Sharon Eden - Healing with Spiritual Synthesis (#026)
Explore the concept of spiritual synthesis with Sharon Eden, the Wild Elder, as she shares insights on connecting with your wild soul, embracing your authentic self, and finding your life's purpose through a blend of psychotherapy, coaching, and spiritual practices.
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"I think of us as having a wild soul which carries our original design. That's who we were intended to be."
- Sharon Eden
Today's Guest
SHARON EDEN MA The Wild Elder
Sharon Eden is a Spiritual Psychotherapist Coach who melds ancient wisdom from the East and West with the science and art of psychotherapy and coaching in a down-to-earth way.
With over forty years professional expertise, knowledge and wisdom, including a Master’s Degree in the field, and having worked with thousands of women, she’s an innovative and safe pair of hands. Sharon offers tailor-made individual programmes, master classes and group courses.
Known as The Wild Elder, she’s a woman of and connected to the earth, the Universe and the Divine. A woman who knows the journeys that lead you to healing, wholeness, your truth and your own Wild Soul.
How to get in touch:
- Website: https://thewildelder.com/
- Instagram: @sharonwildelder
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharoneden1/
- Twitter / X: @sharoneden
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Show Notes
In this enlightening episode of Don't Step on the Bluebells, Amanda Parker sits down with Sharon Eden, also known as the Wild Elder. Sharon is a spiritual psychotherapist coach with over four decades of experience, blending ancient wisdom with modern psychotherapy.
Sharon shares her insights on aligning with your wild soul and original design, discussing the concept of spiritual synthesis. She explains how this process involves working with your personality at a base level while connecting with your inner wisdom or "wild soul." Sharon emphasizes the importance of distraction from conditioned behaviors to allow one's authentic self to emerge.
The conversation delves into Sharon's unique approach to healing, which combines psychotherapy, coaching, and energy work. She discusses her journey of embracing psychic abilities and mediumship, and how these skills enhance her work with clients. Sharon also shares practical advice for those starting their healing journey, emphasizing the importance of finding a practitioner who feels authentic and real.
Key Takeaways
- Spiritual synthesis involves working with your personality to align with your wild soul and original design.
- The "wild soul" carries our original design, which can be obscured by conditioning and societal expectations.
- Healing often involves distracting the personality to allow the authentic self to emerge.
- Intuition and psychic abilities can enhance healing work when embraced and integrated.
- Finding the right healer or guide involves trusting your instincts and choosing someone who feels authentic and real.
- Personal growth and healing is a courageous journey that requires gentleness with oneself.
- True life purpose often aligns with what brings you joy or pleasure in life.
- Spirituality is not about escaping reality but about bringing heavenly experiences into everyday life.
- The relationship between the therapist and client is crucial for effective healing, more so than specific techniques or methodologies.
- Inner wisdom is more than just intuition; it's a whole-body experience of knowing.
- Our problems or challenges often contain clues to our next stage of personal evolution.
- Embracing one's psychic or intuitive abilities can be a journey of reluctance and eventual acceptance.
- The concept of "down and dirty spirituality" emphasizes the practical, earthly nature of spiritual growth.
- Regular reviews and check-ins are important in ongoing therapeutic relationships to ensure continued growth and relevance.
What We Talked About
- The concept of spiritual synthesis and working with the wild soul
- Sharon's journey in embracing psychic abilities and mediumship
- The difference between intuition and deeper spiritual knowing
- The importance of the therapist-client relationship in healing
- How to identify one's life purpose through joy and passion
- The integration of psychotherapy, coaching, and energy work
- Advice for those starting their healing journey
Guest Quotes
- "I think of us as having a wild soul which carries our original design. That's who we were intended to be."
- "There is a guarantee that even if you don't know what your purpose is, somewhere in your life, you will be expressing it and it'll be the thing you're passionate about or enjoy doing the most."
- "It's such a joy when we begin living a life that was meant for us."
- "Be gentle with yourself. It takes enormous courage, whether you're working with somebody or doing it yourself, it takes enormous courage to start on this journey."
- "It's about working with your personality at a very base level, because we've all been conditioned."
- "Anything and everything is possible, especially creating your bit of heaven here on earth."
- "The biggest factor in the successful therapy is the relationship between the therapist and the client and, and that's healing."
- "My advice would be, if you're working with somebody, pick somebody who's real. You're the expert, not them, even though you don't know it."
- "I call what I do down and dirty spirituality. You know, for me, it's simple. It's here. It's earthly and that's what spirituality is all about."
- "You're not meant to fly up and live on some floaty plane. You're supposed to bring the stuff down and create bliss, creating heaven on earth."
- "When you access your wild soul and your inner wisdom, the vista just opens up."
- "It's such a joy when we begin living a life that was meant for us."
Resources to Learn More
Books
- Rediscovered by Sharon Eden - www.Rediscovered.Life
- Ask Your Guides by Sonia Choquette - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/671164.Ask_Your_Guides
Concepts
- Psychosynthesis Work (developed by Roberto Assagioli) - https://www.psychosynthesis.org/about/what-is-psychosynthesis
- Carl Jung - Client Therapist Relationship Insight
Terms & Tools to Dig Deeper
- Authentic self: The true nature of an individual, unencumbered by societal conditioning or expectations.
- Conditioning: The process by which societal, cultural, and familial influences shape an individual's behavior and beliefs, often obscuring their true nature.
- Divine: In Sharon's work, refers to a benevolent energy in the universe that wants to see individuals flourish.
- Downloading: The process of receiving sudden insights or information, often described as coming from a higher source or one's intuition.
- Energy work: Healing practices that focus on manipulating the body's energy fields to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
- Inner wisdom: Deep knowledge or understanding that comes from within, often associated with one's higher self or soul.
- Intuition: A gut feeling or visceral response, often seen as a precursor to deeper spiritual knowing.
- Mediumship: The practice of communicating with spirits or energies beyond the physical realm.
- Original design: The inherent nature and purpose of an individual, often viewed as the blueprint of one's soul before societal conditioning.
- Personality: The set of characteristics, behaviors, and thought patterns that make up an individual's outward presentation and self-concept.
- Psychic abilities: The capacity to perceive information beyond the five senses, often used in healing work.
- Psychosynthesis: A therapeutic approach developed by Roberto Assagioli, integrating spiritual and psychological elements.
- Spark of the wild soul: The aspect of one's true nature that remains accessible even when obscured by conditioning, serving as a bridge to the authentic self.
- Spiritual psychotherapist coach: A practitioner who combines elements of psychotherapy, coaching, and spiritual practices to facilitate healing and personal growth.
- Spiritual synthesis: The process of aligning one's personality with their wild soul or original design.
- Wild Elder: Sharon Eden's professional moniker, representing wisdom and undomesticated spiritual nature.
- Wild soul: The essence of one's being, carrying the original design of who a person was intended to be, unaffected by conditioning.
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