Whole Being: Life Alchemy
Being, Belonging, Becoming
About
Welcome to the Dance of Becoming
This website is an invitation to step into the ever-unfolding mystery of life, to explore the seasons that shape us, the stories that nourish us, and the metaphysical threads that weave us together. Inspired by Alfred North Whitehead’s process cosmology, these writings trace the dynamic, relational fabric of existence, where nothing is static, and everything is in a state of becoming. We are processes braided with memories, sensations, and potentialities.
Here, we will journey through the rhythms of nature, the hidden alchemy of transformation, and the deep ontology of what it means to be. We’ll celebrate art, honor the unseen, and marvel at the ways the divine dances through our lives. This is a space for those who crave the depths, who seek to understand themselves not as isolated beings but as ecosystems of possibility, tangled up with the cosmos.
In each post, we will compost old ideas, plant seeds of new understanding, and tend to the fertile mystery that pulses through our everyday lives. Together, let’s discover the beauty of being in process, where wholeness is not a destination but a continuous dance of growth, decay, and renewal.
My name is Kathleen Rose and I am the Creator and Founder of Whole Being Spiritual Direction, a boutique coaching firm located in Claremont, California
Kathleen Rose holds a doctorate in clinical pastoral psychotherapy and works as a healthcare chaplain in a retirement community and in hospice, offering compassionate spiritual care at the intersections of aging, illness, grief, and meaning-making. She is a certified Life Coach, an ordained Interfaith Minister with a Master of Divinity degree emphasizing process philosophy, an Eco-Chaplain, and a certified Hoʻoponopono practitioner. She is also certified in Jungian Archetype Studies.
Kathleen’s academic and professional formation is deeply shaped by the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. She has studied and worked within the Whiteheadian tradition through her involvement with the Cobb Institute, where she has helped bring process theology and process-relational thinking beyond the academy and into lived, relational, and pastoral contexts.
As a writer, poet, and artist, Kathleen weaves creativity into her coaching, counseling, and chaplaincy work. Her approach blends ancient wisdom, Eastern spiritual insight, Carl Jung’s process of Individuation, and Whitehead’s process-relational worldview to offer a supportive and transformative framework that helps individuals align their lives with meaning, vitality, and well-being.
Rooted in a Celtic spiritual path, Kathleen is dedicated to interfaith peace work and community growth. Her volunteer work with a Syrian refugee family near San Bernardino, California, deepened her exploration of culturally held beliefs, hospitality, and the transformative power of relationship across difference.
She is also a student of the Japanese Tea Ceremony through the international Chado Urasenke Tankokai associations, inspired by Sen Genshitsu’s mission of “Peacefulness through a Bowl of Tea.”
Her poetry has appeared in The C.G. Jung Journal: Psychological Perspectives, Poetry Quarterly, River Poets Journal, Altadena Poetry Review Anthology 2017, Open Horizons 2020, Becomings Collective, and Lullwater Review 2020. Her art has been exhibited at the dA Art Gallery in Pomona, California, and the Ontario Museum of Art and History in Ontario, California.
Her stories can be found on her blog Life Alchemy and in the Huffington Post.
Whole Being
Being. Belonging. Becoming.
