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Rev. Doreen Lavista, HPs., RM/T THE GODDESS CONNECTION tm.  Spiritual Mentor & Coach, Supporting Personal Wellness, Empowering People to Help Themselves - Creating Rituals for Women in All Stages of Life - Offering A Common Sense Approach to Spiritual Well-Being

Founder of The Goddess Connection™ | Spiritual Mentor | Ritualist | Reiki Master Teacher

I am a spiritual mentor and coach dedicated to supporting personal wellness and empowering individuals to help themselves. Through The Goddess Connection™, I offer a common-sense approach to spiritual well-being, creating rituals for women in all stages of life.

My journey began in the 1960s when I discovered my innate gifts of clairsentience and claircognizance—the abilities to feel others' emotions and to know information without prior exposure. Growing up without resources to develop these gifts, I turned to Wicca and Tarot in the 1970s, honing skills that would become central to my life's work.

As an Eclectic Priestess, I co-founded Coven BellaDonna, developed metaphysical classes, and became an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church and The Church of Spiritual Humanism. My studies expanded to include Eastern philosophies and their influence on the New Age movement in the U.S.

In the 1990s, I embraced Reiki, completing four Masterships, including one with Diane Stein. This deepened my understanding of the universal life force energy—Chi—and the interconnectedness of all beings through the Akashic Records.

Parallel to my spiritual pursuits, I built a 30-year career in Civil Service, holding clerical, supervisory, and administrative roles in County Water Supply and the Library System. I also lived in Colorado and Germany as a Military Adjunct. Currently, I am pursuing a degree in Psychology, affirming my belief that learning is a lifelong journey.

My students and clients receive divinely guided spiritual mentoring. I incorporate pop culture references to elucidate mythologies and analyze history in my Goddess Classes and Introduction to Wicca, often drawing on Jungian interpretations of symbolism.

I am available for public speaking engagements, specializing in accessing self-empowerment through the Feminine Divine.

I am forever grateful to the Goddess for Her many gifts, especially those of psychic empathy, which I share with clients and students through Reiki and Tarot. When I say I am a Witch, it’s with a capital W! Blessed be.