Welcome to The Peace & The Power
The crises of our time are, at their root, all crises of disconnection.
We have become disconnected from one another, from the natural world, from truth, from our own inner lives, and from the sacred source of wisdom known throughout history by countless names: God, Goddess, Spirit, Higher Power, the Inner Light, Love, Truth, Divinity, Christ Consciousness, the Sacred, guides, gnosis, and many more.
The great tragedy is not that this guidance is unavailable.
It is that so much of our world either trains us to ignore it, or actively seeks to split us away from it.
Political ideologies.
Economic Systems.
Religious dogmas.
Family systems.
Narcissistic relationships.
Childhood conditioning.
Consumer culture.
Fear.
Trauma.
Shame.
There is an endless stream of hurdles and obstacles seeking to lead us away from our wholeness.
Each, in its own way, asks us to look outside ourselves for the authority that has always been waiting to be recognized within.
My work is about recovering ourselves.
Recovering who we are beneath conditioning.
Recovering our connection to a peace and a power beyond fear.
Recovering the guidance that has always been available to us.
Recovering our capacity to live from love instead of coercion.
Recovering our relationship with the Divine that has never stopped calling us home.
Everything I write here grows from this understanding.
Some essays explore political extremism and propaganda.
Others examine recovery, nonviolence, ancestral inheritance, psychology, spirituality, grief, narcissistic abuse, or the hidden stories that shape our lives.
They may appear to be different subjects.
To me, they are all expressions of the same question:
What is separating us from the Divine Presence within us, and how do we return to the peace that passes all understanding?
I am Julianna Forlano—an MSW clinician, professor, author, and veteran political and cultural commentator. For more than three decades, I have worked at the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and culture, helping people clear away the fear, conditioning, and false narratives that obscure their own relationship with the sacred.
I believe every human being has access to guidance that is uniquely their own. My life’s work is helping people clear away whatever obscures that relationship, until they can recognize and trust their own guidance with increasing clarity and confidence—regardless of what life, culture, or circumstance places before them.
I don’t believe another guru is the answer.
I don’t believe another ideology is the answer.
The Peace & The Power is not another ideology competing for your allegiance.
It is an invitation into a way of living.
A way of recovering your relationship with the sacred guidance that has been available to humanity throughout the ages, across cultures and traditions, and the active practice of trusting it in the midst of ordinary life.
It is not a new truth.
It is the lived application of ancient truths.
It is experience, strength, and hope.
I believe the healing our world longs for begins when each of us learns to recognize and trust the true guidance that has been waiting for us all along.
If that resonates with you, welcome. Let’s go home together.
Work With Me
Every person’s path is different because every person’s guidance is different.
My work is not to tell you what to do. It is to help you access, recognize, and trust the sacred guidance that is uniquely yours and assist your to cultivate it through practice.
Together, we clear the conditioning, fear, trauma, and false narratives that have obscured your relationship with that guidance, so you can move through life from your deepest knowing rather than from coercion or fear.
Whether you’re healing from political extremism, narcissistic abuse, religious or family conditioning, or simply longing to deepen your relationship with the Divine, I help people clear away whatever obscures their sacred guidance so they can live with greater peace, freedom, and power.
I work with individuals, groups, and organizations seeking to recover clarity, deepen their spiritual lives, and embody a way of living rooted in peace, truth, and love.
