Convener and Co-chair |
The Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason, Psy.D., convened the Spirituality & Flourishing Interest Group in 2022 and now acts as its co-chair. She is an educator, psychotherapist, spiritual director, and writer whose varied career has been devoted to integrating spiritual wisdom with psychological insight in the service of fostering fuller human flourishing. Dr. Mason has occupied a host of roles in higher education, counseling centers, and faith communities in New York and New England. In the past, she worked as Managing Director for the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute and taught on the faculties of Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, two of her alma maters. Over the years, she has had her essays anthologized and been a presenter for numerous local, national, and international programs. Today she serves as Community Minister for Spiritual Direction at Arlington Street Church in Boston, MA, teaches apprentices at the Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction, and reviews books for Presence, the quarterly journal of Spiritual Directors International.
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellymurphymason Blog: https://thereverenddr.com Website: www.kellymurphymason.com |
Co-Chair
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Nicoleta Acatrinei is a scholar and an entrepreneur with a triple backgournd in economics, theology and government studies, and she serves as SFIG co-chair. She received her Master Advanced in theology from the Faculty of Theology, University of Lausanne, in 2004, and a Ph.D. in 2014 from Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP), Switzerland. She has lead several projects in Switzerland and US on faith in economics, finance and at the work place. She has authored books, book chapters and journal articles, the most recent one: “The Human Nature of Homo Oeconomicus: An Anthropological Investigation in the Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew by Saint John Chrysostom, in Studia Patristica (2021), vol. 25, pp. 255-268.
LInkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleta-acatrinei Academic profile: https://csr.princeton.edu/about/people/nicoleta-acatrinei Email: [email protected] |
Our members
SFIG members listed in alphabetical order...
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Rev. Megan Cullip, MDiv, MPH
Megan Cullip enjoys thinking and conversing about questions and is continually learning how to deeply enjoy life. She has chosen her life’s purpose: to alleviate suffering wherever she may find it. Megan has worked with people struggling with addiction, people imprisoned, people suffering from severe mental illness, unruly teenagers, people who are existentially wondering and spiritually seeking, people who are grieving, and hospice patients. She attended the Honor’s College at the University of Texas, San Antonio for a Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Studies with a specialization in Special Education, Princeton Theological Seminary for a Master in Divinity, Union College, KY for Chemical Addictions and Dependency Counseling, and Johns Hopkins University for a Master in Public Health. She believes life is to be approached with a sense of humor and that the greatest joy in life is found in the people we surround ourselves with, to love and be loved. Megan spends her free time in the great outdoors. She is a musician and a radio personality on KSJE. She is also an adjunct instructor at San Juan College. Megan serves as the Community Health and Social Services Director for San Juan County. Her passion is to explore where health and spirituality intersect. https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-cullip-56844399/ |
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Cara de Lange is a researcher and consultant specializing in moral resilience and operational efficiency, helping mission-driven organizations thrive through strategic redesign and human sustainability.
Cara de Lange is an author, researcher, and operational efficiency consultant whose work explores the intersection of human sustainability, workplace transformation, and moral resilience. She is the founder of Softer Success® and creator of A Walk Through the Forest, a 90-second diagnostic tool that identifies organizational inefficiencies. A member of the Human Flourishing Network at Harvard, Cara has collaborated with leading universities—including King’s College London, Imperial College, and the University of Sheffield—on research examining the links between burnout, moral injury, and long-term organizational health. She introduced the concept of moral injury & building moral resilience into business wellbeing contexts and advocates for ethically grounded leadership. She consults for global organizations such as Google, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and Greenopia, using evidence-based audits and strategic redesign to boost productivity, prevent overwhelm, and align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caradelange/ Website: www.caradelange.com www.softersuccess.com |
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Divinity Grace is a spiritual mentor and guide with over a decade of experience supporting individuals in recovery from food and substance addiction. Her work integrates contemplative spiritual direction, somatic inquiry, and connective tissue science to foster deep healing and spiritual maturation.
In 2015, she founded a private coaching and mentorship practice that emerged from her early years of 12-step sponsorship. She later created and led The Freedom Embodied Academy, a spiritually-centered group program that supported women in becoming free from food addiction and restoring a sense of safety, trust, and connection in the body. She is also the developer of the Freedom from Resentment method—a framework that helps individuals transmute lingering emotional patterns into inner freedom and alignment with higher values. She is currently piloting a Moral Injury Version of the method, designed to support those experiencing spiritual distress, disconnection, or a loss of faith in the wake of moral pain—helping them regain trust, meaning, spiritual clarity, and peace. Today, Divinity supports spiritually committed women in their spiritual formation, offering guidance for those ready to align their motivations, work, and life with a deeper spiritual vocation. She can be reached at [email protected], via her website at www.freedomembodied.com |
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John Kesler is the founder and teacher of a spiritual, life and group practice called integral polarity practice (IPP) which is designed to support flourishing through the full spectrum of human development as a complement to any spiritual or cultural orientation. He has shared this practice for over twenty years through the IPP Institute of which he is founder and president. He is also co-founder and chair of YOUnify which is committed to bridging divides of all sorts for the purpose of making progress on the pressing issues of our time in support of interrelated individual and collective flourishing in an ecosystemic context. YOUnify is grounded in IPP principles. John has served as a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and currently is a teacher of gospel doctrine in that tradition. He was one of the first four individuals transmitted by Genpo Roshi, the founder of the Big Mind Process in the Zen tradition, to be a large group facilitator of that Process. He is certified in scoring and consulting with regard to stages of human development. He was one of four people engaged in the initial scoring research in the highest stages of human development (Metaware Tier) in the Stages model of human development.
John is also a practicing attorney, writer and lecturer and can be reached at: [email protected] |
Simi Lawoyin is a lifelong learner and social entrepreneur with a global career journey spanning four continents. She is currently completing a doctoral program in Adult Learning & Leadership, with research interests in flourishing and leadership. Simi's diverse experiences include teaching and developing academic programs at universities in the US and China; designing and implementing interventions to transform the K-12 and tertiary landscape in Nigeria; and partnering with organizational leaders to design human-centered workplaces.
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Sharyn Ann Lenhart, M.D., F.A.P.A. is a Harvard Medical School affiliated psychiatrist with over forty years experience as a clinician, author, teacher, and forensic expert. She has also served as a medical school associate dean and as President of the American Medical Women’s Association. She received her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh and her psychiatric training at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lenhart’s work focuses on the psychiatric consequences and treatment of adverse life events. Dr.Lenhart is the founder of a physician’s international outreach program. She has developed numerous lectures and seminars for use in medical schools, medical organizations, and community education programs. She has co-authored a textbook on the psychodynamic treatment of women and has authored one of the first textbooks dealing with sexual harassment and discrimination. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the A.P.A., a United Nations Woman of Distinction and the recipient of the 2020 Massachusetts Medical Society Women’s Health Award. Contact: [email protected] |
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Zarah Robinson is a PhD student in Saint Louis University’s Public and Social Policy department, focusing on epistemic violence and American fundamentalism. They come to such studies with almost a decade of experience in child abuse and neglect investigations, an MA in International Criminology, and an MSc in Social Change (the use of big data statistics to advise policy). They are passionate about bridging epistemic gaps for the betterment of all and uplifting every voice.
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Paulo Torrens is a Psychotherapist and Social Psychologist with a private practice in Cambridge, Ma. He's a group therapist at Arbour Hospital in Jamaica Plain and a family therapist with Summit Community Services in Boston. Originally from Brazil, he has treated and promoted mental health solutions for Brazilian immigrants abroad through his practice and chair of the mental health division of the Brazilian Aboard Council. Paulo is also a Permanent Deacon with the Archdiocese of Boston and the owner and Founder of VirTute Therapy and Spirituality which sponsor spirituality-based therapies and mental health self-care in Brazil and around the globe. He is also a writer and collaborator at Futebol Viral Program with the Cultural Agents Program at Harvard University, a long term initiative who use soccer and soccer coaching techniques to teach non-violence and conflict resolution to young adults in Brazil. He has a special interest in forgiveness promotion in the event of trauma and abuse.
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