Ruchika Mehta

Psychotherapist & Psychospiritual Teacher

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I recently had a conversation with someone who is a seeker and went to Gurus such as Amma (Mata Amritanandmayi), Mother Meera, and others. I heard her disappointment with some of the ways that she engaged with them as someone who would magically take away her pain. She moved away […]

From Seeker to Guide: Insights on Spiritual Growth and Healing

January 16, 2025 in Blog / Psychospiritual Work tagged diamond logos / diamondlogos / guru / psychospiritual / spiritual growth / Spiritual Journey / spirituality by Ruchika

Today I was reflecting about why do we engage in meditation or spiritual practices. Not everyone, but many come to spirituality from a place of pain or struggle. In fact, often struggle or pain presents an opportunity and hope to change the direction of our lives. We become motivated to […]

Are you failing or is it a gift?

October 16, 2024 in Blog tagged Meditation / pain / psychospiritual / soul / soul journey / spirituality / struggle / transformation by Ruchika

Unconditional Beauty — These days we are faced even more with our fear of dying. It could be we are feeling it consciously. Or it could be that we just aren’t feeling like ourselves. We may be feeling more anxious, overwhelmed, unable to settle, scared, depressed. How do we remember to lean in […]

Using Fear of Dying as an opportunity to Lean into ...

December 26, 2021 in Blog tagged fear of dying / leaning in / opportunity / self love by Ruchika

As an empath, I sometimes struggle to speak my truth in relationships. I’m aware that speaking up means conflict. Though my adjustment seems outwardly seamless, I noticed in recent relationship dynamics that I was trying to numb myself with unhealthy foods. Subsequent to a period of days of avoiding speaking […]

Purpose of Pain

May 10, 2018 in Blog tagged Empath / Meditation / pain / presence by Ruchika

Recent events have me thinking about the fires and hurricanes, calamities of nature. Also, thinking of the masculine and feminine, power and pain that also is coming up to be healed. I’m feeling my heart that seems solid and in some ways being a witness as my own process is […]

Outer Calamities and Inner Quandaries

October 10, 2017 in Blog tagged evolution / human design / soul journey by Ruchika

Dating as a conscious woman comes with its own perks and challenges. So many women on the spiritual path struggle with the feeling of divide between their spiritual path and dating. This sense of divide is real in many aspects. Often, we aren’t exposed to dating and relationships models that […]

Conscious Woman Dating

September 29, 2017 in Blog tagged Conscious Woman / Dating / relationships / self-love by Ruchika

Shine — There is a myth in our culture that we need to effort to become better people. Or better workers. Or have better relationships. Essentially, many of us don’t feel worthy or good enough, giving rise to numerous self help programs for low self-esteem. We can also become attached to our […]

The Self Improvement Myth

August 16, 2017 in Blog / Uncategorized tagged acceptance / love / self improvement / self-love by Ruchika

Spiritual teachings often speak about the importance of sangha or soul family. There seem to be more and more young people negotiating being in this world with their gifts and a connection with the divine that is more organic, rather than seeking the divine through pain and experiencing contrast. Others […]

Significance of Our Soul Family

June 12, 2017 in Blog tagged Community / Sangha / Soul Family / Spiritual Journey by Ruchika

We live in a culture where we are all in ‘pursuit of happiness’. The subtle and powerful beliefs we hold is that if we’re not happy, then something is wrong. It is acceptable in our culture to have moments of grief or sadness, however these feelings are expected to […]

The Value of Grief

May 22, 2017 in Blog tagged acceptance / grief / preciousness / unconditional love / value by Ruchika

As I stay awake in bed in the morning, I “see” a prickly surrounding to my entire body. I know that this prickly surrounding is a constant in my experience. It is an inner dialogue that is relentlessly judging and attempting to control my inner experience through disapproval. I spend […]

Balancing the Wings of Love

April 17, 2017 in Blog tagged love / nourishment / self-love by Ruchika