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Dear Meli
How Do You Navigate Religious Differences in Your Family?
Dear Meli, The holidays are upon us. This year, I am going back to spend time with my family of origin, something I haven't done for a long time. My family is really religious, especially my parents and two of my siblings. I consider myself really religious too, but...
How Do You Love a Rotten Neighbor?
Dear Meli, "Love your neighbor" is a common phrase. But whoever said that didn't know my neighbors. When they first moved in, everything seemed fine. But three years and twenty police reports later, everything looks a little different. Domestic violence, drug use,...
Is It Spiritual to Take Medication for Depression?
Dear Meli, I have struggled with depression for many years. For a long time, I resisted the idea of medication. About two years ago, I finally started taking meds. They are definitely helping, but now I have another dilemma. I still have this idea that I should have...
How Do You Visualize When You’re Stuck?
Dear Meli, When I first started doing affirmations and visualizing, I had great luck. Everything I imagined came to me – friends, a great job, good health. But lately – everything has been falling apart. I'm still doing the affirmations and visualization, but now it's...
How Do You End a Friendship?
Dear Meli, I've have a friend that I've been friends with since we were kids. For the past few years, I've had a harder and harder time being around him. I feel bad even admitting this, because he's a great guy. It's just that we're moving in different directions....
How Can You Help a Family Member in Trouble?
Dear Meli, I am writing to you about my sister. She has been having a hard time for years now, but lately it's gotten worse. Her husband left her a year ago, one of her children is battling alcoholism, and she recently got laid off from work. The worst part of all of...
Can You Find Recovery Outside of the Twelve Steps?
Dear Meli, I have been in recovery from drug and alcohol use for five years. I have been going to Twelve Step programs for most of that time. Recently, though, I have been having trouble with meetings. It seems that everyone is so focused on their identity as an...
How Do You Handle a Friend’s Adultery?
Dear Meli, I recently found out that the wife of a dear friend of mine is having an affair. If you're wondering what this has to do with spirituality, that's my question. She is supposedly a "spiritual" person. And yet her behavior seems so out of integrity to me. I'm...
How Do You Conquer Low Self-Esteem?
Dear Meli, I've been doing spiritual stuff for years. Meditation, affirmations, yoga. You name it, I've done it. It's definitely helped me, but I still have this issue. It's my self-esteem. Even with all the years of spiritual work, I still feel insecure. I still...
Do You Have to Love Everybody to Be Spiritual?
Dear Meli, Being spiritual has a lot of "shoulds" that come with it. Take this one, for example: "Spiritual people SHOULD be able to get along with everyone." But what about difficult people? What about people from your past? In my case, I'm talking about my ex. She...
How Do You Handle Discord in Spiritual Community?
Dear Meli, For a long time, I did my spiritual practice by myself. Although this was okay, I longed for spiritual community. Then I found one! It was amazing. But after spending more time with this group, I found out that the leader is not who she originally seemed to...
How Do You Follow Your Bliss and Pay Your Rent?
Dear Meli, You know how they say to follow your bliss? But what about paying your rent? I have a job that I don't like very much. But it pays really well. Also, I'm not sure what else I'd want to do. But I know that I don't feel fulfilled. The more I do my spiritual...