photography credit: Jeremy Cowart
Welcome! I’m so glad you found me! I’m Melinda, a pilgrim on my own journey of life and faith. I am a deep thinking, empathetic soul, and forever student of life, who is a wife and a mom of 2 exceptional needs daughters. I have experienced the gifts of a variety of life’s seasons, including becoming a University of Kentucky, Asbury Seminary, and Purdue University graduate, as well as becoming a family minister, mental health counselor, elementary school counselor, and a private practice counselor. My heart and mind have always been rooted in the space of personal, community, and spiritual growth.
In 2007, not long after my husband and I began our journey into marriage and family, we were delivered the news that our life would not go as expected. Our oldest daughter, who was a year old at the time, was diagnosed with a birth defect of her brain. She was born with a partial agenesis of the Corpus Callosum. Literally, from the grey images on the MRI machine, we learned that a portion of her brain was designed unique to her, and she was missing a portion of the integrating neural fibers between the left and right sides of her brain. Though I had studied 4 years of human development in college, 2 years of graduate study in counseling, and over 8 years of professional work in the human development/helping professions - as a parent and mom, I was in new territory of living and learning with a baby designed exceptionally. This living and learning has been the greatest gift!
As a life coach and spiritual director, I am thrilled to be able to gather the gifts of my training in human development and counseling and pastoral ministry and the experiences of my roles as a mother, mother of daughters with gifted and special needs to partner with you on your journey through your own pilgrimage. As a professional who has been on the front lines of mental health, education, and Christian spiritual formation, and a woman who has experienced neuro-diversity both personally and professionally, I look forward to bringing the best from each sphere of wisdom to offer you as tools in your life’s work. I am honored that you would consider sharing part of your journey and growth process with me.
As your Life Coach or Spiritual Director, our work together provides a safe and sacred space for you to unfold and share your story, to define the vision of living and learning you seek, and to create and walk the path into that life. Life coaching and spiritual direction practice is designed for those who are healthy and seeking to move through life transitions or onto new life experiences and accomplishments. Life Coaching and Spiritual Direction are not suited for individuals who are actively dealing with severe mental illness, drug abuse, or situations of violence. If this is your experience, I will supportively refer you to trained professionals for your specific need(s), and welcome your participation in coaching and spiritual direction services once health and safety have been solidly established.
So whether you are a parent who has become engulfed in all things special needs and you are looking for how to re-claim some of your own self and life again, or whether you are a young adult who is struggling to find your way into the job and “real world” or whether you are a grieving adult child who has just lost her parent or your a soul searcher solidly in recovery, wanting to dig deeper into your spiritual story and path forward - partnering with me for a portion of your pilgrimage can offer you the compassionate, purposeful space and range of tools to move you through the next steps of your intended journey.
In 2007, not long after my husband and I began our journey into marriage and family, we were delivered the news that our life would not go as expected. Our oldest daughter, who was a year old at the time, was diagnosed with a birth defect of her brain. She was born with a partial agenesis of the Corpus Callosum. Literally, from the grey images on the MRI machine, we learned that a portion of her brain was designed unique to her, and she was missing a portion of the integrating neural fibers between the left and right sides of her brain. Though I had studied 4 years of human development in college, 2 years of graduate study in counseling, and over 8 years of professional work in the human development/helping professions - as a parent and mom, I was in new territory of living and learning with a baby designed exceptionally. This living and learning has been the greatest gift!
As a life coach and spiritual director, I am thrilled to be able to gather the gifts of my training in human development and counseling and pastoral ministry and the experiences of my roles as a mother, mother of daughters with gifted and special needs to partner with you on your journey through your own pilgrimage. As a professional who has been on the front lines of mental health, education, and Christian spiritual formation, and a woman who has experienced neuro-diversity both personally and professionally, I look forward to bringing the best from each sphere of wisdom to offer you as tools in your life’s work. I am honored that you would consider sharing part of your journey and growth process with me.
As your Life Coach or Spiritual Director, our work together provides a safe and sacred space for you to unfold and share your story, to define the vision of living and learning you seek, and to create and walk the path into that life. Life coaching and spiritual direction practice is designed for those who are healthy and seeking to move through life transitions or onto new life experiences and accomplishments. Life Coaching and Spiritual Direction are not suited for individuals who are actively dealing with severe mental illness, drug abuse, or situations of violence. If this is your experience, I will supportively refer you to trained professionals for your specific need(s), and welcome your participation in coaching and spiritual direction services once health and safety have been solidly established.
So whether you are a parent who has become engulfed in all things special needs and you are looking for how to re-claim some of your own self and life again, or whether you are a young adult who is struggling to find your way into the job and “real world” or whether you are a grieving adult child who has just lost her parent or your a soul searcher solidly in recovery, wanting to dig deeper into your spiritual story and path forward - partnering with me for a portion of your pilgrimage can offer you the compassionate, purposeful space and range of tools to move you through the next steps of your intended journey.
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