Sep 28
46m 11s
A reflection on spiritual connection, suffering, awakened awareness, and finding your way back to God, Source, Spirit, or the Divine in midlife.
In this episode of The Midlife Spirituality Project, we are talking about the word many people have a complicated relationship with: God.
Not necessarily religion. Not dogma. Not the version of God you may have inherited, rejected, feared, outgrown, or felt disconnected from.
But God as presence. God as Source. God as Spirit, the Divine, Higher Power, the Universe, Life, Love, or whatever language helps you name the sacred intelligence that moves through and around us.
For many of us, our relationship with God changes over time. Maybe you felt connected as a child and lost that connection somewhere along the way. Maybe religion made the word God feel uncomfortable. Maybe you long for spiritual connection but do not know what to call it. Or maybe midlife has opened questions you can no longer ignore: What do I believe? What supports me? What helps me feel held? What changes when I stop trying to carry everything alone?
In this episode, I invite you to reflect on your own relationship with God — not as a concept to defend or debate, but as a relationship to explore.
We talk about the growing body of research suggesting that spiritual connection is part of our human wiring, while also acknowledging that connection is something we can choose to cultivate. Like any relationship, our relationship with the Divine deepens when we return to it regularly.
We also explore how spiritual connection can change our relationship with suffering. It may not remove the hard things from our lives, but it can change how we move through them. It can help us feel less alone, less anxious, less controlling, and more grounded in meaning, trust, and presence.
This episode also explores the difference between achievement awareness and awakened awareness — the part of us that measures, performs, strives, and controls versus the part of us that remembers we are held, guided, connected, and more than what we accomplish.
This is not an episode about telling you what to believe.
It is an invitation to ask:
When did I last feel connected?
What name do I give that connection?
And what might change if I began tending to it again?
You do not need to force belief.
You do not need to use language that does not feel true.
You do not need to return to a religious structure that no longer fits.
You can begin simply.
Sit in silence.
Place a hand on your heart.
Speak honestly to God, Source, Spirit, or the Divine.
Walk in nature.
Listen for guidance.
Notice beauty.
Pray in your own words.
Ask to be shown the next right step.
Let yourself be held by something greater than your own mind.
Spiritual connection does not have to be complicated.
Sometimes it begins with one honest sentence:
I don’t know what I believe anymore, but I am willing to listen.
Katie Farinas is a midlife coach, yoga teacher, and spiritual guide who helps women navigate midlife with clarity, peace, purpose, and empowerment. Through yoga philosophy, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and energy-based practices, Katie supports women in reconnecting with themselves and stepping fully into their most aligned and authentic lives.
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