no longer see ourselves. Jostein Gaarder, 1993 — Through a Glass, Darkly I… Continue reading Does the Human Ego Serve a Purpose?
I wrote previously on my blog about why healing trauma starts with creating safety, and while I think I had some truly valuable insights from an intellectual perspective here, I have so much more to add to this piece on the spiritual side of things. I’ve “worked with” the chakras for over 10 years—but that doesn’t… Continue reading Healing the Lower Chakras: Why trauma healing requires safety above all else
DBT Wise Mind is an important practice in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). This practice teaches us to recognize that there are different sides to every issue and situation that we face, and how to walk the middle ground between our emotions and reasonable thought. With this practice, I have been able to recognize the grey… Continue reading DBT Wise Mind: What it Means To Me [PDF]
In my philosophy, we (as individuals) are not God in its entirety; but embodied (physical) parts of God, much like everything in nature, that have the unique capacity for awareness of this fact. Like brain cells in an individual human brain functioning to think without the understanding that they are a part of a larger,… Continue reading Exploring Heaven and Hell, the Ego, Karma and the Chakras
Scorpio season: the season of personal power, philosophy, intensity, sexuality, mystery, and—underlying it all—shadow work. Thank God it’s over, right? Well, kind of… The Full Moon is here, now halfway through the journey it began on November 13th. But—we have to remember to celebrate the progress of our work so far this moon cycle before we… Continue reading Full Moon in Gemini & Reflecting on Scorpio New Moon Intentions: From the shadows into the light
Eliza Blooms 