Cultural Diversity: The Beauty In Diversity with Catharine Clarenbach
So often- as a society and as human beings- the tendency to allow our self-held beliefs hinders our ability to be open. To truly consider the world around us. And In the process, we don't allow room to see the beauty and brilliance in diversity. Our guest today, Catharine Clarenbach is an Ordained Ministry with a Masters in Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary in Unitarian Universalism. Catherine is a survivor of multiple sexual assaults, battled bipolar 1 disorder and ADHD, endured the struggles associated with her sexual orientation, as well as weight yet-despite all of that, discovered how to run a successful business, while creating a balance, beautiful and happy life. Join us to day as we explore "The Beauty of Diversity". On The Light Inside.
Catherine Clarenbach
Unitarian Universalist Minister / Initiate Stone Circle Wicca
I begin by offering my bio in brief. If you want the in-depth story of my journey with faith and love, from being bullied, living with bipolar illness, coming out, becoming a priestess, living in a convent, going to seminary for three years, getting ordained, and finally to living into a fuller version of my heart’s mission, that’s a little lower down.
I help people alienated from or ambivalent about religion find their own, authentic spirituality. Whether religious trauma, isolation, or alienation have been a part of your past or not, I am here for your work on your own path.
I am a white, fat, cis woman, a sovereign queer femme with well-managed mental illness and trauma from sexual assault. I am an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and an Initiate in the Tradition of Stone Circle Wicca (USA). I spent four years in discernment with an order of Roman Catholic religious sisters, and I am trained and credentialed as a spiritual director.
I also know that none of those things may tell you all of what you need or want to know about me.
If you want to have a fuller, more tangible sense of how I came to be the person I am, read on.