Finding My Higher Power: My Ongoing Journey To Spirituality

"I didn’t find peace in a book or a building. I found it while walking — one step at a time, under an open sky.

Hi Friends

Before addiction took hold of my life, I was a gym rat through and through. I ran the NYC Marathon twice, and I rarely skipped a workout unless I was seriously sick. Exercise wasn’t just about staying in shape — it was my anchor. It gave me clarity, focus, and a sense of control.

When I first entered recovery, the whole concept of a “Higher Power” or “spiritual growth” felt foreign to me. I wasn’t raised in a religious household, and when people in meetings spoke about their beliefs with certainty, I often felt disconnected and unsure. I knew I wanted what they had — that sense of peace, guidance, and inner knowing — but I didn’t know where to start. I was searching for something I couldn’t quite name, something I thought I’d lost along the way.

❣️What I didn’t realize was that peace wouldn’t come in a lightning bolt moment or from reading the right book. It would return slowly, quietly — one step at a time… quite literally.

🌳Nature Became My Sanctuary

I began walking daily, no destination in mind. Just presence. Nature didn’t judge, didn’t expect, didn’t rush me. It simply held space. In the forest, along trails, even on quiet neighborhood sidewalks — I started to feel something again. A sense of being guided. A soft voice that whispered, “You’re not alone.”

That’s when it clicked for me: this was my version of a higher power. For me, “GOD” became an acronym — the Great Outdoors — and honestly, nothing could describe it better. The energy I felt in the trees, the rivers, the animals, even in my own breath — it was exactly the connection I’d been searching for all along.

✨Spirituality in Simplicity

For me, spirituality isn’t complicated. It’s in the moments I choose stillness. It’s in how the morning air feels on my skin. It’s the inner knowing that I’m part of something vast and beautiful.

As a therapist and life coach, I now bring this connection into my work. I remind my clients: you don’t have to climb a mountain to find peace. Sometimes, you just need to walk through a park and look up.

🌸What I’ve Learned Along the Way

• Presence creates peace.

• Movement can be meditation and can quiet the mind.

• Connection often lives in the simplest moments.

• You don’t have to go far to feel supported.

• Spirituality doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s.

• You are most connected when you feel most grounded.

🌷In Closing…

If you’re feeling a little untethered or overwhelmed, take a walk. Let the wind clear your thoughts. Let the trees hold your worries for a while. Breathe. Notice. Listen. Look. The answers may be waiting under your feet, in the wind, or in the quiet that follows a long exhale. You might be surprised by how supported you already are — just by being part of this beautiful, living world.

Spirituality doesn’t have to be loud. Sometimes, the most profound connections are the ones found in silence, in motion, and in nature’s embrace. At the end of the day for me, spirituality is a “loving prescence” that can be found anywhere, which for me, its likely in nature

XO Jenna 💕
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