Episode 17 Sitting Alongside to Create Sacred Spaces with guest Christine Vaughan Davies 4m3y23

“Creating Sacred Spaces for Transformation” with guest Christine Vaughan Davies I first found my guest today on Substack. I was drawn to her post called “Sacred tears” for many reasons – one being that anyone who knows me knows that I cry easily – well not easily, but “readily”, maybe. In her post, she wrote about what it could be like if vulnerability could be seen as a superpower. Here’s a little piece from that article: “To sit with our own or others’ tears can be healing and holy. Crying can be cathartic. I cannot count the number of intense hospital shifts that resulted in me crying in the car, the shower or on the shoulder of another person. My tears are a way of honoring the suffering I see. They also serve as a prayer and a release.” Rev. Christine Vaughan Davies is a busy, skillful, woman! She is a speaker, writer, educator and spiritual practitioner. Some of her titles are: a pastoral educator, a hospital chaplain, an ordained Presbyterian Minister, a Certified Educator with the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education, a Seminary Professor and a trained Spiritual Director. She has a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work from Rutgers. She has also been a health care and a cognitive behavioural therapist. Wow. Christine is a mom of two busy kids and she and her family live on a small farm in New Jersey, with chickens and she is a beekeeper too! I think you will love this episode. Christine is doing some beautiful work in the world, and is helping so many as she “journeys alongside” through different parts of many folks’ lives. Here are links to Christine’s Substack and website:  https://substack.com/@christinedavies https://www.christinevdavies.com/ 2d1li