If we use the definition of spirituality that it is a connection with something larger than ourselves, which could mean our higher self, our soul, our spirit, our community, or the universe itself, then being spiritual in way that seeks to build connection, authenticity, and community is a radical act of resistance. This would be…
Deconstructing your spirituality to find something that works for you in a little like pulling out a junk drawer and dumping it upside down on the kitchen floor. You'll find things that are useful that you may have forgotten about, and you'll pick those out of the pile and put them back in the drawer.…
If you type the words "body theology" into a web search engine, you'll most likely come up with a statement made by Pope John Paul II. Certainly most of the results served to you will be related to this statement (or a book by James B. Nelson if you're lucky), and none of them will…
As the temperatures are finally turning warmer after an extremely cold week this week and I can start to breathe a sigh of relief that I got myself, my spouse, the horses, chickens, pigs, (not to mention the cats including the two strays I trapped and have inside so they didn't have to brave below…
When I was going through my dark night of the soul after spiritual abuse, just thinking about spirituality didn't feel safe to me. The idea of contemplating spirituality, blogging about it, talking about it, being public with it in the ways I had been prior to the abuse (now over a dozen years ago), filled…
When the Right Rev. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde spoke this week, her words caused a lot of controversy in political circles, which I suppose is the point that I'm trying to make in talking about spirituality as separate from religion. For a lot of us, especially neurodivergent, queer, and/or disabled people, religion, specifically certain denominations…
We don't often think about how stress affects spirituality, but along with anxiety being in a disregulated nervous system state can affect your spirituality. Let's talk about how spirituality and your nervous system are connected and why I'm a huge proponent of ways to relax, find some serenity in the middle of a hectic day…
I generally explain my work as helping those who are on the venn diagram of neurodivergent, queer, and chronically ill/disabled reconnect with their stories so they can be their full, embodied self and live authentically. When I think of that venn diagram, I imagine that there are those who would only identify as queer or…
No matter what you call it -- higher self, soul, inner wisdom -- there's one big reason to connect with your higher self. And that's because it can help you examine your inner stories and trust yourself. I work with a lot of people who have a hard time trusting themselves, and I understand because…
In the beginning there was...the blank page? light? darkness? a formless void? an idea? Yeah, that sounds right. In the beginning there was an idea, and then someone or something, some being, some entity--choose your own terminology here--made it so. There is an innate connection between creativity and divinity. I could be talking about the…
The world is a dumpster fire and with so many things to focus on, it may seem like spirituality and striving to express the fullness of our embodied being. You may be asking why spirituality matters. And I get it. Creating connection with our higher nature, however you may define it, might seem like the…