There are parts of us that can remain untouched even after years of healing, therapy, spiritual practice, and self-understanding. Not because we have failed to heal them. Not because we haven’t found the right insight …
There is a particular kind of bewilderment that can arise after we have been on a path of healing for some time.We understand so much.We can see where the patterns came from. We recognize the …
Sometimes life comes not to soothe us, but to overturn the world we have made. Something arrives—death, a new lover, shattering grief, the end of a dream, an encounter we cannot explain—and the spiritual house …
At times, we are asked to bear witness to a shattering. To the death of an old dream – me and my life and the way it was all supposed to turn out.In mourning what …
There are times when life does not ask us to rise, heal, transcend, or become better versions of ourselves. It asks something far more difficult. It asks us to descend.To allow the structures we’ve built …
Space is too wild, undomesticated, and vast to be “held.”The image of “holding” is an evocative one that has given rise to the idea of “holding space” for another, where we’re attuned to what they’re …
Much is said these days about healing and spiritual transformation, and the deep joy, clarity, and peace that are the promised fruits of the inner journey.Not much is mentioned, however, about the disappointment involved in …
Most of us were never taught how to stay with ourselves.Not in the moments when something inside begins to open. Not when the body fills with grief, or anger, or a longing that has no …
Catharsis is not the same as integration.In shadow work and deep emotional–somatic practice, these two are often conflated. But something essential depends on our ability to tell them apart—not in theory, but in the fire …
The Quiet Work: Learning to Stay With Ourselves When Things Feel HardA Six-Week Online Journey with Matt LicataStarting Wednesday, April 8>>Learn more and register here Dear friend,This course is an invitation into a slower, deeper …