S3:E2 - Should spirituality and healing be turned into a business?
Armed & Anointed with Ashley RussellShow Notes
In this episode I cover how leaders can get lost when they turn spirituality and healing into a business. From tiered healing programs that capitalize off ‘Spiritual Bouj’ and plant medicine ceremonies, to always outsourcing healing as something you constantly have to search for. When we get addicted to ‘shadow work’ we forget that we are made of the light and have the ability to heal on our own. I share my experience at events like this, what I learned and how it felt to be vulnerable and then pitched a program when my internal wounds were brought to the surface to bleed out. Healing and spirituality are good, but when it turns into a money making machine we can lose the plot quickly.
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