A space to notice, reflect, and gently return to God.
One-on-one spiritual direction with Dr. Meredith McNerney, for anyone longing for a deeper connection with God, especially those healing from harmful or rigid religious experiences.
Spiritual direction is a contemplative practice that offers a safe, supportive space to explore your relationship with God, spirituality, meaning, and the deeper movements of your life. Rather than providing answers or telling you what to believe, a spiritual director listens with curiosity and compassion, helping you notice where love, healing, hope, and the Divine may already be present.
Not answers. A quiet, honest space to notice.
As a spiritual director, I offer companionship to those seeking a deeper awareness of God’s presence in their lives. Spiritual direction is not mentorship, preaching, advice-giving, or telling you what to believe. The Holy Spirit is the true director—the “third chair” in the room—and our time together is guided by listening for the Spirit’s movement in your life.
Spiritual direction is a quiet, intentional space to deepen your relationship with God and explore your beliefs, questions, experiences, and anything that may be shaping or blocking that connection. Rather than offering answers or trying to fix something, I listen alongside you as we notice your thoughts, emotions, experiences, and where the Spirit may already be inviting, guiding, comforting, or moving within your life.
Meet Meredith
Dr. Meredith McNerney, Speaker, Educator, Spiritual Companion
Dr. Meredith McNerney is an educator, speaker, spiritual director, cancer survivor, and founder of the Calmer Network, which includes Calmer Schools, Calmer Workplaces, and Calmer Souls. Having faced serious health challenges since childhood and later her own battle with cancer, Meredith brings a deeply personal message of hope, resilience, and healing to her work.
After surviving cancer, she founded A Message of Hope Cancer Fund, an all-volunteer organization that provides practical financial support and encouragement to local families facing cancer. She is also the author of Facing Cancer: A Spiritual Journey from Pain to Peace and Cultivating a Classroom of Calm: How to Promote Student Engagement and Self-Regulation.
A former school principal with more than 25 years in education, Meredith earned her doctorate from Northeastern University, where her studies included a focus on mental health and well-being. She also studied spiritual direction at the Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction and teaches Reimagining Spirituality: Hope and Healing After Religious Harm at Hood College.
Across her teaching, speaking, spiritual direction, and organizational work, Meredith helps individuals and communities move toward greater calm, connection, meaning, and hope.
Read Meredith's Statement of Faith
My Approach
My approach to spiritual direction is grounded in the belief that:
God is not distant, but deeply present and relational.
God honors our humanity and meets us within the reality of our lives.
Your experiences, especially the hard ones, are worthy of being explored without judgment.
You do not need to have everything figured out to be held in God’s love.
Healing and clarity unfold gently, not through pressure or performance.
I bring a trauma-informed lens to this work, honoring your story, your pace, and your autonomy. This is a space where you can be fully honest, whether that includes faith, doubt, anger, uncertainty, joy, gratitude, or a mix of many emotions.
I became a spiritual director because I have seen how deeply people can be wounded by the ways human beings sometimes use religion, leaving people feeling unworthy of God’s love, afraid of God, or distant from a God who is loving.
Too many have been made to feel that they do not belong, cannot be fully themselves, or are somehow wrong. I believe God's love is unconditional, expansive, and available to everyone. This is not about advice, persuasion, or fitting into a specific belief system. It is about accompaniment, deep listening, and noticing how God may be moving in your life. Here, your full humanity is welcome.
What is a typical session like?
You will have an open-invitation to:
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Reflect on your daily life; whatever is most relevant to you in any moment.
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Notice where you feel a connection to, resistance, or absence of God's presence.
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Sit with questions rather than rush to answers.
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Pay attention to what feel life-giving, grounding, or true.
What to Expect
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Sessions are typically 50–60 minutes and are held virtually.
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You can expect a calm, grounded presence, thoughtful questions, and space to reflect without pressure, advice-giving, or fixing. At times, we may sit in silence to wait on the spirit to guide the experience.
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There is nothing to prepare.
Come as you are. Bring your full humanity.
Schedule a 15-minute discovery call to explore whether spiritual direction aligns with your needs. This conversation allows you to ask questions, share your goals, and assess if spiritual direction is the right path for you. I look forward to connecting with you!
Here, we hold the possibility that
God does not desire to cause harm or suffering.
God is present with you in your experience, especially in moments of pain and uncertainty.
Even when we do not understand why things happen, meaning and healing can gently unfold over time.
There is no agenda to fix or force meaning, only an invitation to notice and respond.
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