Grounding + Becoming
A Spacious Wisdom Cross-Pollination
There is a current between knowing and unknowing. It will carry you.
Each one is troubled by the ultimate questions. And no one else’s answer can satisfy the hunger in your heart. The beauty of great questions is how they dwell differently in each mind, how they root deeper than all the surface chatter and image. How they continually disturb. Your deep questions grow quickly restless in the artificial clay of received opinion or stagnant thought, and if you avoid this disturbance and try to quell these questions, it will cost you all your peace of mind. Sooner or later, every one of us must come to our contemplative longing and gain either the courage, the recklessness to begin our own contemplative journey.
-John O’Donohue
Teachers + Thresholds
The teachers who have shaped me invited me — whether explicitly or in the way they uniquely inhabited their life and calling — to engage with my soul.
Dysregulation as Prophetic Voice
Dr. Shannon Michael Pater’s trauma-informed perspective is helping me look upon my experiences of dysregulation with greater compassion.
Holy/Hurt with Dr. Hillary McBride
There’s spaciousness here when you’re ready. Dr. Hillary is a trustworthy guide in the podcast about spiritual trauma and healing.
Trauma-Supporting Spiritual Care
Have you noticed the concept of trauma coming up more frequently in the past few years? You are not alone; it is confusing. What do people mean when they use the word trauma in this rapidly-changing landscape?
Tapestry of Wisdom: Trauma, a curated collection
These are some of the threads I’ve been following related to the topic of trauma. May curiosity and resonance be your guides as you explore this collection.
Reconnecting to Inner Wisdom: A Deep Dive
Disconnection from our inner wisdom disrupts all of our connections — with Self, Spirit, others, and the earth. Trauma-Informed Spiritual Direction is a place to discover, recover, and cultivate our connection to this wisdom.
Why trauma-informed spiritual direction?
What do I mean when I say “trauma-informed” spiritual direction?
Window of Tolerance
Understanding our window of tolerance supports us in noticing and welcoming what’s happening in us with compassion.