How Important is Consistency in Spiritual Practice?
Dear Meli, How important do you think consistency is? I ask because I have been practicing meditation for several decades now. However, I change my meditation practice quite often. Whenever I hear about a new form of meditation, I’m always intrigued and have to...
How Can I Stop Comparing Myself with Others?
Dear Meli, One of the hardest things for me on the spiritual path is comparing myself to others. I seem to do it all the time: How I compare to others spiritually, how I compare to others in my physical fitness, how I compare to others in how much money I have....
Can Introverts and Extroverts Be Friends?
Dear Meli, I’m having some conflict with my best friend. We recently went on a vacation together. We had an itinerary planned, but when it came time to do everything, I just couldn’t do it. My friend is a lot more extroverted than I am, and she...
What’s the Most Dreaded Spiritual Practice? And How Can I Hack It?
I once had a minister tell me that every time they did a talk about the Dreaded Practice, fewer people would come to church that Sunday. What on earth could be that Dreaded? Meditation? Journaling? Taking a spiritual inventory? No, my friends. It’s something much,...
How Can I Stop Procrastinating?
Dear Meli, I have been trying to be more focused lately. I work at home as my own boss, and I’ve had a long history of procrastination. I’m tired of it, but it’s also a habit that I’m finding hard to break. It’s weird, because I really...