Each of us follows a unique path to our inner knowing. One woman’s journey took her from an Irish Catholic upbringing to theology school, from atheism to therapy and finally to a deep spirituality that is both transcendent and very relevant to daily life. This week, Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes that woman, Jac O’Keeffe, an author and spiritual teacher with a unique style for a conversation about how spirituality can support our mental well-being and inner growth. They talk about authenticity, the difference between religion and spirituality, living a spiritual life and building a toolkit to help us manage our anxiety to move to a place of peace.
Listen and Learn:
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Why we should honor the way we understood the world as a child
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The ways in which religion and spirituality are connected and how they are very different things
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How to find a middle ground between spirituality and the medical field of psychiatry
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How spirituality and psychotherapy often weave together to find the balance between the internal and the external
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How having a spiritual practice might help you heal physically as well as emotionally
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The first tool we need to develop if we want to open up to spiritual experience
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Why the external world always falls short and why we need to learn the difference between Doing and Being
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How to get started on a spiritual path
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How finding that still, quiet place can help us feel safer
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What the YOYO club is and why discovering it is a blessing
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What spirituality might look like when we’re faced with challenges in our day-to-day lives
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Why we shouldn’t believe everything we think
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Why we sometimes fear the spiritual path—and one tool we could use to find courage