Meet Denisa, Certified Spiritual Director
HEY, I’M DENISA.
I am a certified spiritual director called and devoted to helping you be(come) the person God created you to be. Whether sipping my husband’s strong black coffee in my favourite cup each morning, arranging a bouquet of fresh cut flowers (peonies and lilacs please!) or spending a quiet evening by the fire with a good book or cuddling with my family,
I delight in the little moments of the day.
Why I Became a Certified Spiritual Director
Born and raised in Europe, I was always curious about everything: people and their life stories, spirituality, psychology, poetry, other cultures, theology, art, all things design and ALL books.
After my years of professional training at the Art Institute of Vancouver in BC Canada, and after many years of creative entrepreneurship as an interior designer, I started feeling discontent with my work and its purpose. My work started feeling very ‘worldly’ and I stepped into a season of many unanswered questions. Something felt ‘off’. I know now, God was calling.
Although creativity in many forms has been my primary pursuit, my undeniable gift has always been rooted in my insatiable curiosity about the human potential and its relationship with God. As a certified Leadership and Life Coach, my primary focus had changed from helping bring beauty, light and function to people’s homes, to helping bring beauty, light and function to people’s lives.
Certified Spiritual Director Programs and Education
The journey continued with completing a pastoral apprenticeship program at a local church and with serving there as a spiritual formation shepherd. After discerning a vocational call to spiritual direction, I completed a three-year spiritual formation and spiritual direction program at the Emmaus Formation Centre in ON Canada, and earned a degree in Christian Theological Studies at Regent College in Vancouver BC Canada.
In 2023 I was trained as a trauma debriefer for individuals and families with Le Rucher Ministries in France and released KAIROS, When the Holy Meets the Daily. The book is a poetic devotional pilgrimage through the Psalms.
I never fit in a conventional box. A multitude of seemingly unconnected things have weaved my journey: an entrepreneur, a poet and a professional interior designer, a Christian coach and mentor, a wife and a mom, a friend, a church leader, a teacher, a certified spiritual director in Canada and abroad and a trauma debriefer. A recovering perfectionist, impulsive and stubborn at times, I still make mistakes and I’m still learning.
My Journey in Becoming a Certified Spiritual Director
Chronic pain, a multitude of health issues, personal losses and heartbreak have also constructed the woman I am today: a loving servant of Jesus Christ, who is here for you, fully devoted to helping you flourish and become the person God uniquely created YOU to be.
Denisa is a member of the Association of Spiritual Directors International (SDI), the Association of Spiritual Directors in Europe (SD-Europe), Emmaus Society of Spiritual Directors Canada (ESSD) and Regent College Spiritual Direction Network, Canada.
