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Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast

Inner Work 257: Being spiritual does NOT mean being a doormat

Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast

Josephine Hardman

Self-improvement, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9619 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Being spiritual doesn't mean we have to be ZEN all the time. (Thank God!)

You don't have to be a doormat - or an emotionless robot - to be a deeply spiritual, evolved, awakened human.

At the end of the day, spirituality can look a LOT of different ways, and you have to find your own unique expression of spirituality that feels aligned and true to YOU.

In this episode of INNER WORK, we'll explore: 

  • genuine spirituality as being connected to your authentic Self (which might be zen but might also be boisterous, playful, emotional, sarcastic, witty, loud, or many other things at times!)
  • being spiritual doesn't mean you have to be a doormat or have NO reactions to anything ever
  • how your Higher Self will sometimes guide you to be LOUDER, to speak up, to be firm, to tell someone to back off, to set stronger boundaries, etc.
  • not putting undue pressure on yourself to meet some impossible "ideal" of spirituality that's disconnected from the day-to-day realities and emotions we experience as humans
  • giving yourself grace to be human AND spiritual at the same time

Watch this as a video episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Rd71GNTt83U

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Music & editing by G. Demers

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Inner Work, a spiritual growth podcast, a sanctuary for healers, lightworkers,

0:10.8

and spiritual practitioners who are here to raise consciousness on this planet.

0:17.2

You've come to the right place to heal yourself and fully awaken your unique gifts so you can

0:25.2

show up to serve others as powerfully and purposefully as possible. I'm your host, Josephine

0:32.9

Hartman, a certified intuitive healer and Akashik Records Master Teacher.

0:38.9

I'm honored you're here and delighted to walk next to you on your path for a little while.

0:45.9

To connect with me and explore ways of working together, please head over to

0:50.9

www.josephinehardman.com.

0:57.5

So the idea that we are contemplating today is that you don't have to be Zen all of the time

1:07.8

in order to be spiritual. Or that, you know, just put a different way, being spiritual

1:15.2

and being highly evolved doesn't mean that you have to be Zen or be calm 100% of the time.

1:26.9

So let's explore this a little bit.

1:30.1

And let's take this as our starting point.

1:33.0

Now, is it possible that your true nature, that all of our true nature for all of us,

1:42.4

is to be calm, at peace, clear, connected, loving, non-judgmental.

1:52.5

Is that our true nature?

1:54.5

I believe so.

1:55.7

Yes, I do believe that at our highest level, that is who we really are. And those are the qualities that

2:04.6

are really characteristic of who we really are at that higher self level or at a soul level.

2:14.7

Is it also possible to cultivate these attitudes and these frequencies of clarity,

2:23.5

love, non-judgment, openness, well, unconditional love, really is what I'm getting at.

2:30.3

Is it possible to cultivate and use and express these qualities in our human interactions

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