Is This You?

These are some of the life situations my clients have found themselves in. Do any of them sound familiar?

༄ You have a diagnosis. Life was moving along just fine, whether you were in great shape and used to accomplishing a lot, or were used to having ups and downs with mood and energy. Or, perhaps you’ve sustained an injury. You report some nagging symptoms to your doctor, who orders tests and BAM — it’s SOMETHING.

༄ Or, there’s no diagnosis, your doctor might say something like “it’s just stress”, “you just need to lose some weight”, or something equally unsatisfying, but you know there’s something more going on. You don’t feel well, you know something’s not right, and you feel some mixture of dismay, fear, uncertainty, resentment. Sometimes you just want to give up.

༄ Or, you have been living with a chronic condition for awhile, and you’ve found some balance with it. You have your good and bad days, and you’ve learned how to roll with that, take care of yourself, get rest, eat reasonably well. You may have a spiritual practice. Over time, though, you’re noticing that you’re more enduring than really living. You realize you’re missing something, there must be more to life than this.

༄ Or, perhaps your symptoms are more emotional. You’re in a swirl of uncomfortable and frightening feelings — whether you’ve been feeling this way for a long time or something’s surfaced more recently. You may have tried talk therapy and it helped, but it feels like there’s still some sticky states that just won’t budge. You might feel stuck.

༄ Or, you just feel like there’s something wrong with you, like you just don’t fit in the world. You feel out of place, out of sync. You feel more sensitive than everyone else, maybe you feel frustrated a lot. You may not know what you want, but you know this isn’t it.

Or:

༄ Someone close to you has died. Whether it was sudden, or after an illness, you are having a really hard time. Perhaps you’re not really having a hard time, and you’re thinking you should be feeling worse, you feel a bit numb. Either way, what you’re feeling is new territory for you. You feel confused and incapacitated in some way.

Do any of these stories sound like you?

You can start with signing up for my newsletter and receiving the free download of Spiritual Practices 101, a home study course, put together by my husband and I. It explains what spiritual practice is, and includes a number of recorded guided meditations. This is a taste of what I offer, and it could help you in very immediate, palpable ways. Or, are you wondering about what I do? I go into that more on the How It Works page.

Generally, I work with people who:

༄ have been diagnosed with a chronic illness

༄ don’t have an official diagnosis, but don’t feel well consistently

༄ have received a diagnosis in the past from which they’ve recovered, but still feel unresolved emotions around

༄ self identify as being a Highly Sensitive Person, or otherwise neurodivergent

༄ know that they have unresolved pain from childhood and/or from ancestral patterns

༄ have had a family member or other person close to them die, and feel the need for support

My approach will work best for folks with these qualities and interests:

༄ You are interested in deepening your understanding of what spirituality means, whether through the path of an organized religion, or through a more eclectic, non-denominational approach. You feel ready to know spirituality as an experience rather than a thought process.

༄ Self-love and self-care may be hard for you.

༄ You are ready to consider making changes in how you live, and how you approach your life.

༄ You may be aware that many of the messages you get through our culture just don’t work for you.

༄ You are longing to live a heart centered, soul nourishing life.

Testimonial
“Initially I went and saw Durga Fuller because I had just been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s. I had been suffering on an emotional roller coaster after the loss of three family members. I knew I had to make changes in regards of caring for myself if I was ever to get control of my emotions, hashimoto’s and self.

Durga was highly recommended to me for self-care counseling. I really didn’t know what to expect. In my past experiences with counseling, I found it wasn’t easy to establish a relationship with a counselor.

However, I felt an instant connection with Durga at the first session. Durga is professional, friendly, easy to talk to and very nurturing. She taught me things about myself that I wasn’t aware of nor did I know how to acknowledge. My entire life had always been focusing on others, however Durga was able to teach me how to focus on myself. She taught me what self-care is, which included physical, emotional and mental well being.

I would highly recommend Durga to anyone. We all of different ages and times in our lives can benefit from Durga’s guidance.”

Liz, Social Worker (retired), Scappoose, OR

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