Inner Journey with Dr. Saliha Afridi

You are feeling painful, difficult, and scary feelings. I want you to close your eyes and see the emotion inside you and then take a deep breath and I want you to expand all the space around it. Breathe in through nose and out through the mouth. Imagine that space growing with every breath. So the emotion stays the same but you expand. Make room for the emotion(s). Expand. You are not your emotion...

One of the most complicated relationship we have is the relationship to ourselves and then we wonder why we struggle in our relationship to others…if we can’t even be with ourselves, how and why do we expect others to? Why self-love- you make the world a better place and free the people in your lives when you love yourself. What is *not self-love (hint… it is not selfish) What is self-love…as I se...

So much talk about purpose and passion. What if I work and it isn’t my passion but it feeds my family? How do I find my purpose? Why are relationships so confusing these days? How do I get rid of my anger? how to sit with difficult feelings… I share my experience of sitting with regret. (Yes I cried and yes I am very ok with crying) how do I make my child less angry ? How do I get out of my comfor...

Trauma is anything that overwhelms our capacity to cope. It can negatively impact the brain and nervous system. But you also have the power to heal the impact of trauma. Body Emotions Thoughts All need to be part of the treatment and healing of trauma in the mind/body.

This episode is for parents and children but really for all people who want to know what it takes to have healthy relationships in today's world. The skills needed for healthy adult relationships are cultivated in childhood… but even as adults you can start cultivating some of these skills if you struggle with relationships.

Relationships are not easy, and they are not always painful or difficult either. In this episode I talk about how something’s that we hear and see can really mess up our ideas about what a ‘perfect relationship’ is and what can we expect from a long-term relationship.

Integrating our anger/aggressive instinct does not mean you act aggressively- on the contrary, people who have worked on and are working on integrating their anger are often the most assertive, kind, confident, honest, and courageous people you will meet.

Healing journey / therapy journey/ inner work/ psychospiritual development / self-awareness … Call it what you want… here I share a few thoughts from having walked the path with people as well as walking my own path over the last 18 years… Things to keep in mind … what you may encounter on the path… what you may need to make the journey/experience safer …

One of the most complicated relationship we have is the relationship to ourselves and then we wonder why we struggle in our relationship to others…if we can’t even be with ourselves, how and why do we expect others to? Why self-love- you make the world a better place and free the people in your lives when you love yourself. What is *not self-love (hint… it is not selfish) What is self-love…as I se...

What does it mean to have generosity of spirit and having greatness of spirit? What can you give/be generous with? You are a custodian of everything you have/nothing you have belongs to you (time/money/love/belongings/talent/education) What is *not generosity? If you expect anything in return- you have lost the benefits of that -do it for your karmic account /God/Higher self account How can you BE...

If ‘forgiveness’ is hard for you, try saying the word ‘compassion’ or try saying ‘I want to heal’ What is it and what is not Why should we do it What the journey is like What is pseudo-forgiveness It has been a long journey for me to come to the place where I see the value of this ongoing act for my own self… Forgiveness is an act of self love It is a practice of a generous heart It is freeing It...

I share the framework of Francis Wellers gates of grief - all the grief in us that we have not acknowledged or processed - it’s in all of us We will all lose someone and something we love. This scares us and we run from acknowledging this. If we soften into it- we might know the depths of love. We all have parts that have never known love. If we grieve the times and experiences where we lost these...

scarcity vs abundance mindset (love, money, time) I briefly touch on un-integrated shadow of money - limiting beliefs you have (I will do a seoerste live on this another day) why does it still hurt when i have done so much work on healing how hope is keeping you stuck and full acceptance of an event or experience means giving up the hope of it being different

I wanted to share a story with you guys today as to how intuition sometimes shows up in our lives. It can show up as a song, it can show up as the sun shining down in a specific moment, and even in the dreams of those close to us (also called Dream Tending). How has intuition shown up for you? InnerJourney #intuition #dreams

Many of you have seen my stories about breathing for eleven minutes and have asked me to share more details, so I want to share with you the full practice that I have built up to. The practice is done with intention and devotion, a place for me to connect with myself and my spirit, a place where I ask and open myself up to recieve. I know that it’s a bit hard to commit these minutes to ourselves,...

Loneliness and it’s impact on our overall health Loneliness is different from being alone, and it’s different from solitude. Loneliness is not just painful but it is also lethal. Connecting to ourselves - our bodies, our spirit, our values Connecting to our tribe Connecting to nature Connecting to our community These types of connections are antidepressants and anti-anxiety Consider your time- how...

On this live I speak about many things including an insight from my journey abo it the difference between perfect and complete… how since childhood we receive brainwashing from every institution from childhood that what it means to be ‘complete’- and only “perfect” is complete… how 100 out of 100 is complete. To tease apart those two ideas… perfect and complete - is the task of a lifetime. I am co...

Shadow work … answering your questions What is the shadow? Why do we project it? Why to do the work? Can young people do shadow work? How to spot your shadow? How to integrate traits like greed and aggression?

Complexes and Shadow work "Shadow work requires heroic willingness to take responsibility of oneself to grow up, and therefore be less demanding and expectant of others" Where are you demanding and expectant of others? "Shadow work asks us to stop blaming others. it asks us to take responsibility. it asks us to move slowly. It asks us to deepen our awareness. It asks us to hold paradox. It asks us...

Generosity What does it mean to have generosity of spirit and having greatness of spirit? What can you give/ be generous with? You are a custodian of everything you have/ nothing y nothing you have belongs to you (time/money/love/belongings/talent/education) What is *not generosity? If you expect anything in return- you have lost the benefits of that -do it for your karmic account / God/ Higher se...

Self forgiveness We use up ALOT of energy holding down our grudges against self and other… And in the cancel culture we live in, it’s easy to become hypercritical of others and ourselves. But news flash: All human are fallible- yes even the hero’s and the gurus. And holding them, or yourself to an unrealistic standard of perfection hurts them, and you. No one is perfect- especially those that appe...

How to heal a broken heart and do the work of grief What happens in your body/brain when you experience a loss Mindset with which to approach the work of loss/grief How to do the healing Audio goes out in the last 2-3 mins - the second video is in IGTV where I continued

How to psychologically and spiritually approach difficulties that life brings forth for you. change the situation change the other change/understand/ deepen/ expand/ the self (and only through this way does true and meaningful change happen in the outside world)

For example: An infant to a toddler to a young child- to an tween- to a teen- to a young adult- to an adult- to an wise elder all will go through a hero’s journey at each stage… A journey in which they will be transformed by what they encounter. I speak about what I believe is an alchemical process that happens in the “special world” at each stage of our development. You can apply this framework t...

Forgiveness .. it’s so hard… If ‘forgiveness’ is hard for you, try saying the word ‘compassion’ or try saying ‘I want to heal’ What is it and what is not Why should we do it What the journey is like What is pseudo-forgiveness It has been a long journey for me to come to the place where I see the value of this ongoing act for my own self… Forgiveness is an act of self love It is a practice of a gen...