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Reconnect to your soul’s innate wisdom with ancient healing practices, nature-based wisdom, and psychological principles--live authentically, nourish your inner power, and be a force for personal and collective liberation. If you’ve ever wondered what was missing--or felt out of step with the social and cultural programming of the westernized worldview--Soul Authority will empower you to find balance, build your soul sanctuary, and become a powerful agent of positive transformation. There is a soul authority that exists in all of us, a higher knowing that connects us to each other, the living Earth, and back to ourselves--even as we live in a world that sows division, destruction, and uncertainty. Shamanic eco-psychologist Loraine Van Tuyl, PhD, shows you how to tap into this innate wisdom, giving you the tools to trust its insights, hear its voice, and come home to our interrelated collective soul. Interwoven with stories from the author’s personal journey from growing up in Suriname during a military coup to pursuing her doctorate in clinical psychology amid a profound spiritual awakening, Soul Authority is an inspiring alchemical exploration of rekindling the deep knowing that’s accessible to all of us. Through exercises, reflections, and concrete action steps, you’ll discover: • How to find your own True North, the guiding compass aligned with your inner truth • Practical skills for combatting the burnout, overwhelm, and disconnection that prevents us from making a bigger impact in the world • How to tap into the soul mission that nourishes your purpose • How your healing journey and collective liberation are interconnected • How to heal the “ancestral deficit” and “nature deficit” that leave you overwhelmed • Strategies for grounding, clearing, visibility, and creativity

Since the Garden of Eden, God has desired a people with whom He can have complete fellowship. Now, seeds of spiritual destiny are germinating in the hearts of believers throughout the earth, to know Him and to do exploits for His glory. Book jacket.

In the introduction to Ms. Shada Burks' The Soul Doctor Spiritual Tune Up, the author shares her mission and purpose with the reader. Her goal is to continue to grow in spiritual strength and to help others by providing a "spiritual tune-up" for Christians who might have grown weary in their faith when facing obstacles, struggles, and challenges of everyday life. Burks reminds the readers that the spiritual goal for every Christian is to grow in faith, and this handy book provides a fun and clever way to refocus those spiritual energies. Each chapter focuses on a different type of personality and gives guidance to those who have that disposition so that they can grow in their own faith. — Pacific Book Review

Advance praise for Awakening the Soul: a truly remarkable guide to a meditative and prayerful process for any individual who seeks to reclaim his or her spiritual nature and be at one with the Creator. I have never read such a moving, carefully constructed, and feeling approach to the process. It will, I humbly suggest, change many lives. -- Joseph W. Dunn, Jr., Editor, A.R.E. Press ********************************************************************** I believe Awakening The Soul is the key to the 12th Step (of Alcoholics Anonymous) Susana K., Oregon ********************************************************************** We all agree on the brilliance of this work. -- Lisa Hagan, literary agent, Paraview, Inc., New York City ********************************************************************** What a contribution Awakening the Soul is going to make! Your technique for communicating with higher consciousness is a must read for every professional in the field and every person interested in spiritual advancement. Your technique is clear, simple and can be used by a broad spectrum of people. As a psychologist, I can see it filling the needs of sophisticated clients in my Wall Street practice as well as the common man. Get this to a publisher ASAP! -- Dr. Garnet Beach, Ph.D., Psychotherapist *********************************************************************** an extraordinary spiritual gift, which I wish to pass on to those who are awakening. -- From the Preface