What Is Spiritual Wayfinding?

I stood in my gravel driveway, car keys in one hand, phone in the other, letting the sun beat down on my sandals, while I looked up at the door I’d just been kicked out of and wondered, “Ok. What now?” Whether you’ve lost a job, ended a relationship, or are awakening to the reality that what has worked for you in the past to access your meaning, your purpose, your joy isn’t working anymore, you know what it is to lose your way.

Through my experience navigating divorce, vocational re-invention, and faith in my thirties, I made my way by connecting deeply with my values, learning to listen to the still, small voice within, and trust the incrementality of change, through a process I call “spiritual wayfinding.”

Spiritual wayfinding is a practice of seeking divine guidance to navigate life's challenges.

It’s like geocaching, but for your soul. You’ll find treasures put there by life experiences, people you didn’t even know were meaningful teachers to you, and your own unique gifts and abilities.

Core Practices of Spiritual Wayfinding

The core practices of Spiritual Wayfinding include, but are not limited to:

Some form of verbal expression: voice notes, journaling, anything that gets what is inside your head and your heart out on the page or in a place where you can hear and engage with it.

Prayer/Meditation/Silence: in addition to getting the thoughts and inklings out, allowing yourself silence and trance-like space to truly sense what’s going on internally is a necessary piece of finding your way. Otherwise you will flail about and miss the opportunity to align with what is true and real and joyful for you.

Engaging with a Sacred Text: human beings have been navigating life’s challenges and seeking the truth for eons. Many of them wrote down their process! We can learn from them. Whether it’s the Bible, the Baghavad Gita, the Tarot, or some other sacred form of connection with human searches for divine truth, a regular practice of reading and letting those stories settle in our bones is critical to finding our own way.

Why Spiritual Wayfinding?

Life isn’t going to magically be easier and you won’t immediately know a five year plan or what you were put on this earth for, but you will experience clarity and direction, a sense that every step you take is aligned with who you are and what’s important to you.

You’ll experience emotional healing and resilience, learning to forgive yourself for the ways you have abandoned your values in the past and commit to honoring yourself in the present.

Most critically, spiritual wayfinding deepens your spiritual connection, opening a habitual way for you to access what is most holy, true, real, and joyful about your human existence. Remember, we are not just bodies, but we are souls in skinsuits. When was the last time you tended your soul?

Let’s make your way, spiritually, through to your next right thing. Book a FREE 20-minute consult to share where you are in your soul-tending, what values you want to live more authentically, and explore a solution that equips you to make your way faithfully.