Life is hard.
FAQ
What kind of support is this?
Spiritual direction at Spill the Tea is a professional, confidential service. It offers space to reflect, ask hard questions, and stay grounded in the middle of whatever you’re carrying. It’s not therapy and it’s not religious instruction. You set the focus and the work meets you there.
You might also want to read: What is Spiritual Direction?
Who is this for?
A wide range of people. Some clients are clergy. Some are decidedly not religious at all. Some are sorting through loss, burnout, or working through a big transition. What they all share is wanting space and accompaniment for some important internal work, support that doesn’t require a public-facing version of their truth in order to get started.
You may want to check out: Why Spill the Tea? | Three Reasons You Might Be Exhausted
We also offer organizational support for denominational leaders and their teams. This can be an efficient pathway for expanding capacity without hiring more staff. Please see: Covenantal Leadership Support
What happens in a session?
Of course it varies, but with individual spiritual direction you talk, you pause, you reflect. There’s no strict agenda, and no pressure to explain everything. Rachael listens closely and supports your process, which you figure out together and refine as you learn more about what may be stirring.
Sessions are held online. Most people see Rachael for individual spiritual direction. Sometimes, Rachael works with families and small groups, generally for support through a specific crisis or transition.
You may also want to read: Who Leads This? | What is Spiritual Direction Like?
Do I have to commit to anything?
There’s never an obligation to continue spiritual direction. Your first session is free. Meet Rachael and see whether this might be a good fit for you. At the end of every session, even with long-term clients, Rachael will ask some version of, “How are you feeling about meeting next month?”
If you’d like to meet again, you schedule that before you leave. And if you’d like to not schedule again, then you don’t. You would have likely already realized this together, by nature of what spiritual direction entails.
Regular clients who prefer to have a set monthly meeting can also reserve that, if desired.
See also our plain-language legal docs.
Why Spill the Tea?
This practice was made for such a time as this and for people who are done with pretending things are different than they are. The name Spill the Tea signals what the work is for. When life gets messy, we do not pretend that it is tidy.
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