A Difference Maker

Photo Credit: Fr. Lincoln Ure, at the annual Blessing of the Hands event at St. Mark's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah

Discovering a heart with ears, a mentor, has been a life changing event in my life.

I discovered the gift of mentoring while in my two year chaplaincy training program. A ‘walk and talk’ with my supervisor, Linc, occurred weekly. Always I had Kleenex stuffed into my pockets, for the two of us. We walked no matter how cold, snowy, or frigid the temperatures were in Utah. Where we met he often came out of the restroom with toilet paper hanging from his pockets and that signature impish grin of his.

Signaling he was prepared and ready for whatever came tumbling forth.

Only once can I recall we needed to have our time in his office, and I felt like a caged animal. Something about the movement of my body, walking side by side, opens everything within me to be able to hear, and to absorb his witnessing and companioning of me.

Requesting first, for his sharing what he was noticing that needed my attention, some smoothing, refining, and then where forward movement was occurring.

One time he questioned why I was catastrophizing. I didn’t even realize that I was? Ouch! To not allow it to send me down the toilet bowl of shame required some heavy lifting. Rather, to sit with it quietly, becoming curious, and ponder why I was engaging within this behavior?

A dress rehearsal perhaps, believing that if I somehow immersed myself within the ‘worst case scenario’ it might soften the blow if it ever did occur. Whatever the it may be?

It never, ever helps. Only makes me live through something more than once, which might never come to fruition. And if it does, trusting that I have everything I will need to navigate whatever is placed at my feet becomes my ongoing hope.

Meeting my current mentor, Sarah Renee, I believe our paths crossed because of her relationship with

the Wayne Dyer family.

Photo Credit: Sarah Renee

It felt like a magnetizing force as I could not stop wondering if the two of us were meant to work together? I reached her way over Labor Day weekend almost five years ago, and she quickly responded desiring a phone visit. Both of us feeling into whether we felt this might be a fit for us?

Hearing her warm and welcoming voice, instantly I knew. She confirmed by the conclusion of the call that she did as well.

However,  what I was not cognizant of quite yet was the divine timing of it. I was concluding one chapter of my life, and standing on the precipice of diving into the mystery of the unknown of what might be next?

Under her intentional, loving, and skilled guidance and care, Sarah listens to hear underneath and beyond my words. Tapping into Spirit, allowing the messages to be received through her, and then brought to me.

Sarah challenges me. I conclude our calls, sweaty, (in the best of ways) always grateful for extra swipes of deodorant. She offers different lenses, ways to look at and perceive what is coming in. Often I must sit with it in quiet moments of meditation. That which may not make sense in the moment, almost always will if I allow it the time it is asking of me.

Always there is homework, and I’m tattled on if I haven’t done it.

Never certain of what we will be plumbing the depths of, yet I’ve grown to trust that it will be exactly what I am in need of.

The gift of a heart with ears is beyond measure. To hear oneself into healing has been transformative for me. As I always shared with Linc, he was saving me thousands of dollars in therapy with our ‘walk and talks.’

There is only so much one can do on their own. We need community, others to become our witness observers. To assist us as we learn how to land within for our counsel, trusting the wisdom, and tools we are receiving.

May each of you be so blessed to find your own Linc and Sarah.

“Having our pain seen and seeing the pain in others is a wonderful medicine for both body and soul.”  ~David Kessler

Sarah Renee is a spiritual transformation mentor devoted to helping women experience deep, soul-level healing and live Spirit-led lives of confidence, peace, joy, and purpose. She combines her prophetic gifts with training in ministry and high-performance coaching to guide women into true alignment with God. Through her work, women awaken their spiritual gifts and step into the fullness of who they were created to be.

Links: 

https://www.sarahrenee.com

https://www.youtube.com/@Thesarahreneeshow

https://www.instagram.com/thesarahreneeshow/

https://substack.com/@thesarahreneeshow

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