After completing a degree in Social Work, Kym spent 20 years in Pastoral ministry, while also holding community roles in School Chaplaincy, Homeless Services for women, and Foster Care. She continued study through her Masters program in the areas of Leadership, Spiritual Formation and Pastoral Supervision. Kym has recently been sharing her time between the Network Resourcing Team, churches of Christ NSW & ACT companioning leaders and churches in their formation, and Slow Wild Spirituality, her private practice offering Professional Supervision, Mentoring and Spiritual Direction. Kym is grateful to live with her family beside the waterways and bushlands of Dharawal country in Southern Sydney. She is enriched by the spirituality of Aboriginal peoples and walking and working with people of all cultures, faiths, identities, sexualities, abilities, and life experiences. She is committed to ongoing learning and unlearning, and to a gentle, trauma-informed practice that honours each person’s story, dignity, and agency.

John O’Donahue, Irish Poet and philosopher, uses the phrase Anam cara, which is translated as "soul friend," referring to a deep, non-judgmental relationship where you can be your true self, sharing your innermost thoughts and feelings with another person who acts as a guide, and mirror to your soul. Sometimes we find an Aman cara in a special friend or spiritual community, other times we benefit from finding a companion who is a little removed from our daily life, with space and time available to meet regularly and intentionally with us.

Mentoring has been part of my own journey of healing, discovery, and courage. And now, it is one of the ways I offer presence to others, especially those who are asking big questions, carrying deep responsibilities, or simply longing to be more themselves.

Mentoring offers guidance to a person helping them move from where they are, towards the greater maturity, competence and fulfilment that they desire. Spiritual mentoring covers whole of life growth with a primary focus on spiritual formation. As a mentor my role is to observe the inner life and direction of the soul, offering deep presence and listening, holding a safe space in which to be affirmed, enlightened, refined, grown and renewed.

Kym's experience and passions are well matched to walking with women in Christian Leadership, ministry, chaplaincy, and the helping professions. Kym is also drawn to accompany those navigating key thresholds in life, vocation and faith, where doubt, disruption, and dissonance crack open sacred invitations.

BA Social Work, UNSW
Graduate Certificate Leadership (Arrow Emerging Leadership Program), Sydney College of Divinity
Graduate Certificate Professional Supervision, St Marks Theological College
Masters of Arts (Pastoral Theology), ACOM
Spiritual Mentoring Formation Cohort, ACOM
Spiritual Direction Graduate, Listen into Life Formation Program

Member ACMN
Member of the Australian Association of Supervisors
Member Australian Network for Spiritual Direction
Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction, Member