Colette Lafia

Colette Lafia is an award-winning author, spiritual director, and retreat leader. As a graduate of the Living School, through the Center for Action and Contemplation, Colette has a passion for the contemplative path. She has worked in the spiritual formation programs at Mercy Center Burlingame and is a certified Centering Prayer presenter. She is the author of Comfort and Joy, Seeking Surrender, The Divine Heart and Leaving the Shore: Experiencing Poetry as Prayer.   Her book The Divine Heart: Seven Ways to Live in God’s Love, which received a 2022 Nautilus Book Award. Her most recent book is Leaving the Shore: Experiencing Poetry as Prayer.  To learn more about Colette, please visit www.colettelafia.com.