Spiritual Psychology With Renee Mckenna

Archetypes of the wise king and the brave warrior are as valuable to women as they are to men. Healthy masculine energy provides courage and determination, discernment and vision for our lives. Unhealthy or underdeveloped masculine renders us cowards, victims, masochists or bullies. All humans are a balance of intellect and intuition, masculine and feminine. Cultivating a grounded, resilient inner masculine is imperative for our stability and our progress. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

We underestimate the healing and change that are possible. Inner child work is extremely effective, gentle and transformative. The intellect and the emotions are separate systems in our body/mind complex. The mind may know something to be true, but our felt experience may be completely different. Inner child work allows us to update our internal operating systems to be more current, more compassionate and in greater integrity in all areas of our lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

 Being an emotional grown up means balancing humility and responsibility. We must outgrow our independence and our dependence to become interdependent- the wisest, most fulfilling way to live. Revealing all of who we are, our brokenness and our brilliance is the essence of intimacy and emotional maturity. Accepting the humanity in ourselves and others, knowing what we can change and what we can't is a path to personal power and peace of mind. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Death doesn't have to be scary. It's the only thing we all have in common in life. Renee shares some inspiring stories of the wisdom and mystery of the continuation we call dying and talks about psychopomp or the escorting of souls who may need help to cross through the doorway to the other side.  Renee will offer a free 75 minute psychopomp workshop  this Friday at 12pm PST to commemorate the 19th anniversary of 9/11. If you know someone who died tragically or unexpectedly and feel their soul might use some help to find peace, email Renee at info@reneemckenna.com. We are seeking three situations to offer the healing of psychopomp for the workshop. Support Spiritual Psychology podcast on Patreon. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

We all develop social masks to protect us or help us get the love and approval we seek. These false or idealized self images are misguided and can keep us from the genuine connection and fulfillment we really want. It is only by revealing our authentic self that we find the true happiness, self esteem and belonging we crave.  The Pathwork Lectures of Eva Pierrakos offer a brilliant and in depth understanding to the development and release of the mask self. Follow this link to find out more about International Pathwork. If you want help dropping your mask and connecting with the power of your own authentic self, email me and let's do a session of Spiritual Psychology. info@reneemckenna.com I hate ads and won't put them on this podcast. Would you support my podcast on Patreon? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

As wildfires rage across California, how do we navigate impermanence of the material world?  The goddess Kali calls us to release our attachments and surrender to the natural cycles of creation, preservation and destruction that are all around us. Can we trust the Earth and the wisdom of the Life Force and open to the unexpected opportunities "disaster" might present? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Duality is our experience of conflict and separation. Non-duality is the teaching that in ultimate reality we are indivisible from the greater whole. We are one with God and the Universe. Self inquiry is a practical and direct path to realizing or experiencing this great truth. The challenges of our impermanent form in ordinary reality call us to grow and evolve, to wake up the the deeper source of which we are all a part. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Time is our most valuable resource. How we use our time determines the quality and course of our life. Clarifying what's really important to us and devoting our time accordingly puts us in a position of power, to be the executive directors of our experience. Renee shares her own simple process for creating and maintaining time integrity and some helpful tips on closing the gap between what we wish we could be doing and how we actually spend our time. Check out my FREE Time Integrity Worksheet here. I use this simple tool with my clients to help clarify priorities and help people get conscious about managing their time and creating the life they really want. You have the power to change your priorities and decide what you do with the valuable resource of your time. There is no right or wrong. You are the director of your own life. When our actions align with our values, beliefs and desires, we are in integrity with ourselves and the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychol

Eating mindfully can be a life changing practice. We often thing about what we eat and when we eat, but do we consider HOW we eat. Approaching eating as meditation or contemplation brings a new depth and even more joy into a daily experience most of us take for granted. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

My favorite acronyms for fear are Face Everything And Recover or Fuck Everything And Run. These describe to two ways most of us manage fear and anxiety in our lives; avoidance or constructive action. When we choose to turn toward our anxieties we grow, mature and heal the deeper issues driving our fears. Generally fear is past experience projecting itself into our future, ruining our present. Approaching fear as our teacher opens us to being our best adult self and to turn the love and compassion we offer to others back onto ourselves.  Click the link below for a powerful guided meditation for healing anxiety from my book Allies & Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing: Inner Journey for Facing Our Fear  Little Girl Running From Her Shadow Video --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Intellect and Intuition work together to create our experience, help us make choices to create and process reality. Renee talks about her workshop with physicist and consciousness expert Tom Campbell about their shared understanding of the optimal relationship of our intuitive and intellectual sides.  Thomas W. Campbell is the author of the My Big TOE trilogy that “unifies science and philosophy, physics and metaphysics, mind and matter, purpose and meaning, the normal and the paranormal”, as well as shines a light on the common spiritual basis of the world’s major religions, while placing belief, dogma, and creed into a bigger picture. Click below to learn more about the worldwide work of Tom Campbell and find out more about My Big Toe (Theory of Everything.)  Tom Campbell My Big Theory Of Everything on Youtube MyBigToe.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

We source personal power thru joy, love and creativity or thru rage, abuse and fear. Awareness and intention are key in choosing constructive, higher power or destructive, lower power actions in the world. As humans we all have evolved and unevolved parts of ourselves, old patterns, bad behavior. The more honest and conscious we become about our deeper motivations, the more we can act from our higher self. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Most people have an internal critic or negative self talk that is unhelpful or even harmful. Using the Transforming Demons Into Allies Process, we can get rid of this inner self criticism and update it with a more constructive, productive and helpful system.  Like regular housecleaning we need to get rid of what no longer serves us. Like updating our phone or desktop software, we need to continually update our internal emotional, social and intellectual operating systems to stay current in how we respond and process our life experiences.  Depossession and exorcism are ancient practices that have much more to offer than we might think. Spiritual Psychology has adapted safe and compassionate approach to negative energy extraction based on the Tibetan Buddhist practice called Chöd and the work of Llama Tsultrim Allione called Feeding Your Demons.  Click the link below to a guided meditation to transform your inner critic into an ally:  Inner Journey To Transform Your Inner Critic Into An Ally

We are physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social beings. How we care for each aspect of ourselves impacts the health of our whole system. Awareness is powerful and this simple, 5 step checklist is a really helpful tool for your personal growth toolbox. Thinking holistically about self care offers a new perspective on wellness and disease beyond the common ideas of exercise and good nutrition.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Black Lives Matter is confronting America with one aspect of our collective shadow: institutional racism and the legacy of slavery. Shadow, a term coined by the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, is all the things that our ego self doesn't like. Individuals, organizations, and nations all have shadow. Carolyn Myss suggests that we all share four aspects of shadow; the victim, the saboteur, the wounded child and the prostitute. Owning shadow takes courage and humility, but integrating our individual and national shadow is an healthy process that makes us grow, mature and evolve. All light casts a shadow and the brighter the light, the darker the shadow. Depending on our willingness to face or avoid the truth, the more power for constructive or destructive power we hold. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Spiral Dynamics is a powerful and comprehensive system for understanding the world view and outlook of others, particularly people who are different from us. The system is based on years of psycho-social research and has important implications for human evolution and changing personal, business and social institutions. I can't wait to share this really practical tool for deepening and shifting how we understand the world. Learn more about Spiral Dynamics Leo at Actualized.org See the spiral of Spiral Dynamics here. Ken Wilber Integral Life website Rate, Review & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. If you like this podcast click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select "Write a Review." Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Support Spiritual Psychology on Patreon. Renee's book, workbook and guided audio series "Allies & Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing." is now available on Amazon and Kindle. Awaken the wisdom of your authentic self wi

The world is self organizing. Out of seeming chaos rise brand new forms and solutions. Emergence, synergy and attraction are universal laws that drive the infinitely creative force of evolution. Forget predictions and projections. The past is a terrible indicator for the future, unless we care to repeat it. Sometimes things need to fall apart to be put back together correctly, or the old way needs to dissolve and compost to nourish new growth. Never fear, we each have a part to play in this unfolding drama and there is much to hope for individually and collectively.  This podcast is inspired by Daniel Schmachtenberger's talk at Emergence Conference 2016.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

No one gets our of here alive. Healing and maturing our relationship with death can deeply inform the quality of our life. Renee talks about the concept of a "good death," how to make peace with this most natural process and the power and healing death experiences have brought to her clients and in her own life. The moment of our death may be the most important moment of our lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Connecting with the elements of nature is a rich and nourishing experience. We each have elements we resonate with: sun, sea, forest, earth, fire, moon. Discovering our own relationship with elements is an ancient practice that provides direct access to wisdom and life energy.  Making this connection is easier than you think.  If you want to discover your own connecting with nature and the elements in it, follow this guided meditation from my book Allies & Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

Growing on a soul level is our work in this lifetime and the hero’s journey is like an instruction manual for how to do it well. In the traditional hero’s journey, there is a terrible demon or dragon ravaging the countryside. The hero goes on a quest to save the village. He challenges his own imitations, slays the dragon and brings back the treasure which the beast has stolen. He returns the treasure to the village for the benefit of everyone and becomes a hero. Through the work of Spiritual Psychology we learn to become our own hero or heroine. Taken as a map for our own inner experience, each aspect of the hero’s journey represents a part of ourselves. The dragon is our presenting problems. The village is our life circumstance. The hero or heroine is us. How is the pandemic calling each of us to grow individually? Is there a collective hero's journey for the world culture, with Covid-19 as the dragon calling us to face our fears and change? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsycholo