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Ann McLaughlin, Spiritual Counseling

"Ann has an uncanny ability to drill down and bring to light that which I know to be true --
a passion pursued is a destiny fulfilled."
 
 
 
About Ann
I don't pretend to have or know all the answers.
I do know that I have spent decades honing the questions.
 
I am fascinated by Life Purpose;
the role that each of us play in Divine Creation.
 
I believe that humanity stands at a threshold:
as the challenges amplify, either we spiral up or spin out.
 
I believe that in each of us is a Sacred Heart, Sacre Coeur.
 
I believe that in the same way
an acorn knows how to grow into an oak,
that we have encoded into us what we are to do and be;
that deep inside we have the knowledge of how to become human.  
 
(When I was 5 years old, I thought we were called "human beans".
...lima beans, green beans, pinto beans, human beans!)
 
Important to our discovering our individual destiny is learning how to get along.
The Bantu have a saying, "We learn to be people through other people."

My life has been dedicated to service.
I began coaching decades before the fashion hit.  
Trained and steeped in Social Work, my spiritual life coaching has substance.
I take the mumbo-jumbo out of spiritual counseling. 

For over 20 years, I worked as a psychotherapist
with a focus on helping people with psychological or emotional problems. *
After 20 years, I wanted to shift from a focus on problems to a focus on solutions;
and to shift focus from a person's past to their present and future
.
 
I followed my heart into working at an international level.
For the last 8 years, I have directed NGOabroad: International Careers & Volunteering.
 
Through NGOabroad, I connect human skills to humanity's problems.
NGOabroad works at a very practical, hands-on level. I feel that we need to do more:
We need to call in additional, spiritual forces to address humanity's challenges.

 
I want to apply spiritual skills to humanitarian problems:
e.g. teach Prosperity workshops throughout Africa.
I think that it would be very useful be able to foresee disasters or coups.
(A colleague felt trouble was brewing in Ivory Coast and thus averted problems for her team.)
In connecting to Spirit Guides and Angels, I can connect people to a deeper source of healing.
 
To me, Spiritual Counseling is not about my beliefs but yours.
People of any faith or creed are welcome and respected.
The spiritual forces that I am talking about are expressed in all religions.
To find deep answers, we must transcend doctrines and dogmas, and find what is universal. 
 

Where do I talk to and listen to God?
Out in the middle of Creation.
 
Kayaking, hiking, swimming or sitting by the waterfall or sea bring God's answers to me.
 
And you?
How do you connect to Divinity?
How do you discover your Life Purpose?
These are the Core Questions
that my Spiritual Counseling addresses.

    
This is the most beautiful climb I have ever done.
      Climbing taught me that you can get anywhere
                   if you take it one step at a time.
 




*I no longer work as a psychotherapist. If you want or need emotional or psychological help,
it is important to work with a local therapist in-person. I now work by phone or Skype.



Photo credit: Climbing—Theron Welch. www.theronwelch.com.
 

Ann McLaughlin MSW, Life Coach    1enlivenedspirit@gmail.com


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