This Lent, Don’t Go It Alone

This Lent, Don’t Go It Alone

Why Mentorship Is a Powerful Lenten Practice

Every year, Lent begins with ashes.

And every year, we ask ourselves what we are going to give up.

Chocolate.
Wine.
Social media.

But what if Lent is not primarily about what you give up?

What if it is about who walks with you while you grow?

Lent is not simply a season of deprivation.
It is a season of conversion.

And conversion is rarely sustained in isolation.

Real change requires accompaniment.

What Lent Is Really About

At its heart, Lent is about three movements:

Clarity – Seeing what is disordered.
Surrender – Letting go of what keeps us stuck.
Transformation – Allowing God to form us into something new.

The Church gives us three traditional practices:

• Prayer
• Fasting
• Almsgiving

But these are not ends in themselves. They are tools.

They create space.

Space to see.
Space to feel.
Space to confront what we normally avoid.

And that is why Lent can feel uncomfortable.

Because it exposes the places where we have been coping instead of converting.

The Truth About Growth

Here is something I have learned both personally and professionally:

We do not change just because we want to.

We change when we are accompanied.

Left to ourselves, we recycle patterns.
We justify our defenses.
We avoid what feels too painful.

Real transformation requires relationship.

It requires someone who can:

• Help you see what you cannot see
• Gently name what you are avoiding
• Stay steady when you feel exposed
• Walk with you through the fire

This is why mentorship changed my life.

My Own Turning Point

There was a season in my life when I knew something had to shift.

From the outside, everything looked fine.

But inside, I was reacting.
Over-functioning.
Carrying anxiety.
Living from patterns formed long ago.

Mentorship did not fix me.

It formed me.

It helped me:

• Identify my defenses
• Understand my wounds
• Take responsibility for my interior life
• Stop waiting for others to change
• Become the one who changed

And here is what I discovered:

When one person does their interior work, relationships shift.

When one spouse heals, the marriage changes.
When one parent matures, the family dynamic softens.
When one leader becomes integrated, the culture improves.

This is why I believe so deeply in this work.

Why Mentorship Is a Powerful Lenten Practice

This Lent, many people will give up sugar.

Very few will give up resentment.
Very few will give up blame.
Very few will give up control.
Very few will confront their fear of vulnerability.

Mentorship during Lent creates:

• Structure for prayerful reflection
• Accountability for real change
• Space for honest self-examination
• Courage to face what you normally avoid
• A relational container for transformation

Lent is forty days.

That is enough time to begin something real.

The Invitation

If you feel:

• Restless but unsure why
• Frustrated in your marriage
• Stuck in repeating patterns
• Called to grow but afraid to start
• Ready for deeper interior work

Lent may be your moment.

Not to try harder.

But to go deeper.

If there is a call on your heart to walk through the fire instead of around it, I would be honored to accompany you.

Because transformation is possible.

And sometimes, one healed person truly can change everything.

If you feel called to deeper interior work this Lent, I invite you to learn more about mentorship here:

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