Spiritual Wellness

By Meg CarverOnani Mentoring

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What is Spiritual Wellness?

• Having a sense of purpose and direction

• Realizing, developing and expressing our personal values, rights and responsibilities

• Integrating our beliefs and values with our actions

Characteristics of Spiritual Wellness

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Characteristics of Spiritual Wellness

• Having a sense of meaning and purpose in life

• Feeling a sense of individuality as well as a sense of connection to others and often a connection to something larger than life

• Keeping life in perspective while pursuing personal growth and development

• Integrating personal values and morals into everyday activites — job, family, recreation, community and activities

Characteristics of Spiritual Wellness

• Finding comfort, joy, beauty, support, peace, balance, creativity

• Being compassionate towards others

• Accepting the unknown, mystery, the unanswerable

Signs of Spiritual Depletion

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Spiritual Depletion Is

• Inability to see your own responsibility within a difficult life situation (lack of empowerment)

• Using blame and judgment in relationships with others

• Feeling overwhelmed, lack of direction, tired of life, nothing really matters

• Feeling a need to be dishonest within yourself and with others

• Addictions

• Unable to calm your mind

Spiritual Depletion Is

• Consistent, ongoing feelings of sadness, fearfulness or anger

• Disregarding your own needs and always giving in to others

• Extreme need to be helpful, nice, listening, agreeing, understanding, accepting and forgiving with others

• Feeling lonely and isolated

• Low energy level

Developing Spiritual Wellness

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Ways of Developing Spiritual Wellness

• Acknowledging your own gifts and talents, your own uniqueness

• Valuing your self so that you contribute and connect to others through your own personal expression, rather than denying your own needs and simply serving others

• Prioritizing your life activities so that your health, energy level, creativity and feelings of joy are supported

• Asking for what you want and feeling worthy of receiving a life of balance, harmony and connection

Ways of Developing Spiritual Wellness

• Establishing firm boundaries, including the ability to say no to anything that is not honoring to you

• Taking the time and space you need to awaken to your dreams and passions

• Creating a support system of others around you that also value and honor you. This includes your friends, co-workers, boss, spouse or dating partner, physicians and other health care practitioners, any other professionals you may use in your life

• Appreciating others for their unique way of expressing their love

Spiritual Wellness Is

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Being Spiritually Connected Means

• Connecting to all other aspects of your life– physical– emotional– intellectual– social– family– occupational

Begin improving any one of these aspects

and your spiritual wellness

will also improve

Spiritual wellness is knowing you are

worthy of receiving a life of ease, elegance,

joy, beauty, connection, creativity,

abundance, peace, contentment, health,

vitality, inspiration, meaning and purpose.

Spiritual Wellness

By Meg CarverOnani Mentoring

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