Therapy and spiritual direction can both be deeply valuable, and many people benefit from both at the same time.

Therapy focuses on understanding past wounds, psychological patterns, behaviors, and understand how they shape the present and how that can direct your future. Therapy helps you work toward emotional healing and psychological health and can be important, but it is not spiritual direction.

It’s also worth noting that spiritual direction is not coaching either. Coaching tends to focus on creating plans for the future, clarifying goals, removing obstacles, with a big focus on taking action. This can be good, but it’s not what we’re doing here.

Spiritual direction focuses on right now. What is actually happening in your inner spiritual life in this season, what the sacred might be saying within it, and how you may respond to what is coming up.

A spiritual director isn't a therapist, a coach, or a guru. A spiritual director is a listener and co-discerner as you follow the promptings on the Spirit in real time.

Artificial Intelligence, as we use it, is a large language model. While it can be helpful to put together information in a particular pattern based on your prompts, it lacks any real human experience outside of what’s been documented on the internet and certain connections it makes (sometimes with pretty big faults).

Further, AI cannot truly discern the presence of the Spirit of God in real time. Again, it is pulling together info from what has been.

Using AI can be helpful at times, sure. I’m not dismissing it entirely. However, for navigating the inner landscape, offerings like spiritual direction, therapy, counseling, and other modalities are important to journey with a human through that process.

Honestly, in many cases that’s great. It gives an opportunity for us to listen without having to navigate triggers that could be there.

There’s no agenda for conversion to any faith and no requirement to have a faith tradition.

I am absolutely open to everyone, and I celebrate all people as sacred expressions of God. However, when it comes to affirmation, I believe that can only happen within oneself. No external person or institution has the power to validate or affirm who you are: only you do.

This takes time and awareness and is a lifelong process. My job here is to listen and co-discern. Not to try to change you but to help you rest deeper into who you are.

Usually I can get started pretty quickly. The calendly is the best way to see availability and book sessions.

If you can’t find a time that works for your on the Calendly, send an email and we can find a time that works.

sandiegospiritualdirection@gmail.com

The cost per sessions is $125. There are cost-effective options for monthly rates if you would like to set up more than one session within a month.

Yes. Cost shouldn’t have to be a barrier to navigating your spiritual unfoldment. There are a limited amount of scholarships available. To apply, click this link to complete the application and I will be in touch shortly.

Light, genuine, and honestly can be pretty fun at times while maintaining a sense of depth and purpose. I’m here to help guide the process of your spiritual unfoldment, make intuitive suggestions, and help you uncover your inner divinity.