Spirituality can be a confusing concept. Is it the same as religion? Is it the same for everyone?
Rev. Mary Martha Thiel, Director of Clinical Pastoral Education at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, MA, clarifies the definition of spirituality and provides questions to help us identify our own spiritual resources. Having these resources at hand can be life-giving, whether we face our own or a loved one's serious illness, or simply life's usual challenges...
Many women in mid-life begin feeling an urge to create a more meaningful, authentic life. Bodies and roles are changing in unsettling ways. Activities, interests and even careers that were once fulfilling, may begin to feel stale. A desire to know oneself better, and more deeply connect to something greater than oneself often sparks a spiritual quest to find the answer to the question: Who am I becoming?
In her first column for WomenBloom, Rebecca Hamm, MA, LPC, therapist and Master Sufi Teacher, shares with us her views of what it means to live fully into our special gifts...
Spirituality can be a confusing concept. Is it the same as religion? Is it the same for everyone? 
Many women in mid-life begin feeling an urge to create a more meaningful, authentic life. Bodies and roles are changing in unsettling ways. Activities, interests and even careers that were once fulfilling, may begin to feel stale. A desire to know oneself better, and more deeply connect to something greater than oneself often sparks a spiritual quest to find the answer to the question: Who am I becoming? .jpg)
