September - 2025

Welcome to Reflections on the Spiritual Life

Here you will find articles on spiritual direction, psychology and spirituality, contemplative practice, and the deeper movements of the spiritual life. Drawing on decades of experience in psychospiritual work and spiritual accompaniment, these reflections explore themes such as shadow material, struggles in spiritual practice, images of God, dreamwork, and the emotional dynamics that shape the spiritual journey.

Whether you are seeking support in your own inner life or resources for spiritual direction practice,

I hope these writings offer clarity, depth, and encouragement.

A dew-covered leaf drips water into a tranquil pool, creating ripples. The background is a soft green and blue bokeh, evoking calm and freshness, the life of both growing up and waking up.

Growing Up and Waking Up: Psychology and the Spiritual Life

The invitation is to weave these two journeys together. Growing up helps bring tenderness to my own humanity, while waking up reminds me that my identity is larger than the struggles I face. Together, they invite a way of being that is both deeply human and gently transcendent.

Frost-covered yellow flower close-up, with ice crystals on petals and stem. Soft green background creates a serene, cold mood depicting how we can cover over our inner reality.

Spiritual Bypassing: Discernment, Healing, and the Holding Presence of God

When our spiritual practice is not integrated with our psychological material, it can lead to shadow problems. We split ourselves in an unhelpful way that is not true to any path of wholeness or spiritual transformation.

Watercolor painting of a garden with a central fountain, surrounded by colorful flowers and palm trees, representing the temenos of the inner garden. A enclosing wall and door in are in the foreground

Temenos: The Sacred Space of Spiritual Direction

When applied to spiritual direction, the ancient concept of temenos particularly offers a revealing and helpful metaphor for the sacred relational field that takes place between director and directee.