Spiritual journey

The Spiritual Journey of Infertile Couples: Discussing the Opportunity for Spiritual Care

Infertility is a worldwide public health issue that exerts an in-depth impact on couples, families, communities and the individual. This reproductive health condition, along with fertility treatments, often forces couples to question their purpose and meaning in life, and to begin a spiritual journey. Nursing and midwifery literature describes the care of those living with infertility, but ofte...

Spiritual Journey in Mothers’ Lived Experiences of Caring for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Introduction: Helping mothers who have children with autism spectrum disorders requires understanding of their lived experiences. This study aims to uncover the spiritual journey as a main theme in Iranian mothers’ experiences. Method: This hermeneutic phenomenological study is a part of a larger study undertaken for partial fulfillment of the requirement for PhD dissertation in nursing. The ma...

The Journey of the Hero: Archetypes of Earthly Adventure and Spiritual Passage in 1 Nephi

Study of the varied metaphorical levels of the Book of Mormon continues to yield new insights into the message and meaning of that book. Several prominent typological readings of aspects of the Book of Mormon have been published, but despite calls for such an effort, little inquiry into its possible archetypal levels, or what has been called “the mythic dimension” of the book, has yet been unde...

A compass for the cancer journey: scientific, spiritual, and practical directives.

The healing journey: incorporating psychological and spiritual dimensions into the care of cancer patients

Research on the factors that promote healing of the body through mind and spirit is at a very early stage. Reliance on experimental designs seems premature; we need much more exploratory research to identify relevant variables and useful therapeutic approaches before applying to them the same methods used to evaluate drugs. The Healing Journey is a program that has been in operation since 1982 ...