Category: spirituality

The following blog posts all touch on the topic of spirituality:

April 6, 2008
(Posted to the blog on 2/9/09)
Too gross to be seen in public: Triggered by clothes shopping

April 8, 2008 – Part 1
(Posted to the blog on 2/11/09)
My spiritual journey – Part 1: Raised with very conservative Christian beliefs; Had paranormal premonitions of other people’s deaths; Went to a Christian college

April 8, 2008 – Part 2
(Posted to the blog on 2/13/09)
My spiritual journey – Part 2: Worked as a pastoral intern; Became disillusioned with organized religion

April 8, 2008 – Part 3
(Posted to the blog on 2/16/09)
My spiritual journey – Part 3: Left the church; Developed my own spiritual belief structure; Had an abortion; Got married and divorced

April 8, 2008 – Part 4
(Posted to the blog on 2/18/09)
My spiritual journey – Part 4: Addressing the conflict between my own paranormal experiences and my T’s religious beliefs

April 8, 2008 – Part 5
(Posted to the blog on 2/20/09)
My spiritual journey – Part 5: Started meeting people with similar belief structures

April 8, 2008 – Part 6
(Posted to the blog on 2/22/09)
My spiritual journey – Part 6: How I resolved, for myself, the conflict among different religious/spiritual belief structures

April 8, 2008 – Part 7
(Posted to the blog on 2/24/09)
My spiritual journey – Part 7: Met a family dealing with the aftermath of a demonic possession; Struggled to find a church home

April 8, 2008 – Part 8
(Posted to the blog on 2/26/09)
My spiritual journey – Part 8: Finally found a church home; Struggled with fear about my financial status

April 8, 2008 – Part 9
(Posted to the blog on 3/1/09)
My spiritual journey – Part 9: Trying to explain the mechanics of my own paranormal abilities

August 3, 2008
(Posted to the blog on 5/3/09)
Self-sabotage rears its head: I’m having mixed success with moving forward; Does God really care about me?

August 4, 2008
(Posted to the blog on 5/5/09)
God is waiting on you: T asks — Do you want God’s help?

October 11, 2008
(Posted to the blog on 5/26/09)
I’m not enough: I’m sabotaging myself, I feel disconnected from God, I feel irreversibly damaged

October 28, 2008 – Part 1
(Posted to the blog on 6/2/09)
An end to therapy – Part 1: I find T’s physical contact during our session to be healing; T brings his religious beliefs into the session again and that’s a deal-breaker for me

October 28, 2008 – Part 2
(Posted to the blog on 6/6/09)
An end to therapy – Part 2: I fully understand why T is so compelled to try to change my spiritual beliefs; nevertheless, I’m ending our therapeutic relationship

June 15-17, 2009 – Part 8
(Posted to the blog on 9/28/09)
Lasting effects – Part 8: Book study – “Courage to Heal” – career, God, church, music, children

June 22, 2009
(Posted to the blog on 10/11/09)
Blessings in disguise – Part 2: Book study – “Courage to Heal” – personal strengths I’ve developed as a result of my history

June 26, 2009
(Posted to the blog on 10/16/09)
Putting names to the faces: Book study – “Courage to Heal” – dissociation

July 5, 2009
(Posted to the blog on 10/26/09)
Fuzzy boundaries: Maritime history and ways my family tends to run roughshod over my personal boundaries

July 9, 2009
(Posted to the blog on 10/30/09)
One journey with many steps: Book study – “Courage to Heal” – the stages of healing

July 19, 2009 – noon
(Posted to the blog on 11/22/09)
Climbing to my sanctuary: I go on a hike for the first time in over a year

July 31, 2009
(Posted to the blog on 12/14/09)
Trying hard to not be rude: Dealing with family members who try to push their religious beliefs on me

August 1, 2009
(Posted to the blog on 12/15/09)
Where is God in all of this?: Can I depend on God to meet my needs?

GUEST POST
(Posted to the blog on 12/16/09)
Guest Post by Isabella Mori: What works for you in your search for answers about God?

August 5, 2009 – Part 1
(Posted to the blog on 12/18/09)
All about community – Part 1: I see a healthy part of the legacy I received from my parents

August 8, 2009 – Part 2
(Posted to the blog on 12/29/09)
Little moments – Part 2: It feels like I have a heart-to-heart connection with my little piano student

December 17, 2009
(Posted to the blog on 4/9/10)
Anger towards God: Being brave enough to voice my feelings towards God

December 20, 2009
(Posted to the blog on 4/13/10)
My own field of dreams: New piano students and ponderings about God

January 21, 2010 – Part 2
(Posted to the blog on 6/7/10)
Session deux – Part 2: Uncovering the reason why my therapist keeps violating the religion boundary

January 21, 2010 – Part 3
(Posted to the blog on 6/8/10)
Session deux – Part 3: Questioning what it means to dissociate

January 22, 2010 – Part 1
(Posted to the blog on 6/10/10)
Sorting through it all – Part 1: Is it a deal-breaker that my therapist doesn’t believe me?

January 22, 2010 – Part 3
(Posted to the blog on 6/14/10)
Sorting through it all – Part 3: Reasons I wasn’t fully truthful with Mark about my spiritual beliefs

January 23, 2010
(Posted to the blog on 6/15/10)
It shouldn’t be this hard: The pros and cons of continuing with Mark

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