# The Awakened Therapist > Holistic Therapist Trainings | Boulder, CO ## Posts - [Is Gestalt Therapy Evidence-Based? A Holistic, Spiritual, and Decolonized Approach to Psychotherapy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/is-gestalt-therapy-evidence-based/): by Harmony Kwiker | Founder of The Awakened Therapist Approach In the field of psychotherapy, the phrase evidence-based is often used as a marker of legitimacy, professionalism, and ethical care. And yet, many clinicians wonder whether approaches that feel holistic, spiritual, relational, or deeply experiential can truly belong in that category. To answer that question clearly, it helps to slow down and define what evidence-based actually means. In psychotherapy, there is an established standard of care that emphasizes the use of evidence-based clinical approaches. This standard exists to ensure that the services we offer are not only thoughtful and ethical, […] - [Beyond Talk: How Body Awareness and Energy Work Complete the Psychodynamic Journey](https://awakenedtherapist.com/body-awareness-and-energy-work-complete-the-psychodynamic-journey/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, Founder of The Awakened Therapist Approach Evolving the Depths of Psychodynamic Work For more than a century, psychodynamic therapy has shaped the way we understand the unconscious. Through dialogue and reflection, it has helped countless people uncover hidden motives, internal conflicts, and early attachment patterns. Yet even as this tradition has deepened our understanding of the psyche, many practitioners are discovering that talk alone does not complete the journey. True healing requires more than insight—it requires integration through the body and energy system. As psychodynamic therapy training evolves, therapists are learning to pair psychological awareness […] - [Becoming a Spiritually Aligned Therapist: Training Pathways for Conscious Practitioners](https://awakenedtherapist.com/training-pathways-for-conscious-practitioners/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, Founder of The Awakened Therapist Approach The Shift Toward Conscious Practice Across the helping professions, more therapists and coaches are awakening to a simple truth: real healing requires more than insight and technique—it requires presence, awareness, and alignment. As the field evolves, there’s growing demand for programs that blend psychology with spirituality, mindfulness, and embodiment. Therapists no longer want to choose between science and soul. They’re seeking training that honors both. This movement has given rise to a new generation of mindfulness based therapy training, somatic therapy, and holistic therapy certification programs that prepare practitioners […] - [Awakening Through Resistance: Using Therapeutic Ruptures as Portals for Growth](https://awakenedtherapist.com/therapeutic-rupture/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, Founder of The Awakened Therapist Approach The Hidden Wisdom in Rupture In many authentic therapeutic relationships, there are moments when connection feels uncertain or strained. A client might pull back, go silent, or express frustration; the therapist might misread a cue or move faster than the client’s system can follow. These experiences—known as therapeutic ruptures—can feel uncomfortable or discouraging, but in truth, they are sacred invitations. When met with awareness and compassion, rupture becomes the very soil where transformation takes root. In The Awakened Therapist Approach, we view every disruption in connection as a mirror […] - [The Holistic Path: How Therapists Can Blend Energy Medicine and Psychotherapy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/ethics-of-subtle-energy-in-therapy/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, Founder of The Awakened Therapist Approach Bridging the Seen and Unseen in Therapy Psychotherapy and energy medicine are often viewed as separate domains—one rooted in science and psychology, the other in intuition and the unseen forces of healing. Yet therapists around the world are discovering that these two approaches can complement each other beautifully when held with clarity, ethics, and awareness. As more practitioners pursue holistic therapy training, they are learning that integrating subtle energy with psychological understanding can deepen transformation on every level: physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual. In The Awakened Therapist Approach, energy […] - [Internal Family Systems and Somatic Intelligence: A Path to Healing the Inner Self](https://awakenedtherapist.com/internal-family-systems-training/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, Founder of The Awakened Therapist Approach The Rise of Parts Work in Modern Therapy Internal Family Systems (IFS) has become one of the most talked-about approaches in contemporary psychotherapy. Its language of “parts,” “protectors,” and “Self” has given clients and therapists a compassionate framework for understanding inner conflict. With so much attention on internal family systems training, many clinicians are discovering the profound relief that comes from meeting each part of the psyche with curiosity and care. But long before IFS emerged, Gestalt therapy and psychosynthesis laid the groundwork for this type of exploration. Fritz […] - [Gestalt Meets Spirit: Applying Awareness-Based Techniques in Transpersonal Counseling](https://awakenedtherapist.com/gestalt-therapy-training/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, ACS, Founder of The Awakened Therapist Approach The Meeting of Two Transformational Paths Gestalt therapy and transpersonal counseling share a profound truth: awareness itself is healing. Gestalt invites us into direct contact with our experience in the present moment, while transpersonal psychology expands this awareness into the spiritual and energetic dimensions of being. When the two meet, psychotherapy becomes a path of awakening—an integration of psychology and consciousness that honors both human complexity and divine essence. Through gestalt therapy training, practitioners learn that every moment of contact—between therapist and client, between awareness and experience—is sacred. […] - [Why Somatic Experiencing is Transforming Trauma Therapy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/why-somatic-experiencing-is-transforming-trauma-therapy/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, Founder of The Awakened Therapist Approach The Evolution of Trauma Therapy For decades, trauma treatment has focused primarily on cognition—on insight, memory, and story. While these approaches can bring understanding, they often fall short of bringing true resolution. Healing trauma requires more than talking about what happened; it requires repairing the body’s innate capacity to feel safe again. This is where somatic therapy for trauma has revolutionized the field. By bringing awareness into the body and working directly with the nervous system, we address trauma where it lives—not just in the mind, but in the […] - [Integrating Compassion-Focused Therapy with Spiritual Alignment Practices](https://awakenedtherapist.com/compassion-focused-therapy/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, Founder of The Institute for Spiritual Alignment The Meeting Place of Compassion and Spirituality Compassion creates the conditions for healing. It softens the inner defenses that have formed around pain and offers the body and psyche what they’ve been longing for—safety, warmth, and understanding. When we offer ourselves these conditions, healing unfolds naturally, without force or control. Compassion invites regulation, coherence, and the quiet remembrance that we are already whole. Compassion-focused therapy training teaches us how to cultivate this state of inner safety and extend it to those we serve. Through the practices of awareness, […] - [Understanding Polyvagal Regulation in Somatic Trauma Therapy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/polyvagal-regulation-in-somatic-trauma-therapy/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, Founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment Why Polyvagal Theory Matters in Trauma Healing In somatic trauma therapy, understanding the nervous system is essential to creating safety and transformation. Polyvagal Theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, offers a revolutionary lens for understanding how the body responds to stress, connection, and healing. It teaches us that our capacity for presence and relationship depends on the physiological state of our autonomic nervous system. Rather than seeing trauma as purely psychological, Polyvagal Theory shows us that trauma lives in the body’s adaptive responses. These states are not pathology—they […] - [How Mindfulness-Based Somatic Therapy Deepens the Healing Process](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-mindfulness-based-somatic-therapy-deepens-the-healing-process/): by Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, Founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment The Body as a Gateway to Consciousness Mindfulness has become a cornerstone of modern psychotherapy—and for good reason. The ability to witness our inner experience with awareness and compassion is one of the most transformative skills we can cultivate. Yet mindfulness alone, when practiced only at the level of the mind, can keep us hovering above the very places where healing longs to occur. This is where mindfulness-based somatic therapy becomes essential. By bringing mindful awareness into the felt sense of the body, we bridge the gap between […] - [What is Subtle Energy?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/what-is-subtle-energy/) - [Questions to Ask in Somatic Therapy: Bringing the Body into the Therapeutic Conversation](https://awakenedtherapist.com/somatic-therapy-questions/): When we bring somatics into the therapy room, we invite our clients to access the innate intelligence that lives beneath their narratives. The body doesn’t just carry our history—it carries the pathway toward integration. Every sensation, impulse, and contraction holds wisdom, and when met with awareness, these embodied experiences become the doorway to transformation. In my approach to psychotherapy, which integrates Gestalt, polyvagal theory, and awake awareness, the therapist’s role is not to analyze or fix, but to create the conditions where the body’s natural intelligence can reveal what is incomplete. The questions we ask—and the way we ask them—shape […] - [5 Steps to Regulate Your Nervous System](https://awakenedtherapist.com/nervous-system-regulation/): Your nervous system is the living bridge between body and spirit—the place where biology, energy, and consciousness meet. It is the instrument through which you experience connection, safety, and aliveness. When this system is regulated, your awareness flows freely through the body. You feel grounded, centered, and able to meet life from your awake, responsive Self. - [What is Developmental Trauma?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/what-is-developmental-trauma-a-gestalt-and-transpersonal-approach-to-healing/): by Harmony Kwiker Developmental trauma emerges over time through chronic relational disruption—a combination of things that happened (intrusion, misattunement, chaos, or abuse) and things that didn’t happen (consistent attunement, repair, safety, and delight). As Laurence Heller and Aline LaPierre describe in Healing Developmental Trauma, these early relational patterns shape the developing nervous system into core survival adaptations designed to maintain safety and preserve connection with caregivers, often at the expense of connection with the True Self. In this way, developmental trauma isn’t defined by a single event, but by the absence of secure, attuned relationship in which the child could […] - [What is Gestalt Therapy?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/what-is-gestalt-therapy/): by Harmony Kwiker Gestalt therapy is a present-moment, experiential approach to psychotherapy that invites us into direct contact with our inner and outer world. Rather than analyzing the past or interpreting symptoms, Gestalt brings awareness to what is happening right now—in the body, in the field, and in relationship. Through this embodied awareness, clients rediscover their innate wholeness, and healing unfolds organically through presence rather than effort. A Therapy of Awareness, Contact, and Integration At the heart of Gestalt therapy is the belief that awareness itself is curative. When we bring awake awareness to our sensations, emotions, and thoughts, our […] - [What is Holistic Psychotherapy?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/holistic-psychotherapy/): by Harmony Kwiker Holistic psychotherapy is an approach to healing that honors the whole person—mind, body, energy, and spirit. Rather than focusing on symptoms or pathology, it views each client as an intelligent, living system continually moving toward balance and wholeness. In this way, therapy becomes less about fixing what’s broken and more about restoring alignment with the truth of who we are. A Healing Process That Honors All of You In conventional models, therapy often focuses on the mind—our thoughts, stories, and past experiences. While these layers matter, they represent only part of the human experience. Holistic psychotherapy expands […] - [What’s the Difference Between Gestalt Therapy and IFS?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/gestalt-therapy-and-ifs/): by Harmony Kwiker Both Gestalt Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS) are powerful, experiential approaches that honor the complexity of the human psyche. While they share a respect for inner experience and self-awareness, they differ in how they understand the self, facilitate transformation, and hold the therapeutic relationship. Below, we’ll explore the key distinctions and why many therapists find Gestalt’s emphasis on sovereignty and present-moment awareness to be profoundly liberating. A Brief Overview of Each Approach Gestalt Therapy Founded by Fritz Perls in the mid-20th century, Gestalt therapy is rooted in phenomenology, existentialism, and humanistic psychology. It emphasizes awareness in […] - [Honoring Somatic Intelligence](https://awakenedtherapist.com/honoring-somatic-intelligence/): by Harmony Kwiker When we think of trauma, we often imagine memories, stories, or psychological imprints. Yet trauma is not only held in the mind—it lives in the body. Every contraction, every pattern of tension, every instinct to withdraw or brace is the body’s way of remembering. This is the essence of somatic intelligence: the body’s innate wisdom to protect, regulate, and eventually guide us back to wholeness. In truth, our bodies have never forgotten how to heal—they’ve simply organized themselves around survival. The same systems that once protected us from overwhelm now hold the keys to our liberation. When […] - [Being a Therapist in Relationships Outside of the Therapy Room](https://awakenedtherapist.com/being-a-therapist-in-relationships/): by Harmony Kwiker As therapists, we spend countless hours cultivating presence, awareness, and skillful attunement to our clients. In order to offer them a clear view of their thoughts, feelings, and patterns, we devote ourselves to becoming an accurate mirror of reflection. Transitioning from being that clear mirror for our clients into our intimate relationships can sometimes feel challenging. When we see the unconscious patterns of those we love, we may feel an impulse to get them to see themselves through our reflection. While we can certainly offer others our perspectives, it’s important to remember that personal relationships are not […] - [Working with Different Contact Boundary Disturbances in Gestalt Therapy | Harmony Kwiker](https://awakenedtherapist.com/working-with-contact-boundary-disturbances/): Harmony Kwiker | Blog In this lecture, Harmony discusses various experiments for working with contact boundary disturbances in gestalt therapy. Watch Video Here: https://youtu.be/GveUituZuGU When working with any contact boundary disturbance in gestalt therapy, you’re essentially engaging with the same incomplete situation—the same unfinished business or incomplete gestalt. For example, when a client is projecting, they might speak critically about their partner—highlighting everything the partner isn’t doing—while unconsciously denying their own unmet needs. You recognize the projection, and once you begin working with it, you inevitably touch on every other boundary disturbance because of their deep interconnection. In gestalt, the […] - [8 Best Holistic Therapy Trainings](https://awakenedtherapist.com/best-holistic-therapy-trainings/): by Harmony Kwiker | Blog If you’re a therapist looking to expand your skills and specialize in a holistic approach to counseling, then finding the best online therapy courses for therapists will help you is reach your professional goals. As a teacher who is passionate about supporting therapists and counselors, I’ve curated a list of 10 best online therapy courses for therapists that can help you build your skills and elevate your practice. From somatic-based modalities to niche certifications, these 10 best online therapy courses for therapists are designed to provide both spiritual and practical learning experiences so that you […] - [The Enneagram's Application in Transpersonal Gestalt](https://awakenedtherapist.com/enneagram-transpersonal-gestalt-therapy/): by Harmony Kwiker | Blog The Enneagram is a tool for awakening, self-discovery, personal growth, and understanding human relationships. It’s a model of the human psyche that describes nine interconnected personality types, each with unique strengths, weaknesses, motivations, and fears. It can be an extremely useful tool to help identify patterns of thinking, feeling, and behavior.  Early on in my career, I leaned heavily on the Enneagram for my self-development, as well as to help me understand my client’s inner map. However, I was noticing that this tool, like many others, was being misused by the general population. Instead of a […] - [Learning to Identify a Polarity in Gestalt Therapy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/identifying-a-polarity-in-gestalt-therapy/): by Harmony Kwiker | Blog A polarity is comprised of two seemingly opposing qualities of a client’s personality that cause an inner conflict. When a clinician becomes present with their client, we begin to see the way the client disrupts contact with the present moment and turns off the light of awareness. During this time, the dominant aspect of the client’s personality becomes evident, which is where their ordinary mind makes meaning of the world. As we maintain our seat as a clear mirror, we can begin to see how this dominant aspect of the personality is casting a shadow […] - [Mapping Your Client's Inner World](https://awakenedtherapist.com/mapping-your-clients-inner-world/): by Harmony Kwiker | Blog Clients are multidimensional beings with a unique map of how to relate to themselves and the world. When a clinician takes a map (i.e. a framework) and places it onto the client, the fullness of the client’s innate wisdom and inherent movement towards health is often missed. Instead of trying to put a map onto a client, mapping the client’s unique inner territory allows the client to increase awareness and rediscover their sovereign will. It is from this embodied place of sovereignty that their transformation transpires. Gestalt therapists and transpersonal counselors learn their client’s map […] - [What is Transpersonal Counseling?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/what-is-transpersonal-counseling/): by Harmony Kwiker | Blog Transpersonal counseling is a sacred approach to psychotherapy, where the therapist integrates concepts of spirituality, consciousness, and modern psychology to create a truly holistic container. A transpersonal counselor sees their clients as whole, while also seeing the wisdom embedded in their behavioral and mental health symptoms. The interventions used by a transpersonal counselor emphasizes the interconnectedness of the client’s mind, body, and spirit. Every moment of a session honors the client’s innate wisdom and spiritual nature as the guide for their healing. The word “transpersonal” literally translates to “beyond personal identity,” which means that the […] - [Thank you, Transpersonal Counselors](https://awakenedtherapist.com/thank-you-transpersonal-counselors/): Dear Transpersonal Counselors, I’m writing this to you because I know sometimes it can seem like we don’t fit into the world of counseling and psychotherapy. At agencies and with insurance billing, the medical model and CBT are lauded as the approaches that have value. If you feel like you don’t fit in, that means you are part of the shift of something really important that’s happening in the field right now. Let yourself be misunderstood. Let yourself experience the discomfort of the limitations of the agency, and bring your magic. This video is an offering from my heart to […] - [5 Steps to Confronting Incongruence in Psychotherapy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/confronting-incongruence-in-psychotherapy/): When a client is incongruent, there is a mismatch between their ideal self and their authentic experience, leading to feelings of discomfort or anxiety. Trying to be something that they are not, a client simultaneously expresses and perpetuates their patterns of dysregulation, where their perceived lack of safety and security causes them to try to hide their authentic experience. As therapists, we know that congruence is an indication of a regulated nervous system. When a client is congruent, they are in contact with themselves as they actually are, not as they think they should be. From a state of congruence, a […] - [Working with trauma through a spiritual lens](https://awakenedtherapist.com/spiritual-therapy-and-trauma/): With a genuine desire to offer a truly sacred place for clients to heal, a therapist can put a lot of pressure on themselves to know exactly what to do when working with a client who presents with symptoms of complex trauma. Many therapists take multiple trainings on how to work with trauma, and yet they still feel ineffective in their ability to offer deep repair and healing to clients. Because each client is so different, there are so many unknowns when working with trauma. Linear models and frameworks designed to "heal" a client overlook the vital role of a client's own innate spirituality as the Source of their healing. The old paradigm in psychotherapy, where the therapist needs to be the expert who holds the answers to their client's suffering, can actually interrupt the therapeutic process and distract from the healing potential available for clients. There are three main problems with this old paradigm: 1) When the therapist holds the answers to a clients suffering, this model perpetuates the trauma response of a client giving their autonomy away, 2) when the therapist is the expert, they treat their client as an object to be fixed, and 3) when the therapist controls the steps to healing, the client's success is dependent on them fitting into to someone else's map. - [Why is subtle energy useful in therapy?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/subtle-energy-in-therapy/): Seemingly beyond the scope of our physical eyes, we can feel, sense, and even see the expression of subtle energy, which is the expression of a person’s vital force. While counseling and psychotherapy focus on a person’s mental and behavioral health, honoring a client’s subtle energy expression creates a more complete container, where the present moment experience becomes the entry point into deep healing and transformation. When a therapist stays in the realm of thought-based reality, a client attempts to change their mental state from the same state of consciousness that causes their distress. When a therapist attunes to the […] - [11 Sentence Stems to use in Gestalt Group Therapy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/sentence-stems-to-use-in-gestalt-group-therapy/): When the principles of gestalt therapy are brought into a group setting, the potential for transformation increases exponentially. The present-centered approach of gestalt is akin to a relational meditation, which allows for a client’s delusions, misbeliefs, and habits of the personality to be seen with heightened clarity. In an individual session, the awareness continuum is used to support clients in increasing contact with their present moment experience. In a group session, we can invite clients to bring a deeper sense of authenticity, increased awareness, and self-responsibility through sentence-stems. Group members may feel uncomfortable with vulnerability and authenticity, which is one […] - [8 Reasons why the Body is Essential in Psychotherapeutic Practice](https://awakenedtherapist.com/8-reasons-why-the-body-is-essential-in-psychotherapeutic-practice/): Gestalt therapy is a body-based approach to counseling that offers mindful attunement to the here and now. As the first approach to counseling that honored the wisdom of the inner mind-body connection, gestalt is a highly intuitive system of psychotherapy. Recognizing that we cannot separate our clients into distinct or discrete parts, a gestalt therapist honors the principles of holism, where parts of a whole are viewed as in intimately interconnected. This means that each aspect of a client cannot exist independently of the whole (i.e. the mind is not separate from the body), nor can any aspect of a […] - [Disrupting Homeostasis in Gestalt Therapy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/gestalt-therapy/): Gestalt therapy is a mindfulness-based, transpersonal therapy theory that is based in holism, where we honor the wholeness of a client and do not try to reduce them down into distinct “parts.” As we stay in the present moment, here and now with a client, we attune to how they express as they share their meaning-making with us. We reflect to them how they seem, as we invite them into their present moment experience. For example, do they seem agitated? Do they seem sad? Do they seem tense? Do they seem open?  When we consider that other therapy theories encourage […] - [Questions to Ask in Gestalt Therapy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/questions-to-ask-in-gestalt-therapy/): by Harmony Kwiker | Blog Finding your wording and language as a gestalt therapist can take some time. Discovering how to allow your authentic engagement, awake awareness, and present moment centeredness to be reflected in the words you use is a process of trial and error. Seeing the impact of your words on your client is the biggest indicator of whether or not your words are aligned with your intention. Does your client seem to have increased awareness and contact in response to your question? Or have they moved into aboutism and left contact with the present moment?   If you’ve […] - [Tending to Borderline Personality Disorder](https://awakenedtherapist.com/tending-to-borderline-personality-disorder/): It can be a confusing experience to be in any kind of relationship (personal or therapeutic) with a person who has borderline personality disorder (BPD). At first, the relationship can seem deep and connecting. People with BPD can be extremely empathetic and perceptive, and they share authentically and generously about themselves. Over time, however, certain patterns emerge as murky and sticky, where they have high expectations of others and resent when others don’t give them what they think they want.  To reduce a person with BPD down to being manipulative and hard to be around overlooks the deep pain and […] - [Countertransference as Intuition in Disguise](https://awakenedtherapist.com/countertransference-or-intuition/): by Harmony Kwiker | Blog As human beings, therapists have feelings and thoughts while sitting with clients. Sometimes those thoughts and feelings seem personal. When a therapist puts their feelings onto a client, the therapist is experiencing countertransference. In traditional counseling, therapists are told to work on their personal feelings in supervision and their own therapy. While this might be useful, understanding countertransference through the lens of transpersonal counseling can transform personal feelings into intuitive insight. Transpersonal counseling is an approach to therapy that engages the therapeutic process from beyond personal identity. We do not engage with our client’s personality […] - [Understanding the Nervous System](https://awakenedtherapist.com/understanding-the-nervous-system/): Our nervous system is made up of a profoundly intricate network of nerves that carry electrical impulses to various cells, tissues, and organs throughout the body. The way we receive and process information from the environment influences how we feel in our physical body. When we perceive a threat, our nervous system mobilizes to find safety, and we experience that as dysregulation. Dysregulation can be experienced as hyper-arousal, such as increased heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, restlessness, and irritability. It can also be experienced as hypo-arousal, such as decreased heart rate, slowing of breath, numbness, and lethargy.  When we hold unresolved […] - [Humanizing Narcissistic Personality Disorder](https://awakenedtherapist.com/narcissistic-personality-disorder/): by Harmony Kwiker | Blog When the word narcissist is used, we typically think of an unfeeling person who uses and abuses others for their own gain. While a true narcissist does exhibit these characteristics, this image of a narcissist is often conflated with a sociopath, or a person who has no remorse for their harmful actions. Being in any relationship (personal, professional, or clinical) with a person who exhibits narcissist traits can be confusing because they craft reality through their own distorted perception. To reduce a narcissist down to being a bad person, though, is to ignore the depth of […] - [Facilitating a Gestalt Two-Chair Experiment](https://awakenedtherapist.com/gestalt-two-chair-experiment-harmony-kwiker/) - [Shifting an Outdated Relationship Paradigm](https://awakenedtherapist.com/shifting-an-outdated-relationship-paradigm/) - [The Sacred Wisdom of the Subtle Senses](https://awakenedtherapist.com/sacred-wisdom-of-subtle-senses/) - [Finding Energetic Resonance](https://awakenedtherapist.com/finding-energetic-resonance/) - [Trauma and Spiritual Alignment](https://awakenedtherapist.com/trauma-and-spiritual-alignment/) - [Stop Betraying Your Own Boundaries](https://awakenedtherapist.com/stop-betraying-your-own-boundaries/) - [How States of Consciousness, Embodiment, and Subtle Energy Work to Support our Healing](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-states-of-consciousness-embodiment-and-subtle-energy-work-to-support-our-healing/): In this video we are going to be talking about states of consciousness, embodiment, and subtle energy, as they all relate to healing and transformation. There are so many modalities out there who focus on one or the other, working just with energy, just with states of consciousness, just with the body. But the spiritually aligned approach to healing and transformation honors all of these aspects of ourselves as we find our way back home to our spiritual self, which is a felt experience unique to each one of us. It’s not about spiritual dogma. It’s about the returning home […] - [Personality Disorders and Spiritual Alignment](https://awakenedtherapist.com/personality-disorders-and-spiritual-alignment/): In this video we are going to be talking about personality disorders through the lens of spiritual alignment in a spiritually aligned approach. We do not pathologize a client, we see them in their wholeness, and we emphasize process over pathology. And really, we’re working to increase awareness. And so, because of that, students often ask me about my approach to working with somebody with a personality, disorder, and also my viewpoints on personality disorders. Given the fact that the leaning of the work is to not pathologize and to really honor the wholeness of one’s being. And so we’re […] - [The Energetic Expression of Codependency](https://awakenedtherapist.com/the-energetic-expression-of-codependency/): In this video we are going to be talking about the energetic expression of codependency. You may not realize that your energetic boundaries actually hold the tone of your psychology and your behavior. And so, as you are transforming the ways in which you show up to relationship. Your energetic boundaries can support you in embodying the new, truer way more fully. So we’re going to dive into that in a moment. But before we do, I want to let you know that I wrote a book for you, Align: Living and Loving from the True Self is a comprehensive […] - ["No One Likes It When I Speak My Truth"](https://awakenedtherapist.com/no-one-likes-it-when-i-speak-my-truth/): In this video we are going to be talking about communicating from the true self. I often hear people say, nobody likes it when I speak my truth, and we are going to be diving in to how to actually honor ourselves and honor the people in our life by giving voice to our deepest, deepest truth. Before we dive into that, I want to let you know that I wrote a book for you. Align: Living and Loving from the True Self is a comprehensive map of how to come back home to the truth of who you are, […] - [5 Signs You're Healing](https://awakenedtherapist.com/5-signs-youre-healing/): In this video we are going to be talking about 5 ways that you will see your healing work and your healing journey manifest in your relationships when we commence a healing journey, and we continue to repair our internal system, and grow an awareness and and choice, and deepen into our alignment. Our healing happens from the outer aspect of our life and moves closer to our in from a more intimate relationships as we deepen and progress on our healing journey. So, for example we begin by feeling safer out in the world or in community, or we’re […] - [Nervous System Regulation is Essential to Healthy Energetic Boundaries](https://awakenedtherapist.com/nervous-system-regulation-is-essential-to-healthy-energetic-boundaries/): In this video we are going to be talking about toned, energetic boundaries as an expression of a healthy nervous system. Our nervous system is so integral as the expression of our energetic body, and if you are a highly sensitive being you might find that toning your energetic boundaries through nervous system regulation can be life changing, I promise you. We’re going to dive into that in a moment. But before we do I want to let you know that I wrote a book for you. A line living and loving from the true self is a comprehensive map […] - [Energetic Attachment Cords and Cultivating a Secure Attachment](https://awakenedtherapist.com/energetic-attachment-cords-and-cultivating-a-secure-attachment/):   In this video we are going to be talking about the energetics of the attachment system. As you may know, the attachment system is what has us feel safe and secure with the people in our lives, or depending on our relational setup and our own internal attachment system can have us feel disconnected or anxious and insecure. And in this video we are going to be talking about the energetics of that attachment system, as it relates to the energetic chords that we create with the people in our lives, our loved ones, our friends, our family, our […] - [Honoring Subtle Energy in Your Work with Clients | Therapists and Coaches](https://awakenedtherapist.com/honoring-subtle-energy-in-your-work-with-clients-therapists-and-coaches/) - [Honoring Subtle Energy in Mental Health and Self-Care](https://awakenedtherapist.com/subtle-energy-mental-health/): in this video we are going to be talking about subtle energy, as it relates to our spiritual well-being. Subtle energy is the expression of our vitality, and it is often overlooked when talking about mental health or self-care. And so we’re going to be diving into that in this video. But before we do, I want to let you know that I wrote a book for you, Align: Living and Loving from the True Self is a comprehensive map of how to come back home to the truth of who you are and how to live from this deeply […] - [The Spiritual Dimension of Attachment Wounds](https://awakenedtherapist.com/the-spiritual-dimension-of-attachment-wounds/): In this video we’re going to be talking about the spiritual nature of our attachment system. Attachment styles are the way that we learn to relate to the people in our lives, based on the way that our primary caregivers treated us early in life and when we understand the way that our attachment styles actually disrupt our ability to stay awake and aware in our spiritual self we can cultivate a deeper repair of healing inside of our system. We can meet our relationships from our alignment. Before I dive into that, I want to let you know that […] - [Embodiment is the Fullest Expression of Spirituality](https://awakenedtherapist.com/embodiment-is-the-fullest-expression-of-spirituality/):   In this video we’re going to be talking about embodiment as the fullest expression of spiritual alignment. So often spirituality is thought of as a construct of being outside of oneself transcendent experience that happens in some other dimension, but through the lens of spiritual alignment. We see spirituality as an experience that happens in and through the body. And we’re going to be talking more about embodiment and spirituality. But before we dive into that. I want to let you know that I wrote a book for you. Align: Living and Loving from the True Self is a […] - [The Overlap of Projections and Intuition](https://awakenedtherapist.com/the-overlap-of-projections-and-intuition/): In this video I’m going to be talking about projections and specifically about the way projections and intuition can overlap and cause us a lot of confusion both in our life and in our relationships. Before I dive into that, I want to let you know that I wrote a book for you, Align: Living and Loving from the True Self, is a comprehensive map of how to come back home to the truth of who you are, and how to live from this deeply sacred place within yourself, and how to honor your alignment as you connect with the […] - [Getting Unstuck: How to Overcome Ego Traps](https://awakenedtherapist.com/getting-unstuck-how-to-overcome-ego-traps/): In this video I’m going to be talking about why we get stuck on the path of transformation and what to do when we find ourselves at a point of impasse, or in that stuckness? Before I do, I want to let you know that I wrote a book for you. A line living and loving from the true self is a comprehensive map of how to come back home to the truth of who you are, and how to honor this deeply sacred place within yourself, as you connect with the people in your life. This is available on […] - [Imposter Syndrome: The Neurobiology of Spiritual Alignment](https://awakenedtherapist.com/imposter-syndrome-the-neurobiology-of-spiritual-alignment/): In this video I’m going to offer you a new take on imposter syndrome through the lens of spiritual alignment. I define spiritual alignment as when our thoughts, our feelings, and our actions are congruent with the truth of who we are. And as it turns out, through the lens of neurobiology, we’ve learned that the nervous system feels really safe in the presence of congruence, non-judgment, and familiarity. So we’re going to dive into that a little bit more. But before we do, I want to let you know that I wrote a book for you, Align: Living and […] - [Transforming Barriers to Love](https://awakenedtherapist.com/transforming-barriers-to-love/): Hello, and welcome! in this video, I’m going to share with you a very simple tip to not fall into the traps that your ego sets for you in terms of limitation, blame, and conflict, in life and relationships. Before I do that, I want to share with you that I wrote a book for you. Align: Living and Loving from the True Self, a comprehensive map that offers you practical tools for how to come back home to the truth of who you are and how to live in love from this deep, really sacred place within yourself. I […] - [20 Connected Breaths: Breathing in the Breath of Life](https://awakenedtherapist.com/20-connected-breaths-breathing-in-the-breath-of-life/): I want to offer you a really accessible reset for your energy body when you’re feeling anxious, when you’re feeling depressed, when you’re feeling off balanced from the core of your being in any way.  This simple exercise will bring you back home to yourself in the most useful, beautiful way. Before I share that with you, I want to share with you my new book, Align: Living and Loving from the True Self.  Align offers a comprehensive map of how to come back home to the core of your being, and how to live and love from this deeply sacred […] - [Alignment Exercises to Clear Your Energy & Set Energetic Boundaries](https://awakenedtherapist.com/alignment-exercises-to-clear-your-energy-set-energetic-boundaries/): in this video I’m going to share with you 3 essential practices to clear your subtle energy, to tone your energetic boundaries and to strengthen your alignment with the source that beats your heart. Before I do that, I want to share with you that I wrote a book for you. Align: Living and Loving from the True Self, offers a comprehensive map of how to come back home to the truth of who you are, and how to live from this deeply sacred place within yourself, and how to honor your alignment as you relate with the people in […] - [Part 2: Finding the Language of the True Self | Therapists and Coaches](https://awakenedtherapist.com/part-2-finding-the-language-of-the-true-self-therapists-and-coaches/): This is Part 2 of Finding the Language of the True Self.  In this video I’m going to be talking about how to find the language of the true self in your work with clients. This is not something that they teach in graduate school. Unless you’re in my class, however, it is an essential lesson. If you want to empower your clients to stand in their sovereignty, and to honor the sacred boundary as you do. Before I do that, I want to let you know that I wrote a book for you, Align: Living and Loving from the […] - [Part 1: Finding the Language of the True Self](https://awakenedtherapist.com/part-1-finding-the-language-of-the-true-self/): This is a two-part video series on finding the language of the true self. I sometimes refer to this as the language of sovereignty, because when we find the words of our true self, the words that we choose support us in standing in our sovereign autonomy, our words are so powerful they hold a vibration that affects the way that they land in the environment around us. Our words can set a boundary, our words can represent our alignment, our words can represent our distorted life force energy, and when we choose words that support and cultivate more alignment, […] - [Polarity and Resonance in a Spiritually Aligned Relationship](https://awakenedtherapist.com/polarity-and-resonance-in-a-spiritually-aligned-relationship/): It often seems as though being in our alignment is much easier to maintain and explore when we are by ourselves. Maybe when we’re alone on our meditation cushion or away on vacation, or not engaging with other people at all.  Learning how to not only stay in our alignment when we engage with the people in our lives, especially our intimate partner, but to deepen into alignment and to actually have the intention of engaging in a spiritually aligned relationship is so revolutionary, it shifts the whole paradigm of what it means to even be in relationship. I’m going […] - [Spiritual Alignment + Nervous System Regulation](https://awakenedtherapist.com/spiritual-alignment-nervous-system-regulation/): Our spiritual alignment is so deeply connected to our ability to regulate our nervous system, so much so that when our nervous system is dysregulated, we lose access to our higher consciousness and to our ability to be awake and aware. In this video, I’m going to share with you two very simple, accessible exercises that you can use when you are feeling dysregulated in your nervous system to support you, and come back into your spiritual alignment. Before I do that, I want to share with you my new book, Align: Living and Loving From the True Self.  Align […] - [5 Mindfulness Tools for Spiritually Aligned Practitioners](https://awakenedtherapist.com/5-mindfulness-tools-for-spiritually-aligned-practitioners/): The present moment is our home base in a spiritually aligned session. It’s where we return to again and again to discover blocks to alignment, to cultivate deeper awareness, and to transform old patterns. The mindful awareness of the spiritually aligned practitioner is what optimizes the potential of the present moment. When the practitioner is not present, they end up getting induced into the patterns of the client and come off center from their own alignment. When the practitioner is able to stay mindfully aware and present, they feel more aligned and empowered as they leave a session where their […] - [How do I Stay Aligned?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-do-i-stay-aligned/): The number one question that I get from people is how to live in alignment with the truth of who they are. Once we find our way back home to the core of our being, and we can access this deeply sacred place within ourselves. How do we actually engage with the world in such a way that supports us in staying in alignment? I’m going to address that question today in this video, before I do, I want to share with you my new book, a line living and loving from the true self. A line offers a comprehensive […] - [How Can I Cultivate Spiritual Alignment?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-can-i-cultivate-spiritual-alignment/): Spiritual alignment is a felt sense that happens in and through the body, and it emerges naturally from a regulated awake, aware state. It isn’t something that we can contrive. It’s not something that we can think our way into and it is not something that relates to any dogma or religious framework that’s out there. Spiritual alignment is a deeply intimate experience that happens when we tend to our subtle energy and we listen to our deeper, intuitive knowing, and we honor our whole being as sacred. When we are looking at spiritual alignment and this spontaneous expression of […] - [How Can I Clear My Own Subtle Energy?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-can-i-clear-my-own-subtle-energy/): Welcome. My name is Harmony Kwiker, and I’m the founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment, where we offer ongoing learning opportunities for therapists, coaches, and anyone who’s passionate about bridging the divide between traditional psychotherapy and coaching and spiritual transformation. If you’re wanting to learn how to listen to and communicate better with your own subtle energy, then this video is for you. Before we dive into that, I want to share with you my new book, Align: Living and Loving from the True Self https://instituteforspiritua.live-website.com/books/.  Align offers a comprehensive map with really practical tools to come back home […] - [Working with Emotional Energy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/clearing-emotional-energy/): Hello and welcome. I’m Harmony Kwiker and I’m, the founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment, where we offer ongoing learning opportunities for therapists and coaches who are passionate about bridging the divide between traditional psychotherapy and coaching and spiritual transformation.   If you are a therapist or a coach who wants to learn how to deepen into the possibilities of supporting your clients, of clearing old emotional energy pollution. Then this video is for you.   But before we dive into that I want to share with you my new book, align living and loving from the true self. […] - [Guide Your Clients in Shifting Consciousness](https://awakenedtherapist.com/guide-your-clients-in-shifting-consciousness/): Hello and welcome. My name is Harmony Kwiker, and I am the founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment, where we offer ongoing learning opportunities for therapists and coaches who are really passionate about bridging the divide between traditional psychotherapy and coaching and spiritual transformation. If you’re a therapist or a coach who is really excited to support your clients, to shift from the condition patterns of the ordinary mind into a more awake state of their true self than this video is for you. Before we dive in, though I just want to share with you my new book, […] - [Prevent Burnout by Working with Subtle Energy](https://awakenedtherapist.com/prevent-burnout-by-working-with-subtle-energy/): If you are a therapist or coach who is highly sensitive to the energy, emotions, and even the thoughts of those around you, learning to work with subtle energy is a game changer for your work with clients. Around our body, there are 5 layers of a subtle energy body that represents our physical, mental/emotional, vital, wisdom, and bliss bodies, Within our body, there are 12 energy centers that express various aspects of our inner experiences. When we attune to the subtle energy of ourselves and our clients, we are empowered to keep the container clean, clear, and truly transformational. […] - [A Guide to Spiritual Alignment](https://awakenedtherapist.com/a-guide-to-spiritual-alignment/): Spiritual alignment is the energetic expression of the boundless energy of life itself moving through you undistorted and unthwarted. When the midline of your body is an open channel, the river of your vital force pulses through you in divine flow with the universal energy of all of life. This is the natural expression of your health. However, it is often thought of as a peak state that is reserved for the special few who can achieve it. To empower you to live and love from this potent and magnetic energy of your essential self, I wrote Align: Living and […] - [Feeling Stuck is a Normal & Valid Part of Your Transformation](https://awakenedtherapist.com/feeling-stuck-is-a-normal-and-valid-part-of-transformation/): People often ask me what to do when they feel stuck in their old patterns. When stuckness arises, it may seem like a barrier to transformation. Some therapists or coaches may even tell you that, “If you want to transform, you need to leave this part of you out of the room,” or “Holding onto this pattern is sabotaging your growth and healing.” Although these practitioners clearly want something good for you, vanquishing any part of you can evoke shame and hopelessness, and ultimately contributes to your being stuck. What’s important to remember is that the feeling of being stuck […] - [8 *Essential* Qualities to Look for in a Therapist or Coach](https://awakenedtherapist.com/8-essential-qualities-to-look-for-in-a-therapist-or-coach/): As a therapist and a coach, I have been on both sides of the search for a good practitioner to help navigate old trauma and relationship struggles. Aside from 15+ years as a psychotherapist, I am also an instructor of transpersonal counseling and I train practitioners in the art of sacred space holding. I have learned over the years that even the most well-intentioned practitioner can engage in unconscious patterns that inhibit transformation and healing. Therapists and coaches seek out training because they are passionate about serving others on their journey. What you might not know is that many training […] - [How to Facilitate the Deepening of Contact](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-to-facilitate-the-deepening-of-contact-gestalt/): The contact boundary is where we meet and withdraw from our environment.  Contact Boundary Disturbance is a “habit in which a response (to avoid contact) manifests in the individual’s personality even though the original circumstances under which the disturbance may have had adaptive value are not present.” (Perls, 1973).  For example, if a client was punished or threatened with punishment for speaking out as a child, even though they will not currently be punished for speaking their truth, they still act in a habitual way of retroflection, or avoiding contact. Contact Boundary Disturbances: Introjection: Taking in whole something from the […] - [How do codependency and narcissism impact relationships?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/codependency-and-narcissism/): Internal distortions are the birthplace of entanglement patterns.  Two people simultaneously clinging to ego and rejecting aspects of themselves creates the entanglement. When we are identified with our conditioned self, and continue to reject parts of ourselves, we keep our life force distorted-we see the world and engage with the world from our distorted life force energy.  We attract and are attracted to people who embody what we have disowned. Our wounds and patterns fit together like two pieces of a puzzle. The most common relational polarity is codependent and narcissistic. When we cling to our conditioned self, we identify with […] - [How Do I Heal My Attachment Wounds?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-do-i-heal-my-attachment-wounds/): Attachment styles were an adaptive response to the experiences we had in childhood. Intimate relationships engage our attachment system. The vagus nerve is responsible for nervous system regulation through the social engagement system (see Blog post: https://instituteforspiritua.live-website.com/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-spiritual-alignment-and-polyvagal-regulation/). The interplay between the vagus nerve and attachment wounds can activate our reactivity even if there is seemingly no reason for the activation. An attachment style is a specific pattern of behavior that we exhibit in and around our relationships. Depending on how well we bonded to our caregivers in childhood, we relate to others from what we learned in those early bonding experiences.  […] - [How Do I Work With Trauma in a Spiritually Aligned Session?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-do-i-work-with-trauma-in-a-spiritually-aligned-session/):   As we support our clients in repairing their nervous system, we tend to the somatic expression of their experience. We also support clients in creating mental clarity as they talk through their past experiences. The more regulated and clear a person becomes, the more access they have to their higher consciousness.  During a traumatic event, the body contracts in fear and the mind has thoughts of fight or flee. If that trauma is prolonged, the body shuts down. The mind has thoughts of freeze or fawn and access to higher dimensions are shut off as the person’s system attempts to keep them […] - [How Can I Stop Fighting with my Partner?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-can-i-stop-fighting-with-my-partner/): Recognizing that your partner is not a separate other, you can meet them in the deepest and purest point of contact.  Otherizing is the ego’s way of looking to people as finite. With judgment and assessment, we otherize our partner and simultaneously we feel small and powerless.  When we recognize that we are not separate, we stop otherizing our partner. We stop looking to them as the source of our pain and solution. We recognize they are a mirror. When we are in full contact with our Self, we can also be fully curious about another. We can be in […] - [How Can I Co-Regulate in my Relationship?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/how-can-i-co-regulate-in-my-relationship/): Coregulation is an interactive process of supporting one another’s regulatory state. It is synergistic and mutually beneficial. Codependency occurs when we feel responsible for other people and have a hard time asking for what we need and knowing we matter. Codependency can occur when your partner is volatile and you betray yourself and prioritize caretaking them. It is one-sided, where one person enables the destructive and abusive behaviors of another. Polyvagal theory (see Blog post: https://instituteforspiritua.live-website.com/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-spiritual-alignment-and-polyvagal-regulation/) asserts that emotional regulation is a collaborative process between two or more people that engages what Dr. Stephen Porges identified as a third type of […] - [Honoring Your Intuitive Clairsenses Strengthens Their Presence in Your Life](https://awakenedtherapist.com/what-are-the-6-intuitive-clairsenses-and-how-do-we-access-them/): Honoring your intuition is essential in honoring your spiritual Self. Any information that you receive that is beyond logic or reason is an intuitive gift.When you ignore this gift, your intuition gets quieter and more obscure. When you honor this gift, your intuition becomes a loving and clear guide in all areas of your life. Intuition can come in many forms. When you get an intuitive hit, you may feel a sensation in your body, a ping of insight, or a visual image. You may hear or see a deceased loved one, your inner young one, or your future self. […] - [4 Keys to Resting in Your Infinite Self](https://awakenedtherapist.com/4-keys-to-shifting-your-stormy-mind-resting-in-your-infinite-self/): https://youtu.be/_JS0GQCIoyI When we are born, we are the embodiment of the True Self, which is the spontaneous expression of life and the essence of all things.  Quietly, in the privacy of our own mind, the conditioned self develops in response to the experiences we have early in life. By the age of 7, our conditioned patterns are fairly fixed and can be seen through the expression of our personality traits well into adulthood. The social strategies that we most frequently utilize are learned habits, and they are influenced by the core beliefs we hold about ourselves. When we developed our conditioned self, our […] - [5 Things You Need to Know About Spiritual Alignment and Trauma](https://awakenedtherapist.com/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-spiritual-alignment-and-polyvagal-regulation/) - [Spiritually Aligned Coaching](https://awakenedtherapist.com/spiritually-aligned-coaching/) - [The Spiritually Aligned](https://awakenedtherapist.com/the-spiritually-aligned/): In my work with clients, I pay attention to the subtle ways in which people leave their healthy, aware state. And when they deviate from their health, I subtly guide them back to the core of their being. The core of their being is their home base. It’s their alignment with Source. It’s their sovereign sense of autonomy and wholeness. It’s their differentiation from their wounding and their persona, and it’s their cultivating an identity with their true self, that part of them that is untouched by the experiences they’ve had in this life. As a professor of transpersonal Gestalt […] - [Are you speaking your truth or are you just projecting?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/are-you-speaking-your-truth-or-are-you-just-projecting/): It’s common to see our relationships through the lens of unconscious memories of people from our past (projections), through barriers or walls to intimacy (deflections), through old ideas from the past about who we are (introjections), through shame and guilt (retroflections), or through the opinions of others (confluence). In Gestalt psychotherapy, we call these Contact Boundary Disturbances. All of these disturbances are patterned ways of being in relationships that we developed early in life in an attempt to find safety and keep connection. These were adaptable strategies that helped us when we didn’t yet know how to stand in our dignity and our truth.  - [3 Reasons Why You Suffer and How to Heal those Painful Patterns](https://awakenedtherapist.com/5-reasons-why-you-suffer-and-how-to-heal-those-painful-patterns/): I’ve been fascinated by personal growth my entire life. Having been raised in a family of healers, I’ve been immersed in healing for as long as I can remember. I did breathwork when I was 5, started practicing transcendental meditation when I was 6, did a firewalk when I was 7, and have been using homeopathy since I was 8. Energy healers, nutritional medicine, and awareness practices have been more common in my life than conventional medicine and psychotherapy. But still I suffered. Having access to a multitude of alternative therapies was useful in that I didn’t utilize suppressive medication […] - [Is your relationship a reflection of your wholeness or your attachment wounds?](https://awakenedtherapist.com/your-relationships-are-either-a-reflection-of-your-wholeness-or-your-attachment-wounds/): Sometimes, relationships seem hard. The challenge of negotiating different personas, different desires, different opinions, and different communication styles can be overwhelming. Navigating a relationship with conscious awareness means that we are able to differentiate between our identification with our attachment wounds and our wholeness. Even when we have the best intentions to connect and find solutions, our attempts to resolve conflict can sometimes engender even more conflict. We get entangled with others and it can become difficult to see a way through it without severing the connection all together. This is the result of looking at the relationship through the […] - [Three steps to connecting with people who are difficult to connect with.](https://awakenedtherapist.com/three-steps-to-connecting-with-people-who-are-difficult-to-connect-with/): It happens all the time: Your child tells you to go away. Your friend wants space. Your in-laws are closed off to deep conversation. Your spouse gets triggered and pulls away. How can we connect with those who don’t want connection? 1.) Get curious about your intention: Why are you wanting to communicate with this person? Are you trying to connect with the person? Or are you wanting them to be different in any way? If you’re truly trying to connect, you don’t need them to be any other way than they are in order to be in relationship with […] - [Become an Emergent Being](https://awakenedtherapist.com/become-an-emergent-being/): Harmony’s Interview with Krysta Gibson of New Spirit Journal: Krysta- Hello and welcome everyone.  This is Krysta Gibson with Newspiritjournal.com.  Those of you who read these online publication and listen to the interviews that I do know that you’re on a spiritual path and a lot of you have done a lot of personal work as part of that journey.   My guest today, Harmony Kwiker, is a psycho therapist and relationship coach based in Boulder, CO. And she has been walking her path towards embodying her true self and records her journey in her memoir called Reveal, Embody the True […] - [Spread Magic. Take a Leap.](https://awakenedtherapist.com/spread-magic-take-a-leap/): For far too long, I forgot that I was magical. I forgot that the essence of my make up was pure, sparkling creative energy that could heal the oldest wounds and reach the depths of intimacy. I thought that the habitual thoughts, impulses, and behaviors of my conditioned self were the extent of who I was. 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