by Tom King | Dec 20, 2024 | Integral Insights
The beautiful and wonder-filled Christmas stories we all grew up with are still a source of joy and have sacred meaning for many people. They are also a potential problem for those at the Orange/ Modern and the Green/Post-Modern levels of development. To the modern...
by Tom King | Nov 13, 2024 | Integral Insights
This has been a very hard time for many people who are in a process of grieving and feeling an initial shock, disbelief, numbness, anger, and deep sadness over the election of Donald Trump. Some of my clients have come to their sessions hoping to hear some wisdom...
by Tom King | Oct 16, 2024 | Integral Insights
From an Integral Psychology perspective, cleaning up religious shame involves working on both our interior self and our relationship with the external systems that impose shame on us. Doing the interior work first helps us to shift perspectives and consciously choose...
by Tom King | Sep 18, 2024 | Integral Insights
One of my clients conveyed a story of how she thinks her mother’s response to anger set her up to stay in an emotionally abusive relationship. I’ll call her Joan, which is not her real name. When Joan was 17 years old, she was dating a popular high school...
by Tom King | Aug 26, 2024 | Integral Insights
These days I feel sad and sometimes angry as we witness the name of Christianity being used and manipulated for political gain. Many Christians at the traditional, blue level on the spiral are sincere believers who are being used and sometimes abused...
by Tom King | Jul 23, 2024 | Integral Insights
Sitting near the front of the church with my parents and near the other kids my age, the visiting evangelist at our little conservative church declared boldly and loudly that unless we came forward to accept Jesus into our hearts we were going straight to hell,...
by Tom King | Jun 27, 2024 | Integral Insights
I’m sitting in my certain space, observing all the world. I’m comfortable and safe within, the word of God unfurled. I know the right, beliefs held dear, because my view is crystal clear. I hear the voice so faint and far, it seems to know my name. There’s more to...
by Tom King | Jun 25, 2024 | Integral Insights
Colors of Faith – Tier Two In this newsletter I will introduce the entry level of what is called the second tier of the Integral Framework. Please see my previous newsletter if you want to review the levels of the first tier. I previously compared...
by Tom King | May 22, 2024 | Integral Insights
We all know we are living in a time of great conflicts and divisions that play out in the areas of religion, politics, and culture. In this newsletter I will briefly introduce the Integral Framework, that has been so helpful to me and many others. The Integral...
by Tom King | Apr 8, 2024 | Integral Insights
Dear friends and clients of Tom King at GrowitForward.com, Because of my own experiences and those of many of my counseling and coaching clients over the years, I have developed a special interest in helping people heal from religious shaming. Many of us have...
