Is It OK to Question Everything?

Yes.

It is more than OK to question everything.

In fact, it might be the start of something sacred.

🌿 What Is Spiritual Direction?

Spiritual direction is the ancient practice of intentionally exploring your inner life in the presence of a compassionate, nonjudgmental listener. The goal isn’t to fix anything or give you answers. It’s to create space to notice where and how the sacred is showing up in your life, and how you might respond.

Spiritual direction is for anyone who longs to connect more deeply to something beyond themselves, however they define that. You don’t need to belong to a specific religion or have all your beliefs figured out. You don’t even need to be sure what you believe at all.

Spiritual direction can be helpful for:

• People in faith transitions or spiritual deconstruction.

• Seekers with questions they’re afraid to say out loud.

• Caregivers, clergy, chaplains, and healers.

• People facing grief, illness, aging, or big life changes.

• Those who’ve had mystical experiences and don’t know how to make sense of them.

• Individuals longing for purpose, meaning, or inner peace.

In short: spiritual direction is for anyone on a human journey.

🌧️ When It Feels Like Everything Is Falling Apart

There are times in life when we find ourselves unraveling. We no longer feel at home in the beliefs we once held. Or something has happened—illness, death, betrayal, burnout—and the answers we used to lean on suddenly feel hollow.

You may find yourself asking:

• What do I believe now?

• Is God even real? And if so…why does this hurt so much?

• What if I never find peace?

• Is there a deeper meaning in all of this, or is life just chaos?

• Am I allowed to let go of what no longer fits me spiritually?

These questions may feel terrifying. But they are also holy invitations. In spiritual direction, we don’t run from these moments. We sit with them. We honor them. We listen.

🔍 What Spiritual Direction Offers When You’re Questioning Everything

Unlike therapy or coaching, spiritual direction isn’t about analyzing or solving problems. It’s about noticing. It’s about slowing down, breathing deep, and tuning in to what your soul may already be whispering.

When you’re in the thick of doubt or confusion, spiritual direction offers:

🕯️ A Safe Space

You don’t have to explain or defend your questions. You are free to explore, wander, and wonder without fear of judgment.

🌌 A Broader Lens

Whether you’re drawing from Christian roots, Buddhist practice, indigenous wisdom, humanism, or something else entirely, you’re welcome. Many people today draw from multiple traditions or none at all. Spiritual direction can hold that complexity.

🧭 Guidance Without a Map

Your spiritual director isn’t there to tell you what to believe. They’re there to walk alongside you as you listen for what’s stirring in you. You might not leave with answers, but you may leave with clarity, peace, or a next step.

🌻 Room for Transformation

Questioning doesn’t mean failure. It often signals growth. The questions you’re asking now may be reshaping your inner landscape and, in time, making space for something new and more authentic to emerge.

💛 You’re Not Broken for Doubting

In the quiet space of spiritual direction, your doubt is not a problem to be solved. It’s a thread to follow.

You are not too much.

You are not alone.

You are not behind.

If you’re questioning everything, you might just be on the edge of something sacred. And you don’t have to explore it alone.

At Life and Death Services, I offer online spiritual direction for people in all stages of life and belief. Whether you're in the middle of a crisis or simply feeling adrift, spiritual direction is a gentle, welcoming space to come as you are, and ask whatever is on your heart.