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The Good Things We Push Away Without Realizing It
I don’t know why it’s still hard for me to receive the things I want.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
The Quiet Courage to Outgrow Who You’ve Been
Spiritual growth is rarely a clean, upward line.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
Your Fixation Is Running Your Life (and It Has a Terrible Sense of Humor)
If you can’t joke about your Enneagram type, you’re probably still owned by it.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
Discovering the Kumano Kōdō: The Sacred Trail in Japan You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Today I begin Japan’s Kumano Kōdō under the Cold Moon, the last full moon of the year.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
When You Don’t Know What Comes Next: the Kumano Kōdō and the Practice of Trusting the Unmarked Path
As I prepare to walk the Kumano Kōdō, I’m remembering that pilgrimage isn’t about reaching a sacred destination, but abandoning the myth of arrival.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
If You Struggle With Conflict, This Might Help: The One Practice That Made Every Conversation Kinder
Sometimes the only way to understand someone’s reaction is to remember the child still living inside them.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
When the Right Thing Has the Wrong Motivation: The Day I Chose “Purity” Over Practice (And Regretted It)
I once had a 1,000+ day meditation streak. I broke it on purpose, and nearly lost my practice in the process.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
You Don’t Need to Be Stronger, You Need to Belong: Where Roots Learn to Hold Each Other
I thought I was planting trees. What I was really doing was remembering what it means to not grow alone.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
The Problem with Typing Someone Else
We don't stumble into self-knowledge. We pilgrimage toward it. Slowly, honestly, and on purpose.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
When the Water Clouds: The Necessary Unsettling
Clarity almost always comes after the cloud.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
When Self-Improvement Becomes Self-Rejection
We talk a lot about growth, but sometimes our striving to “be better” becomes the very thing that keeps us from belonging to ourselves.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
When the Enneagram Becomes a Spiritual By-Pass
We don’t need more people who know their type. We need more people willing to be transformed by it.
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
The Child Within the Labyrinth: Lessons in Greek Mythology for the Mythic Work of Reparenting
Reparenting is the sacred work of returning to the child within us with presence and love. The ancient myths remind us that our wounds, losses, and…
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
Reparenting with Presence
Reparenting isn’t about blame but learning to give ourselves what we most needed but didn’t always receive. It begins with presence, and it unfolds…
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
Why One-on-One Enneagram Work Matters: The Power of Companionship in Your Enneagram Journey
Growth doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens in conversation, in trust, in the presence of someone who can mirror back both your beauty and your blind…
 • Christopher L. Heuertz
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