The Heart of Our Work

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SoulBridge Center is a sacred space where spirituality and science meet for deeper healing and formation. We honor the truth that every person’s story, shaped by faith, attachment, memory, and longing, is a doorway to Christ’s presence and to renewed integration within the mind, body, and soul.

Rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition and informed by neurobiology and trauma-sensitive approaches, SoulBridge supports the slow, gentle work of healing. Through prayerful presence, attuned relationship, and embodied awareness, we help individuals recognize how grace moves through their lives and how new patterns of safety and connection can take shape.

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Here, transformation unfolds not through striving but through being compassionately accompanied. As individuals feel seen, heard, and held with dignity, old narratives soften, the nervous system settles, and new stories of belonging and wholeness begin to emerge.

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SoulBridge welcomes each person as a pilgrim on a journey toward a more grounded, spacious, and integrated life in God.

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The work of SoulBridge integrates five interwoven streams of wisdom that shape our interdisciplinary approach:

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1. Trauma-Informed Awareness
Grounded in the insights of Dr. Gabor Maté, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and Dr. Janina Fisher, we recognize that true spiritual formation must attend to the body’s stories, nervous system regulation, and the sense of safety required for deep transformation to experience deep belonging.

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2. Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)
Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. Daniel Siegel and expanded through Dr. Curt Thompson’s integration of Christian formation and interpersonal neurobiology "to be outposts of goodness and beauty for the world", SoulBridge seeks the integration of mind, body, and relationships as the foundation for secure attachment, resilience, and spiritual wholeness.

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3. Soul Formation & Contemplative Theology
Guided by the wisdom of Henri Nouwen and John O’Donohue with other known contemplatives, we emphasize beauty, presence, and grace as pathways to unity and reawakening of Imago Dei, the Latin term for "image of God," a theological concept from Genesis that states humanity is created in God's likeness, the longing for every person to experience full worth and dignity.

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4. Parts Work, Inner Child & Somatic Wisdom
Through compassionate attention to the parts within us, especially the inner child and other wounded or protective aspects of the self, we learn to listen with kindness to the stories held in our bodies (inner) in relationship to community (the outer). SoulBridge honors the body as a wise teacher and sacred vessel where healing unfolds through attunement, safety, and presence.

 

5. Creative & Narrative Practice
Using reflective writing, imagination, and art, we invite meaning-making and soulful expression as pathways to encounter the Sacred and to weave new stories of grace and belonging within a communal process.

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Together, these streams form the living current of SoulBridge Center, an integrative, faith-informed practice that seeks not to fix or advise, but to accompany and awaken so to connect with one another more authentically.

In every conversation, retreat, and gathering, we hold space for the mystery of becoming ... where presence itself becomes healing, and every soul is welcomed home to wholeness.