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The State of Your Heart

This line, attributed to Persian Sufi poetry, gave me pause. How would you answer it? I love the impermanence of it, in this breath. It’s mindful and present. It suggests we don’t have to know the whole answer, just the thought for this moment.There is so much noise in the world right now. So much urgency and fear. The state of our heart seems like a trite or indulgent thing to attend to when there are “real” problems to be anxious about.  For those who have been shaped by faith spaces that centred end times, Armageddon, or apocalyptic pressure, and I see so many in the counselling room, this can feel especially overwhelming.

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Religious Trauma & The Breath

We used to refer to the Holy Spirit as the breath of God, we’d say he (so jarring for me to use ‘he’ these days) was closer than our breath. We also learned that meditation and breath work were dangerous, slippery slopes away from truth and could open us up

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Map Your Freedom: A Reflective Guide.

Map Your Freedom is a series of narrative exercises and thought prompts that support the beginnings of being free of the impact of harm experienced in faith spaces.

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