Abstract
This study explored the facilitating and impeding factors of spiritual health for single women over the age of fifty. As a qualitative exploratory study rooted in grounded theory, a non-probability sampling method was utilized to acquire ten qualifying participants. Subjects responded to interview questions regarding spiritual history, spiritual growth, and spiritual disconnection. Data analysis revealed conventional and unconventional conceptions of spirituality within the sample. Significant facilitating and impeding factors of spiritual health surfaced among the data. One remarkable result involved times of crisis or great loss emerging as the most significant facilitating factor and the most significant impeding factor of spiritual health. This study demonstrates the need for further research into the subject of spiritual health as well as the need for social work professionals to fully comprehend the predicaments facing aging single women.