Highlights
Spiritual Coaching
Spiritual direction is an open-ended personal consultation to advance the client’s search for truth and meaning.
Sometimes referred to as spiritual coaching, it is not psychotherapy as such, though the results are often deeply healing.
A spiritual director is more facilitator than guide, supporting the client in their discovery of new choices and more hopeful ways of living.
Topics to consider together may range through every part of life experience, especially during times of change or challenge—work, finances, relationships, children, beliefs, illnesses, societal unrest, illness, death, and more.
Meditation Assistance
Meditation is best learned by oral tradition. A book can pique your interest but may not bring lasting practice.
So many forms of meditation and mindfulness exist that it’s hard to know where to begin.
Mediation and mindfulness practices can enrich your experience of life, reducing stress and increasing joy. Many practices offer great value.
I would like to help you find a meditation that is immediately effective, thoroughly enjoyable, and draws you to its practice every day. The Mantra meditation of ancient India, popularized by the Deepak Chopra Center, invites transcendence of mind into the depth of pure consciousness, deep embodiment, and emergence of presence.
Vedic Astrology Readings
The Vedic era in ancient India predates the written word. Seers of the starry skies recognized the movement of sun, moon, and planets through the constellations. They developed an “art and science of light” called Jyotish in Sanskrit, intuiting symbolic relationships between celestial bodies above and the potentials for lived experience here below.
Humanistic astrology is about understanding your potential, awakening to your best self, discerning the gift in your life challenges and actively creating the life you long for.
Vedic astrology differs from Western astrology—just as the wisdom of the East contrasts with the wisdom of the West,
With birth day, birth time, and birth city in hand, the birth chart is calculated. Who am I, what do I want, how am I meant to serve?
“I came to Bruce at a low point in my life, feeling lost and confused. His calm and compassionate presence combined with his keen insight supported me through the storm and brought me to a place of self-awareness and peace. Every meeting with him opens up new possibilities and insights which expand my horizons in countless ways.”
— Joe Sherman: Pediatrician and Life Coach, Seattle, WA