Hi! I’m Joanne.

I am a mom to five children, a certified spiritual care practitioner, and an exvangelical who still believes in the sacred, the Creator, and that the world can be a better place.

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When everything I thought I knew about the spiritual world shattered, spiritual direction held me. For two years, I yearned for a reset button because processing the pain and grief of losing a former way of life while having to mother five children and support a partner who processes differently felt impossible. I wanted a do-over from the beginning, not a reconstruction in the middle of my life.

Through spiritual direction, I found my God-given voice again. I embraced my own capacity to hold the tension of multiple truths, the complexity that is humanity, and the mystery that is life in this universe.

About Me

My Approach

Simply, I listen. Mothering five very different children shapes how I see, hear, and feel everything. I believe each person is made in Creator God’s image. As a spiritual care practitioner, I aim to reflect your God given uniqueness to you.

Though evangelical Christianity shaped how I practiced spirituality in the first half of my life, nature and listening to my elders and ancestors shape my spirituality today. When I listen, I listen with my whole being, and use terms you prefer when talking about the divine.

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FAQ

  • Great question! I use, “exvangelical” to mean someone who once lived with the evangelical worldview. Since the tender age of 9, I have believed in the triune God. My theology was formed and shaped by evangelical spaces, and most of my youth and young adult years included serving in a leadership capacity at church. This devotion to evangelicalism led to my decision to enroll in Fuller Seminary to earn a Masters of Divinity. Inspired by the ideology to “make disciples of all nations”, I moved to Taiwan and worked in evangelical Christian spaces for over 10 years.

    Despite many questions, I clung tightly to the evangelical Christian worldview until it hurt my children, and I could no longer excuse the misalignment of evangelical Christianity with actual life. I still identify as a Christian - someone who believes and follows the teachings of Jesus Christ, though I no longer limit my understanding of God to published theological books.

  • I primarily work with women of color, but am open to working with white women who are partnered with someone of color.

  • In short, spiritual direction is the sacred space created to connect with our spiritual selves.

    I use the term “spiritual care practitioner” because it is more aligned with how I see my role as someone trusted to hold space for another’s spirituality.

    I am constantly learning and forever evolving as a spiritual care practitioner - because each person I meet expands and challenges my ideas of what I think I know.

  • My current fee is $100-$150 USD - though I let the client pay what she can. No questions asked.

  • Yes! I live in Taiwan! I was born and raised in California, and moved to Taiwan in my late twenties. My children were all born and raised here, and they constantly correct my Mandarin Chinese.

  • At best, my Chinese reading and writing level is at the local second grade level.. Conversationally, I can carry a conversation in Mandarin. If this level of Mandarin is okay with you, then YES, I can speak with you in Mandarin. <3