Informed by principles rooted in Nature and the alchemical models of growth found within Jungian and Process-Oriented (Dreambody) Psychology, the fundamental premise of Soulfaring is that the human soul (psyche in Greek) is not a static and unchanging "thing" but rather a living, evolutionary, and ever-illuminating process.

The view here is that - when approached and tended properly - the ancient intelligence of the soul teaches us through our psyche, via prompts and perceptions of the dreambody (a concept coined by Arnold Mindell that refers to our deeper awareness), and through the somatic experiencing of the body itself.

In this way of being, emotions, deeper stirrings and callings, dreams and synchronicities, experiences of awe in the natural world, various life themes...even sensations of irritation, grief, or feelings of being disconnected from oneself, are all taken as guideposts along the path.

We each have our own seasons. We each experience our own death-rebirth cycles of growth, decay, and renewal throughout our life (and sometimes all within the same year). We each have our own unique process of alchemical change and initiation. All of these aspects lead to a deeply enriching life. Tending this process is what I call soulfaring.

In the work of Soulfaring, we invoke the adventurous spirit of the journey of exploration together in a process characterized by sacred dialogue, deeper inquiry about (and attunement to) arising life themes, and innerwork explorations and mapping designed to support your own apprenticeship to the subterranean wisdom within you -- the numinous enigma of the Deep Self. As a result, areas of focus in this work may include multiple facets of one's life path, from the creative and relational to the vocational and spiritual.

To learn more about the essence and orientation of this work, explore The Journey.

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SOULFARING a form of spiritual companioning, intuitive inquiry, and life path exploration. Our work together is held in strict confidentiality. Though I have a graduate degree in counseling psychology and advanced training in psychotherapy, this work is not reparative psychotherapy, therapeutic in focus, and not intended to serve as a substitute for mental health counseling, psychiatric treatment, addiction or trauma recovery, or other medical care. If, in the process of working together, themes, content, or issues arise that necessitate traditional counseling, psychotherapy, recovery work, or psychiatric services, every effort will be made to connect you with those resources.

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Soulfaring is a creative, educational, and spiritual support venture. This work and its affiliated website were created and dwell within the ancestral homelands of the Eastern Tsalagi (Cherokee), who know themselves as the Ani Yun Wiya, the Principal People, whose lands were ceded to the American government through unauthorized representation in the Treaty of New Echota. To learn more about these events, read this statement from the National Park Service about the Trail of Tears.

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What is Soulfaring?

It is not enough to live, to experience life.

To be fully alive,

we must also reflect on life;

and go beyond reflection

to integration.

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