Cathy Armstrong, MS, PhD, OIM (Religious Studies), is an ordained interfaith minister, ancient wisdom teacher, spiritual counselor, Buddhist study guide, and Reiki Master Teacher.
• spiritual direction
• interfaith ministry
• meditation or contemplative education
• energy-oriented wellness practices
• classes and ceremonies
• spiritual coaching
Through Sacred Soul Healing, she offers compassionate life coaching and spiritual guidance for those seeking deeper meaning, support, and transformation.
• Reconnect with your inner wisdom.
• Move through grief, transition, or uncertainty with support.
• Explore healing in a sacred, grounded, spiritually informed space.
I help you start listening with your heart and remember the quiet song of your soul.
As you attune to the sounds and beauty of nature, the elements, and gentle sacred sound, joy and peace begin to return.
Here, meditation and inner healing lead the way to recovery, helping you reconnect with your purpose, your clarity, and the inner wisdom that has always been yours.
Located within the Unitarian Universalist Church
Cathy Armstrong OIM, PhD
6901 Holly Road
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
Call (361) 728-4838
Contemplative Studies
Contemplative study brings together learning, reflection, meditation, and direct personal experience. Rather than simply accepting a teaching, you are encouraged to consider how it speaks to your life.
Buddhist Psychology and Mindfulness
Buddhist psychology offers a practical way of understanding the mind, emotional suffering, attachment, compassion, and the possibility of change. Its teachings have influenced many modern therapeutic approaches, including mindfulness-based practices, Acceptance ano Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Through meditation, reflection, and compassionate awareness, Buddhist teachings can help us recognize habitual patterns, respond more skillfully to difficult emotions, and develop a more grounded relationship with life.
Christian Mysticism Metaphysical Christianity
Christian mysticism emphasizes a direct, personal experience of the Divine through contemplation, prayer, silence, and inner transformation. It invites a deeper understanding of love, compassion, forgiveness, and the presence of the sacred within everyday lite.
Metaphysical Christianity explores the symbolic and spiritual meanings within scripture, focusing on inner awakening, consciousness, and the transformative power of thought, intention, and faith. Rather than literal interpretation, it encourages reflection on how sacred teachings
Ayurveda and the Mind-Body Connection Ayurveda is an ancient holistic system that emphasizes balance among the body, mind, senses, environment, and daily rhythms.
Ayurvedic education may include meditation, breathwork, lifestyle practices, mindful eating, seasonal routines, stress reduction, and greater awareness of each person's unique constitution.
These practices are offered for personal education and wellness and are not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment.
Shamanic-Informed Spirituality
Shamanic traditions are among humanity's oldest approaches to healing, meaning, nature, community, and spiritual connection.
At Sacred Heart Healing, shamanic studies are approached respectfully as a source of spiritual education and personal reflection. Practices may explore symbolism, guided imagery, connection with nature, ritual, storytelling, altered states of awareness, and the wisdom found within the natural world.
Meditation and mindfulness
Sacred Heart Healing may offer:
• Meditation and mindfulness groups
• Buddhist psychology study groups
• Christian contemplative prayer and reflection groups
• Metaphysical Christianity study and discussion
• Spiritual growth classes
• Ayurveda and mind-body wellness education
• Guided imagery and relaxation
• Interfaith spiritual exploration
• Nature-based and shamanic-informed practices
• Workshops on compassion, meaning, and inner healing
Offerings may be available in person in Corpus Christi, Texas, or online.groups
Meet Cathy Armstrong Lifestyle Wellness Coach • mindfulness training program • a spiritual path for wise minded living
Cathy Armstrong, MS, PhD, OIM, Ordained Interfaith Minister and Contemplative Educator
Cathy Armstrong brings more than 35 years of experience in counseling, nursing, hypnosis, mindfulness, stress management, mind-body wellness, and spiritual exploration.
Her background includes training and study in Buddhist psychology, meditation, yoga, Ayurveda, Christian mysticism, metaphysical Christianity, Jungian and depth-oriented approaches, somatic practices, interpersonal neurobiology, self hypnosis, and the mystical traditions of world religions.
Gentle, integrative work that supports healing on emotional, energetic, and soul levels.
You may have looked outside yourself—toward teachers, counselors, therapists, healers, or spiritual guides—searching for answers.
But the deeper work is not about finding something outside of you.
It’s about reconnecting with what is already within you.
For those who feel drawn, sessions may also include reflective or spiritual exploration—supporting meaning, purpose, and connection beyond the psychological level.
The body often needs to feel safe before deeper insight can take root. As regulation increases, many clients naturally experience greater clarity, alignment, and a sense of inner connection.
Begin to Claim:
• Your clarity.
• Your strength.
• Your ability to shift and transform.
There are many paths—prayer, spiritual direction, metaphysical counseling, shamanic soul retrieval, meditation, reflection, or integrative psychotherapy with a clinical mental health professional.
The work is learning which path is truly yours…
and developing the awareness and tools to walk it.
The Sacred Path of the Inner Work
Spiritual direction and ministerial interfaith couseling services are separate from licensed counseling
This is not a rigid program.
It is a process of unfolding.
• Becoming aware of unconscious patterns and emotional reactions
• Learning to sit with yourself rather than escape yourself
• Releasing what no longer serves you
• Strengthening a deeper sense of inner direction
• Living with more intention, clarity, and presence
Over time, you begin to experience a quieter mind, a steadier emotional state, and a stronger connection to your own inner guidance.
Personal Growth Through Awareness, Action, and Inner Alignment
Real change doesn’t come from thinking differently alone—it comes from how you think, who you believe you are, how you respond, and the state you live in daily. This work brings those pieces together in a grounded, practical way.
Ancient Wisdom Practices for Self Care
Mindfulness, Meditation, Guided Imagery, Breath work, Trauma informed Yoga, Movement & Sound Therapy, Grounding
Polyvagal Theory, Inerpersonal Neurobiology, Somatic Grounding Skills Training
Heart and Soul Self - Hypnosis Training, Breath work, Sound Healing, Ancient Wisdom Practices
• Rewire the Patterns That Keep You Stuck
• Subconscious and nervous system-based hypnosis for lasting change.
• Not surface-level coping. Real change at the root.
Hypnosis offers a gentle, inward pathway to connect with the deeper layers of the mind, allowing insight, healing, and transformation to emerge naturally.
Emotional & Nervous System Healing
Anxiety • Stress • Trauma Somatic and Polyvagal-Informed Support • Grief and Loss Ceremonies • Insomnia • Deep Relaxation
Rooted in both lived experience and ordained interfaith ministry, this work honors the connection between body, mind, and spirit.
Personal Growth & Empowerment
Self-Confidence • Self-Esteem • Assertiveness • Motivation • Creativity • Goal Achievement
Habits & Behavioral Change
Weight Loss • Stop Smoking• Stop Vaping• Improve Study Habits• Change Your Habits • Rid Worry • Build Confidence • Stop Intrusive Thoughts
Deeper Inner Healing
Self-Awareness • Self-Forgiveness • Fears
Shadow Work • Parts Work • Inner Child Healing
Self-Worth
Releasing ties to people, places, and patterns that no longer honor, support, or align with your highest good.
Foundations of Change
You Are the Magic and the Keeper of Your Soul
Clarity of Mind
• Learn to recognize and shift patterns that keep you stuck.
• Identity & Self-Belief
Change how you see yourself so your behavior naturally follows.
• Alligned Action
• Turn insight into real-world change through consistent action
Emotional and Nervous System Regulation
• Create a calmer, more stable internal state so change can actually stick.
• Breaking unconscious patterns and conditioned responses
• Strengthening focus and mental clarity
• Rewiring negative thinking into supportive patterns
• Building a grounded sense of self and inner direction
• Learning how to respond instead of react
• Using visualization and focused awareness to create change
• Integrating insight into daily life—not just thinking about it
Create a simple weekly structure:
Week 1 — Awareness
• Notice thoughts, reactions, habits
Week 2 — Mind
• Interrupt and reframe patterns
Week 3 — Identity
• Who am I being vs who I want to be
Week 4 — Action
• One consistent daily shift
Week 5 — Regulation
• Calm the system → create stability
Week 6 — Integration
• Make it your way of living
“I offer spiritual ministry and non-clinical energetic wellness support through sacred self-healing, somatic awarenesSpiritual and ministerial services are not a substitute for licensed medical or mental health care. If you are seeking counseling or clinical services, those are offered separately through Cathy Armstrong Wellness.
