What Is Changing Lives and How Can It Help You Change Yours?

Changing Lives is a companion on your mental and spiritual health journey. It provides information, resources, and practices intended to help you get through hard times and create better ones. It includes personal stories about traumatic experiences, mental health issues, and spiritual struggles that I and others have experienced. We share what we’ve learned and done that has helped us deal with those challenges and change our lives and could help you change yours.

Subscription Options and Benefits

A FREE subscription gives you weekly Changing Lives posts in your email (or the Substack app).

A PAID subscription gives you those posts and membership in my private community. Starting in September 2025, we’ll have live gatherings on Zoom, private group chats on Substack, and more! This is a community for people who value honest, in-depth conversations and genuine connections. A place to discuss what’s happening in our lives and the world and how we REALLY feel about it. A safe space to celebrate our joys, grieve our losses, and express our outrage. A mutually supportive environment in which we all help each other get through hard times and make positive changes.

Meet the person behind Changing Lives

I’m Wendi Gordon, a former pastor who left that career (and some of my former spiritual beliefs) to become a writer, speaker, and coach. I have a graduate degree and years of professional experience, but my most valuable knowledge and skills have come from overcoming challenges to my own mental and spiritual health.

I don’t claim to have all the answers (or that my answers are right for you). I believe that you have the answers you seek; my goal is to help you find and trust those answers.

Changing Lives is more than my posts here. It’s my mission in life, and the reason I’m also a speaker, support group facilitator, and private coach. DM me on Substack for more details about these services and other ways I help change lives.