Spirituality:
1. Does your life feel empty?
2. Do you have trouble caring about anything / anyone beyond yourself?
3. Do you feel hopeless?
4. Do you feel disconnected?
5. Does it feel like something is missing--just beyond your grasp?
Many of us feel empty inside no matter how hard we work or how much we achieve. Our spiritual healing, like the healing of a physical wound, must be approached from the inside. We must uncover the patch we've put over our sadness in order to let the air in. The process can be painful----it certainly involves FEELING our feelings. And it involves choosing an adult spirituality that makes sense to both our head and our heart. A missing spirit is often the result of profound childhood wounding including spiritual abuse, physical violence, or sexual abuse. When things are too overwhelming for a child she or he may send a part of spirit away for protection. As adults we must create a safe place within us to which those lost parts can return. We must retrieve these parts and bring them back inside us in order to be whole, present, and fully alive.
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