testimonials

Wade offers a space where trust takes root, the Spirit is felt, and one can truly find the space to just be.

 

Over the last 2 years, I have found my work with Wade as key element of my care ecosystem. Each session is iterative and emerging and calls me into the here and now to reflect on how I am called to live into my vocation with grace, accountability, and care.

 

As a trans person of faith, my work with Wade has been life giving in a world that routinely refuses to acknowledge my existence.

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~Nathan Bakken (they/them)

UU Lay Minister & Spiritual Director, Reno NV 

I am so grateful for the witness Wade provides. I appreciate their calm presence, intuitive perspective, and exceptional ability to distill and reflect back what I’ve shared.

 

Our meetings allow me to be vulnerable in a way I don’t have another outlet for. Every time we meet, I feel I’ve entered a safe space where I can bring questions, share thoughts, and have conversations about many different aspects of my life—all through the lens of my spirituality.

 

~Cheryl, Chaplaincy Student, Oakland CA

I've been working with Wade in spiritual direction for four years now, and they have been a wonderful companion through my spiritual journey. Wade brings social justice and systems lenses when appropriate, is skilled at somatic and guided visualization work, and has a deep well of spiritual grounding to bring to the practice.​​

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~Rev. Sara Lewis

I’m so grateful for Wade’s spiritual direction.  With it I am developing a deeper understanding of what Spirit means for my life and how it guides my social justice journey. Sometimes it is hard, but Wade supports me as I struggle.

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~Carol Bertsch, lawyer, San Antonio, TX

Working with Wade has been a gift since day one. As a white person who is actively pursuing an antiracism practice and a healthy white identity, Wade has been the perfect person to accompany me on this journey. My spiritual life and my antiracist practice and recovery practice are deeply intertwined and Wade is a wonderful companion as I navigate how to be my authentic self in the world, how to find my prophetic voice, and how to do the work that God calls me to do.

 

I have been able to bring my whole self to my work with Wade. Our time together is a sanctuary for me that I look forward to and always leave with greater clarity and calm.

 

Wade is a deep and effective listener. Their creativity and self-awareness help me to unpack things otherwise unseen. They are a light and a mirror to me and I so appreciate the gift of working with them.

 

~Laura, Episcopal Lay Leader

Orange County, CA

Wade is a warm, open-hearted individual with a strong sense of community, healing the world, and nurturing growth in others. He is committed to social justice and art as transformational processes. They are a deep listener and patient companion with whom to journey through the complexities of living with spirit and intuition in the world.

As a spiritual but not religious person, I can sometimes feel distanced from others or challenged to keep up with my practices as I don't have a traditional spiritual/religious community to attend regularly. Spiritual direction with Wade has allowed my spiritual practices to be committed, but flexible. Rooted, but fluid.

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~Hal, Spiritual but Not Religious

Theatre Artist, Minneapolis MN