Do you spend time contemplating the big questions like “Why are we here?” and “What does it all mean?” Do you explore different belief systems to learn about how others grapple with those questions? Do you consider spirituality and its role in your life and what it means to you?

Contemplating our own spiritual experience can be a rich and rewarding process, but it can also be confusing. We have a wealth of information at our fingertips, so at any time we can explore different religions, myths, beliefs, legends, and teachings, but we can also be faced with conflicting messages. Different belief systems have messages that can contradict each other and sometimes even battle one another. Who is right? What is right? What is real? What should we believe? What do we believe?

As each of us comes to understand ourselves, we consider where the role of spirituality plays in our lives. Are we highly-spiritual people? Do we spend a lot of time thinking about the divine, the nature of spirit and what that all means? Or is spirituality a vague or unfamiliar concept? Is it something we don’t really think about much or is largely absent from our life experiences?

At some point or another this topic will probably come up for everyone. Some of us seem to be always thinking about it, while for others it only becomes important during big life events or in times of crisis. People look to spirituality particularly when things are challenging like when facing illness or trying to understand the death of a loved one. People turn to spirituality when dealing with addiction or trying to recover from difficult break ups.

Happy events, too, can bring out our spiritual sides. The birth of a child is often seen as an incredible miracle. Beholding nature can inspire us, like reaching the top of a mountain or seeing an incredible sunset over the sea. These moments of profound beauty can strike awe and wonder into many of us in a powerful way.

As we navigate the spiritual side of our nature, we may look to a spiritual counselor for guidance and advice. There are many types of spiritual counselors. Some are affiliated with a particular religion or faith. Others are secular, academic, or philosophical. There are certification programs people can take to be able to guide someone through their spiritual journey in a careful and considerate way. Spirituality is very personal and very sensitive – it must be handled with care.

If learning about spiritual counseling is interesting to you, we invite you to explore the information on our site. There are experts you can reach out to for assistance in your journey as well.