I welcome individuals, couples, and family constellations of every configuration, honoring each bond as a sacred expression of the Divine.
I embrace diversity across gender, sexual and relational orientation, race, culture, ability, and belief—including people of all faiths, interspiritual seekers, and those with no or questioning beliefs.
Rooted in Celtic spirituality and anam cara soul-friendship, I offer a contemplative, hospitable space where all identities and paths are received as bearers of holy presence.
I listen deeply with compassion and integrity, tending to the wider ecology of your life—body, story, land, ancestors, and more-than-human kin.
When needed, I will gently help connect you with additional resources so your journey is held with the care it deserves.
My full commitment can be read here.

Relationship Hearth Sessions: Shared Spiritual Care for Couples, Friends, and Sacred Bonds

Overview of Relationship Hearth Sessions

Relationship Hearth Sessions provide 90-minute opportunities for shared spiritual care and pastoral counsel in a sacred and supportive environment. These sessions are designed for couples, close friends, family members, co-parents, and others who share meaningful bonds, offering a space to deepen connection and navigate relational complexities together.

Approach and Philosophy

Each session is a collaborative encounter, bringing together your shared heart-space, the Living Presence of the Divine (the I AM), and the grounded, intuitive guidance of a spiritual companion, or anam cara (“soul friend”). The sessions draw from contemplative, mystical, and earth-honoring traditions such as Celtic spirituality and druid-inspired practices. The environment is intentionally spacious and inclusive, welcoming participants regardless of relationship status, structure, or orientation.

Whether you are romantic partners, friends seeking clarity, family members, or co-parents navigating change, all are invited—regardless of identity, orientation, or the complexity of your bond. The focus is on honoring the unity and diversity of relationship experiences.

Spiritual Foundation

The sessions are grounded in attunement to the Living Presence of the Divine—a field of love, wisdom, and healing that transcends individual religious traditions. Through prayer, stillness, and deep listening, the spiritual companion holds space for all participants, seeking to foster clarity, tenderness, and alignment. The intention is not to judge or diagnose, but to offer a gentle hearth where insight and transformation can naturally emerge. Spiritual guidance, soul-focused counsel, and reflective conversation meet your relationship as a living, sacred reality in body, mind, and spirit.

Welcoming All Relationship Journeys

These sessions are open to those at any stage of their relational life, including:

· Pre-commitment discernment

· Premarital or pre-ceremony preparation (including handfasting or covenant rituals)

· Relationship deepening and renewal

· Navigating conflict or communication challenges

· Pre-separation or “Should we stay together?” discernment

· Separation and divorce support

· Co-parenting transitions

· Shifts in friendship, family, or chosen family bonds

· Grief after relational loss or estrangement

Sessions are shared; individual, one-to-one spiritual care around relationships is offered separately.

Session Format and Structure

Sessions are designed for more than one person—typically two, but occasionally a small group such as two partners and a co-parent, or siblings. Each session lasts 90 minutes, ensuring space for all voices to be heard and respected. Longer or ritual-focused sessions are available by request. The approach centers respect, consent, and care for everyone involved—emotionally, spiritually, and practically.

Ways to Work Together

1. Ongoing Relationship Spiritual Counseling & Companioning (Shared)

· Regular, shared support for navigating relationship complexities

· Exploration of relational patterns

· Compassionate communication of needs, boundaries, and desires

· Fostering trust, intimacy, and mutual understanding

· Support through stress, transitions, or uncertainty

· Grounding in shared values and spiritual foundation

These sessions are gentle, honest, and nonjudgmental, focusing on the present reality and inner wisdom of everyone involved, rather than predictions or blame. They blend spiritual guidance, pastoral care, and values-centered relationship coaching.

2. Threshold Hearth Sessions (Deep-Dive Relationship Transitions)

For those at significant relational crossroads, these 90-minute deep-dive sessions support:

· Deciding on formal commitments or rituals

· Navigating major changes (relocation, illness, parenthood, life shifts)

· Considering whether to remain together or consciously separate

· Moving through separation or divorce with intention and care

· Honoring endings or reshaping bonds

· Marking new chapters after difficult seasons

Session elements may include intentional opening of sacred space, deep listening in the Presence of the Divine, awareness of relational patterns, guided dialogue, pastoral support, and suggestions for simple rituals or practices. The emphasis remains on honest, compassionate clarity and supporting authentic choices, without imposing outside answers.

Session Flow and What to Expect

1. Opening the Sacred Hearth

Sessions begin by grounding and centering all participants, welcoming each person and the Divine into the space. Practices may include intentional breathing, setting a shared intention, and honoring ancestors and the living earth. This opening establishes an inner sanctuary—a hearth of the heart—where honesty, tenderness, and transformation can arise.

2. Listening in the Presence

From a meditative state, the spiritual companion listens with and for all present in the Presence of the Divine. What emerges may include impressions, symbolic imagery, or insights that reflect your relational story. These are invitations to deeper reflection and understanding, not directives. Support may include:

· Compassionate awareness of relational patterns

· Release of burdens or limiting beliefs

· Honoring each person’s needs, even in conflict

· Listening for inner wisdom and the sacred within the relationship

Themes such as family or cultural patterns may surface and are held gently, allowing for new ways of relating to emerge.

3. Dialogue and Soulful Reflection

Guided conversation follows, with impressions and reflections offered for exploration. The focus is on spiritual guidance and pastoral counsel, respecting everyone’s pace and boundaries. Each participant is invited to speak and be heard, with questions and uncertainties welcomed. The process encourages trust in the wisdom already present within your relationship.

Sessions conclude with gathering the insights and sealing the space with a blessing. This may include a spoken blessing, affirmation, prayer, grounding practice, or a suggestion for ongoing reflection or ritual. This helps integrate the session’s grace into daily life, supporting continued growth and clarity.

Who These Sessions Serve

Relationship Hearth Sessions are for pairs or small groups seeking:

· Spiritual and emotional clarity

· Support with communication, transitions, and decision-making

· A safe, reverent setting for honest conversations about love, loyalty, desire, and change

· Spiritually grounded ways to mark beginnings, deepenings, or endings

Participants may include couples, long-term partners, friends, siblings, family members, or co-parents. No specific beliefs are required—only a willingness to be honest and approach each other with good faith.

Please note: These sessions are spiritual and pastoral in nature. They do not provide diagnosis, treatment, or legal advice, and are not a substitute for licensed professional services.

The Living Journey of Relationship

At the heart of this work is the understanding that relationships—romantic, platonic, familial, or chosen—are sacred landscapes where we encounter both ourselves and the Divine. The Living Presence of the I AM is present in every aspect of your relational journey, from love and hope to heartbreak and longing. These sessions invite you to remember the sacredness of your ways of loving, encouraging greater courage, tenderness, and honesty as you walk your path with others.

Together, the space created supports:

· Graceful release of burdens and old narratives

· Spiritual insight and clarity for your next steps

· Rediscovery of shared values and capacity for love

· Deepening communion with the sacred rhythm of relational life

An Invitation to the Heart Within and Between

If you feel a stirring within or between you—a crossroads, a longing for more honest connection, or a desire for clarity—consider this your invitation. You are welcome as you are, along with all the questions and complexities you carry. Let the Living Presence of the Divine hold, nurture, and reveal what is ready to unfold in your hearts. When the time is right, schedule your 90-minute session. The space is open, the hearth is warm, and you are already on the path toward deeper, truer connection.