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Ways I Would Be Honored to Support You
Spiritual Direction
“I am out with lanterns looking for myself.”
~ Emily Dickinson
A spiritual director accompanies an explorer, holding the lantern through narrow caves of the Dark Night; offering cups of water in the dry desert of Disorientation and Doubt; and providing compass and map in the wilderness of Discernment and Decision.
The path through each of these terrains on the spiritual journey takes you ever deeper into intimacy with Jesus. All the while, your soul is widening to receive the Generous Love that is already coming for you.
Sometimes it takes a compassionate co-traveler to help us recognize signposts along the way and remind us to pause and notice Beauty in ourselves that we had not seen. I would love to travel with you.
“When we are not afraid to enter into our own center and to concentrate on the stirrings of our own soul, we come to know that being alive means being loved.”
~ Henri Nouwen
Self-Compassion Coaching
"A moment of self-compassion could change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life.”
~ Christopher Germer
Self-compassion opens our hearts. It gentles us and makes us more receptive to the compassion of others, including God. Mindfulness allows us to cultivate awareness of what we are thinking and feeling in a given moment so that we can support ourselves with kindness and strength.
Research indicates the self-compassion increases motivation, productivity, resilience, optimism, curiosity, and connectedness. It is linked to a decrease in anxiety, depression, rumination, fear of failure, and shame. Self-compassion plays a role in healing trauma and in forming secure attachments with others and with God.
Applying principles developed by Dr. Kristin Neff and Dr. Chris Germer, you can safely avoid self-centeredness and self-indulgence while caring for yourself with kindness and support – the same compassion that Jesus wishes for you and is extending even now. Through strategies such as Immanuel Journaling and Thought Rhyming, you will experience God’s compassion.
“Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the body."
~ Proverbs 16:24
MY FREE GIFT TO YOU
Prayer with a Poem – A Compassionate Exchange
Why wait to get started? An ocean of compassion is available to you. Come on and dip in! Please enjoy this poem and compassionate prayer experience created with you in mind.
It’s my gift to you and comes with a prayer that you would know Kindness today.
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