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Spiritual Development isn't for Sissies!

by Dorothy Holder

Spiritual Development 101. there are many aspects to spiritual growth, self development and understanding concepts of being mindful and it isn't all fun. There are some very real challenges to a journey of self discovery but psst... it is so worth it. Find Dorothy at www.dorothyholder.com

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  1. Belief and Reality

    Do you update what you know, believe or understand? If you don't you may be operatiing on a myth, old tenet or worse mistaken understanding which formed when you were 3 years old.

  2. Psychic Forecasts: Are they valid?

    No one can knuckle down months of nothing much to something. but having information about specific events at times can be of value if you are prepared to make adjustments.

  3. A.R.T. what is the point in seeing aura?

    It is definitely a skill not a spiritual manifestation and helpful to energy workers, readers and in any job where knowing more about a persons character or motivation is beneficial.

  4. What Does Being Open Mean exactly?

    Maybe it isn't what you have been told or what you believe. Making a difference in your own life can be simple but isn't always easy.

  5. Free Will

    Free will, Destiny and Fate. They all have their place.

  6. Self Love

    What is self love? Is it what we are told it is? You know me, I am going to challenge the older new age concepts.

  7. Self Determination

    The stages of personal development are pretty clear but not so easy, we will go up and down, backward and forward many times during that journey and even after we feel we have arrived.

  8. How to release effectively

    Focusing on what you want to let go is it necessarily helpful as it can become a focus on the very thing that your tying yourself to.

  9. Belief makes an unreliable witness

    Strong belief can lead to misinforming yourself in others.

  10. Forgiveness it's not what you think.

    How do you define a lack of forgiveness?

  11. Change, what is it really?

    The difference between changing what you need to change and what you want to change

  12. What is Regression Therapy?

    Back to the future. Revealing origins is the most common way to build a new pathway forward often with interesting, not to mention surprising results

  13. Create Change through Process

    it takes a strong mind to move past resistence, experiences and self editing to bring positive change. Hypnotherapy calls on that mind to be stronger than the parts that hold it back

  14. Esoteric Development: Where to start?

    Chakras? Meditation? Attunement? Programs of spiritual or self development? It is probably a combination and if healing is required, even more important to start there.

  15. Chakras, Transformation and Process

    Can you heal your life by focusing on a chakra?

  16. Where is My Beautiful Life?

    Anticipation/Excitement, Disappointment, Frustration. Is that your life cycle? How long does it take you to go from the first to the last?

  17. Spiritual development isn't doctrine

    just saying....

  18. Life is Stagnating? What next?

    Is life stagnating really or is your mindset preventing you from seeing opportunities and process that leads to progress.

  19. Resistence

    At its core resistence is about an inner self trying to assert knowledge and us refusing to acknowledge it. Others will tell us over the years and we will not like them for it or we will grow and say,, 'yes, yes I do that'

  20. Karma and Reincarnation

    The good the bad and the ugly. When belief rules the oberver becomes unreliable.

  21. Absolute Belief is not Knowing!

    Belief when it dictates the experience makes the observer an unreliable witness, determination to hold on to a belief can become fantaticism refusing to acknowledge any other possibility stunting growth and arresting development.

  22. Regression Therapy

    How does it work and is it for you?

  23. Crystal Healing as Therapy

    This may not be presented correctly costing a lot of money for few results. Crystal Healing is a real thing though so be on the look out for great courses and save yourself time in development.

  24. Are you committed?

    It is always easy to start new things to have that wonderful fluffy fuzzy feeling when you have emotional expansions,energetic expansions, and those aha moments but what about when that stops and the hard work begins?

  25. Psychic Skills and Deja Vu

    Developing psychic skills often comes out of tinkling around with interests like lucid dreaming, deja vu and personal development with a desire to heal one's life or help others.

  26. Being Authentic Matters

    We hear the word a lot, do you know what it means?

  27. Shame And Guilt are Part of Realizing who you are.

    Being overwhelmed by challenging feelings comes from a place of knowing yourself. This is the foundation of level 1 consciousness, there is no enlightenment without it.

  28. Clearing your mind

    Being present is a lot easier than you think

  29. Intentional Development

    Spiritual development accepts self limiting beliefs need to be addressed before growth can begin. Transactional spirituality isn't spirituality at all.

  30. Spiritual Mimickry is not Spiritual Growth

    Spiritual development is born of knowledge that becomes wisdom, watch you are set on a track that has no meaning forcing you to retrace your steps at some point in the future.

  31. Dark days and then HOPE

    The challenges of development, when faced, bring a great reward, How long the dark day before the dawn lasts is entirely down to how you face it down. Understanding yourself may be hard but it is necessary for spiritual development.

  32. Resistance

    Resistence is the very thing that slows things down, sends you off in the wrong direction and keeps old patterns in play. If you want to get results, eradicating resistance is the way to go.

  33. Scary things: Myth buster edition

    So many people speak in absolutes when it comes to spiritual and very subjective concepts. You may see something but do you know what you are seeing, you may fear something and that will alter how your mind interprets what you are seeing, We are nothing if not creatures that are slaves to fears…

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  34. Are Soul Contracts Real?

    Let's find out.

  35. Attachment: It's A Killer

    Detachment is a concept that is well known even though it is rarely sought out by spiritual seekers.

  36. Expanding Chakras and Meditation

    Do you need to focus on meditation or chakras to expand your consciousness??

  37. Ego, Entitlement and Spirituality part 2

    Transformation isn't just a word. it is hard work. It isn't a change in direction or attitude it completely turns something upside down and enlightenment always comes first.

  38. Mastery, Sigh..

    Mastery is the aim, mastery over self, over one's abilities over ones desires, thoughts and emotions. How do you get there?

  39. Ego, Entitlement and Spirituality

    One gets a bad rap, the other gets ignored and neither offer up spiritual qualities.

  40. What is Spirituality?

    The idea of spiritual development is very attractive, until...

  41. From Realization to Actualization: its a trip

    Living your potential is a daily deal not an end game. The proccess is more fun than you might imagine and the rewards last a lifetime. www.dorothyholder.com

  42. Realization: the path to level 1 consciousness

    Realization to Self Realization a journey into the present is vital if one wants to move on into spiritual autonomy.

  43. Manifestation and Timing

    Do you manifest anything in the world? Perhaps not and believing you manifest what you want is more often than not a limiting belief and even an inhibitor in your creative strategies.

  44. Spirituality and Psychic Development

    What's the Difference? Let's find out.

  45. Time Frames are Your Responsibility

    how quickly or slowy things happen becomes more apparent when you have information to hand that can empower you and not using it tends to be disempowering.

  46. Opening Up and Receiving

    It isn't all fun and games, we are often challenged by past memories that don't feel like memories, snatching bits and pieces of others lives and more... a meandering look at what it means to open to subtle energy fields.

  47. Self Actualization leveling up connections

    Potential IS what excites us in any aspect of life and for ourselves. When we can't see it we become disillusioned, a fairly common state that is quickly followed by frustration.

  48. RESISTENCE: Is it your achilles heel?

    Resistence is an umbrella for many behaviours that lead us down a variety of pathways that tend toward feeling guilty or fake. When you know better, do better.

  49. What about those Big Spiritual Experiences

    Good or bad they happen, are they what you think of when you think of spiritual development?

  50. Looking for Signs

    not every sign is a positive one andnot every sign is a sign....

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Spiritual Development 101. there are many aspects to spiritual growth, self development and understanding concepts of being mindful and it isn't all fun. There are some very real challenges to a journey of self discovery but psst... it is so worth it.

Find Dorothy at www.dorothyholder.com

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Dorothy Holder

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Spiritual Development 101. there are many aspects to spiritual growth, self development and understanding concepts of being mindful and it isn't all fun. There are some very real challenges to a journey of self discovery but psst... it is so worth it. Find Dorothy at www.dorothyholder.com

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