I am a child of the Southern black church in the United States. In my early 30s, I went through major upheaval in my faith and spiritual practice. Now, I use my lineage, my mysticism, and my constantly explorative spirituality to support individuals and groups who want to grow in alignment, confidence, and freedom in their spiritual practice.

I offer one-on-one Spiritual Direction, digital resources, and group opportunities that honor our inner-wisdom and rich lineages while igniting confidence and support for the journey.

Approach

I engage in spiritual direction as personal and collective, formal and informal, mystic-positive, and oriented toward liberation. As a mystic with a dynamic and constantly explorative spirituality, my practice involves moving with, sensing, and listening for where the Spirit (the “What is this?!”) is active and responding authentically with our whole selves. I value sifting, integrating, and expanding the ways in which our upbringings have packaged our understanding of spirit, ourselves, and our sense of what is and can be real.

Education & Experience

Though significant parts of my development as a spiritual director came from informal mentors, I hold a Master’s in Spiritual Direction - fully a “Master’s in Christian Spirituality with a focus on Spiritual Direction” - from Loyola University Chicago’s Institute of Pastoral Studies. There I centered my studies on spiritual practice in communities actively working toward equity and liberation.

While the focus on Christian Spirituality in my degree was so helpful in processing and working with my background, I incorporate all of my spiritual experience and learning in what I do.

Some of my other areas of study and experience are: paying attention to the body, authentic communication, decolonizing/ re-imaging faith, embracing paradox and wildness, and integration of divergent spiritual experience.

Gratitude to Mentors and Influences

This list will probably grow with my memory, but I want to thank:

• Reesheda Graham-Washington for her mentorship in connecting spiritual direction and racial equity work as well as group facilitation.

• Joan Fadayiro (and the Cooperation for Liberation Study Group in Chicago) for influencing my understanding of shared power, trust, group dynamics, and collective liberatory practice.

• Barnabas Lin and Jazzy Johnson, for their influence on my group facilitation and a mass of other things around care, spirituality, theology, society, and life!

Accountability

I receive quarterly supervision as part of my partnership with Soul Reparations.