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spiritual direction Training & Resources
I help Spiritual Guides bravely engage their clients and their practices.
An introduction to the Spiritual Direction Learning Lab and free spiritual direction training videos from Scott McRae
Welcome! Thanks for stopping by.
This Learning Lab is much more than a resource for becoming a better Spiritual Directors. It’s for those who want to
Accompany clients in an entirely new way
Grow a practice that is more self-sustaining and exciting
It’s for spiritual guides who want to bring more of their heart and soul into their sessions and their business. It’s about risking a new creative edge in how you are with clients and how you present yourself to the world.
My full YouTube playlist (a bunch of free training!) on growing a successful Spiritual Direction practice
How I Approach Client Work
It’s not about helping clients improve their prayer life, it’s about helping them transform who and how they are in the world.
It’s not about being a good listener and caring presence. It’s about listening for the golden threads and actively engaging clients so they weave these threads into a more authentic life.
It’s about believing that the more you meet clients with your real and vulnerable self, the more likely they are to get real and vulnerable with themselves and with you.
How I Approach Building a Practice
My motto is that you need a "“System, Skills, Spirit, and Sass” to building a growing practice and to be a spiritual director that clients are eager to see!
I love the often-ignored business side of spiritual direction. I help you create supportive structures that make your work easier and more effective.
I support you taking on the dreaded “marketing issue” so you promote yourself in a way that feels good and exciting.
Remember, the world needs what you have to offer!
Then you have come to the right place! Browse our training resources below…
Spiritual Direction Apprenticeship Training
A Certificate Program
Continuing Education for Spiritual Directors
Blog & Videos for Spiritual Directors
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About Scott McRae
I’m a spiritual director, teacher of spiritual directors, pastor, chaplain, husband, father, and devoted dog owner.
I help part-time spiritual directors who have too little time and too few clients.
And, I help seasoned spiritual directors add spice to their sessions and go to the next level in their practice.
I have been a spiritual seeker for as long I can remember. My journey has led me into a lot of spiritual adventures and learning:
Pastoring a church & campus ministry (both ELCA Lutheran)
Becoming a hospital chaplain, pastoral educator & Spiritual Care Department Director
Finding a home in spiritual direction and supervision
Teaching in three different spiritual direction training programs
Starting Sojourners Institute with my wife, Melanie
Loving the Enneagram and being a frequent teacher of classes, with an emphasis on its spiritual dimensions
Authoring the chapter on spiritual direction in the book Courageous Conversations: The Teaching and Learning of Pastoral Supervision
Creating a YouTube Learning Lab Channel that features videos on Spiritual Direction and on the Enneagram