Coffee with Teresa Pasquale Mateus

Teresa Pasquale Mateus lives in Chicago, IL where she is a
student at Chicago Theological Seminary. She is a a trauma
specialist, a contemplative, a speaker, hails from Bogotá,
Columbia, and is the author the books Sacred Wounds and Mending
Broken. Her third book is forthcoming with the working
title, Going Naked: The Art of Spiritual Shedding.


Teresa Pasquale Mateus is a trauma specialist, integrative
psychotherapist, contemplative practice and contemplative action
educator, and a writer. She is a graduate of NYU's School of
Clinical Social Work and The Living School at the Center for
Action and Contemplation. She is also a trained yoga teacher
through the Sivananda tradition and a provider of
equine-facilitated psychotherapy. She teaches, speaks, leads
workshops and retreats in the areas of trauma, spirituality and
justice - often at the intersection points between those areas
and paths to healing.


As a trauma survivor herself, Teresa is fascinated with the
resiliency of the soul. It is no surprise, therefore, that her
full book titles are: Sacred Wounds: A Path To Healing From
Spiritual Trauma, Mending Broken: A Personal Journey Through
the Stages of Trauma + Recovery, and Going Naked: The Art of
Spiritual Shedding (working title).


Teresa Pasquale Mateus' birthday is October 15th, which is the
feast day of St. Teresa of Ávila. While much less exciting, this
episode is being published on - wait for it - Teresa's half
birthday (and, therefore, the half feast day of St. Teresa)!
Happy halves, to both Teresa's.


To my own (poor) recollection, Teresa and I were not introduced
prior to the podcast even though I believe we had been at the
Wild Goose Festival together, probably more than once. She is
familiar to me from her leadership roles there. I do my best to
take in the wonderful and wide-ranging teachers and leaders at
the Wild Goose Festival but, as one might imagine, it is an
impossible task. Fortunately it was enough of an introduction to
rightly convince me to follow up with her and ask if she'd talk
with us here. I've been grateful for her roles at the Goose and
now I know a fair bit more to appreciate. Thank you, Teresa, for
the courage to heal, share that journey, and just fully be you.
It's inspiring and permission-giving.
Links:

Sponsor: United Faith Leaders


Sponsor: United Church of Christ (UCC)


Sacred Wounds: A Path To Healing From Spiritual Trauma


Mending Broken: A Personal Journey Through the Stages of Trauma +
Recovery


Going Naked: The Art of Spiritual Shedding (working title) by
Teresa Pasquale Mateus


The Grey Nuns


Chicago Theological Seminary


NYU's School of Clinical Social Work


The Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation


The Way with Martin Sheen


Camp Hanover


Wild Goose Festival