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Karma and Consequences || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
The spiritual path is not for the hesitant. Besides the search for teachings that resonate with you, which can be quite tedious, there’s the actual practice itself. Sure, it’s helpful to have beliefs to turn to, some reassurance to give a sense of order and structure to the world. However, where the rubber meets the…
Read MoreThe Fire that Spreads: On Hope in Chaotic Times || By Kevin Culver, LPCC
I want to begin this blog by sharing a quote I came across this week from a news conference in Utah: “I’m not optimistic, but I am hopeful. And hope is the virtue that sits between the vices of optimism and pessimism. Hope is the idea that good things are going to happen because we…
Read MoreAnte Up || By Laura Zwisler, LPC
I suspect life is run like a casino game. Casino games require that you place a bet or “ante up” before you get a chance to play. Playing is not winning. Playing is an opportunity to win. It’s also an opportunity to lose. Should you lose, you paid to lose. Should you win, you paid for the chance to win. Want…
Read MoreLet’s Chat Gender || By Bre Smith, Affordable Counseling Intern
I love to talk about gender! There is so much nuance, play, fun, and violence, oppression, harm surrounding gender. This topic is dynamic, complex, important, fluid, and sacred. What is gender? Gender is only one piece of the identity pie. This short essay is too brief to cover the many layers of identity such as…
Read MoreFrom Mind-Body to Bodymind || By Phannie Krentzman
A crucial aspect of our well being is disregarded and overlooked. Obsessed with cognition, we seem to miss what’s right underneath us – our bodies. Funnily enough, we’ve separated the brain and its function, from the body. We’ve forgotten that the brain IS body and that the body is continuous. Now it’s a curious thing…
Read MoreHealing Through Ecstatic Dance: Can Movement, Community, and Sound Heal You Back to Life? || By Laura Hogzett MA, LPC, EMDR
Not long ago, I found myself deep in what many would call another dark night of the soul. They say when we’re ready, the challenge arrives, because we’re strong enough to face it. But this time, I wasn’t so sure. I felt exhausted from the last storm, already worn thin. I had begun to isolate,…
Read MoreAutism and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Hidden Overlap || By Annabelle Denmark LPC
In my work with neurodivergent clients, I’ve noticed a pattern: many autistic people also live with chronic pain, fatigue, and mobility issues. One condition that comes up often is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)—a connective tissue disorder that, on the surface, seems unrelated to autism. But research and lived experience suggest a significant overlap between the two.…
Read MoreWhat It Really Means to Live a Holistic Life: Thoughts from a Therapist in Denver || By Leanne Morton, MA, LPC, ATR
Have you ever felt like your mind is racing, your body is exhausted no matter how much sleep you get? Like you’re going through the motions of your day but not really in it? We’re living in a time that glorifies productivity, where the pressure to do more often comes at the expense of our…
Read MoreThe Importance of Kindness in a Cruel World II By Kevin Culver, LPCC
During one of the nationwide protests in June, I stumbled across a photo in the news that made me ponder the importance of kindness and compassion in our current world. The photo was of a protester holding a simple cardboard sign with the following words inscribed in sharpie, “When cruelty becomes normal, kindness looks radical.”…
Read MoreParadox on the Path II By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
There are so many ways to start on the spiritual path. For many, it might just be a sense of something missing, like a can’t-quite-put-a-finger-on-it feeling, a deep longing that can’t be articulated and yet … a person is pulled toward something that is also somewhat obtuse. On the other hand, it could be…
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