Julene TegerstrandWhen did someone last ask how you are, and wait for the answer?
I’m Dr. Julene Tegerstrand, a spiritual director with a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies, working online and in Hull, Massachusetts. I sit with leaders, and I design workshops, retreats, and learning for the organizations they serve. People of any faith, or none, are welcome.
I listen your soul into speech.
Most people who come to me are tired and hungry for meaning.
Some are burnt out. They give themselves to others, and have no safe place to be heard, to question, or to doubt.
Some have been hurt by church.
Some are not sure who God is, or what language to use.
Parker Palmer says the soul is like a wild animal. If you want the soul to come out from hiding, you don't go thrashing through the forest.
So I make a place where the shy part of you can come out. You will not be fixed or hurried. You will be listened to, until you can hear yourself, maybe for the first time, or again after a while.
Often people find rest first. Then, as they are listened into speech, they begin to see how God is already at work in them, or what their deeper wisdom has been saying. They learn to trust themselves, and to discern what is stirring.
If something was done to you, by a church or by the place you work, there is room for that here.
Which sounds like you?
“I listen to everyone else all day, and I am hungry to be listened to.”
Spiritual direction is a place to be seen and to rest, so you can lead from a place of wisdom. We meet for an hour at an interval that works for you, one on one or in a group. I also design sabbaticals and personal retreats. You do not need to know where to start.
See how it works“We have plenty of events, and not enough depth.”
I help you create formation experiences for your people, and I accompany you as you do it. These are short, contained seasons where people grow in connection with themselves, God, and each other, and know they belong. When leaders go deeper, they can lead their people deeper. Sacred Seasons is one example.
Go deeper togetherExplore Sacred SeasonsFor care teams, Restwork
“Conflict keeps costing us, and we are tired of it.”
Everyday Peacemaking, which Steve Tumolo and I co-founded, teaches people and organizations to face conflict with courage and empathy.
Explore Everyday PeacemakingWhat a first conversation is like.
It is 30 minutes, and it is free. There is no pressure to decide anything.
Tell me what brought you here, and what you are hoping for. I will reply within one or two days. If I am not the right fit, I will tell you, and where I can, point you to someone who may serve you better.
Start a conversationOr pick a timeSee the fees for spiritual direction
