Spiritual bypassing is a term that John Welwood coined. It's a form of spiritualized conflict avoidance which demonizes natural emotions such as anger. This can lead to us being able to skip our need to heal trauma, our activism, or our pain. Although it can feel good and even exhilarating, the effects can be short-lived. The crash that follows the high can prove to be devastating. … [Read more...]

Sandy Hook's Ten-year Anniversary: Some thoughts on forgiveness and accountability Today marks the 10th anniversary of Sandy Hook's shooting. Today is also the 8th anniversary of my first meeting Scarlett Lewis. Scarlett's 6-year-old son Jesse would be 16 today if he hadn't been killed in that school massacre. As I am writing a manuscript on spirituality without spiritual … [Read more...]

ChatGPT is the topic of much attention on the internet. It's used by many people to create love poems, summaries, articles summaries, or python code. ChatGPT, the latest generation in a large language model that generates text based on user input, is the most recent. It is being discussed a lot about its potential use in medicine. Let's find out what you can and should not expect from it - at … [Read more...]

Stress is an inevitable part of our lives, unfortunately. Some people need therapy or medication to manage anxiety and stress. Others prefer to go the natural route. You should look at your life to see where you can cut back on stress and how you can de-stress. We won't be focusing on reducing stress in your life, but rather on managing stress. Here are seven natural and easy ways to de-stress … [Read more...]