About Me
Welcome! My name is Donna Maukonen, and as a coach and spiritual director, I’m glad you’ve come here. My vision for Living Selah is to provide services dedicated to the practice of soul companioning and coaching, supporting my clients to facilitate growth, thriving, healing, and wholeness.
I am a trained spiritual director who meets with clients individually and in group settings. I completed my Life Coach training through Creative Results Management and am an ACC credentialed coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF). I have over ten years experience journeying with people in life transitions.
My own path has traversed through self discovery, business success, personal loss, and the challenges and transitions of life and vocation. I’ve felt the joy of discovery and achievement, the difficulties and growing edges of transition and loss, and the consolation that God can work all for good through all seasons.
Between the mountains and valleys of life, I see the daily path as one that is made more precious and meaningful when walked with awareness and openness to what God is up to and inviting in the living of life.
About Living Selah
I love a mystery. Selah is a word of mystery. Its meaning puzzles bible scholars, although it shows up in the book of Psalms 71 times and Habakuk 3 times. Some scholars view it as a direction to musicians to pause or take a breath. Some think it may be related to the Hebrew word “calah” which means “to weigh in the balance.” Still others think it’s a combination of two words that mean “to praise” and “to lift up.” My soul responds to all these meanings. I get so busy in the days, weeks, months, and years, and as I gain years, the swiftness of time astonishes me. Do you feel this too? Too often the present rushes at us, running rough shod with all its urgencies. We need to, even in the midst of what we might call “holy” or “spiritual”, take time to rest – take a breath – weigh – and praise. This is what I’d like you to find in this journal of mine. Places where you can take a breath, weigh a thought, and ring praise back to our eternal God. What I write are gifts of grace that God has given me, and that I hope will give you moments of peace in this often insane and messy world.
About the Logo
The triquetra is an ancient Christian symbol and is the three pointed part of the logo. The three arcs symbolize the Trinity of Father, Son, and Spirit. The heart is intertwined with the triquetra as a symbol of the eternal and infinite love of God, and His charge for us to show the world that we are followers of the Son through our love for one another.