Spiritual Psychology With Renee Mckenna

Is it OK to be peaceful or even happy, when people in the world are suffering? Should we feel guilty about our good fortune in the face of another’s pain? Hiding what’s good in our lives so others won’t feel bad is not helpful. Renee talks about the pitfalls of empathy, the power of compassion and the complexity of karma. Each person has their own unique journey on a soul level. While it’s important and even imperative to have compassion for the suffering of others, if we move too deeply into empathy then we lose our own ground.  We can get stuck in projecting our ideas of suffering onto others and get pulled out of our own power. Then we’re rendered incapable of being genuinely helpful to those in need.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

The Coronavirius pandemic is effecting everyone. Great difficulty can bring out the best or the worst in us. It's easy to be swept up by media panic and social anxiety. When we focus only on the uncertain future, we become reactive and distressed. Renee talks about the healing power of being fully present and how bringing our best self into this crisis will co-create the future. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. In times of difficulty or great change prayer is a valuable source of guidance, wisdom and help to ourselves and others. It is natural to be concerned about our physical health and our material needs as the CV-19 pandemic unfolds. But we cannot underestimate the power of prayer and the necessity of caring for our emotions, minds and spirit in crisis. Renee talks about her own powerful experiences with prayer and describes many different ways to pray.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

The recent Coronavirus outbreak has encouraged a culture of fear and many are experiencing a level of panic and angst that is excruciating. Being a sensitive person has benefits and risks. The upside is compassion, intuition and deep awareness. The downside is unconsciously absorbing the emotions and energy of others. Renee talks the concept of energy matching and how we can protect ourselves on a spiritual and emotional level and redirect our fears into positive, constructive action using the principle of transmutation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Emotional honesty is more than just telling the truth, it's a willingness to self reveal and a dedication to being vulnerable and transparent. When we are emotionally honest we give up the control we feel by keeping things to ourselves and open to the power and life force that flow through the truth. Show up, tell the truth and leave the results to God (or Goddess, or Universal Source or consciousness or...) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

The grace of God or connection with the Universal Life Force is always available to us - exactly where we are right now. It is only in being open, honest and authentic that we are most able to receive. Culture, parents and religion might teach us that we need to prepare ourselves to meet the Divine by acting in ways that others feel are "appropriate." The idea of needing to be different, better or appropriate before approaching God is not only damaging and destructive - it is a lie. Higher Consciousness seeks connection with us constantly. Each moment we breath in and breath out we are in conversation with the Life Energy that is our true nature.  Conscious connection with Divinity is most available to us when we are vulnerable and able to take it in. No preparation needed. We are always good enough for God. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Guilt is a potent motivator, but it can be debilitating. Renee talks with Scott Hutchinson about what she calls unearned guilt and how to make peace with gaps we experience in prosperity and poverty in our lives. How do we participate in creating our own life experience and how can we compassionately relate with the less fortunate? How can we come to deeper understanding of our interrelationship with other and our individual path of personal growth? --- Rate, Review & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. If you like this podcast click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select "Write a Review." Then be sure to let us know what you loved most about the episode! Support Spiritual Psi-Kology on Patreon. Renee's book, workbook and guided audio series "Allies & Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing." is now available on Amazon and Kindle. Awaken the wisdom of your authentic self with these 15 transformative processes of Spiritual Psychology. Spiritual Psi-Kology combines the an

"Within every human heart lives a place where we long for union. This place is the undefended self." - Susan Thesenga Most of us live from a place of defense, trying to avoid getting hurt or exposing our vulnerabilities. How do our defenses actually make us prisoners of our own limited ideas? How do we close our selves off from receiving the good life has to offer? This podcast will challenge you to bring your authentic self into the world and trust that your own unique configuration of brokenness and brilliance is perfect in this moment right now. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

All the talk about intentions and goals in the new year can take us away from the truth of right now. Can we find the courage to live authentically and be willing to try new things? Are we willing to suck in order to get better? Can we trust that we are part of something larger than ours individual selves and believe that things are unfolding for us. Our choices and our attitudes co-create our reality, but we can only be who we are right now and that is enough.

We gravitate towards the light in the dark time of year, but we really gravitate toward something deeper.  This episode explores tradition as a human need and the power of ritual as a conversation with the larger Universe. Food for holiday thought. --- Rate, Review & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. If you like this podcast click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select "Write a Review." Then be sure to let us know what you loved most about the episode! Support Spiritual Psi-Kology on Patreon. Renee's book, workbook and guided audio series "Allies & Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing." is now available on Amazon and Kindle. Awaken the wisdom of your authentic self with these 15 transformative processes of Spiritual Psychology. Spiritual Psi-Kology combines the ancient healing and wisdom traditions of Shamanism and Buddhist philosophy with the best of Western psychology to create a powerful medicine for the mind, body and spirit. If you'd like to learn more ab

December is the darkest time of the year. I explore the value and gifts that darkness holds. Darkness on the physical plane makes many of us depressed, but it can also be a time of wisdom and going inward. Darkness can also be a metaphor in our lives, the cycles of nature have much to teach us about how to live and how to let go. --- Rate, Review & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. If you like this podcast click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select "Write a Review." Then be sure to let us know what you loved most about the episode! Support Spiritual Psi-Kology on Patreon. Renee's book, workbook and guided audio series "Allies & Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing." is now available on Amazon and Kindle. Awaken the wisdom of your authentic self with these 15 transformative processes of Spiritual Psychology. Spiritual Psi-Kology combines the ancient healing and wisdom traditions of Shamanism and Buddhist philosophy with the best of Western psychology to create a p

Renee Mckenna, therapist, artist and healer talks about her personal practice of setting intentions, using our gifts and talents for the highest good and how these practices have influenced her public art. She also describes the Grace that brought her to a leadership position in the first Women's March in San Francisco. --- Rate, Review & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. If you like this podcast click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select "Write a Review." Then be sure to let us know what you loved most about the episode! Support Spiritual Psi-Kology on Patreon. Renee's book, workbook and guided audio series "Allies & Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing." is now available on Amazon and Kindle. Awaken the wisdom of your authentic self with these 15 transformative processes of Spiritual Psychology. Spiritual Psi-Kology combines the ancient healing and wisdom traditions of Shamanism and Buddhist philosophy with the best of Western psychology to create a powerful me

Most people suffer from their own self criticism. This simple but powerful Tibetan Buddhist practice called Feeding Your Demons is remarkably effective in transforming negativity into a useful, life affirming resource. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Take 10 minutes to ground in your body, the earth and spirit, to set your intentions for the day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Simple, relaxing, centering, this short guided meditation leads to a place of pure consciousness that has only our highest good in mind. This inner journey is the first step into the world of Spiritual Psychology. For many people nature provides an easy access to Universal Source and our own Highest Self. This inner journey can be a first step through the gateway to higher consciousness and personal growth. Spiritual Psychology uses your own active imagination as the vehicle for spiritual, emotional and mental liberation and healing. When we integrate the non-rational realm of emotion, felt sense and experience with present day awareness, we are free of past trauma and fear of the future. We are empowered to live fully in the only moment that matter, right now. When we open our mind in this way, we experience the connectedness of all things and know that we are truly part of a larger whole. We are not alone.

We all have wisdom within us. This guided meditation provides direct connection to this inner resource as an aspect of our own highest self - our 100 year old self at the end of our most optimal life. This grounded, compassionate inner guide can be a valuable source of insight, perspective and strength to use as part of a spiritual practice or as a practical asset in daily life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

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