Have you been longing to connect with your life’s purpose?

Do you find yourself going through a period of intense soul searching?

Are you wrestling with a sense of emptiness, no matter what you achieve in life?

Maybe you’ve come to a crossroads in life—you’ve realized that material achievements simply aren’t enough and you desire something deeper. Perhaps you’re experiencing existential anxiety over the meaning of your life. You might find yourself questioning who you are, what you want in life, and where your values truly lie. Additionally, you may be unsatisfied in your relationships and yearn for more authentic connections with others. As a result, you might be considering spiritual counseling.

You May Struggle To Connect With Your Authentic Self

Your ongoing emotional struggles and existential stress could lead to decreased wellbeing and feelings of hopelessness. You might suffer from low self-esteem and feel like you’ll never accomplish your goals or fulfill your life’s purpose. All of these feelings are normal. When you’re embarking on the path of spiritual awakening, it’s both a huge blessing and a huge challenge to move away from identification with your ego—the part of you that makes harsh judgments about yourself and your world—to identification with your authentic self. It’s so easy to fall into the trance of five-sense physical reality, viewing everything through the judgmental, ego-centered lens of “right/wrong” and “good/bad.”

Attaining spiritual awakening means transcending these judgments by lovingly educating your ego to be a willing and faithful servant, dedicated to helping you navigate physical reality in service of your spiritual purpose. 

If you want to form an authentic connection with your spiritual purpose, I encourage you to pursue counseling with me. I specialize in helping people create a life that is in harmony with the deeper, spiritual aspects of the self, and I’m confident that I can help you accomplish the same thing.

Many People Struggle To Access Their Spirituality In A Materialistic Age

We live in a time that’s obsessed with hustle culture, workaholism, and the never-ending pursuit of material wealth and success. As a result, millions of people go through life feeling disconnected from their internal worlds and sense of spirituality. Few of us have time to really slow down and pay attention to what’s happening inside of us. All the fatigue and emotional overwhelm we face leaves us with little room for self-care. 

What’s more, most of us are more connected to our ego, or “small self,” than we are to our soul, or “authentic self.” The ego holds a misidentification with itself as lacking and unworthy; it filters our perceptions so that we only see things in terms of right and wrong, good and bad, and black and white. Our modern world, which is obsessed with success and failure, only reinforces this view of things. This societal conditioning causes us to categorize and judge everything based on learned biases and superficial distinctions.

The authentic self, meanwhile, has no sense of duality and no dividing of experiences into right and wrong. At the level of the authentic self, we simply see things for what they are instead of how we think they should be. On our own, however, it’s hard to connect with our authentic selves and figure out what it’s really telling us. As a spiritual therapist, it’s my goal to help you listen to that still small voice within you so that you can live a more connected and purposeful life. 

Counseling Can Help You Heal Your Whole Self And Experience Spiritual Awakening

The philosopher Pierre Tielhard de Chardin once said: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” The awareness that you are a soul and that your life serves a greater purpose opens a portal to another way of perceiving yourself and your life. It can help you understand that your emotional suffering is a result of your ego-centered perspective existing in a world of dualities and seeing life through the lens of right and wrong. Once you realize this, you can begin the process of spiritual awakening. 

The goal of spiritual counseling is to help you achieve this awakening by transcending the limitations of the ego and connecting with your spiritual center. I refer to the dimension in which awakening takes place as spiritual reality. This spiritual reality has borne many names throughout history—God, Spirit, Higher Power, Unified Consciousness, or the Ground of all Being. But no matter what you call your spiritual reality, the goal of counseling is for you to connect with it so that you can unlock your innermost essence and find out your life’s purpose. 

The Five Principles Of A Spiritual Approach To Therapy

The benefits of spiritual counseling go far beyond what mere words can describe. This is a deep, exploratory, and introspective journey that is tailored to your unique needs and goals. My approach to spiritual therapy is deeply holistic and takes every area of your life into account. In general, there are five main principles that spiritual therapy aims to help you with, each of which is outlined below:

1. Recommitting to your values—Spiritual counseling can help you look deep within yourself and examine whether or not your actions truly align with your deepest values.

2. Growing and achieving more—You will learn to connect with your higher power, which could mean God, the universe, your life’s purpose, or anything else that gives your life ultimate meaning. When you lean on your higher power, it becomes much easier to be courageous in the face of adversity.

3. Overcoming negative thoughts—Spiritual counseling can help you challenge the way you think about yourself and your life, enabling you to shift your perspective in a more positive direction. 

4. Finding a sense of inner peace—I will help you process and resolve past traumas so that you can achieve inner peace and surrender yourself to the comfort of your higher power.

5. Increasing your sense of trust—Our relationship as therapist and client in counseling can help you form a strong bedrock of trust in your life. You can carry this sense of trust into your relationships so that you can enjoy healthier connections with others.

In the end, focusing on all of these principles can help you achieve healing in your mind, body, and soul. With my guidance and support, you can step beyond the trance of five-sense physical reality and step into a bold new world of spiritual enlightenment. You can escape the confines of the ego and connect with the beauty of your authentic self, which is characterized by ever-deepening levels of love. 

You May Have Some Questions About Spiritual Counseling…

Who influences your work?

There are more people who influence my work than I have room to mention here. Carl Jung's emphasis on the importance of integrating the unconscious with the conscious mind deeply resonates with my therapeutic approach, since it allows for a more holistic understanding of my clients' issues. Ron and Mary Hulnick's integrative approach to spiritual psychology guides my practice in fostering deep healing and self-discovery. Eckhart Tolle's teachings on mindfulness and the power of the present moment inspire me to help clients find peace and presence in their daily lives. And finally, Michael Singer's insights on surrender and inner freedom motivate me to encourage my clients to release resistance and embrace life's flow.

What if I’m not a spiritual person, but I’m curious about spiritual things?

My spiritual counseling sessions are made for the curious. They are for those who wish to know their true selves and live more authentic lives. You don’t have to be a spiritual person to participate—in fact, those with the least amount of spirituality in their background often bring the freshest eyes to the process of awakening, since they are generally very open to new perspectives.

Will you impose your belief system on me?

Absolutely not. My role as a spiritual counselor is to listen to you and focus on your beliefs, not mine. I am here to be a sounding board for you to process your spirituality and help you live a life in accordance with your spiritual values.

Live A More Connected, Authentic, And Purposeful Life

If you feel like you’re fumbling around in the dark trying to find your life’s purpose, I encourage you to embark on this journey of deeper soul exploration with me. To learn more about my spiritual counseling services, you can call 805-453-2729 for a free 15-minute phone consultation. 

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