Grounding + Becoming

A Soulspace Wisdom Cross-Pollination

Listen for what is already in you, the seed within reaching toward sunlight

What I need for the terrain ahead seems to be mysteriously sprinkled around me days, weeks, months, or even years before I need it. There is an inexplicable resonance—a knowing that doesn’t conform to my linear timeline and context.

I recognize it.

Wisdom cannot be known with the mind alone; it animates within me. I am known, and I know.

And still, I forget.

Practices draw me back to the center. I return. I drink deeply. I remember.

There is spaciousness inside to keep going.

Follow what draws you.
Notice what stirs.
What is recognition like for you?

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Kirsten Harrison 5/19/26 Kirsten Harrison 5/19/26

Presents: An Audio Reading of Norman MacCaig’s Poem

“This is a call from your soul, awakening your life to new possibilities.” —John O’Donohue. Listen to Kirsten read Norman MacCaig’s poem, Presents.

Kirsten Harrison 1/28/26 Kirsten Harrison 1/28/26

Visible Contradictions

It’s sometimes in the most unusual places that you actually discover the gift of the Beautiful. I always think that contradiction is what makes a person interesting. -John O’Donohue

Kirsten Harrison 12/23/25 Kirsten Harrison 12/23/25

What Are You Nourishing?

Water meant to flow into the hose is dripping from the spigot, seeping into the ground underneath it. This well-irrigated little patch of Earth is incredibly fertile, but has not been cultivated with intention.

Kirsten Harrison 4/4/24 Kirsten Harrison 4/4/24

Moving Through a Dark Night of the Soul: A Spiritual Director Holds Space for Obscurity

A “dark night of the soul” is a season of spiritual disorientation—when what we once knew feels out of reach. This post offers a gentle map of what it can feel like, a reframe from “why” to “how,” and practical handholds for moving through obscurity.

Kirsten Harrison 2/1/24 Kirsten Harrison 2/1/24

Good Conversations as Food + Drink for the Soul

John O’Donohue said good conversations are like “food and drink for the soul.” What does this stir in you?

Kirsten Harrison 1/13/24 Kirsten Harrison 1/13/24

A night of complete undoing

John O’Donohue give us words for the obscurity we encounter in our dark nights of the soul. I take comfort in knowing I’m not the only one to encounter this location in my spiritual geography.

Kirsten Harrison 10/21/23 Kirsten Harrison 10/21/23

Life is Hard: A Spiritual Director on Holding Complexities + Contradictions

We all have had or will have moments like these when we get news that changes life as we knew it and leaves us wondering if we even really savored our “before.”