Joseph Clarke - spiritual flourishing: supportive spiritual guidance Reader, Derek reached out to me because he badly needed sleep. For the prior few nights, he'd been up until 3 or 4am. He was plagued by intense anxiety, racing thoughts, tightness in his leg muscles, and mounting frustration about his inability to rest. Derek had a job interview coming up and he was afraid that lack of sleep would harm his performance. We did a one-hour Reiki session over Zoom. Derek was about 100 miles away...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Joseph Clarke - spiritual flourishing: supportive spiritual guidance Reader, Every morning, you drag yourself out of bed after another restless night, muscles knotted with tension. Your mind is already racing with worries before your feet hit the floor. You snap at your partner over breakfast. Cancel plans with friends—again. Stare blankly at your computer screen as deadlines loom. At night, you lie awake replaying every awkward conversation, every looming task, every worst-case scenario....
21 days ago • 1 min read
Joseph Clarke - spiritual flourishing: supportive spiritual guidance Reader, Are you struggling with sleep issues but hesitant to rely on medication? I help people like you improve their sleep naturally. Rather than becoming dependent on sleep medications with their potentially harmful side effects, you can achieve restful nights using techniques that are natural, healthy, and sustainable. As a mindfulness coach, I'll teach you meditation and breathing techniques that will improve not only...
23 days ago • 1 min read
Reader, Are you suffering from a lack of quality sleep? Are you feeling frustrated and dejected about your insomnia? Do you find yourself thinking things like... "my racing mind won't let me sleep" "I can't remember the last time I felt truly rested" "sleep deprivation is hurting my marriage" "when I don't sleep I feel like a shell of myself" "lack of sleep leaves me feeling scattered and it's costing me at work" "no one understands how crippling my insomnia is" "I keep trying new ways to...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Joseph Clarke - spiritual flourishing: supportive spiritual guidance Reader, Has anxiety taken control of your life? Do you constantly struggle against anxiety's intensity and relentlessness? Are you afraid of what anxiety is costing you? I know how that feels. And I can help. the dangers of anxiety Anxiety can drain the peace and joy from your days, leaving you feeling overwhelmed, frantic, hollow, and helpless. Anxiety can feel like torture—a terrible and endless curse that seems impossible...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Joseph Clarke - spiritual flourishing: supportive spiritual guidance Reader, Are you feeling disconnected from your true purpose? Are you feeling stuck in life, without a clear sense of how to break free? Do you experience: Overwhelm and anxiety in daily life A sense that something deeper is calling to you Physical symptoms like fatigue, headaches, or trouble sleeping A yearning for more meaning and fulfillment These may be signs that you’re ready for spiritual transformation. Life’s...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Joseph Clarke - spiritual flourishing: supportive spiritual guidance Reader, Using marijuana... Exploring social media... Exercising... Engaging in conversations, in-person or online.. Meditating... Traveling and taking vacations... None of these activities is inherently good or bad. The real question is: how are you using them? Here's an empowering framework for answering that question: As you reflect on a given activity, explore whether you're using that activity as medicine, medication, or...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Joseph Clarke - spiritual flourishing: supportive spiritual guidance Reader, Are you struggling to communicate with your loved ones on the heart-to-heart level? When you're communicating with your romantic partner, does it feel like the conversation's on autopilot? Like you're always hashing over the same topics, with no real sense of engagement, playfulness, and surprise? When you're communicating with your kids, do you feel stuck in the same script, over and over again? Does it feel like...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Reader, Anxiety sucks. Anxiety sucks away your joy. Anxiety sucks away your peace. Anxiety sucks away your clarity. It's a frustrating, draining feeling that leaves you scrambling and struggling to just get through the day. Understanding anxiety's root At its root, anxiety is reacting to mental activity as though it's physical activity. In other words: anxiety is treating what's imagined as though it's real. Say you have an important work presentation in 3 days. Anxiety makes it seem like...
4 months ago • 1 min read