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Held by Claire I offer a compassionate, grounded presence to support you through life’s sacred transitions, whether through ceremony, healing, or at the end of life.

My work is guided by intuition, deep listening, and a gentle respect for the sacred in each moment. Following a 30 year career in teaching, I set up my own business Pathfinder Holistic Healing in 2017 after qualifying in spiritual counselling, Soul Plan Reading and other healing therapies at the Holistic Healing College in London. Training as a Celebrant and then an End-of-Life Doula/Soul Midwife

with the UK Society of Celebrants felt like a natural progression and extension of my holistic business and I found many parallels between the two businesses that, for several years, I ran alongside each other. In 2025, after 2 years of very deep and insightful training with the One Spirit Interfaith Foundation, I was ordained as an Interfaith Minister and I brought my celebrant, spiritual accompaniment and healing services together under my new business name Held by Claire. I live in the beautiful village of Withnell, near Chorley, with my dog, Scooby. Alongside my ministry and spiritual practice, I enjoy walking, reading, singing, cricket and spending time with my son and grandson. Being an Interfaith Minister to me is acceptance of all faiths and those who don’t conform to any organised religion. It’s about seeing and celebrating the value and worth in everyone and the understanding that each of us has our own path to travel. It’s about creating a space, whether through my celebrant work, healing work or spiritual accompaniment, where everyone can feel safe, valued, respected and held, and where there is an opportunity for connection, healing and growth. I offer you my presence, my respect, my compassion and a safe space where you can freely express yourself and know you will be listened to deeply and without judgement. Services offered: Interfaith Celebrant, Soul Midwife (End of Life doula), Spiritual Accompaniment, Healing therapies & readings (Reiki, Soul Plan Reading, Soul Transformation Therapy, Qigong).

12/04/2026

Sunday Stillness 💚🏡🐦‍⬛🪿

05/04/2026

EASTER BLESSINGS

"On this Easter morning, let us look again at the lives we have been so generously given and let us let fall away the useless baggage that we carry -- old pains, old habits, old ways of seeing and feeling -- and let us have the courage to begin again. Life is very short, and we are no sooner here than it is time to depart again, and we should use to the full the time that we still have.

We don't realize all the good we can do. A kind, encouraging word or helping hand can bring many a person through dark valleys in their lives. We weren't put here to make money or to acquire status or reputation. We were sent here to search for the light of Easter in our hearts, and when we find it we are meant to give it away generously.

May the spirit and light of this Easter morning and the special spirit and light of this abbey at Corcomroe bless us all, watch over us and protect us on our journey, open us from the darkness into the light of peace and hope and transfiguration."

JOHN O'DONOHUE
Dawn Mass Reflections at Corcomroe Abbey

Excerpt from his books: Walking in Wonder (US/UK) / Walking on the Pastures of Wonder (Ireland)
https://johnodonohue.com/

Corcomroe Abbey
County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

05/04/2026

Sunday Stillness & Happy Easter! 🌷🌼🌱🐣

29/03/2026

Sunday Stillness 💚

22/03/2026

Sunday Stillness 🩵🦆

20/03/2026

✍️ Peace has always been right here and now, waiting for us in the present moment. However, many of us may not realize this because we have been taught to believe that peace and happiness live somewhere else—in the future, in the next achievement, or in something we do not yet possess.

We often think: “I will be at peace when I get that job, when I find that relationship, or when I finally reach that goal.” We might tell ourselves that peace comes with enough success or recognition. And so we keep running, chasing one thing after another, convinced that our quiet joy is waiting at the next destination.

Even when we reach those goals and feel a brief moment of satisfaction, that sense of peace often fades. Soon, we find something else to chase—another milestone we are convinced will finally bring the lasting happiness we seek. This mindset of constantly living for tomorrow instead of being fully present today can become a source of restlesness. We might miss the beauty available right now because we are focused on a peace we think is waiting somewhere else.

But here is a gentle truth: peace is not a distant destination. It is here, in this very breath and in this very moment. It lives in the life that is actually happening right now. When we come back to our breath and practice mindfulness in our actions, we begin to see that we can choose to be at peace regardless of our circumstances.

This is a steady peace that lives in the present, waiting for us to stop running long enough to notice it. We do not necessarily need to achieve more to find it; we simply need to be present more.

May we can fully live in the present moment and can recognize the peace has always been right here and now.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏✨

19/03/2026

Our 2026 Spiritual Development and Ministry Training is starting to take shape, and we are pleased to confirm that there will again be two pathways:

✨ A residential pathway for those who value gathering in person.
✨ An online pathway for those who feel called to train from wherever they are in the world.

Each year’s cohort begins forming long before applications open. It begins with curiosity. With a nudge. With a sense that something more is possible.

If you are feeling that gentle pull towards ministry, spiritual deepening, or a more intentional way of serving, we invite you to express your interest and stay connected as the next chapter unfolds!

Something is coming into being. You may already be part of it.

Register your interest here: https://2026-training-interest.paperform.co/

13/03/2026

On the day when
The weight deadens
On your shoulders
And you stumble,
May the clay dance
To balance you.

And when your eyes
Freeze behind
The gray window
And the ghost of loss
Gets into you,
May a flock of colors,
Indigo, red, green
And azure blue,
Come to awaken in you
A meadow of delight.

When the canvas frays
In the curragh of thought
And a stain of ocean
Blackens beneath you,
May there come across the waters
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home.

May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
May the clarity of light be yours,
May the fluency of the ocean be yours,
May the protection of the ancestors be yours.

And so may a slow
Wind work these words
Of love around you,
An invisible cloak
To mind your life.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Beannacht, written for his mother, Josie.

From the books, To Bless the Space Between Us (US) / Benedictus (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

08/03/2026

Sunday Stillness 💚🌳

01/03/2026

Sunday Stillness 🐕‍🦺💚

22/02/2026

Sunday Stillness 💚🩵

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Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 18:00
Friday 09:00 - 18:00
Saturday 09:00 - 15:00

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01254 806263

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