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  Not everyone who seeks God sits in a sanctuary on Sunday morning. Across the country, a quiet shift is unfolding: people who identify as deeply spiritual are stepping outside traditional church walls. They’re not abandoning faith. They’re reimagining it. Who Are They? They’re the “spiritual but not religious.” They’re the “dones”—those who once belonged to a church but left. They’re mystics, meditators, wanderers, and wounded believers. They’re people who still pray, still seek, still listen for the sacred—but not in pews. Where Are They? Nature trails and quiet gardens , where the wind feels like a benediction. Online communities , where spiritual conversations unfold without dogma. Living rooms and coffee shops , where small circles gather for reflection, storytelling, and shared silence. Retreat centers , where solitude and soul work replace sermons. Art studios, yoga mats, and journals , where creativity becomes communion. Why Did They Leave? The reasons are as ...

  What Does It Mean to Be Emotionally Fit? Emotional fitness is best understood as a kind of internal conditioning — the emotional equivalent of being able to lift, carry, and recover under physical load. It isn’t about being calm or cheerful by temperament; it’s about having the capacity to stay grounded when pressure rises, to regain your footing after emotional strain, and to maintain a sense of agency even when circumstances feel overwhelming. Someone who is emotionally fit can tolerate discomfort without shutting down or lashing out, adapt when life shifts unexpectedly, and hold boundaries without slipping into rigidity or aggression. Emotional fitness shows up in the way a person moves through conflict, uncertainty, caregiving, grief, or fear. It’s not theoretical or abstract; it’s lived in the body, in the nervous system, in the way you recover after being knocked off balance. Emotional fitness is less about who you are and more about what you can carry. Emotional Intellige...

  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 ...