Who am I, and why am I here?
A question that became a garden.
The Women's Center for SoulCARE began with a question — and grew into a sacred space where women find rest, presence, and a path back to who they truly are.
Be still. Be known. Be loved.
The Seven Sacred Signposts
- 01Sweetness — the sweetness of grace
- 02Secrets — the secrets of His sacred Word
- 03Surrender — the surrender that opens the heart
- 04Struggles — the struggles that strengthen & refine the spirit
- 05Stillness — the stillness where God whispers
- 06Suddenlys — the sudden moments that change and grow us
- 07Seeing — the seeing that perceives God's presence
A question that became a calling.
Janie's story begins with a question she's carried since she was ten years old, riding in the back seat of her parents' car: Who am I, and why am I here? It wasn't a passing thought — it was the kind of question that quietly shapes a life.
In 2008, Janie & Don's life took a pivot as they exited the church they had planted and led for over two decades. In that new season, she pursued spiritual formation — not as an idea, but as a calling. It was the beginning of beginning again.
At fifty-eight, Janie went back to school to earn a Master's degree in Theology with a concentration in Spiritual Direction — not to start over, but to become equipped to lead, teach, and guide others to understand the Sacred Path Adventure with Jesus.
"These are good. Don't stop. Do you hear me? Never stop."
— Phyllis Tickle, on Janie's soul-poetryYears before, Phyllis Tickle - founding editor of the Religion Department of Publishers Weekly, had called Janie "A Poet of the Spiritual Life," opening a floodgate. Over the years, Janie's poetry grew into hundreds of pieces — and within them, she began to see a pattern: seven recurring movements of the soul's journey with God, which became the Seven Sacred Signposts shown here.
Then, in 2016, Janie was invited to become a Zig Ziglar Certified Trainer & Coach. Shortly thereafter — a friend introduced her live on camera as the new Spiritual Director for Zig Ziglar Family International. What began as a single unplanned moment opened a new chapter: speaking, writing, and encouraging women around the world.
Through every chapter — loss, new beginnings, unexpected doors — one quiet vision kept growing: a sacred garden, where women could walk a path marked by the Seven Sacred Signposts, each one a place to pause, reflect, and be renewed. That vision is now the Women's Center for SoulCARE.
She came as a guest. She stayed to help build it.
Kathy's connection to SoulCARE didn't begin with a title or a role. It began the way it does for so many women — she came as a guest, not knowing quite what to expect, and found herself personally shaped by the peace, presence, and care Janie had cultivated in the garden.
What started as her own season of restoration grew into something more: a shared desire to help extend that same experience to other women. Over time, Kathy moved from guest to partner — and today, she and Janie lead the Women's Center for SoulCARE together as Co-Directors, honoring the original vision while gently expanding its reach.
Kathy brings over twenty years of experience in leadership development, business alignment, and walking alongside people through seasons of transition and growth. Her gift is building the bridge between the sacred and the practical — helping women build lives, callings, and businesses that truly reflect who they are and where God is leading them.
"Clarity is not the absence of questions — it's the courage to listen for answers."
— Kathy A. Souza
From guest to Co-Director
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A guest in the garden — Kathy first experienced SoulCARE not as a leader, but as a woman seeking rest and renewal.
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Personally transformed — the peace and presence she found became something she wanted other women to experience too.
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A shared vision — what began as personal transformation grew into a partnership rooted in the same heart for women's wholeness.
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Co-Director today — Kathy now helps lead the Women's Center for SoulCARE, honoring Janie's original vision while gently expanding its reach.
One vision, lived out in four directions.
Everything Janie and Kathy do flows from the same source — and touches every part of a woman's life. These four pillars are how that vision becomes practical, day to day.
Personal
Identity, rest, and returning to your true self — the place every woman's journey begins.
Echoes Janie's lifelong question: who am I, and why am I here?
Spiritual
Intimacy with God, formation, and sacred rhythm — the heartbeat of everything we offer.
Lived out through the Seven Sacred Signposts and the garden itself.
Relational
Deeper, more authentic connection with others — community as a place of belonging, not performance.
The same belonging Kathy found as a guest, long before she became Co-Director.
Professional
Work and leadership aligned with values and calling — so faith and vocation move together, not apart.
Kathy's bridge between the sacred and the practical, made tangible.