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2022-12-13T16:04:21-08:00

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Befriending Our Emotions, Healing Our Inner Landscape

Last updated on: December 13, 2022 at 4:04 pm   By Dr. Mike Simmons

Emotions are Guides Befriending our emotions is essential to healthy relationships with ourselves and others. Allow me to explain. Emotions serve as guides to our inner landscape, leading us toward paths of connection and intimacy. However, we may view emotions as mere distractions to the spiritual/relational journey – instead of guides, emotions become like gnats to repel and frantically swat away. Truthfully, our emotions carry within them seeds of abundance, growth and healing, if we listen to what they have... Read more

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2022-12-12T16:32:42-08:00

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We Must Transgress to Grow

Last updated on: December 12, 2022 at 4:32 pm   By Dr. Mike Simmons

“Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples are fasting, but yours are not?” Jesus answered, “[…] no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” – Mark 2:21-22 What is shadow? The term shadow was developed by Swiss psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung to refer to the parts... Read more

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