Monika L. Son, Ph.D.
Spiritual Care, Embodied Leadership & Collective Practice
I accompany people who serve—especially those working at the intersections of spirituality, justice, education, and social change.

SER ENTERO

Formation, accompaniment, and collective practice for people who serve.

Chaplains. Organizers. Spiritual leaders. Educators. Caregivers. Community builders. Movement workers.

People who serve others often spend so much time tending, teaching, organizing, accompanying, and responding that there is little space to ask:

How am I being changed by the work?

What sustains me?

How do I remain present without abandoning myself?

What kind of community are we becoming together?

Ser Entero is a place for that inquiry.

We practice wholeness not as an escape from the world, but as preparation for meeting it.

I offer formation, mentoring, facilitation, retreats, and educational experiences for people and communities working at the intersections of spirituality, justice, embodiment, care, and social transformation.

My work is grounded in contemplative practice, somatic awareness, trauma-informed facilitation, spiritual care, and critical inquiry into power and systems.

I am interested in what happens when we bring the whole of ourselves—body, mind, spirit, history, relationship, grief, anger, uncertainty, and hope—to the work of serving others.

I am less interested in teaching people how to become more effective at doing more.

I am interested in helping us become more present, discerning, relational, and resourced in the ways we already serve.

Because transformation is not only about what we accomplish.

It is also about who we become together.

Education and Training

✓ PhD in Developmental Psychology

✓Group / Relational Facilitator

✓ Embodied Leadership Coach

✓ Meditation facilitator

✓ Licensed Mental Health Counselor

✓ FORMER Full-TiMe Professor and Administrator in Higher Education

✓ Chaplain

Philosophy / Framework

**Ser Entero: Embrace Your Wholeness**
Ser Entero, meaning **“to be whole” or “whole being”** in Spanish, is rooted in the belief that **you are already whole**—there is nothing to fix, nothing missing. While growth and transformation are part of life, you are not incomplete. Everything you need is already within you.
*To be whole enough to meet what is here.*
Wholeness does not mean being untouched by grief, anger, uncertainty, or contradiction.
It means learning to remain in relationship with the fullness of our experience—and with one another.
This is the practice.
**Come practice with me.**

Spiritual care • Embodied leadership • Movement practice • Chaplaincy education
I accompany people who serve.

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My FAMILY

Jonathan and Nicolas are young men. Jonathan has a boundless mind and free spirit, with vast interests including rock climbing and debate. Nicolas has a heart of generosity, is a rugby player and loves college. John, their dad and my husband, loves to cook, attend Nicolas’ sports games and laugh at Jonathan’s jokes. When he is not tending to us or his work, he coaches kids’ basketball.