How to safely bring your spiritual self to work

Living one way at home and another at work creates a dissonance of being. Over time the dissonance can create a person internally divided, fractured and segmented. Our brain is a dexterous organism. Physically crossing the midline, right to left and up and across creates growth, agility and development. Yet time and again we narrow our worlds into categories: work, play and spirituality. A careful and separate compartment for each distinct piece of our life. In this way we are unable to bring learnings from one world into another. We stagnate growth and, more importantly, our deep down personal resonance. We limit potential and connection in all spaces of our lives.

The current state: Disconnected, separate. The goal: Resonance: A life lived with full and integrated intention, identity and idea. But we compartmentalize. We live, act, and think in one way at work, and another one at home. If we see ourselves as spiritual animals, we feel we must cage that animal when crossing the transom (digital or physical) of our workplace. And choosing to hold captive this core part of self is a voice to compartmentalize the most meaningful pieces of ourselves. And yet day after day we do just that as we leave our faith at home. We check it at the front desk only to be picked up again on the weekend.

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