I bring over 25 years' worth of wisdom gained through serving as a Unitarian Universalist Minister to the work of guiding people back to their best selves.
Hello! Let me tell you a little bit about myself.
I was born in Plymouth, New Hampshire, the eldest of four children, all of whom grew up in our local Unitarian Universalist fellowship. My father identified as an atheist; my mother called herself an agnostic. Our church home provided a safe and loving space to ask questions, but the adults there offered very few answers. I understood at a very early age that each person creates their own understanding of life and generates their own sense of meaning and purpose. There are as many ways to be human as there are humans.
After graduating from college, I found myself at loose ends, unsure of my path forward. Then one day, while walking in the woods by Walden Pond (Thoreau's old stomping ground), I asked myself a new question. Rather than focusing on what I might be good at, or what might make the most money, I wondered what was it I loved doing the most? My answers included reading and writing, helping others, and having deep conversations about important ideas. I came around a corner, the light broke through the trees, and it hit me: I could be a Unitarian Universalist minister!
Fast forward through many years of serving communities of wise and caring people, raising two children, and getting a doctorate (my dissertation focused on trauma and resilience), and I feel like I've figured out how to be helpful to other seekers...and strugglers. Though life bombards us with information and fuels our sense of anxiety, we each have the capacity to create lives that nourish and satisfy. Inside every person dwells a deep wisdom that can guide us toward perspectives and practices that enable us to move through the world in more peaceful, joyful, and compassionate ways.
The tricky part? What works for me won't necessarily work for you. Spiritual direction aims to create a space where you can tap into your own deep wisdom, that part of you that longs for beauty and grace, rather than the toxic soup our current culture dishes out. In a safe and supportive environment, you'll be surprised by how simple it can be to find a new path, one that leads you to a better and more authentic way of being.
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