There are three things that have to go hand-in-hand for us to step into our authentic, embodied selves. The first two are authenticity and embodiment. The last one? Nervous system regulation. If we're stuck in fight or flight mode, then we're not going to be able to unpack the stories that are keeping us from…
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…
The term autispiritual picks up on the tradition of such words as neuroqueer and autigender where our neurodiversity and/or autism directly impacts our experiences as queer individuals or our experience of our gender. Autispiritual means that our autism impacts our spirituality. To broaden it we can talk about neurospiritual where our neurotype impacts our spirituality.…
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…
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…
My relationship with my anxiety has changed. It's like at some point in the past six months or so, I've created a new beginning for myself through my re-story-ation process. Rather than being a vibrating mass of fear and worry, now that I'm focusing on being an embodied person, I sense the changes in my…
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…