As a San Diego-based author and spiritual director, I teach practices that encourage others to nurture an intimate relationship with God. I offer safe spaces for healing and spiritual transformation which lead to wholeness and a life of greater joy and fulfillment.

The Book

The Heart of the Journey

The Heart of the Journey is a collection of personal stories, uniquely-crafted tools, and timeless spiritual practices. Through a message of hope and healing from childhood wounds, this book provides a path toward spiritual maturity and opening your heart to the intimate, transforming presence of God.

Here's what you’ll explore as you read this book:

  • Discover God’s unfathomable goodness, faithfulness, and love for you, and that these are pure gifts, not something you earn.

  • Uncover your false beliefs and learn how to exchange them for truth.

  • Find freedom from things that bind you and block your ability to live a joy-filled life.

  • Engage in practices that help you listen for God’s voice and draw closer to Him.

  • Step into your Belovedness with boldness, knowing He delights in you.

What people are saying about the book?

  • “I always want to learn from someone's life's work, particularly if that learning can shape my own spiritual journey. That's what Beverly Peterson's book feels like, while reading: learning from a master who has put in decades of practice to develop practical ideas and tools for healing and transformation that go well beyond the simplistic or cliché.

    Mark Oestreicher
    Speaker, author, founder of The Youth Cartel

  • Beverly’s generous heart, formed through her wounds, the vacancies of love and security in her own upbringing, and transformed by a life long-lived in the presence of God allows her to be the perfect guide for us.

    Beth Allen Slevcove
    Hospice chaplain, spiritual director, and author of Broken Hallelujahs: Learning to Grieve the Big and Small Losses of Life

  • Beverly’s heartwarming stories reveal how God heals our wounds created by life, slowly transforming us. Engaging in this journey will gently create a heart full of love, joy, and peace along with the freedom to be the person God created you to be.

    Anne Richardson
    Spiritual director and author of Not Alone: Transforming Trauma and Accompanying Survivors

  • God is always inviting us to more depth, intimacy, and soul satisfaction. Beverly leads us through a journey of envisioning all that God has to offer, identifying barriers that keep us from accessing the fullness of life with Him, and engaging in practices that guide us to wholeness and healing.

    Linda Noble
    Author of Before the Sex Talk: A theology of the Body Approach for Parents and Mentors and discipleship director at Journey Community Church, La Mesa, CA

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