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• Why Do We Lose Friendships on the Awakening Path? (& What to Do)
  One of the most painfully common, yet neglected areas of discussion when it comes to the path of awakening to our deeper Self, is losing all our friends. Winding up alone. Perhaps you’ve always struggled to make friends, or once upon a time had friendships but have since lost them.  Maybe you’re an introvert by… Read more: Why Do We Lose Friendships on the Awakening Path? (& What to Do)
• Reading as Ritual: 5 Ways to Get Started if You’re Out of the Habit
  A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times… Read more: Reading as Ritual: 5 Ways to Get Started if You’re Out of the Habit
• The Core Wound: Why You Still Feel Broken, Unseen, and Alone
  Suffering from the same old destructive mental patterns. Never finding a sense of authentic purpose. Toxic invalidating relationships. Feeling disconnected from your deeper Self. Existential dread, loneliness, depression, and burnout …  All of these afflictions can be traced directly back to the primal wound of separation. The separation from being truly loved. The separation from… Read more: The Core Wound: Why You Still Feel Broken, Unseen, and Alone
• The Moon Phase Calculator (Tonight’s Moon Spiritual Meaning)
  The Moon Phase Calculator below is a psychospiritual tool that can help you: You’ll automatically discover tonight’s moon displayed below on the Moon Phase Calculator. (Don’t forget to bookmark this page so that you can return to it!) If your country isn’t displayed, select the closest one to you, as you’ll share a similar time… Read more: The Moon Phase Calculator (Tonight’s Moon Spiritual Meaning)
• Bibliotherapy: 5 Steps to Creating Your Soul Medicine Library
  Books are a uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King Our relationship with books spans millennia.  Through this compact and humble sacred tool, we can live through the eyes of others, remember forgotten truths, and teleport to different times and distant places. Books are all at once sacred, profane, and mundane. Think of the Upanishads or… Read more: Bibliotherapy: 5 Steps to Creating Your Soul Medicine Library
• 7 Signs You’re an Autodidact (the Self-Taught Master)
  Leonardo da Vinci, Eckhart Tolle, Stanley Kubrick, Frida Kahlo, Benjamin Franklin, Krishnamurti, Jane Austen, Steve Jobs – some of the greatest people in history were (and are) self-learners or autodidacts. As author and autodidact Helen Beatrix Potter once noted: “Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of my… Read more: 7 Signs You’re an Autodidact (the Self-Taught Master)
• 7 Spiritual Stagnation Signs (The Silent Thief of Inner Growth) 
  There’s an uncomfortable truth we all need to face sooner rather than later on our inner work journeys of healing and awakening: We’ll not only get stuck at some point, but we’ll start to stagnate and rot. This might sound macabre, but the reality is that if we don’t allow the freshness and vitality of… Read more: 7 Spiritual Stagnation Signs (The Silent Thief of Inner Growth) 
• The Wounded Achiever: 3 Ways of Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
  You have a secret – a hidden, dark secret: Deep down, you’re a fake, a fraud, and a liar. At least, that’s how you feel. If you can relate to the fear of being “found out” that you’re not as smart, competent, successful, wise, or even as spiritual as others think you are, you’re in… Read more: The Wounded Achiever: 3 Ways of Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
• Memento Mori: 3 Ways to Use Death As a Life Compass 
  There is so much clutter and noise out there about ‘living your best life’ and what exactly that looks like. Take a casual stroll through any form of social media or even the humble local library, and you’ll be met with a tsunami of information, opinions, and perspectives. And this abundance of insight is great.… Read more: Memento Mori: 3 Ways to Use Death As a Life Compass 
• How Your Attachment Style Influences Your Spiritual Path
  Here’s a quick question for you: Are you the kind of person who tends to run away from relationships with others, get overly invested in them, or a little bit of both? Perhaps you generally feel fine in relationships? Your answer to this simple question reveals what type of attachment style you have.  In psychology,… Read more: How Your Attachment Style Influences Your Spiritual Path
• No Motivation to Do Anything? 18 Reasons Why
  It’s 9 am. You realize that you have no motivation to do anything whatsoever. If your mood were a color, it would be the most boring shade of beige ever created.  The truth is that you feel “meh” about life, but you’re not necessarily depressed. You just don’t have the drive to do or achieve… Read more: No Motivation to Do Anything? 18 Reasons Why
• Betrayal Trauma as a Sacred Wound: 3 Ways to Heal
  At the moment of betrayal a wound is opened in our most vulnerable spot—our original trust—which is that of a totally defenceless infant who cannot survive in the world except in someone’s arms. – Aldo Caratenuto  Betrayal trauma is such a raw and confronting topic that I almost didn’t want to write this post at… Read more: Betrayal Trauma as a Sacred Wound: 3 Ways to Heal
• The 5-Minute Hermit: How to Find Solitude in a Busy World
  But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything. – Alan Watts If there’s any archetype (aka., universal energy) at the core of lonerwolf, it is the hermit.  In fact, of all the energies that… Read more: The 5-Minute Hermit: How to Find Solitude in a Busy World
• “I Don’t Know What to Do With My Life” (Ask This One Question)
  As a kid, I was convinced that I wanted to be a quirky primary school teacher, just like my dad. Then, as I grew older, I wanted to be a theatrical designer, and finally an “edgy” librarian. In truth, I ended up as none of those things and wound up doing something I never planned… Read more: “I Don’t Know What to Do With My Life” (Ask This One Question)
• What is Soul-Led Creativity? (5 Prompts to Get Started)
  Ensoulment means infusing something with a Soul – giving life to something beautiful, meaningful, and precious.  And I can see no better way of doing that than through the sacred path of creativity. Yes, creativity is sacred. Creativity itself is a spiritual path or what is known as the via creativa (path of creativity).  Creativity… Read more: What is Soul-Led Creativity? (5 Prompts to Get Started)
• When Life Falls Apart: Why Awakening is Destructive
  (This post differs from the usual approach I’ve taken to my articles here on lonerwolf. It’s a more simple, contemplative, and reflective piece, with no necessarily “actionable tips.” Let me know if you enjoy this format in the comments, as well as your own reflections.) In my attempt to try and make peace with the… Read more: When Life Falls Apart: Why Awakening is Destructive
• 5 Signs You’re a Wounded Healer
  A wounded healer is a shaman at heart, a spiritual alchemist who is called to transform their pain into a source of power. On the spiritual wanderer’s journey, accepting the call of being a wounded healer is a sacred calling that not only gives our awakening paths a deeper meaning and purpose but also empowers… Read more: 5 Signs You’re a Wounded Healer
• 7 Lone Wolf Personality Signs (and Your Unique Gifts)
  True story. I was that weird kid who got chosen last in sports teams, sat alone in her room for hours reading Victorian gothic books, collected spider webs and paper bags, and listened to doom metal as a teenager. I was like something out of a Tim Burton film. Jesting aside, yeah, I’ve had periods… Read more: 7 Lone Wolf Personality Signs (and Your Unique Gifts)
• Spiritual Awakening Stages: 10 Levels of Illumination
  So what is spiritual awakening? It is, above all, a process; a process of exploration and unfolding; a process of learning and growth, of healing and purification. It involves the whole of our beings and works on all levels, physical, emotional and psychological, as well as spiritual. – Catherine G. Lucas Just as there are… Read more: Spiritual Awakening Stages: 10 Levels of Illumination
• Soul Ties: 5 Types and How to Break Negative Ones
  You feel a deep kinship with this person, but you have no idea why. It feels as though you’re resonating on the same wavelength.  The energy between the two of you feels harmonic, like two perfectly matched instruments playing in a symphony.   You haven’t known them for long, but it feels like you’ve met… Read more: Soul Ties: 5 Types and How to Break Negative Ones
• 9 Kundalini Awakening Stages of Mystical Transformation
  Kundalini energy – the primal and dormant “prana” or life force within us – is something many of us spiritual wanderers will taste at least once in life. Also known as the serpent power, among many other names, kundalini awakening can be shocking, painful, beautiful, and paradigm-shifting all at once. I have experienced this energy… Read more: 9 Kundalini Awakening Stages of Mystical Transformation
• I Don’t Know Who I Am: 5 Ways to Deal With An Ego Crisis
  It’s a feeling of inner blankness and disorientation – like being stranded in the middle of a forest you don’t know the name of or which direction to go. You may carry this inner void with you everywhere.  Feelings of shame, inadequacy, and lostness creep in from time to time as you look enviously at… Read more: I Don’t Know Who I Am: 5 Ways to Deal With An Ego Crisis
• What Type of Spiritual Wanderer Are You? (Free Quiz)
  If you’re a spiritual wanderer, you’re a sensitive and deep-thinking person who yearns to awaken to a greater sense of purpose and freedom in this life. You may have lost your sense of home due to an existential crisis, dark night of the soul, or painful trauma that makes you feel like an outsider who… Read more: What Type of Spiritual Wanderer Are You? (Free Quiz)
• Which Archetype Are You: The Seeker, Apprentice, Shaman, Mystic or Sage?
  On our journeys of awakening, it is crucial to find where we’re situated on the path so that we know how to navigate the road ahead. Traveling without knowing how to orient ourselves is kind of like craving to go to your favorite cookie store, but having no map, no direction, and no car. Pretty… Read more: Which Archetype Are You: The Seeker, Apprentice, Shaman, Mystic or Sage?
• The Deep Feeler, Media Overwhelm, and Finding Self-Sovereignty
  Note: this is a contemplative blog post rather than a traditional article. What I’m doing here is offering my thoughts and reflections in a more spontaneous way, so you won’t get in-depth or seven-step solutions. Enjoy the ride. :)  __ A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the deep thinker and their relationship with… Read more: The Deep Feeler, Media Overwhelm, and Finding Self-Sovereignty
• What is Abandonment Trauma? Causes, Symptoms & How to Heal
  Feeling left out, forgotten, ignored, and cast to the side is something most of us have experienced at least once in life. But what happens when the feeling of being abandoned forms the very foundation of our existence? What happens when no matter what we do, where we go, who we befriend or romance, we… Read more: What is Abandonment Trauma? Causes, Symptoms & How to Heal
• The Deep Thinker, Belonging, and the Craving For Aloneness
  Note: this is a contemplative blog post rather than a traditional article. As such, there’s no necessary ‘clear solution’ or 7-step-process I’m providing here. Instead, I’m just offering my thoughts and reflections in a more raw way. Enjoy. :)  — Recently, I’ve realized that at the center of the work I’m called to do in… Read more: The Deep Thinker, Belonging, and the Craving For Aloneness
• What is a Spiritual Warrior? 3 Ways to Turn Pain into Power
  The world feels like it’s collapsing around you. Deep down, you feel scared, confused, lost, alone, and adrift in a black ocean of emptiness.  Where are you to go? What can you do now? You feel a sense of being shattered inside – there is a hollowness in your chest, a void where your Soul… Read more: What is a Spiritual Warrior? 3 Ways to Turn Pain into Power
• The Lone Wolf, Toxic Individualism + True Individuality
  There is a light side to the lone wolf – the spiritual wanderer, outsider, and fringe dweller in society – but there’s also a dark side. Today, I’m going to speak about both. As someone whose many years of work have centered around reclaiming the value and importance of the lone wolf, especially in a… Read more: The Lone Wolf, Toxic Individualism + True Individuality
• 9 Signs You’re a Spiritual Wanderer
  Recently, Mateo and I were discussing the essence of the lone wolf. It’s obvious that the lone wolf has been the guide and archetype that is at the heart of our work here on lonerwolf. But we wanted to go deeper into the core of lone wolf. We discovered the essence quite quickly: That of… Read more: 9 Signs You’re a Spiritual Wanderer
• Domicide: The Loss of Place, Space, and Face in Modern Society
  So this was kind of spooky. And it rarely happens – but the other day, I woke up at approximately 4:08 am with the title of this post blazing in my head: Domicide. The loss of place, space, and face in modern society. It repeated and repeated and repeated in my mind, like a haunting… Read more: Domicide: The Loss of Place, Space, and Face in Modern Society
• 13 Best Shadow Work Books For Beginners-Advanced (+ PDF)
  If self-love work is like basking in the rays of the sunlight on a summer’s day, and inner child work is like building sandcastles on the beach, shadow work is like journeying into a dark forest with no light but the moon guiding you. As the deepest and also most confronting form of inner work,… Read more: 13 Best Shadow Work Books For Beginners-Advanced (+ PDF)
• Spiritual Connection & Loneliness: 7 Ways to Feel Kinship
  It’s the end of the day. You’ve finished everything you were meant to do. But the rest of the evening spreads out in front of you like an open and barren desert. Inside, you feel a sense of hollowness, and an oppressive weight grows within your chest.  The truth is, you feel lonely. Isolated. Disconnected. … Read more: Spiritual Connection & Loneliness: 7 Ways to Feel Kinship
• Existential Dread: 7 Ways to Regain Sanity and Peace
  True story: my first word as a baby was “no.” One of my favorite series of books as a child was A Series of Unfortunate Events. I’ve woken up quite a few times with a voice of dread in my head saying, “Oh great, I’m on this planet again.” And, well, I run this website… Read more: Existential Dread: 7 Ways to Regain Sanity and Peace
• 222 Meaning & the Spiritual Journey (Why You Keep Seeing It!)
  For what feels like the millionth time, you’ve seen 222 again … first on the clock, then on number plates, and then all throughout your week in tiny but surprising places. What does it mean to see 222 everywhere? You have a feeling that it means something special, but you don’t know what! Can you… Read more: 222 Meaning & the Spiritual Journey (Why You Keep Seeing It!)
• What is Your Shadow Archetype? (Free Quiz!)
  Uncontrolled bursts of anger, sexual addiction, strange phobias, unexpected deep depressions, unshakeable self-loathing, and self-destructive tendencies are all signs of the shadow archetype – and we all have one. The shadow archetype, also known as the shadow self or dark side of humanity, can be seen throughout myth and legend since the dawn of humanity.… Read more: What is Your Shadow Archetype? (Free Quiz!)
• 30+ Mindfulness Journal Prompts to Find Peace in the Storm (+PDF)
  Your mind is spinning out of control, and your blood pressure is skyrocketing. You feel panicky and overwhelmed, and you’re starting to dissociate from reality … Terrible and catastrophic thoughts bombard you left, right, and center …  And then, you remember to let go of a slowww out-breath.  You pause and shift your mind to… Read more: 30+ Mindfulness Journal Prompts to Find Peace in the Storm (+PDF)
• Toxic Family: 15 Signs & Ways to Deal With Their Negativity
  Your heart races. Heat pounds through your body. Anger and hurt clench your throat. Tears creep up. Your eyes dart around for a way to escape and not deal with these people anymore. “How the hell can I get out of here?” Toxic family members have a uniquely disturbing way of hurting us that goes… Read more: Toxic Family: 15 Signs & Ways to Deal With Their Negativity
• 7 Self-Kindness Practices For Calming the Inner Critic
  “Why did you say such a stupid thing?” “You look ridiculous!” “You’re an embarrassment to yourself!” “Quit acting like a weakling.” “Face it, you’re a loser, and no one likes you.” How many times have you heard a voice within you say horrible words like these?  How many times have you felt insulted, degraded, and… Read more: 7 Self-Kindness Practices For Calming the Inner Critic
• Finding Meaning & Purpose in the Death Spiral (+ One Key Reflection)
  Note: this is an informal, blog-styled post sharing personal thoughts and reflections in a non-linear and non-problem-solving way. If you want to learn more about meaning and purpose in a more structured article, see Meaning of Life VS. Purpose of Life (the Difference!). A few weeks ago, in the LonerWolf Howl newsletter, I sent an… Read more: Finding Meaning & Purpose in the Death Spiral (+ One Key Reflection)
• 9 Signs You’re in a Spiritual Relationship (& What This Means)
  Here’s the thing: every relationship you have in your life, romantic or otherwise, is a spiritual relationship.  Yes, yes, I know this is not a particularly popular stance because everyone wants to feel as though they’ve found that “super special person” that they were cosmically destined to meet. But when we understand that spirituality is… Read more: 9 Signs You’re in a Spiritual Relationship (& What This Means)
• How Do We Find True Connection in an Individualistic, Sick Planet?
  (Note: while I usually tend to write more formal articles that explore specific topics and their solutions, this is the first open-ended note-style post that I’ve written in a while. Let me know if you appreciate this format in the comments!) When I go on any form of social media, watch any news or information… Read more: How Do We Find True Connection in an Individualistic, Sick Planet?
• How to Let Go of Resentment: 5 Ways to Find Peace
  It eats away at you little by little and fills you with disgust, annoyance, and bitterness. It’s a cancer of the heart that drains your energy and destroys your happiness. What I’m talking about is resentment, and we’ve all experienced it before.  Unlike fairly straightforward emotions like hatred or anger, resentment is a combination of… Read more: How to Let Go of Resentment: 5 Ways to Find Peace
• What is Makyo? 11 Examples of Spiritual Delusion
  Now, here’s the thing: I’m not a zen practitioner, nor do I necessarily write for an audience of zen enthusiasts (however, if you are one, that’s awesome!). But there’s a certain term that is quite unknown at the time of writing, which I hope comes more into the mainstream: Makyo.  If you’re a sincere spiritual… Read more: What is Makyo? 11 Examples of Spiritual Delusion
• Psychedelic Integration: 5 Ways to Process Your Epiphanies 
  As the use of psychedelics like mescaline, ayahuasca, psilocybin mushrooms, and DMT enter the mainstream, the question is, how do we make the most of these experiences? Assuming that we haven’t been reckless and disrespectful to such sacred substances and have adequately prepared beforehand (using the “set and setting” principles), how do we properly integrate… Read more: Psychedelic Integration: 5 Ways to Process Your Epiphanies 
• How to Practice Self-Observation (Prompts & Meditation)
  Self-observation seems pretty basic and even a little mediocre or like some pedestrian psychological technique on the surface. But in my many years of exploring and walking the inner path, I’ve found that self-observation is THE most crucial practice, skill, and undertaking EVER. Full stop. Period. Fini! At the time of writing, this might not… Read more: How to Practice Self-Observation (Prompts & Meditation)
• 7 Spiritual Practices For Busy and Tired People
  Endless to-do lists. Appointments. Unfinished tasks. Responsibilities galore. Balancing home life and work commitments. The grind and hustle of daily life … Are you tired and overwhelmed yet? If you’re like most people living in our modern society, there’s a lot of stuff to get done. Even “slowing down” can feel like another task on… Read more: 7 Spiritual Practices For Busy and Tired People
• Religious Trauma: 23 Dark Signs & How to Heal
  If there’s any topic that has impacted my life so deeply – and yet I’ve been putting off writing for over ten years – it’s religious trauma. The topic of religious trauma is such an inflammatory topic, and one that has harmed so many people, that I’m going to try and approach it as delicately… Read more: Religious Trauma: 23 Dark Signs & How to Heal
• 11 Signs You’re Suffering From An Identity Crisis (& What to Do)
  You’re at a crossroads in life. Everything has changed. You no longer know who you are, what you want, or where you’re going. It feels like the earth is crumbling beneath your feet, and all past references of who you were felt meaningless or like distant dreams. Perhaps you’ve gone through a divorce or breakup,… Read more: 11 Signs You’re Suffering From An Identity Crisis (& What to Do)
• 15 Reflective Journal Prompts For Emotional Wellness & Self-Healing
  There are only a handful of practices I have consistently harnessed for my mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing for years and years. Keeping a reflective journal is one of them. As one of the most simple and accessible forms of self-therapy, reflective journaling doesn’t have to be complex or wordy. You can gain benefits from… Read more: 15 Reflective Journal Prompts For Emotional Wellness & Self-Healing
• Somatic Bodywork: 7 Types For Deep Healing
  For so long on my spiritual path and life journey, I focused exclusively on the mind. And yet, no matter how much talk therapy, meditation, or reading self-help books I did, many of my most fundamental issues remained untouched and unresolved.  Anxiety. Depression. Chronic Pain. IBS issues. All of these issues (and more) are not… Read more: Somatic Bodywork: 7 Types For Deep Healing
• How to Practice Self-Inquiry (“Who Am I?”) Meditation
  Within a lot of spiritual circles, we hear terms like “inner peace” and “Oneness” thrown around a lot. In search of these fantastical ideas that promise relief from suffering, we hop around from one retreat, workshop, teacher, or book to another … and another, and another. Eventually, many spiritual seekers end up with a kind… Read more: How to Practice Self-Inquiry (“Who Am I?”) Meditation
• How to Start a Dream Journal (+ Free Template)
  Did you know it’s estimated that the average person spends almost 2 hours every night dreaming? Dreams are perhaps one of the most bizarre and psychedelic experiences almost all of us share on a regular basis.  With one-third of our life spent asleep, why not use the symbology that emerges in our dreams for self-insight… Read more: How to Start a Dream Journal (+ Free Template)
• Feeling Lost? How to Embrace the Unknown (+ 18 Illuminating Questions)
  There’s no doubt about it: feeling lost can feel anxiety-provoking, demoralizing, and depressing. How do I know? I’ve been there before. Some recent moments that come to mind have centered around my work, relationships, and general purpose in life. Perhaps on your side, you’re feeling lost after leaving a job, working through an education degree,… Read more: Feeling Lost? How to Embrace the Unknown (+ 18 Illuminating Questions)
• Inner Work Test: What Type Do You Need Right Now?
  Inner work is like a quiet pilgrimage into the mysterious dark forests of the mind and heart. Indeed, whenever we experience a spiritual awakening of any kind, we become like lone wolves beginning our quest through the dense vegetation of our inner worlds. We don’t know the way. We don’t know the path. We may… Read more: Inner Work Test: What Type Do You Need Right Now?
• How to Be Happy Alone (5 Empowering Paths)
  In our hyper-connected world, where the very fabric of our society is being remodeled and reshaped by technology at a lightning-quick pace, and where the old institutions that once held us together (e.g., religion) are crumbling, it’s only natural that an increasing number of us are feeling lonely. As a result of mass globalization, the… Read more: How to Be Happy Alone (5 Empowering Paths)
• 9 Best Spiritual Documentaries To Watch (+ Trailers)
  The world is currently going through a tremendous amount of spiritual shifts and awakenings. From understanding how old inherited social structures affect the world around us, to exploring new ways to live, or inquiring about the very nature of the self, there are so many questions that are surfacing in our collective lives and inviting… Read more: 9 Best Spiritual Documentaries To Watch (+ Trailers)
• 7 Vagus Nerve Exercises For Nervous System Healing
  “Your body is a site of liberation” declares poet, activist, and theologian Tricia Hersey in her radically grounding and liberating book Rest is Resistance – and if there is any way I can summarize vagus nerve stimulation, those seven words say it perfectly. Your body is a site of liberation. You are both a divine… Read more: 7 Vagus Nerve Exercises For Nervous System Healing
• Feeling Disconnected & Sad (7 Healing Paths)
  You feel disconnected right now, perhaps even a little sad or lonely – or even like no one really cares about you or sees you fully. Accompanying feeling disconnected, you might feel lost in life, like you’re aimless, bored, unhappy, restless, and have no direction. In essence, you feel like a tiny island drifting in… Read more: Feeling Disconnected & Sad (7 Healing Paths)
• 11 Best Spiritual Books to Nurture the Soul (For Beginners)
  “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ― Jorge Luis Borges Spirituality is the deep craving we all share to connect with that which is greater than ourselves. Throughout our lives, we occasionally feel the invitation to go deeper into exploring who we are, questioning the world around us, and… Read more: 11 Best Spiritual Books to Nurture the Soul (For Beginners)
• 35 Shadow Work Prompts (For Each Chakra)
  No matter how sweet, kind, nice, or good we may appear to be on the surface, we all have a dark side. And exploring that dark side – truly learning to understand, befriend, and integrate it – is an essential task for every human being. Perhaps one of the most powerful and bone-deep practices out… Read more: 35 Shadow Work Prompts (For Each Chakra)
• “What is Wrong With Me?” (How to Heal This Toxic Belief)
  “What is wrong with me?” “Am I crazy?” “Am I just broken?” “Will anyone truly love me?” “Why do I keep f*cking up everything?” “Why am I such an outsider/loser?” “What the hell is wrong with me?” If you’re here reading these words, chances are that you’ve felt (or are currently feeling) this way about… Read more: “What is Wrong With Me?” (How to Heal This Toxic Belief)
• 11 Deceptive Spiritual Traps Sabotaging Your Growth
  No matter what the practice or teaching, ego loves to wait in ambush to appropriate spirituality for its own survival and gain. – Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism As we progressively advance on our spiritual awakening paths, our Soul essence begins to blossom like a luminous flower deep in our hearts. The more we… Read more: 11 Deceptive Spiritual Traps Sabotaging Your Growth
• Kindred Spirit: 9 Magical Signs You’ve Found One
  Have you ever spoken to a person who just seems to “vibe” or “click” with you? That person was probably a kindred spirit. Befriending or serendipitously meeting a kindred spirit is one of those moments in life that we often cherish until our dying day. If you’re wanting to find out whether you’ve met a… Read more: Kindred Spirit: 9 Magical Signs You’ve Found One
• How to Begin a Spiritual Journal (Start Here!)
  It is my deeply held conviction that journaling is a sacred practice. Journaling is an altar for sacred creative ideas, a palace for holy epiphanies, a temple of deep feelings, and a shrine for mystical reflections. In essence, journaling is innately spiritual: It is a practice that helps to mirror the mind, open the heart,… Read more: How to Begin a Spiritual Journal (Start Here!)
• Deep Self-Healing (on a Budget) 9+ Tips!
  So you’re broke, or have low income, or don’t have much cash to spare – and yet you’ve realized how crucial it is to heal on a physical, mental, emotional, and/or spiritual level. What do you do?  Well my friends, I know exactly what this is like, and let me tell you, I can relate… Read more: Deep Self-Healing (on a Budget) 9+ Tips!
• Emotional Trauma Test (Free 3-Minute Quiz)
  The only way to get over the pain is to face it, embrace it, hug it and learn the lessons embedded within it. ― Adele Theron All of us, in some way or another, have experienced the stab of rejection, betrayal, neglect, bullying, and even humiliation at the hands of another. But at what point… Read more: Emotional Trauma Test (Free 3-Minute Quiz)
• What is Lectio Divina? (Step-by-Step Soul-Centered Practice)
  Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul. – Joyce Carol Oates Of all the practices available to us on our spiritual awakening journeys, reading is perhaps one of the simplest and most accessible avenues to deeper self-insight.  Words and ideas are all around… Read more: What is Lectio Divina? (Step-by-Step Soul-Centered Practice)
• The Tao: 7 Deep Lessons From a Radically Wise Philosophy
  To have no thought and put forth no effort is the first step towards understanding the Tao. To go nowhere and do nothing is the first step towards finding peace in the Tao. To start from no point and follow no road is the first step towards reaching the Tao. — Chuang Tzu If there… Read more: The Tao: 7 Deep Lessons From a Radically Wise Philosophy
• What is Christ Consciousness? (Mystical Definition)
  Regardless of where you are on the spiritual path and what your relationship is like with Christianity, there’s a pulsating core of mystical Divine Love at the heart of Jesus’ teachings.  And this impassioned blaze of Love has been felt by people all over the world in many spiritual and religious traditions – not just… Read more: What is Christ Consciousness? (Mystical Definition)
• 5 Practices For Being Present (+ One Major Pitfall to Avoid)
  Let’s be honest here, being present in the moment sounds good in theory … but in practice, we suck at it 99.9% of the time.  How many times have you found yourself making all these fancy mental plans of “being as present as you possibly can” and imagining yourself as a Zen-master-to-be or advanced yogi… Read more: 5 Practices For Being Present (+ One Major Pitfall to Avoid)
• Spirituality vs Religion: 11 Differences (With Pros + Cons List)
  To set things straight, I’m not in either the “religion is evil” or “spirituality is nonsense” groups. I’m that weird outlier who’s hanging out on the outskirts holding up a sign that says “BOTH are good and BOTH are bad folks.” As someone who was raised in a fundamentalist Christian faith (and kissed that goodbye… Read more: Spirituality vs Religion: 11 Differences (With Pros + Cons List)
• How to Find a Sense of Belonging When You’re Isolated
  How do we find a sense of belonging in a world full of increasing loneliness due to social media, crumbling social and religious institutions that no longer meet our needs, and a society plagued by spontaneous pandemics that cause us to go into isolation? That’s the big kahuna of questions here. With research showing that… Read more: How to Find a Sense of Belonging When You’re Isolated
• What is a Mystic? (12 Signs You’re One)
  There is a certain mysterious, holy, and incandescent flame that burns at the center of every religion, spiritual path, and philosophy … and that is mysticism. From Buddhism and Hinduism to Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Taoism (and more), mysticism is the golden thread that connects all these religions together, despite how different each path’s dogmas may… Read more: What is a Mystic? (12 Signs You’re One)
• What is Non-Duality? (The Awakened Philosophy of “No-Self”)
  All throughout this website and our work here on lonerwolf, we’ve spoken about the spiritual awakening process. We’ve gone into the endless facets of the spiritual journey. We’ve explored in-depth a huge variety of healing practices for the body, heart, mind, and soul. But there comes a point on everyone’s spiritual path when there is… Read more: What is Non-Duality? (The Awakened Philosophy of “No-Self”)
• Midlife Crisis: 12 Signs & the Spiritual Cause
  On the surface of your life, everything is basically fine.  Perhaps you have a stable job, are relatively successful, have a decent income, a few children and pets, a spouse, and you live in a good neighborhood. The only problem is that all this feels false. Yes, you love your kids and your partner. But… Read more: Midlife Crisis: 12 Signs & the Spiritual Cause
• The New Age Movement is the ‘McSpirit’ of Spirituality
  I am profoundly acquainted with the new age movement. As someone who has explored, and in many cases practiced (and sometimes promoted), the endless varieties of new age methodologies and philosophies out there, I’ve seen pretty much all of it. While yes, there’s a lot of undeniable beauty in the new age movement, there are… Read more: The New Age Movement is the ‘McSpirit’ of Spirituality
• Psychosomatic Illness & Awakening (The Hidden Link)
  Your body speaks to you in a thousand ways each day, and illness is no exception. As one of the most frustrating, draining, and in some cases, debilitating experiences you can have in life, sickness can leave you feeling helpless. And if you continually receive negative results on tests with no clear underlying cause for… Read more: Psychosomatic Illness & Awakening (The Hidden Link)
• The Dark Side of Spiritual Enlightenment
  Ahh, spiritual enlightenment, the mecca, the pinnacle, the holy crown, the orgasmic moment of completion … the secret wish of every serious spiritual seeker, and the lifelong quest of thousands before us. Yet there’s a reason why I don’t write much about spiritual enlightenment and instead focus on spiritual awakening: Spiritual enlightenment is, quite simply,… Read more: The Dark Side of Spiritual Enlightenment
• 100+ Journaling Ideas For Deep Mental & Spiritual Healing
  Journaling is one of those practices that’s like salt or sugar – it goes well with everything! AKA., no matter what situation you’re experiencing in life, no matter what your life looks like, or what field you work in, journaling has your back. In particular, if you’re struggling with mental health issues, journaling has pretty… Read more: 100+ Journaling Ideas For Deep Mental & Spiritual Healing
• Soul Purpose: 5 Gateways to Finding Your Destiny
  Discovering your Soul’s purpose is not a linear process. Don’t expect to find a “step-by-step guide” or “7 quick tips …” listicle here. Your Soul is not logical. Your Soul has its own bone-deep, ancient, wordless wisdom – and it doesn’t conform to what your mind wants or desires. Think of your Soul like a… Read more: Soul Purpose: 5 Gateways to Finding Your Destiny
• 15 Signs You’ve Experienced Altered States of Consciousness
  “Altered states of consciousness” sounds like something from a cheesy 80’s sci-fi movie or a trip down the rabbit hole of Alice in Wonderland. But each and every day you and I enter into altered states of consciousness. Whenever you get transfixed by a screen (aka. your phone or the TV) and dream at night,… Read more: 15 Signs You’ve Experienced Altered States of Consciousness
• Spiritual Meditation: 11 Ways to Enlighten Your Mind
  Spiritual meditation is different from mainstream meditation in that it focuses on connecting with something greater and deeper than ourselves. Normal meditation – the kind you read about in journalist columns, hear about in talk shows, and watch on the news – is a great first step in the door. With the extensive research backing… Read more: Spiritual Meditation: 11 Ways to Enlighten Your Mind
• How to Practice Dream Work (& Decipher Your Psyche)
  Whimsical, wonderful, bizarre, horrifying, embarrassing, joyous, uncanny … welcome to the mysterium tremendum  – or awe-inspiring mystery – of the dream world. Most of us go to sleep at night and totally take our dreams for granted.  Perhaps we dream of a place from childhood, have a strange nightmare, or some other garden variety dream… Read more: How to Practice Dream Work (& Decipher Your Psyche)
• Wholeness: 3 Sacred Paths to Finding Your Inner Center
  “Become whole,” “Seek for wholeness,” “Experience more wholeness.” What does this mean? We’ve mentioned wholeness a lot on this website. And if you’re a spiritual seeker, soul searcher, or self-growth veteran, you would’ve heard this term a lot.  But what does it actually mean? Is it another whimsical, idealistic concept? Or is it actually something… Read more: Wholeness: 3 Sacred Paths to Finding Your Inner Center
• How to Journal: 19 Beginner Tips For Modern Mystics
  A blank page looms in front of you. Its pale and ghostly gaze haunts the chasm of your Soul. Okay, I know, maybe I’m being a little dramatic here. But let’s face it … journaling can be a little intimidating, especially if you’re a beginner.  What do you write? How do you start? What do… Read more: How to Journal: 19 Beginner Tips For Modern Mystics
• What is a Karmic Relationship? (19 Signs & Stages)
  You love them. You hate them. Your heart burns, and your gut churns in their proximity. Welcome to the world of karmic relationships. One second, you’re laughing, the next, you’re screaming at each other. One minute, you embrace, the next, you swear you could kill them. And yet, despite the ups and downs, you always… Read more: What is a Karmic Relationship? (19 Signs & Stages)
• Deep Listening For Suffering Souls (3 Paths)
  A heavy weight hangs in my chest.  I feel suffocated under the weight of my own unfelt and unexpressed emotions.  How often have you felt this way? How often have you woken up feeling like you don’t want to leave bed – instead, you just want to crawl into a dark hole and never come… Read more: Deep Listening For Suffering Souls (3 Paths)
• 21 Profoundly Healing Meditation Practices (With Videos)
  Healing is a force of nature. It’s only natural for us to seek it out. Just as white blood cells flood to a wound to heal it and a tree releases sap to protect and cover damage and breakage, all of life is oriented to self-nourishment and repair. We are multi-layered beings living in a… Read more: 21 Profoundly Healing Meditation Practices (With Videos)
• What is Ensoulment? (The Path of the Spiritual Wanderer)
  Are you a spiritual wanderer? Modern spirituality places great emphasis on the transcendent – on the Spirit. But unfortunately, this obsession with the ethereal comes at a detriment to the Soul. The Soul is Spirit embodied. The Soul is mystery, enchantment, and poetry incarnate –  it is earthy, sensual, ecstatic, and rooted in the here-and-now.… Read more: What is Ensoulment? (The Path of the Spiritual Wanderer)
• 7 Signs You’re a Bodhisattva In-the-Making
  Here’s the thing: we need more Bodhisattvas, not Buddhas, in the world. If you’re wanting a spiritual path or philosophy to commit to, I say choose the path of the Bodhisattva.  Why? It’s easy to be a buddha sitting in a dissociated state of blissful elevation above the world. We have enough of those types… Read more: 7 Signs You’re a Bodhisattva In-the-Making
• Spiritual Transformation: 9 Signs You’re Evolving
  Something is shifting, morphing, and evolving in your life. These alchemical changes might be subtle or shocking, sudden or progressive … but whatever the case, something is transforming below the surface. You are like the caterpillar dissolving in its cocoon. Perhaps life is heading in a surprising direction. New doors may be opening to you, out… Read more: Spiritual Transformation: 9 Signs You’re Evolving
• What is Spiritual Integration? (5 Simple Techniques!)
  We must all integrate our lessons, discoveries, and insights sooner or later. If we don’t, they merely remain mental or cerebral. Don’t get me wrong: having amazing and cosmic epiphanies is an orgasmic experience. But these realizations will amount to nothing if you don’t integrate what you’ve learned. My goal is to help you understand… Read more: What is Spiritual Integration? (5 Simple Techniques!)
• 7 Ways to Awaken to Your True Nature (THE END)
  Welcome to the end of your spiritual search … If you’re familiar with our website at all, you’ll know that it’s all about the spiritual journey. Using the archetype of the lone wolf choosing to walk her own path and seeking a true home (hence why our website is called ‘lonerwolf’), we’ve offered innumerable spiritual… Read more: 7 Ways to Awaken to Your True Nature (THE END)
• What is Kundalini Awakening? (19 Intense Symptoms)
  Sooner or later on the spiritual awakening journey, we all taste the mysterious and intense phenomenon known as kundalini energy. It might be smooth and subtle, or intense and explosive, but whatever the case, kundalini is a primal force of awakening. In fact, sometimes people can experience full-blown kundalini awakenings spontaneously without any prior experience… Read more: What is Kundalini Awakening? (19 Intense Symptoms)
• Spirit Animal Quiz: What’s Your Animal Teacher?
  Our spirit animals are powerful teachers on our spiritual awakening journeys. They help to guide, inspire, and lead us toward our true purpose while helping us to reconnect with our Souls. When we come in contact with our spirit animal, we often immediately feel a sense of resonance, reverence, awe, and sometimes fear. On a… Read more: Spirit Animal Quiz: What’s Your Animal Teacher?
• Your Body is Sacred: 3 Ways to Practice Embodied Spirituality
  Since the very beginning of all religious and spiritual drive, there has been a deep prejudice against the body. The body has been called carnal, worldly, lustful, sinful, and illusory. At best, it has been thought of as mere dust, at worst, it has been thought of as a doorway to the devil himself.  What’s… Read more: Your Body is Sacred: 3 Ways to Practice Embodied Spirituality
• The Collective Shadow: 5 Ways to Deepen Your Shadow Work
  It’s essential to face our shadows, explore our childhood wounds, and unravel the intergenerational trauma that we’ve inherited. Don’t get me wrong. But shadow work is a layered process. It starts with you, but it doesn’t end with you. Most crucially, it is also familial, societal, cultural, and global. And to truly dive deep, we… Read more: The Collective Shadow: 5 Ways to Deepen Your Shadow Work
• Inner Child Test: What Are They Trying to Tell You?
  We all have an inner child – the part of us that is still innocent, shy, curious, creative, and open to the world. It is this part of us that infuses our life with spontaneity, play, joy, and wonder. But it’s also this part of us that carries our deepest sorrows, fears, anger, and hurts. … Read more: Inner Child Test: What Are They Trying to Tell You?
• Soul Work & Internal Family Systems (IFS): Beginner’s Guide
  Of all the psychological and spiritual tools out there, Internal Family Systems (IFS) is one of the most powerful. Never heard of it? That’s okay. Most people haven’t. And my intention is to change that. Ignore the complicated-sounding name for a sec and hear me out: Internal Family Systems (IFS) is such a useful inner… Read more: Soul Work & Internal Family Systems (IFS): Beginner’s Guide