Question from a reader: How do we do this shadow work? I’m am aware of plenty of traumas in my past but I struggle to break the habits and patterns I have developed. Are there any tips or advice on where to begin? Journaling? Specific meditations? I’ve read a lot on your site and I really enjoy your ability to cut through the bullshit, while holding to the mysticism. You talk a lot about shadow work, but where do we start?
A common misconception that many spiritual people have is that spirituality tells us that we each create our own reality. What many often don’t realize, however, is that reality isn’t what is subjective –– your experience of it is what is subjective. The personal beliefs and opinions formed by those experiences are may not be valid, particularly compared to someone else’s.
I made a post on Instagram last week about ableism and spirituality which has sparked some conversations that further demonstrate how ableism is so deeply embedded in our beliefs and culture. I’m going to really dig into this today and ask you to critically examine some of your own spiritually-based beliefs and biases.
Spirituality and holistic wellness is supposed to be about the mind, body, and spirit, but a lot of toxic, ungrounded spirituality completely ignores the entire body part and only focuses on the mind or the spirit. Here’s how to discern whether or not a spiritual teacher/teaching is disembodied (and thus, not holistic).
Toxic spirituality is mired in spiritual narcissism. As such, many of us experience symptoms of narcissistic abuse under the guise of spiritual teachings. Gaslighting is a spiritual abuse tactic used to keep followers under the thumb of narcissistic cult leaders. Here’s how it’s subtly affected you.
Fear gets a bad rap in New Age spirituality. I’m here to argue that certain, very obvious kinds of fear need to fuck off, but other kinds of fear are actually quite helpful in helping you determine where your edges are.
You’ll find a lot of wildly popular information on the internet talking about the relationship between narcissists and empaths, and how these two polar opposites ends up attracting each other. Surprise! They don’t. Here’s why.
The concept of credibility came up in my post on critical thinking and spirituality yesterday. I think part of our issue today with all of the misinformation floating around is that a lot of people don’t really understand what credibility means. Today I’m going to give you a rundown of what makes someone credible in the realms of science and journalism, and how to apply that to spirituality.
I posted a poll in my Facebook group a couple of weeks ago asking which topics people would be most interested in having me write about, and critical thinking within the context of spirituality came out on top by far. I think it’s an especially important topic in this day and age when there’s so much misinformation swirling about on the internet. Consider this your crash course in the foundations of critical thinking.
It’s time to talk about toxic spiritual concepts and its contribution to victim shaming and the enabling of abusive dynamics.
All of the world’s problems (and yours) come down to this.
This post might make you uncomfortable. Can you sit with that discomfort long enough to figure out where it’s coming from? Let’s find out.
You think you understand awakening…but do you?
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People who are teaching you that your business success is in any way connected to your sex life are at best scammers, and at worst, repeating the delusional indoctrinations of a certain failed sex cult with its own Netflix documentary.
You think Bill Gates is getting his tantra on every day? You think Jeff Bezos is writhing around in his bedroom floor to feel his feminine energy so he can manifest the most wealth in the world? You think Elon Musk is reaching ecstatic orgasm with every new product launch?
No, you don’t, because that shit is nightmare fuel.
Reality: people who create successful business achieve it through pre-existing means, luck, maaaaybe good strategy and leadership (but those aren’t at ALL a requirement for monetary success).
The most common tactic used across the board to generate business success only involves tapping into sexual energy in that it involves fucking people: It’s the deeply patriarchal practice of fucking people over — using every unscrupulous business tactic in the book.
And that’s very likely what’s giving 💦 bossbabe the appearance of success — not her daily self-pleasure rituals. The only thing she’s getting off on is you forking over thousands of dollars.
Don’t waste your money. Go out and learn real business. Take a college course. It’s cheaper. Hell, get a whole fucking degree from a top-tier university — it costs less than what a lot of these grifters are charging.
Or, you know, go follow and learn from actual industry professionals who can at least define the terminology correctly?
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