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Spiritual Direction Episodes

June 24, 2025

E 226 Sample Spiritual Direction Session, Part 3

Send us a text Today we are sharing some reflections from Part 1 and Part 2 of the sample spiritual direction sessions. These episodes were recorded in partnership with Spiritual Directors International. Tune in to hear som...
June 17, 2025

E 225 Sample Spiritual Direction Session, Part 2

Send us a text Today we are sharing an episode that was recorded in partnership with Spiritual Directors International (SDI). In Part 1, Christina Roberts was in the role of a spiritual guide with Matt. Today Matt is the s...
June 10, 2025

E 224 Sample Spiritual Direction Session, Part 1

Send us a text Today we are sharing an episode that was recorded in partnership with Spiritual Directors International (SDI). In Part 1, Christina Roberts is in the role of a spiritual guide with Matt, who has given permiss...
May 13, 2025

E 222: Spiritual Guidance in Everyday Life

Send us a text Today we talk about ways that spiritual guidance shows up in our everyday lives- at home, work, with neighbors. We explore both the informal settings for deep listening and how these practices can change our d...
March 25, 2025

E 217 Awakening our Souls through Listening

Send us a text Today we are exploring the idea of fixing compared to listening. To help us on this topic, we are revisiting a previous conversation with spiritual director and supervisor Marcia Bentley. Support the show
Oct. 22, 2024

E 196 MythBusters, Part 2

Send us a text Join us for Part 2 where we continue the conversation from last week around common questions and ideas about spiritual direction and contemplative spirituality. For part 1, please check out Episode 195. Suppor...
Oct. 15, 2024

E 195 MythBusters, Part 1

Send us a text We have collected a few common questions and ideas about spiritual direction and contemplative spirituality. Join us as we address some myths and help expand our understanding around the benefits of spiritual ...
Jan. 1, 2024

Ep 154 Self Care for…Spiritual Directors

Send us a text As we begin a new year, we embark on a new series, talking to people from a variety of fields to discover: What do you do for self care? And is there anything you do for self care that might help me? Spiritual ...
May 15, 2023

Ep 121 What Is Spiritual Direction?

Send us a text This week’s title says it all. Oftentimes, we hear people try to describe spiritual direction by likening it to something that is “similar but different.” And so this week, we offer up a working definition for spiritual direction, talk about why the word “direction” is a bit of a mis…
March 29, 2021

Ep 10 Why We Need Companions

Send us a text Many of us can sense at various times in our lives that we need help – relationship – even more than that – companionship. But we also feel stuck. We don’t have anything set up and developing anything meaningful feels hard, maybe even too hard. In this episode, we find that the strug…