Good Shepherd Spiritual Care
Welcome
Hi, my name is Chelsea and I'm so glad you're here. If you know me you know I've always been a curious person. And there's no bigger questions I've pondered than about God and life. These wonderings and curiosities drew me to Spiritual Direction.
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In Spiritual Direction we notice together where God's love is showing up and how you can see yourself through His eyes. It's a time for you to pause from the busyness of life and it allows you space to engage with God and reconnect with yourself. Spiritual Direction is where the pain, curiosity, confusion, joy, and banality of life is held and processed.
I call my practice Good Shepherd Spiritual Care because Jesus has shepherded me to the true heart of God through deep pain as well as authentic joy.
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About Me
Currently I host Spiritual Direction for those in helping professions, as well as anyone seeking more of God. Previously I spent 7 years working in campus ministry where I mentored and discipled many college students. I also spent 23 years of my life living with significant health issues and I know what it is to question God. These parts of my story have uniquely prepared me for Spiritual Direction.
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I have many years of experience in guiding and directing people to God. I am skilled at helping people understand themselves better and see God at work-maybe in ways they hadn't expected. I am nonjudgemental in my approach and I'm excited to come alongside you to uncover what God is doing in your own life.
I live in Spokane, WA with my husband and dog. I enjoy reading in my favorite chair, a good puzzle, laughing with family and friends, and being in nature.
"Your desire for more of God than you have right now, your longing for love, your need for deeper levels of spiritual transformation than you have experienced so far is the truest thing about you. You might think that your woundedness or your sinfulness is the truest thing about you or that your giftedness or your personality type or your job title or your identity as a husband or wife, mother or father, somehow defines you. But, in reality, it is your desire for God and your capacity to reach for more of God than you have right now that is the deepest essence of who you are."
Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms: Arranging our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
2013: Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, Literacy Endorsement, Eastern Washington University
2013-2020: Field Staff with Campus Crusade for Christ
2023: Spiritual Direction Certificate, Companioning Center
Spiritual Direction
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These words define my spiritual direction practice. I give you a space and time each month to intentionally pause, rest your soul, reflect on your life, and respond to new awarenesses about yourself and God.
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There is a two-part approach to Spiritual Direction: discovering yourself and discovering God. We cannot know God deeply without knowing ourselves deeply, and vice versa. The two go hand-in-hand. I will help you grow in both ways.
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Life is hard, and burn-out is real. To have someone deeply listen to you, to unravel hurts and fear, to hold questions about God and life-all of these restore our souls and make us more human. I offer compassionate listening so that we can discover together new ways of being in the world that will sustain you. It's an honor to sit with you in these holy moments.
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Pause
Reflect
Respond
Rest
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You may be walking through a hard season of life and need to hear God's voice in the middle of it all
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You may be facing a big life decision and need discernment from God over which choice to make
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You may have experienced spiritual or personal trauma in your past and need to process that with another person
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You may not have a relationship with God and want to discover more
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You may work in a helping/ministry context and would like someone to walk alongside you as you walk alongside others
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You desire to slow down your life and learn how to simply "be" with God
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You desire more of God in your life in a deeper and richer way
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You want to understand yourself in a deeper and richer way
"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul."
Psalm 23
Why Spiritual Direction?
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A typical session lasts for one hour each month. This allows you time in between sessions to notice how you may be healing and changing. (If you would like to meet more than once per month we can find a rhythm that works for you.)
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We can meet in person or virtually.
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My rate is $60.00 per session. The first session is complimentary.
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Use my booking calendar below to find a time to meet with me.
The Nuts and Bolts
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Book an Appointment
Speaking Engagements
I enjoy sharing with others who God is and how we can know Him better. I have spoken for both large and small groups, and at retreats. If you have a retreat, seminar, or other speaking opportunity that you think I'd be a good fit for, please fill out the "Contact Me" form at the bottom of the page and we can chat further.
Testimonials
"Spiritual Direction is a gift because it cultivates an environment of pause! The noise and distractions of my busy life are quieted when I come to be with God and hear what He is saying, right now in this season. Chelsea's kind, compassionate way of asking questions helped me discover more of God's loving character, which truly transformed my understanding of my own identity."