Kristin Durney is the Co-Founder and Executive Consultant and Coach for Mental Wellness Unleashed.  She is a seasoned Corporate Human Resources Executive with 20+ years working with large Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized and small organizations. She works with leaders, employees, and teams to develop and support an inclusive best-in-class mental health and wellness culture in the workplace. Kristin designs programs in Cognitive Behavioral Techniques that strengthen mindset, promoting confident mindful skills for peak results and wellness. Quote: “Facing adversity with resilience and authenticity to help create solutions to transform behavior and mindset is the key to life-changing growth.” ~ Kristin Durney Bullet Points: – What is the connection, the relationship between spirituality and mental health? There is a connection between spirituality and purpose. Purpose comes in when you believe in something bigger than ourself.  People often ask me how did you find your purpose? I answer it found me.  When we are spiritual it really lets us get rid of that ego.  It opens us to mindfulness, being in the present, empathetic thinking, compassion, forgiveness, in my situation I had to go through forgiveness what I have gone through... in spirituality there is meaning in what we are going through, everything happens for a reason... Everybody has their own type of spirituality, their own type of praying, or meditation, their own type of conversation with their higher being. When I look at spirituality from a mental health perspective, I look at it as a holistic way of seeing the mind, body, soul, and spirit connection.  I call it the puzzle, each one of them affects the other if some part is missing if people have mental health issues and they do not have that holistic view of self when they do not live as an authentic self but rather a limitation self, ... so it's when we let go of the ego and let in the mind, body, soul, and spirit connection, then we put the puzzle together. The interview went in many interesting directions related to mental health and spirituality, and definitely brought out the best of Kristin's deep understanding of the topic. How to get in contact  or learn more about Kristin: Her fabulous website for more information is http://www.mentalwellnessunleashed.com/ where she offers two courses: the Manage Your Mind Series and the Tell YOUR Story Series, there is also an opportunity for personal and corporate coaching programs. Social Handles: https://www.facebook.com/mentalwellnessunleashed https://www.linkedin.com/company/mentalwellnessunleashed/ https://twitter.com/mentalwellness7 https://www.instagram.com/mentalwellnessunleashed/ This podcast is brought to you by OMByTheBeach.com with your host Josef Schinwald.