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What is does a spiritual coach do?
I offer active listening, gentle questions and, sometimes, tailored suggestions based on your own unique story, to help you on your journey.
We can work one-on-one or in groups. The first session is free, by phone, or in person in the Red Bank, New Jersey area. Use the contact me button and we’ll get you going!
Need more info about my qualifications and experience? Here goes:
Reiki Master Practioner for over 25 years. Offering distance Reiki treatments as well as in-person and distance training for Reiki levels one, two and three (master level.
Writing & Editing Provide an array of writing, editing and coaching services to individuals and groups. Staff writing instructor at the non-profit Project Write Now, Red Bank, NJ, offering in-studio and virtual writing workshops for adults.
12-Step Member of spirituality-based peer support groups, 32 years. Focus on recovery from food addiction and compulsive overeating. Actively refraining from sugar, wheat and flour, 24 years. Maintaining 100 pound weight loss, 22 years.
Psychotherapy Participant in one-on-one and group therapy for abuse and trauma issues, as needed, four hand-picked professionals, 40 years.
Journalism Researched and reported, or assigned and edited, feature articles on psychology, spirituality, communication, parenting, marriage and other relationships for mass-market publications such as Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Women’s Faith & Spirit, Spirituality & Health, Parents and Beliefnet, 40 years. Operated both as a staffer and as a freelance.
Spiritual Direction Meet regularly with individual spiritual mentor, 20 years.
Independent Study Regularly read wide assortment of spirituality and psychology materials. Current examples include works of Pema Chodron, John O’Donohue, Kathleen Norris, the Bible, Robert Johnson, Richard Rohr, Joan Chittister, Eckhart Tolle, Julia Cameron, as well as popular periodicals such as Psychology Today, Psych Central, Spirituality & Health. Daily prayer and meditation practice, 32 years.
Authorship Author of The Hungry Ghost: How I Ditched 100 Pounds and Came Fully Alive, a self-help memoir about spirituality-based food management and weight loss. Currently writing the next in the series, Raw Hunger. Also at work on a collection of poetry, and a book about trauma transformation and post-traumatic growth.
Public Speaking Give workshops on food addiction management, perfectionism, creativity, assertiveness, self-care and similar topics.
Religious Membership Member The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Shrewsbury NJ, 20 years.
Personal Regularly practice what I teach, including: 24/7/365 sane nutrition; prayer and meditation; exercise including walking, cycling, yoga, Tai Chi; social connections; taking classes, retreats and workshops. Married, Mets fan, three very irreverent adult sons.