About
Georgia Lynn
My path to spiritual direction
Still listening. Still learning.
Still following the call.
My story
I grew up in a home that held a lot of darkness. And even then, I remember feeling a quiet pull toward light — a sense that I wanted to bring something gentler into the world.
As I grew older, God’s love felt distant. I searched for acceptance and belonging in places I hoped would give me what I wasn’t receiving at home. Along the way, I carried a lot of shame — a sense that there was something wrong with me.
For a long time, I couldn’t believe there was a God. I put my faith instead in my own effort, trying to control life through sheer will. After college, I became an elementary school teacher. It felt like one small way I could offer something good to others.
In my late twenties, my life was upended by divorce. As a young mother, I found myself face to face with my own limits. It was one of those moments that breaks you open — painful, humbling, and honest. I remember being on my knees, realizing I couldn’t do it alone anymore. And I prayed.
Not long after, during a quiet moment of meditation, I felt surrounded by a love I couldn’t explain. I sensed these words deep in my heart:
I love you. I am with you. You are safe.
I don’t pretend to fully understand that experience. I only know it changed something in me — and it began a new way of listening.
Since then, my life has felt like a long, unfolding response to that moment. I’ve followed the call in ways that made sense at the time — becoming a yoga teacher, studying meditation, trauma-informed care, neuroscience, somatic healing, and Reiki. I even went to graduate school for clinical mental health counseling. Some of these paths fit for a season. Some didn’t. All of them taught me something about how we heal and how we listen.
In 2024, I was looking for a space to open a small yoga studio. What felt like a practical decision turned into something more. The studio space I found happened to be next door to a church, and slowly my family began attending. Church had never felt safe to me before. But this place felt different. I found myself overwhelmed by a sense of belonging I hadn’t known in a faith community.
Through that season, I became a follower of Jesus Christ. Not because I suddenly had everything figured out — but because I felt invited into a deeper relationship with God, one I’m still learning how to live into.
As I’ve continued listening, I’ve been guided into formal training in spiritual direction. I don’t see this as an arrival point. I see it as part of the same long conversation with God that began years ago — a way of continuing to follow, to learn, and to be shaped.
Spiritual direction isn’t about giving answers or directions. It’s about holding space.
In my work, I pay close attention — to your story, your emotions, your body language, your longings. I ask questions I don’t already know the answers to. I listen alongside you for how God might be moving in your life, trusting that the holy is already present, often in quiet ways.
I’m still in formal training through Sustainable Faith. I’m still learning. Still listening. Still following the call as best I can.
And that, more than anything, is what I offer — not certainty, not arrival, but companionship on the way.
Where I am now
These days, my life feels fuller in quiet, beautiful ways. I’ve found a partner who holds me with devotion and care, and together we see our marriage as a place to keep growing in faith and love. This spring, we’re welcoming a baby!
I continue to grow in my relationship with Jesus through my church community at the Church of the Incarnation in Chamblee — a place that has become a real home for my faith.
I love being outside — especially by the beach or in the woods. I read a lot (usually a book a week), and at home my family loves playing board games together.
How I hold this work
I don’t teach doctrine or offer formulas for change. I don’t pretend to know how God is working in your life. Instead, I listen — and offer back what I notice: reflections, questions, and gentle invitations into clarity.
I hold this work with care and accountability. I’m currently in training in spiritual direction through Sustainable Faith, participate in regular supervision, and am myself accompanied by a spiritual director. This keeps me grounded, supported, and always learning.
There’s a line from an old theologian named John Calvin that I come back to often:
When we know ourselves, we come to know God — and when we know God, we come to know ourselves.
I believe my work is simply to hold space for that holy meeting.
I don’t see myself as an expert with answers, but as a companion — someone who walks beside you as you listen for what’s already stirring in your life. I trust that God is at work in ways neither of us can fully predict or control.
This work is about making room — for truth, for tenderness, for the parts of you that have been waiting to be seen and known.
If you feel drawn here, I trust that pull. And I trust your wisdom in knowing what feels right for you.