Lindsay O’Connor (she/her)
@lindsayloconnor.bsky.social
Spiritual Director
lindsayoconnor.com/spiritual-direction
Book reviewer
Justice seeker
Sometimes Poet
Contemplative Wannabe
Words From Silence podcast
Big fan of books, naps, & the Oxford comma
Pursuing wholeness with God, self, & others
M.Ed
📍Dallas
lindsayoconnor.com/spiritual-direction
Book reviewer
Justice seeker
Sometimes Poet
Contemplative Wannabe
Words From Silence podcast
Big fan of books, naps, & the Oxford comma
Pursuing wholeness with God, self, & others
M.Ed
📍Dallas
Pinned
Hi, new/old friends!
I’m a student spiritual director (graduating in Jan.), reader, poet, &former educator.
Exploring:
•contemplative activism
•deconstruction
•the divine feminine
•justice
•antiracism
•self-compassion
•IFS
•grief work
•healing from systems of oppression
•Enneagram work
I’m a student spiritual director (graduating in Jan.), reader, poet, &former educator.
Exploring:
•contemplative activism
•deconstruction
•the divine feminine
•justice
•antiracism
•self-compassion
•IFS
•grief work
•healing from systems of oppression
•Enneagram work
I’m beginning to think that part of the process of maturing happens simply because we run out of energy for all the ways we’ve worked so hard to keep it together.
August 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’m beginning to think that part of the process of maturing happens simply because we run out of energy for all the ways we’ve worked so hard to keep it together.
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Trans people are worth protecting. Not because we are amazing people (although we are) or because we offer a great deal to society (although we do) or because we are fine as hell (we are). We are worth protecting because we are HUMAN BEINGS, and it’s amazing how often that simple fact is forgotten.
August 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Trans people are worth protecting. Not because we are amazing people (although we are) or because we offer a great deal to society (although we do) or because we are fine as hell (we are). We are worth protecting because we are HUMAN BEINGS, and it’s amazing how often that simple fact is forgotten.
What are some of your favorite poems? I need a little refresh (for myself and for readings to share with the people I work with).
August 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
What are some of your favorite poems? I need a little refresh (for myself and for readings to share with the people I work with).
“Periods of struggle move us to new levels of integration, and then we have to translate our relationships to God, ourselves, and other people into this new perspective.”
—Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating
—Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating
August 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Periods of struggle move us to new levels of integration, and then we have to translate our relationships to God, ourselves, and other people into this new perspective.”
—Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating
—Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
I’m reading:
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper (Audiobook)
Queering Contemplation by Cassidy Hall
Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating
I’m reading:
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper (Audiobook)
Queering Contemplation by Cassidy Hall
Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating
August 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
I’m reading:
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper (Audiobook)
Queering Contemplation by Cassidy Hall
Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating
I’m reading:
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper (Audiobook)
Queering Contemplation by Cassidy Hall
Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating
I’m beginning to wonder if what I have always called being an introvert is actually fatigue from masking.
What’s one way you knew/discovered you are neurodivergent?
What’s one way you knew/discovered you are neurodivergent?
August 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m beginning to wonder if what I have always called being an introvert is actually fatigue from masking.
What’s one way you knew/discovered you are neurodivergent?
What’s one way you knew/discovered you are neurodivergent?
Sometimes it feels like you ought to be able to tip your therapist.
August 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sometimes it feels like you ought to be able to tip your therapist.
Reposted by Lindsay O’Connor (she/her)
You don’t have to worship where you’re not wanted.
August 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You don’t have to worship where you’re not wanted.
The only time immortality seems remotely appealing is when I think of all the books I could read. What’s in your currently reading/just finished/next up stack?
Just finished:
The Tears of Things -Richard Rohr
Just finished:
The Tears of Things -Richard Rohr
August 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The only time immortality seems remotely appealing is when I think of all the books I could read. What’s in your currently reading/just finished/next up stack?
Just finished:
The Tears of Things -Richard Rohr
Just finished:
The Tears of Things -Richard Rohr
In today’s No-Stress (Low-Stress?) Nature News, a green heron fusses at and startles a duckling while the sibling looks on, and the mother duck is a little flustered. Are you the heron, the duckling, the sibling, or the mother duck today?
August 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In today’s No-Stress (Low-Stress?) Nature News, a green heron fusses at and startles a duckling while the sibling looks on, and the mother duck is a little flustered. Are you the heron, the duckling, the sibling, or the mother duck today?
“Felt reality is invariably wept reality, and wept reality is soon compassion and kindness.“
—The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
—The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
August 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“Felt reality is invariably wept reality, and wept reality is soon compassion and kindness.“
—The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
—The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
Good morning! Currently sustained by books, naps, and beauty. How about you?
August 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning! Currently sustained by books, naps, and beauty. How about you?
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
Just finished:
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart
Currently reading:
-The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
-Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
-The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
Just finished:
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart
Currently reading:
-The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
-Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
-The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
August 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
Just finished:
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart
Currently reading:
-The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
-Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
-The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
Just finished:
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart
Currently reading:
-The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
-Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
-The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
I just finished a book that had been on my Goodreads TBR list for 5.5 years🙌🏻🎉
August 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I just finished a book that had been on my Goodreads TBR list for 5.5 years🙌🏻🎉
I’m proud to be a newly Accredited Professional with the International Enneagram Association! I believe with my whole heart that we must tend to our inner work in order to show up in the world as our most compassionate, wise, & discerning selves, & the Enneagram is a powerful tool to help us do so.
July 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I’m proud to be a newly Accredited Professional with the International Enneagram Association! I believe with my whole heart that we must tend to our inner work in order to show up in the world as our most compassionate, wise, & discerning selves, & the Enneagram is a powerful tool to help us do so.
Bibliophile confessions: Sometimes I argue with authors in the margins of the (nonfiction) books I read.
July 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Bibliophile confessions: Sometimes I argue with authors in the margins of the (nonfiction) books I read.
There’s nothing quite like a car full of 9 year olds singing, “Working 9 to 5”😂
July 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
There’s nothing quite like a car full of 9 year olds singing, “Working 9 to 5”😂
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You don’t have to worship where you’re not wanted.
July 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
You don’t have to worship where you’re not wanted.
“Society’s attraction to so-called cults…tends to thrive during periods of broader existential questioning. Most alternative religious leaders come to power not to exploit their followers, but instead to guide them through social and political turbulence.”
—Cultish by Amanda Montell
—Cultish by Amanda Montell
July 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“Society’s attraction to so-called cults…tends to thrive during periods of broader existential questioning. Most alternative religious leaders come to power not to exploit their followers, but instead to guide them through social and political turbulence.”
—Cultish by Amanda Montell
—Cultish by Amanda Montell
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16 years ago today Congress raised the minimum wage to $7.25. And as corporate profits have skyrocketed, executive pay has exploded, & the cost of living has soared—the min wage is still $7.25.
Here are 6 truths everyone should know about our corrupt wage system.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-crimin...
Here are 6 truths everyone should know about our corrupt wage system.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-crimin...
The Criminal Poverty Wage—16 Years On
The $7.25 federal poverty wage is literally killing Americans, and it must change
www.qasimrashid.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
16 years ago today Congress raised the minimum wage to $7.25. And as corporate profits have skyrocketed, executive pay has exploded, & the cost of living has soared—the min wage is still $7.25.
Here are 6 truths everyone should know about our corrupt wage system.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-crimin...
Here are 6 truths everyone should know about our corrupt wage system.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-crimin...
I don’t think anything has made me happier recently than the taste of this tomato from our garden. It brought me right back to my great aunt’s dinner table!
July 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I don’t think anything has made me happier recently than the taste of this tomato from our garden. It brought me right back to my great aunt’s dinner table!
What are y’all reading this weekend?
I’m reading:
•The Enneagram &Prayer -Barbara Metz
•A People’s History of the U.S. - Howard Zinn
•I See You’ve Called in Dead -John Kenney
•Invitation to Love -Thomas Keating
Next:
•Hood Wellness -Tamela Gordon
•Queering Contemplation -Cassidy Hall
I’m reading:
•The Enneagram &Prayer -Barbara Metz
•A People’s History of the U.S. - Howard Zinn
•I See You’ve Called in Dead -John Kenney
•Invitation to Love -Thomas Keating
Next:
•Hood Wellness -Tamela Gordon
•Queering Contemplation -Cassidy Hall
July 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
What are y’all reading this weekend?
I’m reading:
•The Enneagram &Prayer -Barbara Metz
•A People’s History of the U.S. - Howard Zinn
•I See You’ve Called in Dead -John Kenney
•Invitation to Love -Thomas Keating
Next:
•Hood Wellness -Tamela Gordon
•Queering Contemplation -Cassidy Hall
I’m reading:
•The Enneagram &Prayer -Barbara Metz
•A People’s History of the U.S. - Howard Zinn
•I See You’ve Called in Dead -John Kenney
•Invitation to Love -Thomas Keating
Next:
•Hood Wellness -Tamela Gordon
•Queering Contemplation -Cassidy Hall
2 ?s I’ve been holding lately…
How can I live life so I won’t look back & regret I didn’t do more w/ others to address the atrocities during this time?
How can I live life so that I won’t look back &feel sad I was so immersed in the pain of the world, I didn’t appreciate this beautiful, brief life?
How can I live life so I won’t look back & regret I didn’t do more w/ others to address the atrocities during this time?
How can I live life so that I won’t look back &feel sad I was so immersed in the pain of the world, I didn’t appreciate this beautiful, brief life?
July 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
2 ?s I’ve been holding lately…
How can I live life so I won’t look back & regret I didn’t do more w/ others to address the atrocities during this time?
How can I live life so that I won’t look back &feel sad I was so immersed in the pain of the world, I didn’t appreciate this beautiful, brief life?
How can I live life so I won’t look back & regret I didn’t do more w/ others to address the atrocities during this time?
How can I live life so that I won’t look back &feel sad I was so immersed in the pain of the world, I didn’t appreciate this beautiful, brief life?
“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
—The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
—The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
July 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
—The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
—The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde