Posts Tagged ‘spirituality’
What happened to the Soul in Psychology? II By Elani Engelken MA, MFTC, LPCC
I vividly remember being in my graduate program for a Masters of Counseling psychology and having our professor break down the origin of the word psychology. “Psyche” translates to soul and “ology” is the study of. I was in a graduate program getting a masters in the study of the soul and had no idea…. …
Read MoreJumping Off the Religious Platform II By Laura Hogzett MA, LPCC, EMDR
www.AwakenedLotusCounseling.com Exposed writing is both terrifying and exciting. It’s not typically my cup of tea, so I have been surprised at just how much I’m enjoying it. There’s a part of me that feels like my time is already stretched too thin and I should stay in my lane. Another part of me wakes up…
Read MoreInstinct, Emotions, or Intuition? II By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA
Instinct and Emotions “What’s going on? Is my instinct for survival kicking in, am I falling back into an old emotional pattern, or is my intuition telling me something?” These are common questions that arise in my spiritual facilitation work. Eckhart Tolle says an instinctive response is the body’s direct response to an external…
Read MoreI Served a God that Didn’t Exist* ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
The picture came unbidden. In my mind’s eye, I saw the Christ striding down into the crowded, sweltering, dusty alleyways of the bazaar, his sand-colored robes flowing out around his sandaled feet. He went where polluted air hung thick, where sewage flowed in open drains down the edges of the narrow dirt roads, where families…
Read MoreReflections on Grief ll By Faye Maguire, MA, LAC
My mother died this year. What can prepare us for the loss of this most unique, and often, most fraught relationship? Her loss has caused me to ponder our relationship, and to think about her life, and the paths that shaped each of us. If I was skipping along, smelling the roses, and sometimes veering…
Read MoreWhy Meditate? ll By Faye Maguire, MA, LACC
Over the years, and especially in recent months, I have been encouraging my clients to try meditation, and have suggested it as a major change agent in their lives. As meditation has grown in popularity over the years, and as more information about it as a practice has been written about, many people have given…
Read MoreWhat is People House Spirituality? Steps to Transformation in 2021 ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
It’s paying attention and growing in consciousness. It’s watching your energy—consciousness and energy cannot be separated. Energy manifests itself in your body in the form of physical sensations, usually because of an emotional response—joy, fear, shame, anxiety—to an inner or outer experience. It’s discovering, remembering your own truth. Until you make the unconscious conscious, it…
Read MoreThere’s Magic in the Air ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
So sings Kermit in “The Muppet Christmas Carol.” On the one hand, we hear the word “magic” and we rational humans relegate it to the trash heap of irrationality. On the other, we’re hoping it’s real and that we can recreate that magic through our traditions. I propose a third option, built around that liminal…
Read MoreSpirituality and Psychotherapy: A Spiritual Approach to Addictions ll By Faye Maguire, MA, LACC
If you’re reading this title now, you may be thinking, “Hey Lady, AA, NA, etc. are way ahead of you. They’ve been doing the spiritual thing with addictions for a very long time.” And you would be right. Twelve step organizations have been saving lives for nearly a century now, with a proven approach involving…
Read MoreMind/Body/Spirit # 4: Treating Anxiety Holistically ll By Faye Maguire, MA, LACC
We live in a very anxious world. Sometimes it seems like everyone is stressed out. External pressures from needing to provide the basic necessities of life to feeling the need to fit in and not be judged by others can become the focus of my internal dialogue. My basic definition of anxiety is “fear of…
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