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#051  Fed up with diets and wellness hype? Christine Okezie is on a mission to guide you to approach your food, weight and body image challenges from a genuinely "whole-istic" perspective.  She's passionate about you having the right tools to understand the deeper soul truths in your health challenges so you can feel empowered in your body and in your life.

Spiritual bypassing shows  up in the holistic health and  personal development world, the “good vibes only” groups, the "love and light" circles  when spiritual development ignores psychology. 

The term, spiritual bypassing  was first coined during the early 1980s by Buddhist and psychotherapist , John Welwood in his book,  Toward a Psychology of Awakening .  It's defined as the tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds and developmental needs. 

It’s what’s happening for example when we find ourselves using meditation, yoga, bodywork, spiritual ideas - even healthy eating to avoid dealing with our unpleasant, unresolved  emotional stuff.

Spiritual bypassing is a tempting defense strategy in today's complex world but it can have harmful emotional  consequences and become an  obstacle on the path to genuine spiritual development. 

Learn how to identify it and what you can do to avoid it.   

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