A peaceful mind needs fewer decisions.My mission is to help you transform how you see yourself, so your life flows from clarity rather than inner conflict.
"Working with Travis helped me break through years of self-doubt and feel truly grounded for the first time in ages. The transformation is real and lasting.”— Ethan G.
It's Time You Make A Change
You’ve paused, reflected, and looked within.
You’ve done the work, maybe more than once.
And yet, something still feels off.Old patterns, inherited expectations, and subtle self-doubt were never yours to begin with.
And something in you knows it’s time to stop carrying them forward and start living with more honesty, clarity, and self-trust.

Finding What’s Real and Right for You
When you slow down and get honest with yourself, wisdom begins.Not insight that stays in your head, but clarity that reorganizes how you live.This work is not about collecting more advice, books, or more retreats. It begins in stillness, where the noise quiets enough for something true to be recognized.There is a deeper knowing in you that is not confused, exhausted, or lost.In our work together, we listen carefully for that knowing and create the conditions for you to live from it with steadiness and integrity.When honesty replaces effort, the internal struggle ends.From there, life simplifies. Choices become cleaner. You move forward rooted in who you are, with confidence, integrity, and self-trust.
Travis Rivera, OMC, DTC
The Inner Shifts
"The sessions gave me more than insight—they gave me traction. I stopped spiraling and started choosing how I wanted to move forward. That changed everything."
— Malik J.

Deep Coaching
Turn Inward
No more chasing. No more performing. No more looking outside yourself for answers. Here, we slow down and look honestly within. This is where you come to know yourself beyond roles, strategies, or effort.

Spiritual Counseling
Know Thy Self
This is a quieter, contemplative space for those who sense that something deeper is asking for attention. Here, we listen for Inner Wisdom that restores peace, perspective, and right relationship within.

Supportive Programs
Live Authentically
If you’ve been comfortably uncomfortable for too long, this is for you. These programs are designed to help you address what’s been shaping your inner life and bring it into alignment with who you really are.
The Results You Can Expect
Know the Real You
Learn To Trust Yourself
Strengthen your ability to listen inwardly, move with quiet confidence, and choose from clarity instead of chaos.
Quiet Fears and Limiting Beliefs
Pause the inner critic that keeps you doubting and second-guessing yourself, and return to a sense of ease and well-being.
Show Up with Confidence and Clarity
Begin showing up with steady confidence and clear direction, without the constant pressure to push or prove yourself.

How We Work Together
"I didn’t need more information—I needed someone who could help me listen to what I already knew but was afraid to trust. Travis helped me return to myself with clarity and compassion."
— Claire M.

Step 1 — Say Yes To Yourself
Book a free discovery call. After all, you deserve it. This is a clarity call, not a pitch. No pressure, no urgency, just an honest conversation about what you need.

Step 2 — Clarify What Comes Next
Together, we get clear on what you need now and what’s ready to shift. I meet you where you are, and we make room for who you’re becoming.

Step 3 — Fall Back In Love With Life
This is where commitment bears fruit. You unwind old stories, navigate life’s challenges, and return to yourself with clarity and quiet strength.
What’s Included
Private Coaching Space – One-on-one coaching that transforms your way of living and being, orienting you back to your Inner Self. Here, we get honest, so clarity becomes something you can live from.
Between Session Support – Reach out between sessions by text. I respond within 24–48 hours, so you stay connected without feeling alone in it.
Practical Practices for Sustainable Change – You’ll receive practices that help you live what you’re learning: reflection prompts, awareness practices, and small, doable steps that support overall steadiness.
Access to Community Groups – You’ll also have access to ongoing community groups at no cost. This is optional, but available if you want support, connection, and a space to stay engaged with the work over time.
What Others Are Saying
"Deeply Compassionate and Authentic"
"Travis walks the walk, doing the work on himself before sitting with others. He consistently shows a deep ability to listen with genuine compassion. I wholeheartedly recommend him."

Judi B.
Quebec, Canada
"A Profound Life-Changing Journey"
“Working with Travis has been a profound, life-changing experience. His gentle approach helped me reconnect with parts of myself I had long avoided. I walk away from our sessions with a deep sense of peace and support.”

Jeremiah K.
Austin, TX
"True Self, True Change"
“Working with Travis allowed me to reconnect with my true self. I’ve become aware of the obstacles and emotional blocks that were holding me back. I’d recommend this to anyone seeking real, authentic change.”

Allie T.
New York, NY
My Path and Purpose

I work with men and women who are ready for real inner shifts and to stop carrying roles, beliefs, and expectations that no longer fit.
As a minister, teacher, and mentor, my work centers on deep transformational coaching. We get honest about what’s actually happening, so you can stop circling and begin living.In 2007, I began what I now recognize as my transformational journey. What started as a search for understanding became a deeper dive into how I've come to know myself, and how that knowing shapes the way I live.
Today, my work is centered on helping people come home to a deeper sense of being. From there, decisions, relationships, and direction naturally unfolds effortlessly.
My work draws from spiritual psychology, personal development, and transformational coaching, helping others distill deep insight into lived, practical truth.
Becoming who you were created to be isn’t selfish. It’s holy, and by divine design.
My story includes difficulty, but it no longer governs how I live or work. What remains is discernment, steadiness, and the ability to move forward without self-deception.This work is for people who are no longer interested in rehearsing their story, but are ready to take responsibility for how they live now.
What happens when healing is no longer the project, and living is?
You don’t need the right language or further explanations. You do need a willingness to be honest and to live from what you already know.My work isn’t to help you process, but to help you live.

Many of the struggles we carry come from a quiet sense of separation, from ourselves, from God, from the deeper wisdom within us. As Dr. Alex Loyd notes:
"The deepest healing every person on earth needs is not physical or emotional, but spiritual, and it involves healing any disruption of a relationship with a loving God"
Together, we create a grounded, steady space where you can listen more deeply, set down what is not yours, and reconnect with your Inner Self.
"One who looks around him is intelligent;
one who look within him is wise."
–Mashona Deliwayo

When the Journey Turns Inward
Our sessions are honest and focused. We slow down, listen closely, and bring clarity to what has been shaping how you think, choose, and move through your life. As clarity replaces confusion, fear loses its grip, old beliefs loosen, and you meet life with steadiness and quiet strength.
You'll Begin To:
• Live from a clearer sense of who you are
• Release patterns effort alone could not change
• Experience natural clarity and confidence
• Move forward with aligned direction and grounded action
We make room for what’s true, and we move from there.
The Path That Meets Your Season
“Working with Travis feels like stepping into a sacred inner room where truth becomes unmistakably clear. Every session reveals something I didn’t know I was ready to see.”
- Casey J.
What You'll Experience
Being > Performance
Honesty > Improvement
Improvement is seductive. It keeps you busy and distracted. Honesty is simpler. It tells you exactly where you’re avoiding yourself.
Clarity > Confusion
Confusion is often a refusal to choose. Clarity arrives when you stop negotiating with what you already know.
Alignment > Achievement
When being changes, life reorganizes. Not because you made it happen, but because you stopped getting in the way.

The Place That Meets Your Rhythm
“This work helped me see the patterns I couldn’t name and reclaim the confidence I thought I had lost. Travis doesn’t just coach — he helps you remember who you are. I feel more grounded, clear, and capable than I have in years.”
-Jessica H.
Transformational coaching takes you out of the effort of managing yourself and into a way of living that no longer fights you. Not through effort, but through honesty.In our work, we look directly at what has been quietly running your life. The assumptions you’ve been living inside. The fears you’ve learned to accommodate. The habits of thought that once protected you and now quietly limit you.As clarity replaces self-deception, choices simplify. You stop negotiating with fear and ego and begin moving without inner argument.This is not about fixing yourself.
It’s about removing what no longer belongs, so life can reorganize from a truer you.
*Financial and payment plans available.

Deep Coaching is a steady, attentive space. We slow down enough to meet what is ready to be seen. Not to analyze it, but to stay with it honestly until something real becomes clear.As what has been avoided is met without negotiation, familiar patterns begin to loosen. Something quieter and more trustworthy comes online. Not because it is created, but because it is uncovered.
Both what you avoid and what you depend on are welcomed here. What has been quietly costing you time, energy, and direction becomes evident. What is still, unforced, and life-giving is no longer obscured.This work is catalytic. If you are in a fragile season or looking for reassurance, this may not be the right place to begin. When the ground is steady, we can go here.
*Financial and payment plans available.
A Life Led by Transformation
Transformation often begins quietly, with a sense that something is ready to move. For those who choose to begin in community, I also offer group calls, book clubs, workshops, and teaching circles. These spaces are not about consensus or support, but about seeing more clearly alongside others who are also willing to be honest. If a group setting feels like the right entry point, you’re welcome to inquire.
I’m not here to offer quick fixes or surface solutions. I’m here to stay present, tell the truth, and work with you where it actually matters.When we work together, you can expect steadiness, honesty, and a space that doesn’t rush or indulge avoidance. Not answers handed to you, but clarity that emerges because you’re willing to see what’s real.Your life is not unfinished. Nothing essential is missing. What you’re looking for isn’t somewhere ahead of you. It’s already here, waiting to be lived. If this speaks to you, you’ll know what to do next.
"A crowded mind leaves no space for a peaceful heart."
–Christine Evangelou

A Place to Heal and Remember
There are seasons when something in you knows that the way you’ve been responding is no longer working.You may notice familiar reactions showing up again and again. Old thoughts looping. Emotions that feel disproportionate to the moment. A quiet sense that something deeper is asking to be addressed.Spiritual counseling offers a space to listen beneath the noise, not to fix yourself, but to reconnect with the wisdom that has never left you.As an Ordained Ministerial Counselor, my role is not to diagnose or direct, but to help you see clearly from a higher perspective, so the next step becomes evident.
Rev. Travis Rivera, OMC, DTC
The Inner Sanctuary
"Travis offers a rare blend of grounded strength and spiritual clarity. He doesn’t just listen—he helps you hear the wisdom you’ve been missing beneath all the noise.”
-Bridgett K.
What You'll Experience
The Voice of Peace > The Voice of Fear
Your Inner Self > Old Conditioning
Your Inner Self responds from what is present and possible. Conditioning reacts from what has already passed.
Inner Wisdom > Survival Patterns
Inner Wisdom offers quiet direction you can trust. Survival patterns repeat familiar defenses, even when they no longer serve.
Spirit-Led Clarity > Ego-Led Confusion
Spirit-led clarity feels grounded and certain without force. Ego-led confusion fragments attention and pulls you away from what matters.

The Quiet Place
“Working with Travis feels like entering a space where everything unnecessary falls away and the truth becomes unmistakably clear. His presence is calm, wise, and deeply attuned, helping me hear the voice of peace within myself.”
-Todd J.
Spiritual Life Counseling is a place to slow down and listen for what is already present but easy to miss.It is for those moments when something in your spiritual life feels unresolved, unclear, or distant, and forcing movement would only deepen the noise. Here, we slow down enough to listen for the presence and guidance of Spirit as it is already showing up in your life.This work is not about improvement or direction. It is about relationship. Through prayerful attention and honest reflection, what has been obscured by fear, habit, or inherited belief begins to come into view.People come to Spiritual Life Counseling during seasons of questioning, longing, or quiet unraveling, when familiar frameworks no longer hold and something deeper is asking to be met rather than solved.Here, you are met with steadiness and reverence. Nothing is pushed. Nothing is fixed. What is untrue loosens naturally, and what is true is allowed to speak for itself.
$90 per session (60 to 90 minutes)Package of 3 sessions · $255
(save $15)
*Financial Support: If you feel drawn to this work but finances are a barrier, please reach out. No pressure. No judgment. Just an open door.

Accessing Inner Wisdom Counseling
Accessing Inner Wisdom Counseling offers a slower, more contained space for those moments when inner unrest feels difficult to untangle on your own.People come to this work when fear, anxiety, tension, or long-standing patterns continue to surface, even after sincere effort to address them. This is not a failure of will. It’s often a sign that something deeper is asking to be seen.Through a gentle, meditative process, attention naturally turns toward the underlying thought patterns shaping your experience. Not to analyze them, but to see them clearly.As clarity returns, your Inner Wisdom offers a truer perspective on what is happening. From there, a sense of peace that was never lost becomes accessible again, and healing unfolds in its own time.
$90 per session (60 to 90 minutes)Package of 3 sessions · $255
(save $15)
*Financial Support: If you feel drawn to this work but finances are a barrier, please reach out. No pressure. No judgment. Just an open door.
Ongoing Spiritual Formation & 8-Week Programs
For those called to deepen their spiritual practice, I offer two 8‑week programs through Pathways of Light: Healing Inner Child and Spiritual Awakening. These experiences support continued growth in peace, trust, and connection with your true Self.
I’m not here to offer quick fixes or surface solutions. I’m here to stay present, tell the truth, and work with you where it actually matters.When we work together, you can expect steadiness, honesty, and a space that doesn’t rush or indulge avoidance. Not answers handed to you, but clarity that emerges because you’re willing to see what’s real.Your life is not unfinished. Nothing essential is missing. What you’re looking for isn’t somewhere ahead of you. It’s already here, waiting to be lived. If this speaks to you, you’ll know what to do next.
"Today I make space for miracles. I recognize that it's not how big a miracle is that's important, but how much room I create for it."
–Kyle Gray

Programs for Spiritual Growth
These programs are for moments when something in you knows it’s time to go a little deeper. With willingness and consistency, more peace becomes available.Each eight-week program is designed around a clear focus. One supports Healing your Inner Child, allowing long-held patterns rooted in the past to soften and resolve. The other supports Spiritual Awakening, helping you recognize and live from the guidance of your Inner Wisdom more steadily and directly.The work unfolds within a contained, attentive space over time. Old reactions are met honestly. Inner conflict begins to ease. Clarity deepens, and trust in your Inner Wisdom grows as it becomes lived rather than conceptual.Programs are offered one-on-one or within a small group, depending on what best supports the work. Each includes eight weekly 90-minute calls, along with a workbook, focus cards, and guided audio meditations to support reflection and integration between sessions."All miracles mean life, and God is the Giver of life. His Voice will direct you very specifically. You will be told all you need to know." - A Course In Miracles
The Inner School
"Travis helped me reconnect with my inner child, bringing healing to long-held wounds and restoring a sense of joy and authenticity in my life." – Brad P.
8-Week Program
Healing Inner Child
Much of what we carry did not begin with us. When love, safety, or acceptance felt uncertain early on, a part of us learned to meet life through fear, self-judgment, and the belief that struggle is unavoidable.The Healing Inner Child Program offers a gentle, guided way to step back and see this inner child thought system clearly.Rather than revisiting what went wrong, we practice non-judgmental observation with compassion. From that distance, perspective naturally returns. Fear-based beliefs loosen. Familiar patterns lose their hold. Over time, a deeper sense of safety and trust re-emerges.
Healing Inner Child Program — Program Fee: $875
*Financial Support: If you feel drawn to this work but finances are a barrier, please reach out. I offer three scholarships each quarter. No pressure. No judgment. Just an open door.
In This Program You’ll Learn To
Offer your inner child steady, nurturing attention that builds safety and trust.
Notice inner thoughts, feelings, and reactions as they arise in daily life.
Meet fear-based patterns with detachment and care, allowing healing through inner wisdom and higher love.
Remember that you are not alone and that support is present within and around you.
See situations and relationships from a wider, more loving perspective.
Release limiting fears and open to a deeper experience of unconditional love.
Your 8-Week Journey
1. Nurturing Your Inner Child
Becoming Your Needy Inner Child’s Nurturing Parent2. The Inner Critical Parent
Replacing Self-Criticism with Self-Nurturing3. Inner Child Baggage
Recognizing & Healing Self-Destructive Thoughts4. Connecting with Higher Self
Learning to Connect Your Inner Child with Inner Wisdom5. Transforming Fear
Recognizing Needy Inner Child Cries for Love6. Stop, Look & Listen
Paying Attention to Who Is in Charge7. Healing Relationships
Seeing Through the Needy Inner Child to Light Essence8. Simple, Uncomplicated Love
Expanding Your Identity to Being Love
*Healing Inner Child and Spiritual Awakening Programs are facilitated by Rev. Travis and created by Pathways of Light.
The Awakened Place
"Through my work with Travis, I experienced moments of real realization—seeing things clearly rather than trying to fix or force them. That awareness alone created lasting change for me.”
–Rebecca K.
8-Week Program
Spiritual Awakening
There are times when peace feels distant and life seems shaped by forces beyond your control. In those moments, fear, frustration, or withdrawal can quietly take hold, and the deeper sense of direction you once trusted can feel harder to access.The Spiritual Awakening Program supports a return to peace by helping you gently notice how perception and thought shape your experience. As awareness deepens, attention shifts away from fear and back toward your Inner Self, where clarity and Inner Guidance naturally arise.Over time, trust grows and defenses soften.Life becomes guided by love and Inner Wisdom rather than effort or force.
Spiritual Awakening Program — Program Fee: $875
*Financial Support: If you feel drawn to this work but finances are a barrier, please reach out. I offer three scholarships each quarter. No pressure. No judgment. Just an open door.
In This Program You’ll Learn To
Listen for Inner Guidance with greater clarity, confidence, and trust.
Bring what you are learning into daily life in a practical way.
Reconnect with your own innate Wisdom within a steady, supportive space.
Gently release beliefs and concepts that no longer serve your growth.
Allow spiritual awakening to unfold in an environment rooted in care, honesty, and non-judgment.
Your 8-Week Journey
Accepting Abundance
Letting Spirit Be in ChargeOpening to Inner Guidance
Strengthening Communication with Your Inner GuidanceGoing Gently
A Process for Achieving Greater AwarenessTransforming Your Life
Changing Your Thoughts to Change Your WorldThe Awakened Perspective
Releasing Judgment and Allowing Love to Shine ThroughAccelerating Your Growth
Seeing the Messages in Your RelationshipsBuilding Your House of Light
Making Every Moment an Empowering ExperienceDivine Play
Celebrating Love — Oneness
*Healing Inner Child and Spiritual Awakening Programs are facilitated by Rev. Travis and created by Pathways of Light.
Ongoing Small Groups & Workshops
For those who feel drawn to learn and explore in community, I also offer ongoing group spaces, including workshops, book clubs, study groups, and short courses. Many of these are free or offered at a low rate to keep them accessible. If you are curious about upcoming offerings or would like to be notified when new groups open, you are welcome to inquire.
I’m not here to offer quick fixes or surface solutions. I’m here to stay present, tell the truth, and work with you where it actually matters.When we work together, you can expect steadiness, honesty, and a space that doesn’t rush or indulge avoidance. Not answers handed to you, but clarity that emerges because you’re willing to see what’s real.Your life is not unfinished. Nothing essential is missing. What you’re looking for isn’t somewhere ahead of you. It’s already here, waiting to be lived. If this speaks to you, you’ll know what to do next.