“Because PsychoDoc was Taken”

WillSpirit was an available domain name that seemed to work for me. Will happens to be my first name, and I have believed for a long time that a ’spiritual’ solution is needed for me to really get well. But the more I thought about the phrase ‘willspirit’, the more interesting it became for me. Here are some dictionary definitions, that help show what I mean, without going into too much detail (abstracted from Dictionary.com):

WILL (n)
the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action
wish or desire (obedient to his will)
purpose or determination (the will to succeed)
disposition, whether good or ill, toward another

SPIRIT(n)
the vital principle in humans, animating the body
conscious, incorporeal being (e.g., angel)
temper or disposition (vigorous in spirit)
the divine influence
feelings or mood (in fine spirits)
the soul or heart as the seat of feelings (my spirit knows I should live in the mountains)
the dominant tendency or character of anything (the spirit of the age)
any of certain subtle fluids formerly believed to permeate the body


So then I chose Where Will meets Spirit as my tagline. At first I also added:

  • where conscious meets unconscious thought
  • where left meets right hemisphere
  • where brain meets heart
  • where mind meets soul.


This was based on the idea that most of my distress has come from my conscious plans deviating from my heart’s needs and wants. Since I pushed myself hard into places (meaning jobs, homes, relationships) that suited me poorly,  I never felt any peace. Only when I slowed down and started allowing all aspects of my being to contribute to my decisions did I begin to find contentment. For me, mental health means mental cohesion. It means ending internal battles. It means holding all parts of myself in the Light. It means bending my will to my spirit. Hence, WillSpirit.