Dear Christian Therapists
In a spiritual abuse course that I taught last week online, many survivors poured out their hearts and souls about how much their respective churches
In a spiritual abuse course that I taught last week online, many survivors poured out their hearts and souls about how much their respective churches
This summer, I sat in a chapel run by a major religious order before the Holy Mass where my brother Paul would make his vows
Several years ago a workshop attendee came up to me after a continuing education class to pay me a compliment. The attendee relayed to me
āDo not deny what comes up with your reaction.Ā Reactions arenāt all bad–as some distorted spiritual teachings claim them to be.Ā There are times when
Thereās a running joke in my family: āJamie, what do you do?ā My brother first asked it when I moved back from Europe and worked
Ā āViolence is a reaction to fear – a key symptom of the dominance that egoism and ignorance have over mind. Violence is not defined
āI have to do what?!?ā My gut squelched as I voiced my protest in the form of this question. For years I yearned to take
I am 57, and I have been a yogi since age 43. I have been #metoo declarant since late 2017, a survivor of sexual abuse
Originally published on the Dancing Mindfulness Expressive Arts Therapy Blog, 5/4/2017 If youāve followed Dancing Mindfulness and other projects connected to my Institute for Creative
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