Spirituality as an Intervention for Treating Addiction

The goal of spirituality and a daily spiritual practice is to have something in our lives that keeps us connected to who we truly are.

The goal of spirituality and a daily spiritual practice is to have something in our lives that keeps us connected to who we truly are.

Caring for the Mind: Insights from Buddhist Psychology

Buddhist teachings offer timeless wisdom on how to care for the mind to cultivate reliable well-being.

Buddhist teachings offer timeless wisdom on how to care for the mind to cultivate reliable well-being.

Why Reincarnation Isn't So Wonderful

The proper aim is not a better station, but liberation.

The proper aim is not a better station, but liberation.

How to Sustain a (Spiritual) High

Anyone can get high. But bringing the wisdom of your highs, epiphanies, and revelations into ordinary life is where the real pick-and-shovel work of growing and evolving happens.

Anyone can get high. But bringing the wisdom of your highs, epiphanies, and revelations into ordinary life is where the real pick-and-shovel work of growing and evolving happens.

Subconscious Thoughts About Life and Beyond

Each of us has the ability to access information from our subconscious through quieting our conscious minds and listening to the voice from within.

Each of us has the ability to access information from our subconscious through quieting our conscious minds and listening to the voice from within.

Spirituality, Coping, and LGBTQ+ Pride

LGBTQ+ and other individuals face spiritual, religious, and existential questions. As individuals and members of organizations, many of us can help address these.

LGBTQ+ and other individuals face spiritual, religious, and existential questions. As individuals and members of organizations, many of us can help address these.

The Psychology of Silence

Why can't we shut up even when we know we should?

Why can't we shut up even when we know we should?

6 Reasons to Lovingly Detach From Someone With an Addiction

Detaching with love can help us cope with a loved one who is struggling with addiction and still nurture our own well-being.

Detaching with love can help us cope with a loved one who is struggling with addiction and still nurture our own well-being.

Why Did Brain Injury Happen to Me?

Personal Perspective: “Why did this happen?” These words rumble through the bewildering, shocking aftermath of a catastrophic brain injury.

Personal Perspective: “Why did this happen?” These words rumble through the bewildering, shocking aftermath of a catastrophic brain injury.

Moving Beyond the Mind's Limits

A Personal Perspective: A state of mind that moves past the limitations of ingrained beliefs.

A Personal Perspective: A state of mind that moves past the limitations of ingrained beliefs.

Follow the Golden Rule and Pay It Forward

A Personal Perspective: Following the Golden Rule benefits us and the people we help. When we receive blessings, we should pay them forward.

A Personal Perspective: Following the Golden Rule benefits us and the people we help. When we receive blessings, we should pay them forward.

4 Ways to Incorporate Spirituality Into Work

Do you want to bring more of your whole self to work? Psychological research suggests your work may benefit from incorporating aspects of personal spirituality.

Do you want to bring more of your whole self to work? Psychological research suggests your work may benefit from incorporating aspects of personal spirituality.

Plato’s Most Beautiful Myth Retold and Interpreted

A psychiatrist and philosopher digests Plato’s myth of Er.

A psychiatrist and philosopher digests Plato’s myth of Er.

The Psychology of Rumi's Poetry

Personal Perspective: For more than six decades, the poet Rumi has inspired me. Here is why we need his timeless poetry now.

Personal Perspective: For more than six decades, the poet Rumi has inspired me. Here is why we need his timeless poetry now.

How Religious Themes Can Aid Those With Mental Illness

Religious experience can remind us that we are not alone, a key to healing in a divided world.

Religious experience can remind us that we are not alone, a key to healing in a divided world.

What if You Are What You’ve Been Searching For?

Personal Perspective: We spend our lives searching for what we think we're missing, but it turns out that what we thought we were missing was ourselves all along.

Personal Perspective: We spend our lives searching for what we think we're missing, but it turns out that what we thought we were missing was ourselves all along.

Spirituality and Meaning-Making

Clinicians can empower clients by understanding and engaging their belief systems to foster meaning and psychobiological change.

Clinicians can empower clients by understanding and engaging their belief systems to foster meaning and psychobiological change.

How the Upanishads Transformed the Human Mind

In many ways, the Upanishads anticipated Greek philosophy.

In many ways, the Upanishads anticipated Greek philosophy.

The Secret of the Self, According to the Upanishads

Understanding concepts of the soul, or self, in Indian philosophy.

Understanding concepts of the soul, or self, in Indian philosophy.

How the Swastika Came to Be Appropriated by the Nazis

The swastika began as an Indian symbol of auspiciousness.

The swastika began as an Indian symbol of auspiciousness.

Barrier to Enlightenment: How Hungry Are You?

Is enlightenment real? If so, how can reaching it cure us from our constant hunger for excitement?

Is enlightenment real? If so, how can reaching it cure us from our constant hunger for excitement?

Spirituality Is More Experienced Than Understood

People resist addiction recovery programs because they mention God. But spirituality means experiencing how community has power beyond understanding to heal.

People resist addiction recovery programs because they mention God. But spirituality means experiencing how community has power beyond understanding to heal.

Does THC Give You Wisdom?

Personal Perspective: Interactions between medical cannabis practitioners, patients, families, and caregivers are often filled with delightful and rewarding surprises.

Personal Perspective: Interactions between medical cannabis practitioners, patients, families, and caregivers are often filled with delightful and rewarding surprises.

Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita

How to achieve tranquillity.

How to achieve tranquillity.

The Psychology and Philosophy of Yoga

An introduction to the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali.

An introduction to the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali.

An Integrative Approach to Caregiver Burnout

Burnout is at an all time high. How does burnout effect us and how can we overcome it?

Burnout is at an all time high. How does burnout effect us and how can we overcome it?

The First-Ever Mention and Definition of Yoga

The earliest exposition of yoga is by Yama, the Hindu god of death.

The earliest exposition of yoga is by Yama, the Hindu god of death.

What I Learned From a Week Contemplating My Death

A Personal Perspective: It may feel scary or difficult to think about our own death, but taking the time to do so can enrich and transform our lives.

A Personal Perspective: It may feel scary or difficult to think about our own death, but taking the time to do so can enrich and transform our lives.

Contemplating Our Role in the Universe

Interactions with the subconscious through hypnosis provide glimpses of some thinking patterns underlying spiritual thoughts.

Interactions with the subconscious through hypnosis provide glimpses of some thinking patterns underlying spiritual thoughts.

Some Great Reasons to Make Amends

Making amends is a part of addiction recovery, but it is a beneficial practice for anyone. It can free us from guilt, repair relationships, and bring a new perspective.

Making amends is a part of addiction recovery, but it is a beneficial practice for anyone. It can free us from guilt, repair relationships, and bring a new perspective.