Looking for some soul food? You have come to the right spot - I have curated a selection of digital resources that I am hopeful you will find inspiration, guidance, and support for deepening your spiritual journey.
Mark Nepo (from “The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life”)
Looking for some soul food? You have come to the right spot - I have curated a selection of digital resources that I am hopeful you will find inspiration, guidance, and support for deepening your spiritual journey.
Preparing for spiritual direction will be fruitful in many ways, even beyond the benefits of our session together. Following are resources that are helpful in providing a range of information.
Most of us tend to think of the second half of life as largely about getting old, dealing with health issues, and letting go of life, but the whole thesis of this book is exactly the opposite. What looks like falling down can largely be experienced as "falling upward." In fact, it is not a loss but somehow actually a gain, as we have all seen with elders who have come to their fullness. This important book explores the counterintuitive message that we grow spiritually much more by doing wrong than by doing right - a fresh way of thinking about spirituality that grows throughout life.
Written for people who are receiving spiritual direction, rather than giving it. In a friendly, easy-to-read style, Dr. Mabry tells you everything you need to know to make your spiritual direction sessions a sacred and fruitful time.
Spiritual Directors International (SDI) is a global learning community that advocates for the service of spiritual companionship or spiritual direction.
I am a registered member of SDI and adhere to the organization's stated Code of Ethics.
The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) is an educational nonprofit introducing seekers to the contemplative Christian path of transformation.
An open, inclusive community that exists to form deeply grounded spiritual directors, and to live together in a contemplative life of faith, spiritual practice, and action.
A labyrinth is an ancient spiritual tool designed to foster contemplation and spiritual transformation. Walked by contemplatives and lay people alike for centuries, labyrinths are typically formed as a circle with a singular path leading to a center and constructed out of a wide range of materials. Labyrinths today can be found embedded into the architecture of old churches, in the middle of remote forests, on rocky coastlines, in home gardens, and near contemporary community centers.
Extended information regarding Caroline Myss’s concept of the Sacred Contract and how our archetypes relate to the contracts we incarnate with. Resources to support your journey in coming to know your archetypal companions.
Caroline Myss’s experience of working with people led her to develop an insightful and ingenious process for deciphering your own Sacred Contract—or higher purpose—using a new theory of archetypes that builds on the works of Jung, Plato, and many other contemporary thinkers.
Caroline Myss created a unique set of 80 Archetype Cards, each individually designed to provide the basic Light and Shadow Attributes of a different Archetype. The deck comes with an instruction booklet explaining how to use the cards to help determine which Archetypes are most active in your psyche, and how they can lead you to achieve greater insights into your life.
Caroline Myss explains in step by step her extraordinary work
Checkout this comprehensive archetypes list, pulling ideas from a range of sources like Carl Jung, Robert Moore, Greek mythology, Carolyn Myss and more.
Resource for discovery of different archetypes
Grieving loss consciously is at the center of the spiritual path. It is soul work — healthy, cleansing, and intelligent. The process allows us to metabolize the pain of loss and continue living. It lets us open to love. By honoring what has passed away, we are free to embrace the life that is here. Yet grief is so deeply painful, so hard to endure. I offer the following links as a starting place for your own journey.
The Wild Edge of Sorrow explains that grief has always been communal and illustrates how we need the healing touch of others, an atmosphere of compassion, and the comfort of ritual in order to fully metabolize our grief. Weller describes how we often hide our pain from the world, wrapping it in a secret mantle of shame. This causes sorrow to linger unexpressed in our bodies, weighing us down and pulling us into the territory of depression and death. We have come to fear grief and feel too alone to face an encounter with the powerful energies of sorrow.
With the demeanor and tone of a loving friend, the book rebuts a prevailing idea that grief moves in stages, and instead offers intimacy and an invitation to turn toward and be with all the emotions and sensations that arise, however long grieving takes and in whatever ways are most healing for you. If you open to any page, you’ll enter the book’s uplifting flow and know that you’re not alone on your journey to wholeness.
Joanne Cacciatore, wrote this beautiful memoir after her daughter’s death. She debunks many common myths that may obstruct our grief and shame our own process. Organized into 52 short chapters, she offers the possibility that over time grief will open our hearts and bring us into deeper connection and compassion with ourselves and others. The book is filled with stories and is a wonderful and comforting companion to those who have lost someone they love.
Educational content and interactive activities to help support children through their grief.
This website is an abundantly rich resource both for connecting with people who are grieving, as well as finding articles on just about every aspect of grief. The articles and blogs are thoughtful, comprehensive, and well-written.
This website was started by two young women who lost their parents. The website offers essays from people who have experienced all types of losses – for example a partner, sibling, or parent etc. The site is well organized, so it is easy to locate the support you need. There are links to wonderful articles, as well as ways to connect with others who have suffered losses similar to your own.
Megan Devine, the creator of RefugeInGrief.com, is a psychotherapist, writer, grief advocate, & communication expert dedicated to helping you live through things you never thought you’d face. She has created an online community and resources that help people survive some of the hardest experiences of their lives. Through her book, podcasts, and online courses, she helps people learn the skills they need to love themselves – and each other – better.
There are many different styles and approaches to Reiki, as well as different types of documented research on the topic. Following are links to a few websites that are helpful in providing a range of information.
IARP is the professional association of the global Reiki community, working to promote wide-reaching healing effects throughout the world. Lots of great information on Reiki can be found here.
As a registered member of the International Association of Reiki Professionals (IARP) I adhere to their stated code of ethics.
The Biomat is the world’s foremost technology in Infrared and Negative Ion Therapies. Science and medicine have come together to develop this medically approved device for home and professional use. Here you can find additional information to make informed decisions on use.
The Center for Reiki Research (CRR) is the first and only 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to Reiki research. The purpose of the CRR is to promote the scientific awareness of Reiki by conducting quality research and providing an updated archive and summary of all evidence-based Reiki research published in peer reviewed journals.
Mikao Usui is quoted saying in the Reiki Ryôhô Hikkei that the mind and body are one. Recent studies in the world of science are beginning to finally comprehend that statement. Brainwaves and body pulses and their roles in stimulating healing are all being researched today, allowing the concept of Reiki, as spiritual energy, to be more widely understood by the medical community.