This article was originally published in Miracle Worker Magazine Issue 181. The theme of the issue is “Turning Blocks into Gifts.” Download a complimentary copy of the magazine here. 

As someone who has been given multiple psychiatric anxiety disorder diagnoses throughout my life, I know ego obstacles very well. And thanks to A Course in Miracles, I’ve come to see the ways in which our greatest challenges can be repurposed to reveal hidden gifts.

I have always been a very sensitive person. Wheth...