As a spiritual companion, I come to you with open hands to welcome you, open ears to listen to you, and an open heart to receive what you bring. I come to you with love, compassion, and understanding. As a woman elder, I’ve experienced years of life and am ready to be in conversation with you about yours without an onslaught of opinions and assumptions. 

I come to this work as a life-long learner, a partner, a friend, a parent of two grown children, and a grandmother. 

Along with holding a certificate in spiritual direction, having worked as a hospital chaplain and being trained in grief work, I also spent 24 years in parish ministry, serving a church community in Oak Park, Illinois.

Of course, “ministry” can mean different things to different people. For some, it can be a trigger and not necessarily a good one. Other people wonder if being a minister makes me closer to God. (Not really; I am on my own journey too.)

I believe being a minister has made me more willing to live my twisty-turny spiritual journey out loud with others. 

For me, working in a church was all about relationship, about being and talking with people and about wondering together on the big questions of all life and individual lives. It opened me to being with others in the hard moments of life and in the glorious ones. And everything in between.