It’s easy to see in hindsight that I’ve been drawn to the contemplative for most of my life. As a child, I would wonder what creation might say if it could speak, and enjoyed imagining the trees and animals worshipping their Creator through posture and position. In my early twenties, I would take myself away for three days at a time to fast and be alone with God. I didn’t really know what I was doing or know anyone else who did the same, but it felt important, so I trusted the sense of being pulled into the quiet.

Years later, during an incredibly difficult season, I found myself stumbling into the world of spiritual direction. After more than fifteen years living with a chronic health condition that led to a painful journey of infertility, I continued to hold on to faith the only way I knew how, through worship, prayer for healing, and belief that God would bring a miracle. Outwardly, I may have looked full of hope, and sometimes I was. Yet deep down within me were questions I was nervous to acknowledge (let alone ask out loud!): What if I’m never healed? Who is God for me if not a healer? What would healing look like if it isn’t physical? Can I trust a God like this?

Then, at a church conference, I heard someone speak about discovering the contemplative through spiritual direction. Something sparked in me like a glimmer of excited hope, so I reached out for a session and found a space where I could be honest and authentic, holding both deep faith and honest doubt without judgement. What a life-changing gift!

Over time the answers came, not as I expected, but in ways that grounded me in God’s love more deeply than ever before. It wasn’t long before I knew I wanted to partner with the Spirit and offer that same gift to others. I completed the two year Spiritual Directors Formation Programme through Spiritual Growth Ministries, and since then have had the joy of offering myself as a soul friend to walk with others on their journey.

In spiritual direction, I offer a safe and welcoming space, one that embraces both the beauty and the tension that can exist in faith. I listen and notice with you, and ask gentle questions that help connect your head, heart, and spirit to what God might be saying or doing. I use silence, questions, prayer practices, and creative exercises where appropriate, and I’m trained in Interactive Drawing Therapy (IDT), a modality that can also help people encounter God in deeper, often surprising ways. Ultimately, we find the Divine in the ordinary together.

The journey of faith is lifelong, and having someone to walk part of the way with you can be so helpful.

While I love meeting in person, I’m currently on a year-long pilgrimage around the South Island of New Zealand with my husband, Zach and our cat and dog so all sessions are currently offered online via Zoom.