LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · Parts & Self What Is Self? In this work, we talk a whole lot about Self—with a capital S. Most of us are used to believing that we
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LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · Creativity & Becoming What If We Are the Creative Act? What if we are also continually being created? When we hear the word creativity, we often think about
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LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · People-Pleasing & Parts Thank You instead of Sorry What if, sometimes, instead of saying “I’m sorry,” we said “thank you”? Many of us were shaped by environments that
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LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · Manifestation & Healing The universe responds to the frequency we are living from. ✨ It doesn’t respond so much to our words, wishes, or even what we think
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LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · Relationships & Parts When Someone Else’s Vulnerability Frightens Us We like to believe that another person’s vulnerability will automatically open our hearts. Sometimes it does. My mom has
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LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · Identity & Desire Desire is a hidden identity Your desire is not only showing you what you want. It is showing you who you are becoming. There are
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LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · Growth & Transformation Growth and Transformation As healing deepens, we may begin moving through the world differently. A quieter steadiness begins to guide us. We grow more able
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LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · CONSCIOUS CREATION The Conscious and Subconscious Mind How the conscious mind, subconscious patterns, and deeper essence work together. LEELA KHAWJA HUNTER Psychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author
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LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · Relationships & Parts The Parts We Relate to Others Through There’s something deeply revealing about how we speak of people after they pass. This reflection came to me
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LEELA KHAWJA HUNTERPsychotherapist · Certified IFS Therapist · Author AboutSHIFTUpSpiral.LifeWritingContact Writing · Manifestation & Parts Are We Manifesting Our Struggles? Looking Beyond the Story to the Needs Our Parts Are Trying to Meet Before you read on, I’d like to
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