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Spiritual Living: Beat SAD and Winter Blues with the Soul Diva

As a spiritual author and soulful diva I feel strongly that winter is overlooked as a time of deep potential for our inner selves.

As a spiritual author and soulful diva I feel strongly that winter is overlooked as a time of deep potential for our inner selves. Too often we burrow ourselves away and get lost in a little dark morose world, sometimes known as SAD, and other times known simply as the winter blues or the doldrums.
It is quite natural to want to hibernate. In embracing our natural desire to shut the curtains and hide we are embracing a deeper need for inner growth. Those early nights can play host to self development and soulful learning that the summer months do not allow. It is in winter that we can make ready for great change, sort our shizzle out and get ready for a whole new perspective come spring. It is in winter that we can work our way towards a personal enlightenment.

I have found my greatest works, spiritual and otherwise, have been plotted and ploughed in the winter months. Three books and a baby have all found their way out of me, formed, honed and crafted through those dark months. You too can access your own inner sanctum of potential and wondrousness through prayer, meditation, moments in nature, early nights spent reading a spiritually inspiring book and chats with soulful friends. Create a vision board, make wishes at New Year and use this winter to find your soul. Allow the dark nights to guide you inward, where I assure you, you will find the brightest light.

This is winter’s spiritual blessing. In winter the powerful bear hibernates to renew its strength. Come spring its roar can be formidable. We too can use winter to reclaim our essence, our souls. Do not resent the early nights, use them; do not feel sad for the dark skies, instead reach for the stars. Use this winter to burst your bubble, grow your confidence and find something higher. Winter is the beautiful dark night of the soul, from which you can arise powerful and new.

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Alice Grist

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Alice Grist is the author of three books: The High Heeled Guide to Enlightenment and Prediction Magazine Award Winning The High Heeled Guide to Spiritual Living. Alice’s third book, Dear...

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Article by

Alice Grist

Author

Alice Grist is the author of three books: The High Heeled Guide to Enlightenment and Prediction Magazine Award Winning The High Heeled Guide to Spiritual Living. Alice’s third book, Dear...

Discover more