Several years ago when I was preparing to sit on my patio to meditate during an early spring afternoon, I decided to fill up my bird feeder. It had been a harsh winter, and I had neglected to put food in it for months. I always had been told that if you don’t fill up the feeder regularly, the birds will stop coming and it will take them awhile to find their way back. I had little hope any birds would come join me during my time outside that day, but I put the food out anyway, knowing the birds could use it and maybe there would be a small chance a bird would find her way there so I could enjoy her. Within a half an hour my backyard was covered in birds. I was giddy to see so many, so soo
Several people have asked me why I opened a spiritual direction practice instead of a counseling practice. Honestly, I’ve made my life more difficult. Why would I choose to be a spiritual director when I have a master’s degree in counseling and 15 years experience as a counselor? Several years ago I ordered all the materials I needed to become a licensed professional counselor, and right before I started the process, I stopped. Something didn’t feel right. My inner voice was telling me to be a spiritual director instead. But why? How can you start a spiritual direction practice when the general public is not really sure what spiritual direction is? Counseling can be a very powerful exp
I’ve been struggling lately with this feeling that I’ve not been doing enough or working hard enough to get my business off the ground. I realized that I’ve spent more time than I care to admit being frustrated and disappointed with myself over these last few months for not accomplishing enough. So I made a list of all I had done recently for my business, focusing only the big things, not the countless details, and it covered an entire page. In that moment I realized that this feeling of not enough was an illusion many of us carry. It was a story I was telling myself, because I was actually enjoying the process of starting my business. If I’m not totally stressed out, then I am not tryin
