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Psychiatry Accepting of Spiritual Phenomena?

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Psychiatry: Accepting of Spiritual Phenomena? “Western civilization is unique in history in its failure to recognize each human being as a subtle energy system in constant relationship to a vast sea of energies in the surrounding cosmos”. –Dr. Edward E. Mann Psychiatry’s theories around diagnosing psychosis have changed radically since 2013. It’s time

Posted in Spiritual Emergence cultural formulation interview, DSM, hearing voices, psychiatry, psychology, psychosis, psychotherapy, schizophrenia, visions

FDA On MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

FDA Rejects Application to Accept MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy We are living in a mental health crisis that has reached a critical level with more than 350 million people living with PTSD worldwide. Fortunately, a tool exists that can help address the suffering — psychedelic-assisted therapies.–Rick Doblin, PhD. On August 9, 2024 the FDA announced that it

Posted in MDMA FDA, MAPS, mdma, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelics, PTSD, Rick Doblin

Emergence Phenomena: Defined and Discussed

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Emergence Phenomena: Opening the Dialogue The experiences individuals have as a result of “spiritual emergence” are many and simple categories often miss the subtle differences that are important to acknowledge. Especially if someone is a clinician and needing to make an assessment, i.e. if a client/patient is in a process of spiritual emergence or not.

Posted in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergence, Uncategorized anomalous experiences, Daniel Ingram, emergence, emergency, emergent phenomena, Frontiers in Psychology, meditation, non-ordinary, Oliver Sandilands, phenomenology, psychedelics, stan grof

Hope in Dark Times

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Roshi Joan Halifax HOPE and Healing Click on the following link for a 35 minute podcast on Finding Hope in Dark Times. https://www.howgodworks.org/podcast/season-5/religion-and-mental-health-part-2-addiction-ba95e Surveys show feelings of sadness and despair peaked in 2023. So, as we look into 2024, it’s understandable why any of us might be feeling pessimistic, even hopeless. But these feelings aren’t

Posted in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergence

Increasing Awareness of Kundalini

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Kundalini-Normalized Brent Spirit (above) is the Founder of KundaliniAwareness.org. This not-for-profit org offers a lot of free, grounded information, including a podcast about Kundalini. Brent understands that some people start their journey of awakening with an experience of Kundalini, and some people become very distressed with the phenomena associated with Kundalini. In fact, it

Posted in Kundalini, Spiritual Emergence Brent Spirit, consciousness, Emma Bragdon, kriya, kriyas, kundalini, Self-realization

Kylea Taylor Speaks About InnerEthics

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

9 minute video with Kylea Taylor Kylea Taylor: An Introduction In the above video Kylea Taylor, LMFT, speaks about how she came to create her course, InnerEthics® and what a student can learn from it. IMHU is honored to host this course as we feel it is essential for all those holding space for

Posted in Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, Spiritual Emergence consciousness, ethics, extraordinary states, extreme states, inner ethics, InnerEthics, Kylea Taylor, non-ordinary states, spiritual emergence, stan grof

Will Hall Interview

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Will Hall, M.A. Will Hall: Speaking About Ethics Will Hall, M.A, is a counselor and facilitator working with individuals, couples and groups. He is currently a PhD Candidate at Maastricht University Medical Center – School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, supervised by Dr. Jim van Os. His work as a therapist and group facilitator focuses

Posted in Plant Medicine, Spiritual Emergency Ayahuasca, ethics, plant medicine, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelics, sexual abuse, Shamans, training, Will Hall

IMHU Future

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

IMHU Future IMHU is celebrating our 11th year anniversary on May 11, 2024. We want to share the path ahead. We invite you to also share your interests so we can add your comments to discussion about future presentations. Click HERE to submit. We understand that helping people understand and appropriately support spiritual emergence,

Posted in Spiritual Emergence Emma Bragdon, IMHU, inner ethics, integration, Spiritism, spiritual awakenings international, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency

NAMI on Spiritual Emergency

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

NAMI was founded in 1977. They offer support groups and education for free to all touched by mental health issues. Currently one in five people in the USA suffer from a mental health issue–NAMI is often called on for help by those who can’t afford psychotherapists. NAMI is affiliated with 700 groups throughout the

Posted in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergency cultural competency, mental health, mental illness, NAMI, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency

Signs of Progress in Meditation

Posted on April 23, 2024 by admin

Meditation: Signs of Progress The true signs of progress in meditation are the following: An increasing peacefulness during meditation. A conscious inner experience of calmness in meditation metamorphosing into increasing bliss. A deepening of one’s understanding, and finding answers to one’s questions through the calm intuitive state of inner perception. An increasing mental and physical

Posted in Meditation, Spiritual Emergence meditation, mental health, reason to meditate, signs of progress

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