Mary Ann Ruth - Certified Spiritual Counselor, Facilitator, and Minister

Spiritual Life Coaching, Direction, and Companionship

Are You Nurturing Your Spirit?
Are You Mindful of Your "Being" as well as your "Doing"?
Are You Honoring the Soulful, Eternal You?

Spiritual coaching helps you address spiritual issues along with those of body, mind, and heart. "Transformational" or "whole person coaching" are other names used to describe this process. It has also been called "spiritual direction."

I infuse the life/career coaching process I've practiced for decades with a focus on your spiritual development. My role is that of a trained helper, though, not someone who tells you what to do. I offer spiritual "companionship" for you on your life journey as you explore how God touches your life and calls you to be yourself more fully. You are the decision-maker and actor; I serve as a catalyst.

By participating in Spiritual Coaching you'll learn how to:

  • Join with the loving Presence within you, tap your highest wisdom
  • Receive guidance from the Source of All-That-Is
  • Extend love to all your thoughts and more easily navigate bumps in the road
  • Clarify your goals and intentions and plan to take inspired action

You can receive the same benefits reported by other clients:

  • greater self-acceptance and more abiding self-love
  • increased capacity for loving and forgiving others
  • enhanced confidence in making decisions and taking action
  • more joy, peace, and courage to grow—even in "adverse" conditions
  • less pain, shame, distress, worry, or anxiety
  • deeper connection with God and your true Self
  • greater clarity about your spiritual direction
  • more reliable and affirming guidance for your daily life
  • practical, inspired action steps for living a more abundant and happier life

Spiritual coaching is not a substitute for necessary medical treatment or therapy. However, science has now been able to report the physical, mental, health, and emotional benefits of prayer, meditation, stress reduction, counseling, and encouragement from your chosen support system, including trained helpers.

Coaching sessions are available worldwide via telephone, Skype, or teleconference. Face-to-face sessions are available near Annapolis, Maryland, near the Baltimore-Washington, DC corridor; in Reston, Virginia, or in other locations by special arrangement.

Call 410-451-4448 or email anencouragingwordlive@gmail.com to request a free half-hour coaching consultation.

If we think there is a good fit between us, you can sign up for spiritual coaching. Coaching services are available in a minimum of four-week programs to ensure you have the opportunity to plan action, take action, and see results.

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"Thank You! I am really overwhelmed by your How to Hear the Voice of God course! THIS is what I have been waiting for, and I'm only on Lesson 11! I now have the Inner Peace I’ve been seeking for the past 51 years!"
- Jan Westerhof, Holland
"I personally found your instructions on how to quiet the mind chatter and get in touch with the Voice of the Holy Spirit to be the most helpful and transformative I’ve ever been given."
- Rev. Georgie Richardson, Unity Church of Salem, OR
"This 30-Day Course on hearing God's voice will change your life. The act of DOING these exercises, rather than listening to them, really brings the experience home. The Presence of God is now with me at all times, and I can call on this Voice throughout my day!"
- Donna Slawsky, New York
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- Chuck Okerstrom, Florida
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- Jacques Lepeigneux, France
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- Stacie Bulton
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- Jason Reagan
" I want you to know how much these lessons mean to me. I just ask what to do about a problem, and the answer is there. It's almost like someone is living in me! Love is the most powerful tool, and you are helping people find that!"
- Rose Gagnon
"Your 3 Keys to hearing God's Voice on Days 16 and 17 were soooooooo wowing! Now I am fully aware and can use this connection consciously."
- Denny Postings, United Kingdom
"You cannot imagine what your 30-Day Course means to me. Today is Good Friday and for the first time I heard God speak while meditating in church. I am deeply grateful."
- Irene Freda, Dumont, NJ
"I'm a 64 year old woman. When I did the exercise yesterday of extending love I ended up feeling giddy. People will now have to forgive me for smiling and laughing so much. I deeply appreciate you, your book, your website, and the Voice for God 30 Day Program. Thank you!"
- Joanne Willson, ID
"It is Day 19 on your 30-Day Course.I feel a Peace inside me I have not felt in quite some time. I just feel all this incredible Love inside me and all I want to do is extend it outward. I feel like exploding because I can't get the words out fast enough. Thank you so much!"
- Marc Grecco, NY
"My wife and I just finished your How to Hear God's Voice 30-Day Course. We are telling our friends about it. We're both starting to get results from having our own conversations. Marisa is getting profound answers from her questions. This is amazing stuff! Thank you!"
- Randie Rabideau, Canada
"I bought your 30-Day Course on how to hear God's Voice, and ate it up! I have been doing Holy Spirit journal work ever since. When I re-read what Holy Spirit has written, I am always amazed. Thank you for your amazingly simple technique!"
- Philip Metzler, Washington
" Your How to Hear the Voice of God 30-Day Course has been so very enlightening. I am practicing my conversations with God and the results have been eye opening to say the least. Thank you!"
- Carlos Ochoa, Ponder, TX
"I loved your program! Now I can hear an answer when I ask God a question. I can focus more and I get to that quiet place in my mind. Thanks you!"
- Ruthann Schmudde, IL
"I want you to know that I've read your books and followed the 30 day program. WHEN I ask, I get the most incredible messages, some of which would blow my socks off! I feel like I'm living in a 'happy dream.'"
- Lainie, Afton, OK
"The very first exercise I did to hear this Voice—BAM! It was there! I now know that in my darkest times I am able to connect with this Voice and see things differently. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
- Robyne Harrington, WA
"This has been an amazing process! In just a few short hours, I've learned how to go within and hear the Voice of God within me. I now know that with the tools I've learned I can become quiet and "tune-in" to hearing God's Voice very quickly. Thank you!"
- Suzanne Baker, Fort Collins, CO
"I still haven't finished all 30 days, but I've had great results already. I am now able to connect with the Holy Spirit quite easily. Many thanks for the invaluable help that your book and CD's have been to me!"
- Colin Corkill, New Zealand