We are all on a journey of becoming who we already are. We are already fully known, loved and accepted.
But the pain, shame, trauma and disappointment we experience through our families, our world and even our churches leave us feeling disconnected from God, ourselves and others.
It’s my passion to create safe, sacred spaces for you to journey further into love, further into healing, further into grace. These are spaces for your spiritual growth and the care of your soul. In the midst of a chaotic world (it’s more than a little crazy these days, right?), this care is essential to your wellbeing.
I’m Susan Carson.
A few things about me.....
I’m a spiritual director certified through Sustainable Faith.
I just completed my Masters in Theology and Culture with St. Stephen’s University.
I'm founder and director of Roots&Branches, a spiritual direction and contemplative healing non-profit in Cincinnati.
I crave dark chocolate, silence, and solitude. Almost every day.
I'm an INFJ and Enneagram 4. Please don't hold it against me.
I celebrate and bless the image of God in my LGBTQIA+ siblings. Everyone belongs.
Most of my growing and becoming has come through unlearning. I'm certain of less and sure of more.
I’m author of the spiritual guidebook rooted (IN): Thriving in Connection with God, Yourself and Others and host of the rooted (IN).ten.tionally podcast. Learn more….
Rooted in love. Remaining in the vine. From this sacred union, we begin the journey of becoming who we already are.
Welcome friends! How can I serve you?
soul care and spiritual wellness
I’m a certified spiritual director, and I’ve facilitated meaningful connection and healing encounters with God for hundreds of spiritual seekers. Customize your experience to fit your needs, choosing spiritual direction, contemplative healing or a combination of both. We’ll meet by zoom or in person (for those near Cincinnati) for sessions uniquely fitted to your journey.
PODCAST and youtube resources
Join me for spiritual practices, interviews and experiences all designed to help you live more deeply rooted. Rooted (IN).ten.tionally creates safe space and invites you to prayerful practices designed to help you connect with God and your true self. In each episode, you’re led through a spiritual practice that will help you listen to Divine Love and to your own heart.
BOOKs and digital resources
Check out my books and free downloadable resources. My newest work, A Kenotic Way of Contemplative Healing: Julian of Norwich, Neuroscience and the Centrality of Safety in Healing Trauma, offers a way of inner healing grounded at the intersection of neuroscience and mystical theology. Here we find a way of being together with God and with one another that heals our trauma and alienation through contemplative encounter.
events, workshops & retreats
I’d love to lead and equip your community through retreats and events centered in prayerful, transformational practices. The rooted journey takes us deeper together into the high, wide, long, and deep love of God. As we learn to create safe space and encounter his presence, we are changed and healed; and we become a little more who we already are.
Mandy Smith, PASTOR AND author
“For our retreat, Susan created an immersive experience that was life-changing for participants. People left, not just with content and notes, but with an encounter with God that people still talk about today.”
bradley jersak, theologian and author
“Susan’s work in facilitating healing, growth and a living connection to Infinite Love through practices such as ‘listening prayer’ is precisely what's needed in our era and culture of confusion, alienation and despair.”
felicia murrell, spiritual director and author
“Susan invites us to move beyond clinical, or purely intellectual, approaches to trauma. Her work is a vital call to create ‘ecosystems of grace’ with the power to heal our individual wounds and our divided world.”
