by Srila Devi | 26. January 2026 | All Posts, Healing, Personal Transformation, Reflections, Trauma
After last week’s article about toxic masculinity, shame, and sensitivity, I received a few comments from men. There was some relief at being seen and understood, rather than simply judged. One man wrote that he would like to see expectations brought into the...
by Srila Devi | 12. January 2026 | All Posts
Trauma has become a thriving industry. I have daily newsletters landing in my inbox selling masterclasses, coaching programmes, retreats, conferences, and individual therapy sessions. And as much as I believe that trauma awareness is a profoundly positive development,...
by Srila Devi | 20. December 2025 | All Posts, Reflections, Spiritual Writing
“Let yourself be looked at. All of you: in your woundedness, in your messiness, your insecurity, in your fear, let yourself be seen. Let yourself be loved. And stay close, because that is where intimacy begins.” (From the podcast episode “The Masculine Mysticism of...
by Srila Devi | 17. November 2025 | All Posts, Personal Transformation, Reflections, Restorative Justice
About twenty years ago, I evaluated a restorative justice project at Wellingborough Prison in the UK called “Drugs and Crime Mean Doing Time.” It was a grassroots initiative where at-risk children — or those already on the edge of offending — visited the prison for a...
by Srila Devi | 3. November 2025 | All Posts, Personal Transformation, Reflections, Relections, Spiritual Writing, Writing Life
As I’m immersed in — and blown away by — Liz Gilbert’s new book All the Way to the River: Love, Loss and Liberation, I’ve been reflecting on what makes a good writer. People often say to me, “I can’t write,” or, “I’d love to write a book, but I don’t know how to...
by Srila Devi | 27. October 2025 | All Posts, Divine Timing, Film News, Indian Spirituality, Personal Transformation, Spiritual Journeys, Spiritual Writing
Some dreams do come true. It has always been my wish that my first book, Meeting Shiva – Falling and Rising in Love in the Indian Himalayas, would one day become a meaningful film — one created by a director who truly understands the message of transformation at the...