The Spiritual Foundations of Mental Health

There are a variety of ways we might deal with recurring difficult feelings - from ignoring, to denying, to strategizing change.  We look at a story of girl with social anxiety and she is beginning to have a new experience of strong feelings of embarrassment.

A living organism seeks to main a constancy internally even as externals are not constant.  This is necessary for health.  Guess what?  That's true for our psychological health, too!

To the degree that we feel we're having the "wrong" feelings, we seek to run from them.  But they are the "holy" ground upon which we can learn to navigate our lives. 

Dark feelings can be likened to the contractions of a birth process.  When we understand our part, we are so well positioned to play an extraordinary role in new understanding, new growth, new life.

If feelings aren't being created by the events and circumstances of the world out there, does that mean there's wisdom in ignoring them?  No.  Take a listen to a balanced approach to finding wisdom in feelings.