


When life feels loud, it can be hard to hear anything clearly.
This short guide offers three simple pauses you can take right
into the middle of your day.
Moments to slow down.
Moments to listen.
Moments to notice what is already stirring.
No fixing. No pressure.
Just a way to come back to yourself and God.
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For over two decades, I've served as a chaplain in universities, seminaries, and the military-sitting with women navigating change, grief, calling, and courage. I'm a seminary-trained life coach, spiritual director, consultant and ordained minister with deep training in Ignatian discernment, contemplative prayer, the Grief Recovery Method, and Tara Mohr's Playing Big methodology for women's leadership transformation.
I know what it's like to be in the depths of sorrow and at the heights of success. I know what it's like to feel lost, to lose your voice, to wonder what God is asking. And I know what it's like to find your way back home to yourself.
That's why I believe: Your clarity can't be rushed. Your decisions don't need to be perfect. And you don't have to have it all figured out to take the next faithful step. My faith in Christ is central to who I am, and I'm open about that. It gives me unwavering confidence in the sacred worth, belovedness, and limitless possibility of every person. My work also draws from coaching methodology and neuroscience research on transformation and spiritual experience-all of these elements inform how I walk with women, with coaching and spiritual direction at the heart of everything I do.
I create sacred spaces where you can slow down enough to listen. To God, to yourself, to what's quietly stirring within you.
I work with women in transition who are ready to:
Stop overthinking and start discerning
Figure out what they actually want (not what everyone else needs)
Deepen their listening with God
Move from stuck to clear, from circling to deciding
Break free from anything that keeps them from living their truest, most joy-filled, meaningful life
Design a life you can’t wait to wake up to
My approach honors your whole story…the beautiful parts, the messy parts, the parts you're still figuring out. All of it belongs.
This is my life's work. I love coaching. Spiritual companionship. Leading pilgrimages and retreats. Preaching texts that uplift liberation and center voices that have been marginalized. Speaking on spirituality, leadership, and the kind of inner transformation that leads to outer impact. I also host the Guided podcast, where I offer reflections and practices for hearing God's voice more clearly in everyday life.
This is sacred work. And it is an honor.
There is room for you here. You don't have to figure this out alone.
Something is calling you forward. You're ready to listen. Sacred Clarity is five private sessions where you bring your whole self: your questions, your longings, your stuck places-and together we pay attention to what God is forming within you and how you're being invited to respond.
This is not advice-giving. This is sacred accompaniment for the journey only you can take.
Have you ever asked: "What is God's will for me?" Underneath that is a deeper question: How do I actually be in relationship with God?
Guided is an honest conversation about this dynamic, complex, beautiful relationship. How we hear. How we respond. How we stay connected when God feels silent. How we deepen what matters most. Join me for 15 minutes of truth-telling about the relationship that changes everything.

You're hungry for more than surface spirituality. You want to hear God's voice, trust what you know, and live deeply connected.
Our online retreats create sacred space to explore prayer, discernment,
and the inner life, where you belong exactly as you are while becoming who you're meant to be. Discern God's voice and discover your own in community.
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I write honestly about life with God as it is. Messy. Tender. Unfinished. Held with hope.
You are always welcome to email me
at brenda@brendabertrand.com.
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