Category: Spirituality
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The Importance of Spiritual Wellness for People from all Faith Backgrounds
People use the phrase “mind, body, spirit” all the time. We acknowledge that an equilibrium of these three dimensions is foundational for our thriving and wellness, and yet we give very little attention to the spirit. Our energies are poured into exercise, nutrition, mindfulness, meditation, and even therapy, but tending to the spirit feels unfamiliar…
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What the Transition Phase of Exercise Can Teach Us About the Body and Life
In my 15+ years spent working with people’s bodies, I have yet to see a single person willingly slow down during the “transition phase” of an exercise. The body’s tendency is to rush through it, but this is unquestionably the most important part of every exercise movement. The transition phase is where we experience the…
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The Great Physician: Spiritual Healing for Unresolved Pain
How Is Spirituality Defined? Spirituality can be loosely defined as the “aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, and to the significant or sacred.” The word spiritual comes from the…
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Religion vs. Evidence-Based Science: An Integrative Philosophy for Wellness
People like to pit religion against evidence-based science, and vice versa. I’ve heard of some Christians, for example, who write off modern evolution theories like clergymen used to write off Galileo’s then-revolutionary scientific findings about the earth and sun because such findings opposed outdated understandings about the earth in scripture (i.e. pre-telescope guesses about how…
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Spiritual Bypassing: Why it Hurts Wellness
Spiritual bypassing was coined by John Welwood, a prominent psychotherapist and author. I owe Rachel Ricketts, author of Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy, thanks for putting this term on my radar. In her book, Ricketts makes excellent points about how damaging spiritual bypassing can be and how commonplace it…
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Glimmers of Joy Amid Grief, Loss and Loneliness
I’ve been quiet on the blog and social media for the last month or so – and for good reason. Starting in mid-September, my husband and I started to get some bad news about the prognosis for our third son’s health and pregnancy outcome. We were devastated thinking about a child being born into a…
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You Had Me at Namaste
It’s a very simple scene. Me: Shopping for some curtain rods in Bed, Bath and Beyond over the weekend. Two Women: One pushing a shopping cart alongside the other. Woman #1: “What does namaste mean?” Woman #2: “I think it’s something like ‘the light in me honors the light in you.’” *Long Pause* Two Women:…
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How to Overcome Obstacles and Negative Thinking
Hands down, the biggest obstacle in my life sits right between my ears. The discouraging inner monologue and negative spiral my mind can go down at times is incredible (in a bad way, to be clear). Oftentimes, I dwell on the things I haven’t accomplished yet. I let mom guilt overwhelm me as I attempt…