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Trauma-Informed Spiritual Direction: Creating Safe Spaces abby buter oakhart dark night of the soul healing resilience sacred space safe space self-discovery trauma-informed spiritual direction Mar 13, 2025

I was in my 20’s when I went through my dark night of the soul. The once strong, tightly wound pieces of my belief system slowly started to unravel. At the time I was also burned out and exhausted. And the one part of my life that was always my constant, my faith, didn’t make sense anymore. I had ne...

Regarding Resilience lent resilience spiritual formation Mar 27, 2024

A friend recently remarked on my “buoyant spirit.” It’s true: I can feel all kinds of dread, sadness, regret, guilt, grief, anger, fear, and agony, and then, right in the midst of it, I can bounce back to emotional equilibrium. I can’t help it. Wind in the branches, a toddler stooping to look at a b...

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