Vida Spiritual Learning Center

Vida Spiritual Learning Center We provide spiritual support for people in recovery! This One manifests Itself in and through all creation, but is not absorbed by Its creation.

What We Believe
By Ernest Holmes, 1927

We believe in God, the living Spirit Almighty; one, indestructible, absolute, and self-existent Cause. The manifest universe is the body of God; it is the logical and necessary outcome of the infinite self-knowingness of God. We believe in the individualization of the Spirit in Us, and that all people are individualizations of the One Spirit. We believe in t

he eternality, the immortality, and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding. We believe that heaven is within us, and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it. We believe the ultimate goal of life to be a complete freedom from all discord of every nature, and that this goal is sure to be attained by all. We believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God. We believe that God is personal to all who feel this indwelling presence. We believe in the direct revelation of truth through our intuitive and spiritual nature, and that anyone may become a revealer of truth who lives in close contact with the indwelling God. We believe that the Universal Spirit, which is God, operates through a Universal Mind, which is the Law of God; and that we are surrounded by this Creative Mind which receives the direct impress of our thought and acts upon it. We believe in the healing of the sick through the power of this Mind. We believe in the control of conditions through the power of this Mind. We believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness, and the eternal Givingness of Life to all. We believe in our own soul, our own spirit, and our own destiny; for we understand that the life of all is God.

That grief is real. And it is allowed to be complicated.But here's what nobody tells you about grief in recovery: it doe...
05/29/2026

That grief is real. And it is allowed to be complicated.

But here's what nobody tells you about grief in recovery: it doesn't always look like sadness. Sometimes it looks like numbness. Sometimes it looks like snapping at the people you love for no reason.

Sometimes it looks like standing in the middle of a perfectly good life and feeling absolutely nothing.

That's not a sign that something is wrong with you.

That's loss. Unprocessed, unnamed, unwitnessed loss. And loss — real loss — doesn't need to be managed or pushed through or prayed away.

It needs to be honored.

If you have been carrying grief in your recovery that you didn't have a name for until just now, you are not alone. And you are not broken. You are human. And you deserve a space where all of it is welcome.

That's what Vida is. Follow along. We'll hold it with you. 🤍 vidaslc.org

05/28/2026

Socialization told you to keep everyone comfortable. So you did.

And when that got too heavy to carry, you found something to help you carry it.

That's what happens when you were handed a job that was never yours to begin with.

Here at Vida we have a community of people who are done carrying that.

People who got sober and then got honest about what they were taught, what they believed, and what they are finally ready to put down.

Just real people doing the deeper work together.
If you're ready for that community, we're ready for you. 🤍

www.vidaslc.org

Whoever said recovery has to be serious clearly hasn't been in a room with Hannah Bolton. 😂🌵SHIFT brings together deep h...
05/27/2026

Whoever said recovery has to be serious clearly hasn't been in a room with Hannah Bolton. 😂🌵

SHIFT brings together deep honesty work AND sober comedy — because sometimes the most healing thing you can do is laugh at your own story.

Join us June 13th for a morning that will move you, challenge you, and probably crack you up.

June 13, 2026 · 9 AM–1 PM
Huntington Beach Center for Spiritual Living
$25 General · $20 Vida Members

Email [email protected] to grab your spot. 🌅

05/26/2026

You're grown. You're sober. You're capable. And you are still walking around in protection built for a version of you that no longer exists, wondering why nothing feels authentic, why relationships feel exhausting, why you can't figure out what you actually want because you've spent so long curating what everyone else needs from you.

Healing isn't just putting down the substance.
It's putting down the performance.

It's learning what it feels like to have an opinion without apologizing for it. To say no without a three paragraph explanation. To walk into a room and not immediately scan it for who needs what from you.
It's letting yourself be a person instead of a function.

That's the real recovery. And it's the most terrifying and the most sacred work there is.

Follow along because this is exactly where we're going. www.vidaslc.org

05/25/2026

What if the problem isn't that you feel too much, but that you stopped letting yourself feel anything good? Sober, clean, doing everything right… and life just feels flat. Not terrible. Just muted. The problem was never you. It was disconnection. 🤍

05/24/2026

And armor made sense once. When you were young and the world wasn't safe. When making yourself agreeable was the only way to stay loved. When disappearing was easier than being seen and rejected anyway.

It kept you alive.

But you're not in that room anymore.

You're grown. You're sober. You're capable.

And you are still walking around in protection built for a version of you that no longer exists — wondering why nothing feels authentic, why relationships feel exhausting, why you can't figure out what you actually want because you've spent so long curating what everyone else needs from you.

Healing isn't just putting down the substance.

It's putting down the performance.

It's learning (slowly, uncomfortably, imperfectly) what it feels like to have an opinion without apologizing for it.
To say no without a three-paragraph explanation. To walk into a room and not immediately scan it for who needs what from you.

It's letting yourself be a person instead of a function.

That's the real recovery. And it's the most terrifying and the most sacred work there is.

Save this if it hit something. Share it if someone you love needed it. And follow along, because this is exactly where we're going. 🤍 www.vidaslc.org

If you're ready for a unique experience that includes: ❤️ A sound bath meditation ❤️ Deep Recovery Work ❤️ Tools for a H...
05/23/2026

If you're ready for a unique experience that includes:

❤️ A sound bath meditation

❤️ Deep Recovery Work

❤️ Tools for a Happy and Free Life

❤️ Sobor Comedy

All in the most beautiful area of California, you belong at SHIFT! Learn more: https://vidaslc.org/fellowship-event-shift-2026-06-13/

05/22/2026

The version of you that people got comfortable with. The person who always said yes, always showed up, always made themselves small enough to fit into whatever the room needed.

That person kept you safe for a long time.

But that person is also why you feel hollow.

Because here's what nobody tells you when you get sober: becoming who you actually are is going to inconvenience people. Setting boundaries will be called selfishness. Saying no will be called ingratitude.

Choosing your peace will be called abandonment by the people who benefited most from your chaos.

Let them be wrong.

You can disappoint people and still be a good person. You can choose yourself and still love others deeply. You can protect your peace and still change the world. You can stop performing okayness and still be someone worth knowing.

The life you actually want (the one that feels like yours) lives on the other side of one very uncomfortable truth:
Not everyone is going to celebrate the version of you that finally got free.

And you have to get free anyway.

Drop a 🤍 if you needed to hear this today. And share this with someone who has been shrinking themselves to keep everyone else comfortable.

You're allowed to take up space. 🌿

www.vidaslc.org

05/21/2026

In early recovery we're just trying to survive >> stay sober, don't mess up, be careful. And somewhere along the way, joy starts to feel unsafe. Like if you enjoy life too much, something bad will happen.

But here's what 39 years of sobriety taught me: joy is not what takes us out. Disconnection does. You don't have to earn joy, beloved. You just have to stop resisting it. 🤍

What if showing up was enough? 🌵You don't have to have it together. You don't have to know what to say. You just have to...
05/20/2026

What if showing up was enough? 🌵

You don't have to have it together. You don't have to know what to say. You just have to walk through the door.

SHIFT is a morning built for exactly where you are right now.

June 13, 2026 · 9 AM–1 PM
Huntington Beach Center for Spiritual Living
$25 General · $20 Vida Members

Email [email protected] to reserve your seat!

No pressure, just come. 🌅

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