Noel, Maria, and Tara started this podcast out of Fordham's Advanced Certificate in Supervision, and Vanessa has since joined them, after Noel’s sudden death shortly after graduation. Two seasons are complete, the third is launching in September 2023 (listen to our teaser here!). Thank you to our many guests for their lively conversations and to our loyal listeners for their feedback and support. Interested? You may listen and share it on Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts and may listen and find show notes at threeassociation.com.
Here are a few of our episodes:
Season 1, Episode 5: What is a Capacity cushion and how does it apply to spiritual direction?
Maria and Tara discuss the concept of developing a capacity cushion in our practice of spiritual direction, along with guest and MBA-Cyber Security (cand.) Bryan Owens. A husband, a father, and a business leader, Bryan brings a fresh and inviting way of exploring our way of being with others and approaching care for our own souls. Bryan has been involved in non-profit development and leadership for more than 15 years, and currently serves on the board of two non-profits. His strategic strengths in combination with his deep love of God and others bring together a rare set of gifts and ways of seeing.
Season 1, Episode 7: Boundaries in spiritual Direction & Supervision
Spiritual director, supervisor, and author Susan S. Phillips talks with Maria and Tara about the importance of appropriate boundaries in spiritual direction and supervision.
Susan S. Phillips (Ph.D.) is executive director of New College Berkeley, an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union. Susan is a spiritual director who, in addition to meeting with people one-on-one, also speaks around the world and regularly leads retreats for colleges, churches, clergy, and laity.
Susan Phillips is a sociologist and teaches regularly for New College Berkeley, Regent College (Canada), Fuller Theological Seminary, and the Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction program at San Francisco Theological Seminary. For more information, view http://www.susansphillips.com/
Season 2, Episode 8: Deconstruction with Tara owens
The tables are turned in this episode as one of our hosts, Tara, becomes the guest for a discussion of what it means to hold space for deconstruction in both the spiritual direction and supervision relationships. Joined in the host chair by Vanessa Caruso, Maria and Tara take time to unpack this important and present topic.
Tara Owens, CSD, CSDS is the Executive Director of Anam Cara Ministries, and has been a spiritual director and supervisor for more than 15 years. She is the author of two books, Embracing the Body: Finding God In Our Flesh & Bone (IVP: 2015) and At Play In God's Creation: A Contemplative Coloring Book (Franciscan Media: 2017), teaches and trains spiritual directors through the Anam Cara Apprenticeship and lives in Colorado with her family.
Season 1, Episode 8: Developing a tool kit for Direction & Supervision
Maria and Tara welcome guest, supervisor, and Advanced Supervision Certificate (GRE), Fordham University student Vanessa Caruso to discuss what it means to develop a tool kit for spiritual direction or supervision. Data protection protocols, suicide prevention protocols, covenant, a professional will—why and how do these fold into the contemplative stance of spiritual direction?
You can learn more about Vanessa and her work at https://www.directionwithvanessa.com/
Season 2, Episode 1: Beginning a spiritual direction relationship
In the first conversation of the second season, Scott Quinn joins in a conversation about how to begin a spiritual direction relationship. How do you discern a good fit with a directee? What does it look like to begin well?
Scott is a spiritual director and supervisor who holds Masters of Divinity, a Masters of Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica, a spiritual direction practicum at the Seminary of the Southwest, and has a certificate of completion from the Interfaith Spiritual Direction program and the Supervision of Spiritual Directors program at The Chaplaincy Institute. He has been providing professional spiritual guidance since 2005. He is also a member of Spiritual Directors International, the professional organization for spiritual guides/spiritual directors, and has served on the staff of San Francisco Theological Seminary’s Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction program. You can learn more about his work here.