Musings: An Introduction
Hi, I’m Karen. Throughout my life, I have experienced a series of spiritual awakenings. For some people, like Eckert Tolle, the awakening happens in an instant. For others, like me, it happens through a series of awakening events. Regardless of how it happens, a spiritual awakening is not a gentle event. It can be compared to a natural disaster - an earthquake, a tornado, or a hurricane. I like to use the analogy of an earthquake, because it feels like the very foundation of who you are is crumbling beneath you.
Because the experience of awakening is so disruptive, many people choose to turn away and reject awakening in favor of continuing on with life as they know it. I can’t blame them. At the same time, I feel a profound sadness that they will not experience the indescribable transformation that awakening can bring to every fiber of your being.
That brings me to why I started this blog and this website. Have you ever had someone make a seemingly casual comment that shifted the way you thought of yourself? That happened to me over 30 years ago. I was attending a Baptist church at the time. One Sunday, we were discussing spiritual gifts. A friend of mine spoke up and said, “Karen’s spiritual gift is Encouragement.” I can still hear her voice saying those words. They struck me immediately as truth, and I’ve carried them with me ever since. I have struggled to understand how I am meant to encourage others, but as I grow in my spiritual journey, that path is becoming clearer.
A few years ago, I was searching soluble vs. insoluble fiber and randomly came across a health coach. Except many things are not really random, are they? I was (and still am) a registered nurse, but I had never heard of health coaching. I abandoned the fiber search and went down the rabbit hole of coaching. In the process, I discovered nurse coaching. I felt drawn to this and thought that maybe it was what I was meant to do next. I found a program, completed it, and passed my boards in holistic nursing and nurse coaching. Through that, I obtained the title of Board Certified Health and Wellnesss Nurse Coach. But during this process, I came to realize that this was not the end goal. It was simply another stepping stone to finding my purpose.
My mentor in the coaching program had mentioned that her main focus had become spiritual coaching. This stuck in the back of my mind. As I have continued to journey deeper in my own spiritual awakening, I have felt the pull toward spiritual coaching. At first, I thought I would try a holistic coaching practice that included spiritual coaching. But as time has gone by, I’ve realized that is not my purpose. My purpose isto encourage others on their own spiritual journey.
When we are in a coaching session, the only thing that matters is for you to receive everything I can give you to support your journey along your unique path. That is my calling…my purpose…my mission.