A Quest for Understanding and Connection – Part 1
My story is everybody’s story. My journey is remarkable, as a spiritual journey always is, but it is an experience available to all people. I consider myself to be an average American with average problems, but with a divine connection to Spirit. I love Spirit and I love life. I believe that one has everything to do with the other. But my life has not always been this way for me. I suffered a great deal in my youth, as is the case for many individuals, and have spent most of my adult life healing from things that happened to me as a child. In the process of my own healing, I became intrigued with the concept of healing. I studied life from the perspective of science, psychology, indigenous cultures, and spirituality.
Since 1984 I have been a licensed therapist, and during much of that time I have worked as a shamanic healer. I have a full, fascinating practice, which has opened many doors of awareness for me. Healing, woundedness, growth, and the enfoldment of the soul have intrigued me and propelled me on a journey of exploration and discovery. What is life all about? Why do people become so wounded? How do they heal? Why does it take so long for some to heal? Why aren’t people happy? Why do so many focus on what happened in the past instead of what is happening in the present? What is the place of spirituality in all of this?
There are numerous books on psychology that give technical explanations to these questions; however, they have always left me unsatisfied. My mind understood the concepts, but my soul needed more. The biggest void in psychology seemed to be in understanding the nature of the soulthe spiritual connection to healing. Just as there is more to life than what meets the eye,
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