Barbara Grant
For most of my life, I worked as a teacher and a high school principal in the field of adult education. I received my Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto and my Masters of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in the field of adult education. I am a certified teacher in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. I retired from teaching in 2006 and worked as a sessional in the faculty of education at the University of Calgary.
After my retirement from teaching, I felt called to accompany others in spiritual companioning. I went to Naramata to study in the Pacific Jubilee Soul Guiding program to become a spiritual director and during that period began to work in campus ministry at the University of Calgary. I completed a Masters of Theological Studies from St. Stephens College, University of Alberta, in the spring of 2019. This included three units of clinical practical education in a hospital setting to become a spiritual health practitioner.
The intention of spiritual health is to accompany others by concentrating principally, but not entirely, on spiritual practices. Each person has a particular worldview and meaningful life concerns. The practice consists of awakening contextual and ultimate meaning in life. Effective spiritual health has therapeutic outcomes.
My work as a spiritual health practitioner and a spiritual companion provides a non-anxious presence that seeks to promote health and wellness while appreciating that the human condition has multiple complexities, including challenges, crises, illness, suffering, pain and grief. As a consequence, an effective intervention may facilitate symptoms of spiritual distress towards acceptance, inclusion and transcendence so that healing can take place. My work is grounded in Christian practice but is best described as interfaith and affirming, having companioned LGBTQ2S individuals and families.
In my practice of spiritual companionship, I include dream work, the Enneagram, spontaneous prayer, contemplative and mindfulness practices. I am an active member of the Calgary Spiritual Companions. I am available to companion in person or by remote technology.
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Calgary, Alberta
