Leah Postman
Spiritual Director
BA (Honours), MFA, Certificate in Spiritual Direction
"If I find God, I will find myself and if I find my true self I will find God." - Thomas Merton
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About Spiritual Direction
"It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship while you work it out yourself. This is what spiritual direction is." - Eugene Peterson
Spiritual Direction is about your unique relationship with God, your particular and personal experience of the God of your understanding. As a Spiritual Director working within the Christian tradition, I offer a sheltered and sacred space in which to be attentive to this experience. Especially in times of confusion, transition and discouragement -- and no matter your experience with organized religion --
I provide room in which you can be completely and safely honest and open. Together we listen for how God is speaking.
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Spiritual Direction is not a specific method or technique. I am here to listen, ask questions, and notice patterns. Often, I will invite you to enter into silence as you consider how the Spirit is revealing God in your life.
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My Story
I always wanted to be a creative artist of some kind, a dancer, actor, writer, poet. I earned my Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing (fiction) in 1998 but then life happened and I spent years raising two developmentally delayed kids (now grown, independent and thriving) and found myself in the original 12-step recovery program.
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Spiritual direction helped me access hope and grace when life circumstances threatened to overwhelm me. It allowed me to discover meaning and purpose when all signs indicated otherwise. I discovered my authentic self as I discovered an authentic God.
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I realized I wanted to offer to others what I had been offered, and in 2009 I received a two-year Certificate in Spiritual Direction from SoulStream, a non-denominational training program. I love working with people in recovery who are wondering what a spiritual life might look like; those in discernment over life changes, especially career and schooling or a call to religious life; and any and all seeking a deeper faith experience.
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Some other things I love are: art and design, wire-haired dachshunds, Benedictine spirituality, all things home-organization, drinking coffee with friends, walking in the woods.
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The search for God is a very intimate enterprise. It is at the core of every longing in the human heart. It is the search for ultimate love, for total belonging, for the meaningful life.
