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I’m Pegge. Open the Present® to live your best life. There’s magic in the ordinary, everyday. I know this through deep despair, burnout, radical healing, sanctuary in nature, and delicious delight in the present moment. Are you ready for deliberate change, in threshold or bardo time, or seeking transformation and healing related to grief and loss, stress, or over-commitment? Do you desire a reset, renewal, or strategic and thoughtful change? Explore the now of your life and what’s becoming in Alaska at a VIP retreat day at my home and lodge, the River Raven Sanctuary—a place to connect, create, and celebrate. Check-in for a VIP Day, weekend, or week to unplug and renew, join a self-paced daily life retreat, or meet with me 1-1 for Soul-Flow companioning or coaching. 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Spiritual direction or soul care tends to the movement of this spirit. A relationship of care and accompaniment, spiritual direction, guidance, companionship, or friendship helps someone to recognize the Spirit of God alive in the now and here of living–the present moment–even if God is rarely named. Soul care helps people attune to significance, meaning, and possibility. A dedicated relationship for spiritual companionship offers the potential for healing and transformation in order to live a vibrant life of integrity, dignity, and transparency. Spiritual direction or guidance is an ancient practice that continues to evolve and can take place individually or in a small group. I refer to it as soul care and appreciate the Celtic name anam cara or soul-friend. Generally, a person meets with a spiritual guide once a month, for approximately an hour. Group spiritual guidance is usually about two hours. In contrast, 1-1 or group coaching can be weekly or scheduled more often. A spiritual direction relationship can last for months or years. You may hear terms like spiritual guide, companion, friend, director, anam cara, mashpaiâ, hashpa’ah, murshid or others to describe this distinct relationship. Pegge received her training and certification in Denver, Colorado, in 1996-1997, and then taught in the spiritual direction formation program, now called Formation in Soul Care program. In 2004 she began working with Spiritual Directors International in a variety of capacities, was the founding editor of Listen: A Seeker’s Resource for Spiritual Direction for ten years, and for 18 years has served as the media review editor for Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Companionship. In 2024, I am delighted to once again dedicate time to accompany seekers 1-1, and in groups, both in person, and via phone or video. 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