Book Review: The Divine Within

Reviewed by Jadidsa Perez

An inspirational read from a marriage counselor about connecting yourself and following your inner compass

With bad news constantly circulating and social media amplifying every crisis, the demands of daily life make it nearly impossible to find a moment of peace or healing. Each day feels less like a chance to relax and more like another opportunity for old scars to reopen or for new wounds to form. It’s easy to lose sight of the present moment and get caught up either reminiscing about the past or worrying about the future.

Moments like that are what make The Divine Within such an evocative, powerful text. When life moves in fast forward and things begin to muddle together, The Divine Within is there to hit pause and provide mindfulness exercises to welcome you back into the present. With an emphasis on love and compassion, the book lays out tools that can be utilized to navigate life’s most difficult challenges.

The Divine Within is a panoptic text, welcoming both newcomers to spiritual healing and readers with more advanced experience. Author and licensed therapist Allison Batty-Capps incorporates a wide range of practices, explaining each one thoroughly. There are paragraphs going over concepts like Reiki and how trauma affects different parts of the brain. We get case studies and information on how different religions fit into the greater inner compass, and the chapters often include mindfulness practices that readers get to try for themselves.

The book presents moments of true vulnerability and sincerity that reinforce the book’s overarching message of kindness. The book often returns to the concept of how we heal humanity after so much suffering and tragedy and how we must grapple with the trauma that is left over. Through frank and honest storytelling, the text pushes the reader to challenge their perspective of healing and believe in a world that can be filled with love instead of horror.

Batty-Capps opens the book by sharing personal anecdotes of mental illness and alienation from her family, which eventually led to her finding a psychic school. The personal stories and the stories of others who have found a new path through spiritual healing allows the reader to form a deeper connection with the text and the people who occupy it.

With the source material being so heavy at times, it’s quite wonderful to see how much care Batty-Capps takes to ensure the reader is really ready to take on their own healing adventure; this includes gentle reminders and options to working with a professional. Any reader interested in exploring spiritual healing through a lens of compassion and practical guidance would do great to pick up The Divine Within.

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