Jill, our retreat guide asks if we want to meet God. I cross my arms. Why would I need an anthropomorphized version of God? Especially a male god like Jill is describing? I don’t trust men. How would I trust a male god? My chest tightens, my neck grows hot. I try to ignore Jill’s […]
Intimacy Training – I Am Very Much In Love With My Fiance
Question: I am very much in love with my fiancé but I am having second thoughts about getting married. We get along terrifically when it’s only the two of us but we get into all kinds of trouble when his six-year-old daughter is around (and that’s a lot of the time). As an adult woman, I […]
Living the Perfect Life
My friends thought I had it all and that I was living the perfect life. With poise and ease, I was handling the typical life transitions of a woman my age. Little did they know I was filled with grief and indescribable pain and hiding a secret… even from myself. Everything may have seemed “perfect” […]
The Spirituality of Everything
By Dr. Eilis Field, United Kingdom Talking to the Dishcloth! I CAUGHT myself the other day, silently apologizing to a dishcloth for my neglect of it. Yes, as far as I know, I am of sound mind! I was engaging in some deep therapeutic cleaning and became lost in the kind of thoughts one keeps […]
Book Review: Fit for Joy by Valeria Teles
In her memoir, Fit for Joy: The Healing Power of Being You (Rowe Publishing, 2018), author Valeria Teles recounts her struggles with seeking happiness through unhealthy relationships and unrealistic fitness obsessions. This is a beautiful story of Valeria’s enlightenment after years of pain. The answer was, is and always will be love and kindness. How […]
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