Spiritual Direction for women longing for a deeper life.
There are seasons when the soul needs more than instruction.
Seasons when you don’t need answers as much as you need
attention and witnessing.
When your spirituality and prayers feel thin, muted, or confused.
When life is asking questions your faith hasn’t prepared you to answer.
Spiritual direction is a practice of holy listening — together — for the presence and movement of God in your life.
What is Spiritual Direction?
Spiritual direction is not advice-giving, fixing, or problem-solving.
It’s not therapy or counseling.
It is a relational practice of being companioned, in which you are invited to slow down, notice, tell the truth about your lived experience, and listen with another for how God is working in your life.
In spiritual direction, we attend to:
prayer, stillness and silence
emotions and bodily experience
relationships and patterns
longing, resistance, and desire
seasons of transition, loss, or discernment
the images of God shaping your inner life
Its work is more about becoming more fully yourself than fixing or solving.
Who is it for?
Spiritual direction may be especially supportive if you:
feel distant, anxious, or confused in your relationship with God
are living from a distorted image of God or father-wound
are navigating menopause, divorce, grief, or major life transition
sense that your old ways of praying or believing no longer fit
feel spiritually tired, disoriented, or overextended
want a faith that can hold complexity and change
are longing to hear God more clearly
desire companioning rather than instruction
You do not need to be certain, articulate, or “spiritually mature” to begin.
You only need a willingness to be honest about where you are.
Posture in Spiritual Direction
My posture as a spiritual director is attentive, grounded, intentional, and non-anxious.
I listen and look for:
what you are saying
what you are not saying
what your body is communicating
where God’s presence feels near or obscured
unconscious patterns
I offer:
mindful questions
reflective listening
invitation to framing
contemplative practices when appropriate
spiritual wisdom & instruction when needed
At times, elements of coaching may emerge, particularly around clarity, agency, or integration, but always within a larger posture of spiritual accompaniment. You are never pushed toward outcomes or decisions, but only ever invited into deepening and growth.
We trust the Holy Spirit to lead us.
How We Practice
FORMAT
One-on-one sessions
Held via Zoom
(or in person if preferred and you are local to Detroit, MI)
LENGTH
50-minute sessions
FREQUENCY
Typically monthly or bi-monthly
We discern the rhythm together
COMMITMENT
Spiritual Direction is most fruitful when practiced over time
I recommend beginning with a 3-session discernment period
INVESTMENT
50-minute sessions: $125 per session
Sessions are typically scheduled monthly or bi-monthly
A limited number of sliding-scale spaces may be available, depending on season and capacity. If cost is a concern, you’re welcome to name that in our initial conversation. Financial clarity is part of discernment.
Begin the Conversation
Spiritual direction begins with discernment — not enrollment.
Before we work together, we’ll schedule a conversation to listen together for whether this is the right next step for you.
The Seed Deep Way
Spiritual Direction is one movement of The Seed Deep Way, the Abbey’s formation framework.
Some women arrive here after completing one or more of our Becoming Beloved courses.
Some begin here during seasons of deep transition.
Some move between spiritual direction, the Seed Deep Abbey Community, and our Retreats over time.
It’s not so important where you begin your journey on the Seed Deep Way, only that you do begin.
However you come to the Abbey, know you are welcomed and wanted just as you are.
A Closing Word
If you are longing for:
a place to bring your whole self
a way of praying that feels honest
a faith that can hold your real life
accompaniment rather than answers
You are welcome to begin a conversation.