hi, my name is
Yoori Shen
Along our journey inward, we may need a fellow traveller who walks with us and gently points us toward the presence of Love —God who invites us, guides us, and leads us on the journey.
I would be honoured to walk alongside you as you listen more deeply to your heart, attend to God’s presence, and experience the love of Christ in your heart.
My Story
I was born in Korea and came to Canada as an international student when I was 17. I have always carried a tender place in my heart for those who are relocated and separated from their communities. This tender place led me to spend the first ten years of my career in full-time Christian campus ministry, walking alongside international students.
After ten years, I stepped away from campus ministry because of burnout. In leaving, I experienced a deep sense of loss. I found myself asking, “Who am I to God when I am no longer able to continue the precious work God has called me to?”Letting go was painful, yet I had to acknowledge that I could no longer move forward in that season.
When I thought I had reached a dead end, God opened another way—a path that led me inward, into the deeper places of my heart.
My journey inward began when I started receiving spiritual direction in 2018. Over the years of walking with my spiritual director, I have come to understand how my miscarriages and burnout were connected. One of the ways I responded to my losses was by throwing myself into ministry work. Staying busy helped me avoid the pain I was carrying within, but it also kept me from attending to the deeper places in my heart that needed healing.
This journey inward led me to understand that every broken piece of my heart needed to be brought into the light of Christ and restored by His love.
Through this journey inward, I experienced God’s healing in the midst of my grief, and this became a foundational spiritual experience that continues to shape my relationship with God.
While everyone’s journey is unique, and I cannot claim to fully understand another person’s experience, my own ongoing journey inward has given me a deep desire to create a welcoming space where others can turn inward and experience God’s healing and restoration within. As a fellow traveller, I would be honoured to walk alongside you on your journey.