Hello and welcome!

My name is Joanne (she/her), and I am a Taiwanese American mama to five children, a certified spiritual director, and a believer.

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When everything I thought I knew about the spiritual world shattered, spiritual direction held me. For two years, I yearned for a reset button because processing the pain and grief of losing a former way of life while having to mother five children and support a partner who processes differently felt impossible. I wanted a do-over from the beginning, not a reconstruction in the middle of my life.

Through spiritual direction, I found my God-given voice again. I embraced my own capacity to hold the tension of multiple truths, the complexity that is humanity, and the mystery that is life in this universe.

About Me

My Approach

Simply, I listen. Mothering five very different children shapes how I see, hear, and feel everything. I believe each person is made in Creator God’s image. As your spiritual director, I aim to reflect your God given uniqueness to you.

Though evangelical Christianity shaped how I practiced spirituality in the first half of my life, nurturing my relationship with God by being with nature, listening to my elders and ancestors, and reflecting on Bible stories and passages with like-hearted people shape my spirituality today. When I listen, I listen with my whole being, and use terms you prefer when talking about the divine.

Get in Touch!

Does any part of my story resonate with you? If so, I’d love to meet to see if we’re a good match. Please fill out the form below and I’ll contact you personally to schedule our introductory session.

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FAQ

  • Great question! Believer means someone who believes in the triune God.

    Since the tender age of 9, I have believed in the triune God. My theology was formed and shaped by evangelical spaces, and most of my youth and young adult years included serving in a leadership capacity in the English congregation of a Taiwanese immigrant church. This devotion to evangelicalism led to my decision to enroll in Fuller Seminary to earn a Masters of Divinity. Inspired by the ideology to “make disciples of all nations”, I moved to Taiwan and worked in evangelical Christian spaces for over 10 years.

    Despite many questions, I clung tightly to the evangelical Christian worldview until it hurt my children, and I could no longer excuse the misalignment of evangelical Christianity with actual life. I still identify as a Christian - someone who believes and follows the teachings of Jesus Christ, though I no longer limit my understanding of God to published theological books.

  • I primarily work with women of color, but am open to working with white women who are partnered with someone of color.

  • In short, spiritual direction is the sacred space created to connect with our spiritual selves. Spiritual Direction is time intentionally created to be reflective and listen to our own unfiltered voices and thoughts. It is the space created to recognize the Creator’s presence in the midst of our messy not put together actual lives; to embrace loving ourselves as the Creator loves us in the midst of our beautiful imperfect hard lives.

  • My current fee is $100-$150 USD - though I let the client pay what she can. No questions asked.

  • Yes! I live in Taiwan! I was born and raised in California, and moved to Taiwan in my late twenties. My children were all born and raised here, and they constantly correct my Mandarin Chinese.

  • At best, my Chinese reading and writing level is at the local second grade level.. Conversationally, I can carry a conversation in Mandarin. If this level of Mandarin is okay with you, then YES, I can speak with you in Mandarin. <3