For Sophia De Mello, the turning point wasn’t a mountaintop miracle. It was quiet. It was still. It was the moment her daughter was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening disease, and all Sophia could do was fall to her knees and ask God to guide her through the darkness.
In our Divine Disruptors conversation, Sophia, a certified meditation teacher and creation coach, shares how suffering didn’t break her faith, but deepened it. Through meditation, stillness, nature, and prayer journaling, she discovered a personal connection with God that transformed her life, her work, and her sense of purpose.
And it all started with a whisper.
Seven years ago, Sophia took a leap into the unknown. After exploring meditation for the first time, she discovered a quiet voice within, the beginnings of a spiritual awakening. What began as curiosity soon turned into a deeply personal spiritual practice.
“Stillness was the portal in,” Sophia shared. “I had never done that before. But when I got quiet, I started to ask: Why am I here? What’s next?”
As her children grew older and life began to shift, she leaned into the whisper. She studied, journaled, walked in nature, and began to experience God in simple, everyday moments. For Sophia, this stillness became sacred.
Then came 2020, and with it, a storm. At the start of the pandemic, Sophia’s daughter came home from university feeling unwell. The diagnosis was vasculitis, a rare disease affecting her aorta and threatening her life.
“It was the moment life split into before and after,” Sophia said. “And I just cried out to God, ‘Tell me what to do. Hold my hand. Show me how to help her.’”
During this season, Sophia began prayer journaling, which became one of the most powerful ways she heard from God. One moment that stands out: a surgeon friend sent her three scripture verses out of the blue. She didn’t know he was a man of faith. But those verses gave her strength and reminded her that God often works through people.
Out of that long season of pain came something new. Sophia felt called to guide others and though she didn’t feel “qualified,” she trusted the calling.
“I wasn’t sure what I had to offer,” she admitted. “But I knew God was calling me to co-create something with Him.”
That trust led her to become a creation coach, walking alongside women navigating transformation. Her work today is built on that belief: that we are never alone, and that God partners with us in building meaningful, intentional lives.
One of the most powerful messages from Sophia’s story is this: there is no one “right way” to connect with God.
“My mom, my sister, even my close friends, they all experience God differently than I do,” she said. “And that’s okay.”
Sophia meets God in journaling, in morning candlelight, and in the quiet of nature. Others connect through music, scripture, worship, or service. None of it is wrong. All of it matters.
God speaks in many languages and He meets us right where we are.
Sophia also shared her gentle, beautiful approach to Lent. Instead of giving something up, she chooses to give more. Every day during the 40-day season, she sends a kind message, checks in with a friend, or smiles at someone passing by.
It’s a reminder that spiritual practices don’t need to be grand to be meaningful. Small actions, done with love, create sacred connection.
Whether it’s seeing a lion before a doctor’s appointment or reading just the right words in a book that “happened” to fall off a shelf, Sophia’s story is full of moments where God made Himself known.
Her journey is a powerful reminder that God doesn’t wait for us to be perfect. He meets us in the middle of our mess. In stillness. In suffering. In softness.
If you’ve ever wondered whether God hears you in the quiet, let Sophia’s story remind you:
He does. And He’s already speaking.
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