In this eye-opening article, I talk about my time in a spiritual cult, which I left in 2021. I share why the community was positive and beneficial for years, and how ‘love and light’ can turn dark - including how truth-infused spiritual concepts combined with love-bombing and charisma can be masking coercive control, manipulation and narcissistic abuse. 

I reveal the red flags to look out for, along with questions to ask - to ensure that you are in a healthy community and not a harmful cult. This article is a must-read for anyone involved in spiritual groups, wellness communities, or those seeking a path of healing and even enlightenment. Whether you're curious, concerned, or reflecting on your own experiences, this article offers clarity, validation, insight and hope.

Exploring the many states and levels of consciousness within us is known as Svādhyāya - ‘the study of The Self’ – and within that quest is often the attainment of what’s commonly called ‘Divine’ or ‘Christ Consciousness’. Although this is a wonderful goal to aspire to, after over two decades of dedication to this quest myself, I want to offer some clarification and caveats – so you avoid certain spiritual traps when ‘waking up’ and ‘knowing thyself’.

When I was a child, I snuck into the television room late one night, and watched the movie Jaws. It scared me to death! For weeks I couldn’t sleep; filled with fear, hiding under the covers. When my dad eventually sat me down to tell me that Jaws wasn’t in my wardrobe, instead, he was only in my mind and imagination, I didn’t believe him - because it felt so real. But he spoke the truth, and gave me one of the most important lessons of my life…

Gaslighting is a term that’s getting much more exposure recently, but what is it exactly? Let me shine some light on the subject, so that you can know if you are accidentally gaslighting yourself or others, or are ever being gaslit.

Gaslighting is a form of mental and emotional manipulation that undermines the validity of a person's thoughts, feelings and perceptions of reality. It usually causes confusion and uncertainty, loss of confidence, anxiety and can …

Being raised by good parents and having what we consider to be a normal childhood, doesn’t always mean that we avoided the lesser-known early-life traumas that can be negatively impacting us, from the shadows, for decades. Keep reading to find out if any of these childhood traumas have happened to you, including Proximal Abandonment, Thwarted Autonomy, Parentification…