How Did You Know “This” Was Your Purpose

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People often ask about the history of Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention, like “How did you come up with this?”

I talk a lot about how Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention is the result of ten years of experience in education, intercession, deliverance ministry, and discipleship, with a four-year psychology degree.

So, when people ask how I knew this was my purpose, it’s not always easy to answer. I started studying psychology in 2012 after my first experience with academic rejection. Most people don’t know this, but I originally went to school for Architecture right out of high school because I wanted to monetize my artistic creativity. Back then, job security was at the forefront of my mind. Some things never change until they do.

My pivot to psychology came after about a week of feeling completely lost about my future. Oddly enough, the day I submitted my portfolio for advancement in the Architecture program, I sat in my car and cried because I knew I hadn’t gotten in. I wouldn’t have said, “God told me I wouldn’t get in” at the time. Back then, I just said, “I had a feeling” about those profound little knowings.

One day, all at once, I knew something that feels like common knowledge now in this mental health era. The adult we see today is the result of childhood and life experiences.

That moment felt like an epiphany, a revelation, a download if you will. There was much more that came with it, but ultimately I left that altar moment in my car feeling called to understand the human experience starting from childhood.

From that moment, I had mostly a plan.

I was going to pass on the offer to switch to Landscape Architecture. I didn’t like architecture that much. Instead, I decided to pursue “Child Psychology.”

Now, there was no Child Psychology degree at Louisiana State University at that time, but they did have Psychology. So I pursued it. When I graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Psychology, I knew my next step was to get around kids (not to be weird or anything).

I became a substitute teacher that upcoming school year until December, and I had been committed to the craft of offering holistic service to students through their education ever since. Until recently.

Recently, I remembered why I started.

I remembered that my purpose was never to reach the top of the education mountain. I enjoyed getting degrees, certified, and becoming a master teacher. But, my purpose wasn’t even to be the best teacher I could be. The purpose that I set out to pursue was to understand human development. And while I would have liked to pursue that understanding through psychology alone, the Lord wanted me to see it through a different lens, a spiritual one.

So, in short, I knew this was my purpose because every part of my life over the last 14 years, including marrying my Jamaican, Brooklyn-born Twitter bae, pointed to the same theme. It all pulled on a deeper sense of purpose, one I had to learn and train for, but it offered unmatched fulfillment and creativity.

I still have a huge passion for teaching. I deeply believe that education is the door to liberation, even when it comes to faith and spirituality.

The people really do perish for lack of knowledge. And honestly, I just want people to know that there is an answer to all their questions about God, pain, suffering, mental health, deliverance, authority, and sonship through Jesus.

With care,

Conscious Coore

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Conscious Coore is the founder of Flamingo Trauma Recovery, the creator of the Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention® framework, and author of Fundamentals of Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention. With a background in psychology, education, and inner healing ministry, she equips faith-aligned professionals to integrate clinical care and biblical wisdom for lasting transformation. Through her work with Jesus in the Marketplace, she highlights where Safe and Sound work is happening, even in spaces that often overlook the need for it.

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