I earned the same degree as a Catholic priest focused on making faith practical only to discover that the spiritual guidance I needed most wasn’t from my theology books or training. It was from my body.
I always have been the woman who can see beyond the surface to the root of what’s keeping others stuck. However, for the longest time, I was eating lunch at my desk while multi-tasking. I could stay focused for long stretches at the computer, but in my free time, I’d find myself reaching for my phone to distract myself because I struggled to just be. I had all the right wellness routines and the certifications to go with them. Yet, I would make decisions from my head and justify them based on what the “experts,” ancient and/or modern, recommended.
I managed $1.7M in faith-based projects in Africa alone, served across four continents, and more recently evaluated programming for an organization with 10,000+ members. It can be easy to look successful and fulfilled on the outside while feeling disconnected from my body's wisdom. When my mantra became “I feel like my soul is kicking me in the *ss,” I knew something was way off.
I always have been the woman who can see beyond the surface to the root of what’s keeping others stuck. However, for the longest time, I was eating lunch at my desk while multi-tasking. I could stay focused for long stretches at the computer, but in my free time, I’d find myself reaching for my phone to distract myself because I struggled to just be. I had all the right wellness routines and the certifications to go with them. Yet, I would make decisions from my head and justify them based on what the “experts,” ancient and/or modern, recommended.
I managed $1.7M in faith-based projects in Africa alone, served across four continents, and more recently evaluated programming for an organization with 10,000+ members. It can be easy to look successful and fulfilled on the outside while feeling disconnected from my body's wisdom. When my mantra became “I feel like my soul is kicking me in the *ss,” I knew something was way off.
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While caregiving for my mom during the pandemic, I fell apart. My nervous system was calibrating to hers, and it was not pretty. I had digestion issues, psoriasis, depression. I was accomplished at leading and being there for others but clueless about how to do so for myself in a way that was sustainable, aligned, felt good deep down.
That day at the kitchen table when my dying mother said "You're lovely...I'm not worried about you," I realized that she saw what I didn't want to: My body was trying to heal me, not betray me. God was on my side, not absent.
I wanted to argue with her, but she was right. I was already integrating Ayurveda, energy medicine, and trauma-informed practices with my faith and daily rhythm. I just needed to have more faith in the direction that I was being led. I needed to accept that first I needed to fall apart.
In rebuilding my life after her death, everything shifted. My emotional integrity began healing my physical symptoms. My decision-making flowed from heightened intuition in conjunction with strategizing as I found safety in my body. The noise of self-doubt, my inner critic, drastically reduced. My daily rhythms became prayer in motion.
That day at the kitchen table when my dying mother said "You're lovely...I'm not worried about you," I realized that she saw what I didn't want to: My body was trying to heal me, not betray me. God was on my side, not absent.
I wanted to argue with her, but she was right. I was already integrating Ayurveda, energy medicine, and trauma-informed practices with my faith and daily rhythm. I just needed to have more faith in the direction that I was being led. I needed to accept that first I needed to fall apart.
In rebuilding my life after her death, everything shifted. My emotional integrity began healing my physical symptoms. My decision-making flowed from heightened intuition in conjunction with strategizing as I found safety in my body. The noise of self-doubt, my inner critic, drastically reduced. My daily rhythms became prayer in motion.
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Little did I know, my body wasn't rebelling against my faith. It was trying to teach me how to live it.
Now my clients discover what I did: Your body isn't separate from your faith. It's where your faith becomes real. You don't need a theology degree to access the spiritual guidance living in your body. You just need to learn how to listen and take aligned action in your thoughts, feelings, and what you do.
Your daily rhythms can become a way of praying through your body, not mind. Your intuition can guide your life personally and professionally. Your emotions and all of your body's signals can become your most trusted spiritual advisor.
This is faith-integrated living where caring for your body becomes caring for the sacred.
Now my clients discover what I did: Your body isn't separate from your faith. It's where your faith becomes real. You don't need a theology degree to access the spiritual guidance living in your body. You just need to learn how to listen and take aligned action in your thoughts, feelings, and what you do.
Your daily rhythms can become a way of praying through your body, not mind. Your intuition can guide your life personally and professionally. Your emotions and all of your body's signals can become your most trusted spiritual advisor.
This is faith-integrated living where caring for your body becomes caring for the sacred.
Wisdom Worth Remembering:
"Life never limits you. All limitations are self-imposed.
They are also self-released."
They are also self-released."
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