Gloria D. Karpinski

Gloria D. Karpinski is a holistic counselor, spiritual director, teacher and author. Her seminars, as well as her individual in-depth Spiritual Direction counseling, emphasizes the relevancy of universal spiritual principles to everyday life and the inter-dynamics of mind, body, emotions and spirit.

Gloria has conducted seminars in the US and abroad for such diverse groups as psychotherapists, actors and doctors, in venues ranging from large conferences to colleges, churches, hospitals and specialized groups. Prior to her ordination by the International Church of Ageless Wisdom, an interfaith church without walls, she was a journalist.

Gloria received a grant from the Laurence D. Rockefeller Fund for the Advancement of the Human Spirit. She maintains a counseling practice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is the author of "Where Two Worlds Touch: Spiritual Rites of Passage" and "Barefoot on Holy Ground: Twelve Lessons in Spiritual Craftsmanship".

Throughout her life, Gloria has devoted herself to what she refers to as "the great privilege of serving".