Kimberly's Intuitive Spiritual Analysis

About a year ago, I began to find genuine interest in spiritual knowledge and learning, and its value and many applications outside of formal education and studies. I began researching philosophers and reading their works regarding spiritualism, new ways of thinking and perceiving things, as well as how our lives as human work in conjunction with the universe around us. I find this kind of thinking, and discovering some of the infinite wealth of knowledge around me, to be both personal and liberating.

Beginning with Greek philosophers, mankind has constantly pondered the meaning of happiness. Questions of how to attain joy, and how to keep it have been debated for centuries. Various religions provide roadmaps to achieve contentment: Christians preach the Ten Commandments and Heaven, and Buddhists prize the idea of karma and reincarnation. Yet others seek a more material form of satisfaction; especially in the United States, increasing emphasis is placed upon personal wealth.

McMinn unveils the realism of what essentially happens in the counseling office. He dives into the fitting together “Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling”. McMinn explains how “those who enter therapy in the midst of their pain experience a restorative counseling relationship that brings acceptance hope, and meaning into their broken lives” (McMinn, 2011, p. 20). There are various questions surrounding Christian counseling that McMinn faces head on in this book when it comes to the challenges counselors face as it relates to integrating religion and spirituality in their sessions. Life on the frontier as McMinn puts it, is where counselors face six basic challenges. Challenges such as moving from two areas of competence to three, blurred personal-professional distinctions, expanded definitions of training, confronting dominant views of mental health, establishing a scientific base or even defining relevant ethical standards (McMinn, 2011). Personal journey’s that McMinn has taken throughout his career provide him with the knowledge, skills and abilities to depict how we should face these challenges. McMinn talks about how many counselors have a need to interpret studies, have good psychodynamics and figure out which cognitive therapy is right for their counseling. As he states, “Christian counseling is more complex than other forms of counseling because our goal are multifaceted (McMinn, 2011, p.

In the introduction and first three steps of Dr. Kent Ingle’s book, Divine Design, provides a guide to help us guide our lives and find our divine design. In step one, Dr. Ingle says that we must find the catalysts in our life. A catalyst is something that provokes or speeds a significant change or action (19). Dr. Ingle wants us to understand that you cannot be afraid to take on the adventures of life. When a new adventure or opportunity arises be brave and say yes. No matter how terrifying the adventure looks do not sit by and let life slip through your fingertips. You must jump into life and make the effort to become what you are divinely designed to do. Furthermore, in step two of Dr. Ingle’s book there is an emphasis on self-reflection. The reason we must reflect is to promote self-discovery within, and this creates progress in our lives. Finally, in step three Dr. Ingle covers the topic of making decisions about life. Decisions will come frequently and we must be ready to make both small and big decisions to progress in life.

I can see the need to identify spiritual affiliations, conflicts, and events which has shaped or molded us into the person we are today. Doing a spiritual genogram helps develop spiritual self-awareness, which can help us connect with our own client’s spirituality for healing and growth. I have personal felt that I have been going down the wrong path and the Lord has redirected my path in the last ten years. I truly believe that God cause all things to work out for the good no matter how bad we mess it up. The Apostle Paul reminds us of this in Romans 8:28 NLT And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. I think if we link spiritual events together that have happened in our life we can clearly see where God is leading

During the week-long Intensive class sessions with my mentors, I learned a number of new things about myself that I was not previously willing to address. In short, I had a moment of self-actualization that required some personal omissions on my part regarding my faith and yes, some internalized oppression as labeled by author Gayraud S. Wilmore. Opening up in class and admitting a few of my own short-comings was nothing short of liberating. Suddenly, I felt as though I had an epiphany; that has given birth to a renewed zeal, mind, and spirit. For the first time in years, I feel closer to the apex of excellence where God intended me to be.

(Executive Producer, Inc., 2012). She was trying to find perfection in an imperfect world and her voice allowed her to put herself down. She pointed out that she began exercising with Tom and her obsession of cleaning which relaxed her (Laureate Education, Inc., 2012). Counseling gave her a therapeutic alliance to realize her anxiety. She learned that it stemmed from she mixed feelings of guilt and relief about no longer having contact with her mother, not fully grieved over her father’s death, learning through the years to push her feelings deep inside (Laureate Education, Inc.,2012). Empathetic counseling gives forth genuineness with the focus on your client’s needs. It creates boundaries of time and technique of a very positive and optimistic view of human nature (Rogers,

Although this was probably the most ‘rollercoaster-esk’ conversation that I had ever had regarding my personal spirituality, I’m glad that it happened. I now have a better understanding of the habits that I still need to die to and the kind of mentorship I need to seek out and learn from.

Happiness is not something that naturally comes to a person, it might appear to be, but the truth of the matter is that happiness comes through any lawful means. A person can be partly

One day the ground beneath me and the skies above me started to abruptly shift. I started seeing a place for business in not only my life but the world. It was a process drawn out overtime, but there was one significant day, in which I knew that to truly change the world you might just have to change yourself. I was use to observing the physical and natural world around me, but I didn’t have the slightest clue about the hidden sub-world of

The teaching is based upon the idea that individuals and their thoughts are both made from "pure energy", and that through the process of "like energy attracts like energy" a person can improve their own health, wealth and personal relationships.

I, too find Groves Emergent Knowledge interesting, however it also extremely complicated to grasp the total concepts. Divine direction goes by different names most commonly it addressed as the good versus evil. I believe that the Holy Spirit guides each person, whether one wants to listen or not. Emergent Knowledge promotes one using their own inner voice (intuition) to solve their problems or lack of growth utilizing clean language. Grove’s method empowers the client with their own voice and this the reason why Symbolic Modelling is powerful. Additionally, I feel this method allows the client to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit, which in Christian Coaching is who leads our ministry and the session. The complications, for me, is steering the

I like to think about it like magic dust, someone throwing it into the air for anyone to grab to be inspired by. The secret to my biggest desire I have inside me. Inside of me. I don't think I ever realized this until this moment, because I didn't love who I was. I don't love the way I just stood around and waited for others to change this world when I could have. On this first day of the retreat, I realized so much. Self love must happen to inspire others. From that day on, I have worked on loving who I am. It has always been inside of me. The biggest impact I have to make on this world is being who I am. And by doing that, I give others the permission to do the same. That's my impact, that's who I

It is my understanding in client-centered therapy the client knows what they need best and can set their own goals while monitoring the progress of these goals. Rogers calls this basic optimism. It is a trust and understanding of the counselor for the individual or group that encourages this process. The client sets the tone in the therapy process, the clients can choose their own therapist, the amount of time they spend in counseling, what they chose to share or not share in the sessions, and the opportunity to come to their own conclusions and solutions (Corsini, 1989). During this time though Rogers believes the individual is trying to solve an issue regarding self-concept. The individual has a distorted view of self-image so the conflict resides between their ideal-self and their perception of themselves. In most situations, the conflict with self is brought on by a self-esteem issue and the idea that who they want to be is not in line with how the client sees themselves here in the present (Corsini, 1989). As the client grows in self-esteem and awareness they are continuing to enhance their self- concept through self-actualization. This shift in thoughts and feelings for self moves the initial external-locus of evaluation to the internal-locus. Now the client can base the value of self on the inside by what they believe and not what others believe to

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