Events unfolding in our national politics have created an opportunity to face an aspect of personal shadow.  With God's grace, we can respond with charity and compassion, truth and justice.

We explore strategies for managing codependent "takers" and ways we can channel deeper, more authentic compassion for ourselves and others.

When relationships are characterized by codependence, "the giver" feels a sense of responsibility for "the taker's" emotions, behaviors, and choices.  In codependency, the stress of the situation dictates responses, rather than the inner voice of truth and wisdom.  We briefly explore some signs that might be invitations to healing and self-knowledge.

The "Messiah Complex" says, "My loved one is lost and it's my job to save them."  There is only one entity, however, with the power to save, and it's not you!  We explore some manifestations of the complex and ways we can begin to move on from this unfruitful way of relating to others.

Finding joy  in life, fostering healthy relationships, and being fruitful requires  that we nurture our emotional maturity.  We explore some traits of the  emotionally mature.

We explore the psychology and shadow spiritual energy of a growing problem in our culture - belief in conspiracy theory.

Complaining can be a way of blowing off steam, bonding with peers, expressing feelings of inadequacy, or giving voice to deeper soul issues that cry out for attention.  Our reflection will explore reasons for complaining, signs of unhealthy complaining, and when complaining might be an opportunity for grace and growth.

Do you find yourself disproportionately triggered by certain people?  Is there a person or group you irrationally blame for your and the world's ills?  Our reflection invites us to ask in these moments of provocation, "What have I rejected of myself that I see so clearly in the other?"

We inherit from our ancestors their unresolved trauma and wounds.  If we remain unconscious of it, we will be frustrated in our efforts to live a full life, and we will pass on dysfunctional dynamics to those who come after us.  We can make a choice to wake up, stop the toxic patterns, and heal.

Confederate statues are coming down.  We now have an opportunity to create new symbols that inspire reconciliation and transformation.  We explore some spiritual and emotional currents moving through this moment.