Reverend Doctor Kathianne Lewis joins Suzanne to talk about finding and reflecting our personal values in our lives as part of Spiritual Wellnss, one of the 8 foundational principles of wellness featured this month as part of the Vitality Revolution podcast series sponsored by Humana. Rev. Kathianne is Spiritual Director and Senior Minister at the Center for Spiritual Living in Seattle. Rev. Kathianne says, "The next step in recognizing our spirituality is understanding what's really good about us."

"When I was younger, I wasn't anxious, but I certainly wanted to fit in and just, you know, so what do people think of me? And uh how do I look? I think that when we get older, we shift. And when we pursue a spiritual path, or wanting to connect with something greater, what we really want to do is find out what's true about us and let that shine. So we're not shining forth our anxiety or our hesitancy or our unwillingness to speak up or whatever we're really shining forth. What's true about us. We're being really clear with our values and our internal gifts because we all have internal gifts. We're all born with different gifts.

"This is what shifted me forever. I went to my grandmother's funeral. I was in my forties, and all of my cousins and everybody that knew my grandmother said, 'oh, she was so sweet. She's so sweet.' Everybody said she was so sweet. I would have said she was so sweet. But you know what? No one would ever say that about me. Sweet was not a word that I was ever described as, but I decided that if my grandmother was going to die and leave us on this physical plane, the best thing I could do was to keep her legacy. So I said, you know what, I want to take on granny's sweetness. And so sometimes I will actually be surprised when someone will say, 'well, that's so sweet.'"

Learn more about:
* Kathianne Lewis: https://www.spiritualliving.org/people/kathianne-lewis-dd/
* Center for Spiritual Living: https://www.spiritualliving.org/
* The Vitality Revolution podcast series: https://answersforelders.com/vitality-revolution/
* Humana: https://www.humana.com/
* Answers for Elders: https://answersforelders.com/welcome-to-answers-for-elders/

Hear more:
* Podcasts with Kathianne Lewis at Answers for Elders: https://answersforelders.com/tag/kathianne-lewis/
* Articles and podcasts about Spiritual Wellnss: https://answersforelders.com/vitality-revolution/spiritual-wellness/
* Rev. Kathianne's Mid-Week "Faith Lift": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWilu0kYmiP5i12ylBNob0RIX4JnWOEt8

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