Spirituality can be considered a path toward self-actualisation, a process that allows the user to maximise ones potential, the use of a person's resources and abilities. It is a guide that helps us to direct our attention to a specific, often inward-looking reflection that if practiced well, gives us the answers we need.

Spiritual Practices

Through centuries of spiritual practices, spiritualists continue to use contemplative practices to increase their self-awareness, to offer compassion and empathy, as well as being able to quieten the mind through spiritual contemplation.

Spirituality can promote self-care

Spiritual people are gracious. They are happy to extend what they know to help others. When spirituality is continually used, it encourages positivity, empathy, compassion, respect and tolerance. It promotes self-care care, for us to be able to think about and put others first, but also not forgetting about ourselves.

Those who use spirituality, flourish. They want to do and be better. They are happier, they want for less, their lives are less cluttered. They're honest, they have integrity, they are open to what is important to them and what they want out of life.

Conclusion

Spirituality can be the catalyst for self-healing. Those who practice spirituality concentrate on their internal values and work on becoming better people. They have meaning and a purpose to their lives.

Finally, spirituality is a means to find the essence of our true selves. Others may use it as a desire to have a connection with their higher consciousness.

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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