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I have been in spirituality-centered professions since 2002. I am a graduate of Otterbein College (BA) and Candler School of Theology at Emory University (MDiv). I received my spiritual direction certification from Chestnut Hill College’s graduate department and have provided one-on-one spiritual companionship and contemplative group retreat leadership since 2007.

I have worked as a hospice spiritual counselor since 2013 and, before that, as a United Methodist local church pastor and progressive Protestant campus minster. While I have had some wonderful opportunities for international travel, I have spent my life in the United States - in the Midwest and Southeast, and have called the Philadelphia region home since 2002. I have personal history in a traditional Protestant denomination, so know something of what it is like to be shaped by a large, mainstream religious tradition. While that was my foundation, my own spiritual practice and understanding has shifted and expanded through years of connection to wisdom from many traditions and sources.

I am also a mother, spouse, daughter, sister, friend, neighbor and cancer survivor who loves many things, including music, hiking, nature photography, travel, movies, food, books and our  sometimes grumpy cat.

We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

- Thich Nhat Hanh