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A few weeks ago, my college-age daughter shared with me that something I had said to her in sixth grade had become part of her inner critic.
She told me that whenever a paper or project was assigned, she would hear my voice in her ear asking if she had been working on it. That voice pushed her alre...
Silence and stillness are central to contemplative spirituality.
They can open us to God, deepen awareness, and restore our nervous systems—which in turn affects our relationships, communities, and the world. But even these sacred practices can become forms of spiritual bypassing when offered witho...
“Mom, now is not the time for meaning-making!” my teenager said to me.
Instantly, I knew what she meant—and I apologized.
I have a habit of looking for deeper meaning, of going beneath the surface of things. That impulse is not inherently bad. But when it happens too soon, it bypasses what needs t...
“I feel crunched and crushed,” she said.
It was an online spiritual direction session, and this was how my directee—a college professor—began the call.
She went on to describe the anger and angst she felt living within society’s grind culture and the relentless pressure it places on people. This p...
