“I would not allow hurt to harden my body, mind, and spirit, as it had so many troubled souls in my life.” –– Jean P. Kelly
All of us recycle pain, but few of us caught in a spiral of suffering have the energy, the knowledge, and the courage to spot and manage deep dysfunction in family and romantic relationships.
In Less Helping Them, More Healing You podcast host Jean Kelly offers an approach to reading as meditation that is not another task to add to a fraught day of healing one’s self by one’s self. It is an invitation to join an ancient community of seekers who have practiced, taught, and embodied centeredness—a detachment—achieved through texts of all kinds, not just scriptural or religious.
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About the Author & Text
Author, educator, and podcast host Jean P. Kelly believes in the power of stories, both hers and others, to heal and restore hope in both individuals and communities.
In her new book, Less Helping Them, More Healing You; The Transcendent Gift of an Ancient Spiritual Practice, Jean teaches that Spiritual Reading can heal because it creates the time, space, and grace necessary to achieve authentic self-knowledge, self-acceptance and self-gift, even in times of desperation. Her memoir not only shares how the ancient practice helped her recover from unbalanced relationships, but also offers tips for practical application of Spiritual Reading in your life.
Over the last 30 years, Jean’s writing as been published in local, regional and national publications and websites. She regularly contributes essays, cultural commentary, video lectionary reflections, and journalistic stories to U.S. Catholic, Sojourners and others, often exploring the intersections of faith, intellect, and writing and reading as forms of prayer.