Meet David F. Cowdery
I’ve spent more than thirty years walking with people through some of the most tender, complex, and life-defining moments they’ve faced. My path has taken me through many roles – as a lay pastor, employment coach, adult educator, and mentor – but my passion has always remained the same: to help others rise from their struggle and find a path toward clarity, healing, and purpose.
Though I’m not formally certified in counseling, I’ve spent over four decades offering peer-to-peer emotional support, spiritual mentorship, and compassionate care to individuals from all walks of life. My approach is grounded in lived experience, deep listening, spiritual insight, and the ability to make even the most complex ideas feel clear and empowering. Many have shared that I offer a perspective they hadn’t considered – often helping them see what’s been hidden beneath the surface.
At Kairos Pathways, I draw from my background in pastoral leadership, recovery support, adult education, and soul-centered guidance. I believe in a whole-person approach to coaching – one that honors the integration of spirit, soul, and body. My wife and I, as a team, support our clients with both experiential wisdom and clinical insight.
I don’t believe in fixing people – I believe in walking with them as they reconnect with the truth of who they already are. I’ve been called a teacher, a discerner, and a translator of difficult truths into everyday wisdom. My desire is simple: to spend the rest of my life helping people who want to be helped – with compassion, clarity, and heart.
What I Have to Offer
Pastoral and Spiritual Leadership
Over twenty years providing compassionate spiritual leadership to individuals and groups seeking spiritual understanding.
- Designed and delivered various sermons complete with exegesis reports.
- Devised and delivered a series of spiritual lessons geared towards biblical perspectives on social interactions.
- Developed and delivered a series of spiritual lessons on biblical perspectives on finding emotional and psychological healing.
- When preaching, though I may have sermon notes, I am sensitive to the Holy Spirt to guide the actual lesson.
- Directed operations of a soup kitchen containing a food and clothing bank.
- Organized and implemented various community-related events.
- Intervened on behalf of clients who were experiencing challenging and volatile situations.
- Facilitated various self-help and support groups.
Coaching, Mentoring, and Counselling
Over thirty years coaching, mentoring, counselling guiding individuals struggling with spiritual, psychological, behavioral, and emotional challenges.
- Trained as an Emotional Integrative Therapy coach.
- Coached and counseled individuals seeking to recover from trauma and PTSD.
- Counseled individuals struggling with moderate to severe behavioural, emotional, and psychological issues.
- Mentored individuals in conflict-resolution, positive confrontation, and interpersonal skills.
- Mediated conflicts between individuals resulting in equitable solutions.
- Assisted staff in the positive resolution of conflicts and hostilities between students and clients.
- Experienced with crisis management, suicide prevention, and handling volatile situation.
- Coached individuals in the development and implementation of various treatment and recovery plans.
- Offered emotional support and encouragement to individuals who were concerned about their interview.
- Often times, I have been led by the Holy Spirit to offer prophetic words to those seeking to hear from God: many times I am unaware they were seeking the words the Holy Spirit gave me for them.
- I continuously seek God’s leading when teaching, counselling, and interacting with other people, which has helped me awaken hope and faith in those who struggle.
- Coached clients in the development and implementation of career improvement plans.
- Coached clients regarding job aspiration and employment-related skills requirements.
Technical and Personal Training
Over twenty years providing stimulating and engaging teaching material and facilitation. Noted as being a highly personable trainer, mentor, and coach.
- Developed and delivered Paradigm Processing course including notes and handouts.
- Delivered various conflict resolution, interpersonal, and life skills workshops.
- Designed and delivered introduction, intermediate and advanced computer courses and workshops.
- Developed Human Resources and Material Management courses.
- Designed and delivered courses in A+, Network+, and CNA certification courses.
- Redesigned Technical Support course to include Help-Desk Specialist training.
- Modified course lectures and material to help student understand course concepts.
- Adapted course material to help students with learning challenges.
- Trained technical staff in Windows and Netware network administration
- Maintained detailed records of projects, assignments, and test results for each student.
- Administered and evaluated testing procedures to determine student’s skills.
- Designed and coordinated required training resulting from change management plans.
- Setup and managed classrooms consisting of between two to twenty students.
- Selected, ordered, and received course related materials.
- Created comprehensive course notes, outlines, and presentations for courseware.
Case Management and Client Care
Over twenty years of providing superb client care services with the proven ability to maintain detailed documentation.
- Developed proficiency assessment questionnaires, demonstrations, and exercises for courses.
- Clarified assignment objectives and goals to students with learning and behavioral challenges.
- Assisted students in acquiring and utilizing resources to complete assignments and projects.
- Managed case files for clients including maintaining detailed record of assessments, forms, and activities.
- Conducted various motivational interviews of clients to obtain necessary information.
- Completed various progress reports in both the logbook and client’s personal file.
- Devised strategies to deescalate potentially volatile situations.
- Completed necessary procedures for handling client’s personal or third party payments.
- Assisted clients in the development and implementation of various improvement plans.
- Developed resources to build and maintain networking contacts.
- Advocated with external agencies on behalf of client to acquire necessary resources.
- Administered client files, which included project assessments and progress reports.
Project Management
Over five years of managing projects and providing excellent resource management with the proven ability to maintain multiple concurrent projects.
- Completed preliminary report and budget for project/change management initiative.
- Completed business analysis to determine project requirements and viability.
- Conducted assessment interviews with managers and staff during business analysis.
- Utilized MS Project to create timelines based on resources and capital.
- Completed periodic functional progress reports and reported results to management.
- Coordinated resources and suppliers of multiple concurrent change management initiatives.
- Evaluated and recommended improvements to client’s business process.
- Selected and supervised test groups consisting of six to twenty members.
- Designed or revised standing operating procedures regarding implemented projects.
- Designed and implemented various fault tolerances and EDP security measures.
- Responsible for maintaining licenses for various products and service contracts.