I've been spending a lot of time lately in conversation with others about how to effectively think about and listen to the spiritual dimension of people's lives. From my very first sessions as a trainee spirituality was a dominant element in many of the conversations. It became very clear early on that I was going to need to discover ways to ask appropriate questions about beliefs, practices, and communities. I also became very curious how to explore the sustaining and healing qualities of people's spiritual and religous experience while also examining how these practices may also be doing harm. A delicate balance for sure.
Fortunately some folk are beginning to write about narrative practice and spirituality, like this recent book on Narrative Practice and Christian belief. There is also talk of a potential consult group at the Narrative Project of OC around narrative practice and religion/spirituality. I hope it happens.
But the real reason for this post was to direct you to my friend and fellow narrative therapist Kelly McCann's new blog, Scenes From a Semi-Mormon Life where she gets transparent around her own spiritual journey. The writing is funny, smart and brave. I know Kelly spent a lot of consideration around the risk she might be taking by being so publicly transparent with her own spiritual exploration so go take a look, leave a nice comment or two, and be sure to bookmark it for daily reading.
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