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If you think about the state of the world, it is no wonder that so many of us feel distress. Life is hard and life is beautiful. We are human and we are beings of energy and light. We are in constant communion with all the energies of the world whether we realize it or not. Our “mental health” is intricately bound to how we’re ALL doing…how the world is doing and how much love and care is here. When we lose connection to peace, beauty, and connection, or have never had it to begin with, it is no fault of your own. Our pain and distress is a perfect reflection of what is not going well, has not gone well and how we’ve lost connection with ourselves, each other and the natural world. On the surface we cannot see this. But with an open heart, patience, reflection, commitment and awareness things come into view.
Psychology and spirituality are often seen as separate from one another. This is not true. We need and deserve an integration of the two. Growing up most of us have endured injury, hurt and trauma. As a species and a planet we have taken ownership of the land and all her resources. This distress is depleting the earth. It is depleting us. We are all affected by it. Our mental health, how we feel is not just personal, it is a reflection of us all and our planet.
Healing is about our personal wounds and establishing (but really re-establishing, because we are all born whole) our connection with a force so much greater than ourselves; an energy that is completely loving, safe and eternal. It is a force always here to sustain.
Our goal is to bring healing to our wounds so we can connect to this loving force (whether you call it spirit, Jesus, Allah, Buddha, all that is, or anything else). It is possible to become our fullest most authentic selves. We can not bypass the human injuries. They must be understood and healed. We need a healthy ego to live on earth. Unhealed wounds make it very difficult to access and live in peace and love. When we are settled and open we can hear the gentle whisper of spirit’s wisdom vs. the ego’s fear based and aggressive screech and judgment.
The end goal of healing old injuries is not to blame our parents or anyone else. The end goal is to let old wounds go so we can access love and inner peace. It allows us to live in connection with an eternal loving force. This is our basic nature, able to support and sustain with all that life brings.
Regardless of your language and beliefs, all roads lead home. There is no one path. Open heart and awareness leads home.
Change and healing is not for the faint of heart. If you come to counsel and hope that I will bring you answers or create change for you, I am not the right therapist for you. Change and healing is a collaboration. It is a collaboration based on YOUR inner truth which I can help you discover. You must be willing to take responsibility, consider things differently and try new things. If we continue to do things the same as we always have, if we hold on to beliefs and must be right about those beliefs, we continually have the same experiences. Together we can find avenues that will help you move both toward healing and opening to endless possibilities. Many years of experience has shown me that people who are truly motivated to change, almost always do. Our inner being desires health and wholeness. Truly.
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