What is "Fire in the Heart"?

Having grown up in a traditional, conservative Christian home, I didn’t know anyone whose spiritual life included any kind of contemplative practice.  I attended church, said prayers before meals and bedtime and spent time in Bible study and inspirational reading.  I never spent quiet time connecting with the Divine.

As a teen, working on my father’s farm, I was quite isolated from friends.  Seeking solace from loneliness, I began a practice of climbing the hill behind our house, sitting on the spot that had the best view of the western horizon and the rolling fields of green and gold, and silently watching the sun set.  This practice calmed my spirit and soul and filled my heart with the knowledge that I was deeply connected to something larger than myself.  Sometimes I would think about the complexities of life, but often I would just sit and “be”.  Little did I know that I was experiencing my first meditation practice.

With adulthood came career, marriage, children, and the hectic pace that often accompanies the demands of having a family. Consequently, I lost touch with the practice of silence and connecting.  Then, when my marriage was ending, and my kids were making their own way, I found myself in emotional turmoil and began to realize that my traditional “intellectually-based” religion was inadequate to help me.  I once again turned toward the contemplative.

After 5 years of daily meditation practice, I now find myself profoundly transformed.  Instead of struggling with episodes of deep depression and wild mood swings, I find that I am increasingly content with what life brings from day to day.  My relationships are deeper and more stable and my spiritual life is more meaningful.  I have a deep sense of inner peace and well-being.  In many ways, I am living an entirely new life.

Most movies have a character that experiences a life-altering transformation.  Often, the story begins with a character that is experiencing great difficulty in some aspect of life until a person or event serves as a catalyst to precipitate change.  I call this phenomenon – “Fire in the Heart”.

I had longed, most of my life, for an ongoing fire of transformation and deep healing – a transformation and healing that I had not fully experienced in my traditional Christian religion, traditional therapy, or a host of different relationships.  That full-blown fire of transformation finally came when I simply began to be still, to connect to The Source of All That Is, and to get a vision of who I could become.

My goal as a spiritual coach is to enable people to invite that transformational fire into their heart through a deep and quiet connection to the Source of All That Is, and, to discover and heal into who they are meant to be.