A few days ago someone left a comment on my post asking what exactly ‘spiritual integration’ was, as they had seen the word used in so many different contexts. I thought I would explore it further in a blog post, because it is definitely one of those phrases that gets thrown around without a lot …
Spiritual bypassing or the spiritual bypass is defined as: the “tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks”. The term was first introduced in the 1980s by John Welwood, a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. Spiritual bypassing is something which we can observe clearly in both …
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Manifestation is the art of bringing something from a thought or vision that exists in our minds into physical reality. This concept has been popularized in the 2000s through self-help books like The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (the Law of Attraction), in the 1970’s with the development of the New Age movement, and even further …
We all have a shadow side, a part of ourselves which we hide away from others out of fear of shame. We might refer to this as our dark side or hidden side, it is unconscious in nature. This aspect of our being contains all of the negative traits, habits, tendencies which we suppress in …
We all have a shadow side: the parts of ourselves that we’d rather pretend didn’t exist. The negative habits, tendencies, desires. We also all have positive traits which we push down, out of shame or the need to fit. The shadow represents the side of us that is covered in darkness (unconsciousness) which appears to …
The concept of shadow work has become more widely known over the last few years – a term originally coined and popularized by psychiatrist Carl Jung. It is something I have incorporated into my work and find extremely useful. At it’s core, shadow work is a process of becoming consciously aware of our unconscious habits, …
