What Spiritual Direction Is/Not

Spiritual Direction is always about helping harmonize goals, desires, hopes, and dreams.

Aspects of Spiritual Direction

There are three aspects to Spiritual Direction:

Direction
Discernment
Life Exploration

Spiritual Direction works very well with mothers. The vocation of motherhood.

Spiritual Direction:

This is the open-ended aspect of Spiritual Direction. We use prayer, Ignatian mediation, insightful discussion of life, and spiritual issues to help determine the presence of God in all of life.

Spiritual Discernment:

God calls us to be the best version of ourselves, but periodically, we become hung up on past decisions, situations, and choices. These can affect how we see our lives, and how we see God in all of our lives. This is the basis of Spiritual Discernment.

Spiritual Discernment is a tremendously powerful instrument of Spiritual Direction which to bring us closer to God.

With it, we invite the Holy to be with us as we explore any areas of feeling “stuck” that we might have. With prayer, we ask for Healing of those wounded places, Gratitude for all God has given us, and Joy for His Grace.

This helps us begin to see more clearly how God has been in our lives, worked all for our best, and now what we can do to continue positively.

Spiritual Life Exploration:

Spiritual Life Exploration is about gifts and talents that celebrate motherhood/womanhood, create a spiritual life that honors the vocation of mothering, and helps to:

Create a prayer life, which flows and works best for an individual’s lifestyle
Explore goals that will best create a balanced life, calling, self.
Discover spiritual gifts that strengthen the call as mom
Emphasize what is important for family, calling, self.