Rev
Debra Thorne
Spiritual Direction Philosophy
Everyday life is our spiritual classroom. Listening to your interior life, the movement of your heart, and the pull of your intuition guides you deeper into awareness, into the wholeness of your life. Then the connection between us becomes an invitation into a sacred and holy place that whispers within you and breathes between us, ‘Come home. Come home to yourself.’ Together, we will explore the mystery, the mystical, and the mundane in our human journey.
Like many others, I have lived a life filled with love and loss, depression and elation, trauma and healing, judgement and forgiveness. I’ve been a mother, a daughter, a wife and a widow, a creator, a writer, a teacher, a gardener, a friend/ally to the 2SLGBTQI+ community, and indigenous communities. Through all these human experiences I have focused on the source of life that runs through existence, and done my best to listen to its clues and wisdom.
My first career was teaching professional acting and the creative process. My second career has been as a Unitarian Universalist minister with experience in pastoral care, community building, and creative connections.
Services Offered
The spiritual director offers the following kinds of spiritual direction services, and is available to meet in the following manners.
Service Offerings: Individual Spiritual Direction
Session Format: In Person, Online (Zoom, Skype, etc.), Telephone
Payment Notes: Sliding scale $50 to $125, no one turned away for lack of money
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Identities
The spiritual director identifies in the following ways.
Gender: Woman
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Other Important Identities: Elder, Cancer survivor, Widow
Specializations
The spiritual director has direct experience, training, or expertise in the following areas.
Specializations: Creative Arts, Death/Dying/Hospice Care, Embodied practices, Grief and Loss, Mature Adults/Elderly, Meditation/Mindfulness, Nature Based, Relationships, Women’s Issues
Spiritual Spheres: Buddhism, Christianity, Eco/Nature-based, Humanism, Interfaith, Interspiritual, Spiritual but Not Religious, Spiritual Independent, Sufism, Taoism, Wicca/Neopaganism
Professional Information
This is where the spiritual director received their training, how often they receive supervision, and the professional associations where they are members.
Supervision: Individual meetings with a Supervisor and a supervisory peer group (5-11 times/year)
Professional Membership(s): UUMA, Spiritual Directors International (SDI), Unitarian Universalist Ministers of Canada (UUMOC)
Training:
- Spiritual Direction Training: Canadian Jubilee Pacific Programs (2004)
- Year Completed: 2004
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