Here’s a tool I use in my life and my trauma-informed spiritual direction practice often. Naming our felt sense of something helps us connect with the wisdom of our body.

What do I mean when I say “trauma-informed” spiritual direction?

Join the Earth’s rhythms as a reset for your soul, inspired by John O’Donohue.

Here’s an invitation to engage with poetry as a prism for Spirit. What words shimmer for you in this poem?

This 8-minute video is the best resource I’ve found to simply explain how residues of our overwhelming experiences shape our felt sense of safety in the present. The awareness can be a lens for compassion and curiosity for ourselves and others.

As you follow the threads of wisdom in this post, and listen for resonance in your own soul, may you find comfort in this quote from George Bernanos, “The wish to pray is a prayer in itself.”

The enneagram came to me in a season when I was ready to take a look at the parts of me that I’d been afraid to look at. It was a tool that pointed to some tender spots within me that I didn’t have language for in a compassionate way.

A playlist for days we are holding the paradox of Sorrow & Joy. Naming and feeling our own pain reminds of our connectedness to others, in sorrow and love.

Whether we are grieving the loss of a loved one, a faith community, a dream, or a self-image, in attuning to our felt sense granularly, we bear witness to our experience.

I was in a minor car accident a couple of weeks ago. Though not badly hurt, I received a prescription for brain rest. My doctor also suggested bundling up and going outside to be among the trees and birds. Nature as medicine.

“What if all of the love that you ever dream of already belongs to you?”Here’s a new playlist for fall. It turns out that it was exactly what I needed to hear last week. Perhaps you’ll enjoy it, too.

Waiting for medical test results on this particular day, I found it difficult to get a deep breath. I also found thinking complicated, as worst-case scenarios danced in my head. I took a walk, capturing images along the way. As I contemplated this image, my soul gifted me a blessing.

My spiritual director wouldn’t give in to my pleas for a narrow way.

Todd is a spiritual director (and a friend of mine!) that provides a weekly opportunity to engage in the spiritual practice of Lectio Divina.

This short video produced by On Being Studios provides an invitation to notice what moves us. What does it stir in you?

This episode is food for the soul. I find it deeply resonant with my image of spiritual direction. It is my favorite podcast episode of 2020.

You’ll find some of the music that’s connecting with my soul on this Winter Spotify playlist.

If you’re weary of trying harder, Aundi Kolber suggests an alternative - ”trying softer” - with our attention, our bodies, our emotions, and more.