Soulspace Blog
Grounding + Becoming
Our souls find their way to the art we need.
Words, music, images, and practices can help us move more deeply into our own experiences, longings, and deep knowing.
These collections are curated to guide and accompany you as you attune to your inner landscape and to Love. I’m scattering breadcrumbs from my journey and from wise teachers and mystics before and beside me. Consider this a trailhead, of sorts.
Follow the threads that draw you, and notice what stirs in your soul.
What I’m offering here is an unconventional collection of spiritual direction resources.
You’ll find tools I refer to often, practices to experiment with, readings, notes from me, playlists, and more. I’ve only begun to gather these; feel free to bookmark this page and return as you are drawn.
Love is all around us, friends. I think we sometimes miss it when it doesn’t come packaged the way we’ve come to expect.
If you see something in this collection you’d like to explore together in a spiritual direction session, I welcome that wholeheartedly.
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Savoring Our Media + Art Favorites: A Felt Sense Spiritual Practice
What song do you have on repeat? What TV show feels like home? What if it’s a pathway to your inner wisdom?
How to Listen for Your Inner Wisdom
Here’s a spiritual practice to support you in listening for inner wisdom by creating and being curious with wisdom collages.
A Letter to Christian Parents of Gay Children: A Spiritual Director’s Hope For Our Collective Healing
Love was the landmark. Love was the muscle memory. Love was the guide.
What Does It Mean to Go Slow?
Explore what it means to go slow with this evocative image collage. What does it stir in you?
The Guest House by Rumi
Helena Bonham Carter reads Rumi’s The Guest House. What does this welcoming poem stir in you?
Dysregulation as Prophetic Voice
Dr. Shannon Michael Pater’s trauma-informed perspective is helping me look upon my experiences of dysregulation with greater compassion.
Make Way for a Breath of Fresh Air
Sometimes an image or phrase can help us gently help us excavate this wisdom (like an archaeologist, not a construction worker!). Here’s a practice to experiment with.
Contemplative Curiosity: Praying Our Experiences
Here’s a practice to invite you into contemplative curiosity. What do these words stir in you?
Honest Offering Prayer
The way good and hard are not opposites, and there’s space in you to hold both.
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?
It Can Renew Your Faith in the World
Sometimes an image or phrase can help us gently help us excavate this wisdom (like an archaeologist, not a construction worker!). Here’s a practice to experiment with.
Everything is Going to Be Alright
What words shimmer for you in this poem? What arises in you as you hold those words?