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  In a world that promises instant clarity, curated peace, and five-step spiritual breakthroughs, the idea of a Dark Night of the Soul feels… inconvenient. It’s not marketable. It’s not fast. It doesn’t come with a workbook. But in 2026 — a year already thick with uncertainty, acceleration, and spiritual fatigue — the Dark Night might be more relevant than ever. What is the Dark Night, really? It’s not depression. It’s not burnout. It’s not a crisis of faith. It’s a stripping away. A sacred disorientation. A season where the old ways of knowing God stop working — not because God has left, but because we’ve outgrown the container. The Dark Night is not punishment. It’s invitation. Why it matters now In 2026, many people are quietly asking: Why does my prayer feel hollow? Why do the rituals that once comforted me now feel foreign? Why do I feel farther from God even though I’m doing all the “right” things? These aren’t signs of failure. They’re signs of transit...

  Some years begin with fireworks. Others begin with questions. 2026 feels like a year for the seekers — not the loud ones, not the ones with perfect answers, but the ones who wake up wondering, Is there more? More than the scroll, the schedule, the noise. More than the performance of belief. More than the spiritual branding that promises peace in five easy steps. This year, the search for the Divine feels less like a pilgrimage and more like a quiet reckoning. The hunger beneath the surface You can feel it in conversations that start with “I’m tired” and end with “I miss something I can’t name.” You can feel it in the way people are turning down the volume, stepping away from curated certainty, and asking deeper questions: What does it mean to be held? Where do I go when I need real comfort? Is there a Presence that sees me when I’m not performing? These aren’t questions for algorithms. They’re questions for the soul. What seeking looks like in 2026 It’s not dram...

  Recently,  Learning to Feel  (Girrell), reached #321 on the Amazon bestseller list of psychologist biographies. Book Description:  Learning to Feel, Second Edition,  teaches readers how to gain choice and authority over their emotional states. Feelings and emotions are reactions to the deeply held beliefs and experiences of our lives. In order to become fully emotionally intelligent - that is, to be able to know what is yours, what comes from the others, and how best to respond to those others - we must connect first to those core experiences and often re-interpret the meaning they have held for us.  Learning to Feel  is such a journey, intended to be a set of trail blazes for anyone who wishes to up their game in the realm of emotional intelligence. (Edition 1 was selected for the Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award and a Literary Titan gold award.) First Edition Book Awards Literary Titan Gold Award Independent Press Award Distinguished ...