What Is Spirituality?
Spirituality can often be difficult to describe. It is ethereal, complex, and very individual and personal to each of us. Sometimes people confuse religion and spirituality, believing they are the same thing. They are not. Religion is one of many ways to frame and express one’s spirituality.
“Every [person] is good in the sight of the Great Spirit”
Spirituality is relational and intimate. It is essential to being human and is the foundation for all of our relationships including but not limited to our relationship with ourselves and with all of humanity. It is the Spirit, Spark or Light at the core of our being, expressing Itself through our understanding of the Great Mystery, of Nature and/or of the God we know. These relationships are at the heart of how we make sense of life and how we find meaning and purpose in a world that sometimes seems beyond our understanding.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
What Is A Spiritual Journey?
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Just as we are all spiritual beings, we are also seekers searching for moral, ethical and spiritual significance in our life. What makes our search a spiritual journey is the intentionality we bring to the process. The goal as we travel is not to reach a particular destination. Instead it is to be fully engaged with everything we experience along the way.
“Things may happen around you and things may happen to you, but the only things that really count are the things that happen in you.”
Being a spiritual traveler does not exclude us from the uncomfortable twists and turns of life. Instead the journey offers us opportunities to be present in every moment, authentically engaged with our joy and our sorrow, our peace and our suffering, our fear and our courage; the full experience of our humanity. Our journey is our practice of keeping our heart lovingly open, our spirit fully connected and our mind focused on the sacredness of living.
“When we can say, “I am all of the above, my shadow as well as my light,” we become more at ease in our own skins, more at home on the face of a planet rich with diversity, more accepting of others who are no more or less broken-whole than we are, and better able to lives as life-givers to the end of our days.”
Spiritual Companionship (Spiritual Direction)
Simply, spiritual companionship is the experience of being accompanied and supported by another as you travel your path to authentic living.
“No thing outside of you can ever give you what you
believe you are missing.”
Our world has become so busy that most of us have little time to listen to the needs of the heart of our being. This is especially true when feeling afraid, when experiencing pain, or when we are questioning life and how it can make sense or have purpose and meaning.
“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
Here are some of the core beliefs I have come to hold as truth as I travel on my path. These truths support me in my life and serve as the foundation for the spiritual support I provide others.
Our daily gift is this present moment, in which we each have our own best answers.
We all have the capacity to overcome the belief that we are not good enough.
The Holy whispers to us to help support and guide each of us so we can grow to our fullest potential.
God is known by many names, supporting and loving each of us on our individual paths, no matter outward appearances.
There is only Love. Fear is a facet of our ego, meant to protect us – instead fear limits each of us by closing our hearts.
Life is in perfect order even if it does not feel good.
Everything changes.
Telling our life story gives voice to our soul’s healing even when we still do not know the answers.
“I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by It.”
As a Certified Spiritual Director and Certified Spiritual Direction Supervisor, I hold space for you in various ways:
Creating a safe and sacred space in which you can share your joys & sorrows by keeping our relationship and our communication confidential.
Being fully present, listening deeply, actively, and compassionately.
Maintaining clear boundaries and being respectful of your needs and your time.
Honoring your religious and/or or spiritual traditions while meeting you where you are on your sacred journey.
Companioning you as you peel away layers of fear to open your heart to new possibilities.
Holding you in your sorrow and grief, questions of faith or loss of meaning and purpose while providing encouragement as you clarify your truth.
Being compassionate and grateful for all of who you are.
Affirming the beauty of your heart and spirit and welcoming the splendor of your diversity.
Witnessing your gifts and graces even when you cannot see them.
Celebrating you in your perfect humanness.
“Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside awakes.”
Beth provides individual, couple, and group spiritual direction, as well as individual and group spiritual director supervision.
Individual sessions are 45-50 minutes in length, provided in person or via Zoom to allow for social distancing or to accommodate those at a distance from my physical location.
Group sessions can vary from 2 to 4 hours depending on the topic and need for the group's process. Fees vary depending on the context of the group that is gathering.
All fees are based on a sliding scale.
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