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The Sacred Next Guide

When life feels loud, it can be hard to hear anything clearly.

This short guide offers three simple pauses you can take right
into the middle of your day.
Moments to slow down.
Moments to listen.
Moments to notice what is already stirring.

No fixing. No pressure.
Just a way to come back to yourself and God.

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Hi, I’m Brenda.

For over two decades, I've served as a chaplain in universities, seminaries, and the military-sitting with women navigating change, grief, calling, and courage. I'm a seminary-trained life coach, spiritual director, consultant and ordained minister with deep training in Ignatian discernment, contemplative prayer, the Grief Recovery Method, and Tara Mohr's Playing Big methodology for women's leadership transformation.

I know what it's like to be in the depths of sorrow and at the heights of success. I know what it's like to feel lost, to lose your voice, to wonder what God is asking. And I know what it's like to find your way back home to yourself. 

That's why I believe: Your clarity can't be rushed. Your decisions don't need to be perfect. And you don't have to have it all figured out to take the next faithful step.  My faith in Christ is central to who I am, and I'm open about that. It gives me unwavering confidence in the sacred worth, belovedness, and limitless possibility of every person. My work also draws from Ignatian spirituality, coaching methodology and neuroscience research on transformation and spiritual experience-all of these elements inform how I walk with women on their journey to personal and spiritual liberation.

My approach honors your whole story…the beautiful parts, the messy parts, the parts you're still figuring out. All of it belongs.

This is my life's work.  It is sacred. And it is an honor.

There is room for you here. You don't have to figure this out alone.

Listen to my podcast: Guided


Guided: Hearing God’s Voice in the Life you Actually Have is an honest conversation about our dynamic, complex, beautiful relationship with God. How we hear. How we respond. How we stay connected when God feels silent. How we deepen what matters most. Join me for 20 minutes of truth-telling about the relationship that changes everything.

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I write honestly about life with God as it is. Messy. Tender. Unfinished. Held with hope.

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at brenda@brendabertrand.com.
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