Simone Robinson

Spiritual Direction • Speaking • Retreats • Workshops

Simone Robinson is a spiritual director and speaker based in Ontario, Canada. Her mission is to guide and inspire women toward a deeper life with God—one that is joy-filled, peaceful, and firmly rooted in authentic faith.

Simone partners attentively with the Holy Spirit, using time-tested practices for quieting the soul and listening deeply. Through gentle, thoughtful teaching and carefully crafted, often unasked questions, she creates sacred spaces where growth, healing, and discovery can unfold.

As the director of the Visitation Academy, Simone offers her teaching and Spiritual Direction in the following formats.

One on one-meetings and online groups – but also through retreats, and small groups through personalized spiritual direction.

Whether working one-on-one or speaking to a room full of participants, Simone’s approach is marked by warmth, reverence, and deep trust in God’s transforming presence.

Qualifications & Formation

Simone’s ministry is grounded in a rich integration of psychology, leadership development, pastoral care, and extensive training in Christian/Catholic spiritual direction.

Education & Certifications

• Master of Psychology (MA), University of Vienna, Austria (1996)

• Certificate in Theology of the Body, Sacred Heart College, Peterborough (2020)

• Certificate in Spiritual Direction, Emmaus Formation Center

• Certificate in Spiritual Direction, Tyndale Seminary (2014)

• Group Coaching Module, Professional Christian Coaching Institute (2014)

• Logotherapy Diploma, Canadian Institute of Logotherapy (2012)

• Certified Human Behaviour Consultant (DISC Personality Profile) (2010)

• Ottawa Pastoral Care Training Program (2009)

• Certificate in Life Coaching, Institute for Life Coach Training (2007)

Simone’s Journey

Originally from Austria, Simone’s vocational path began to take shape while she was writing her master’s thesis in psychology. During that season, she became deeply aware that the human soul reaches far beyond what psychology alone can explain. This realization awakened spiritual questions that gently led her back to her Christian faith.

While still in Austria, Simone met and married her husband Peter, a Canadian evangelical pastor at the time, and soon welcomed their beloved daughter. In 2003, the family moved to Ontario, where Simone spent several meaningful years as a stay-at-home mother. In 2007, she completed her life coaching certification and began working with leaders and entrepreneurs across Canada, helping them grow with clarity and purpose.

Yet her deepest desire remained Christian ministry. Simone pursued further formation in spiritual direction, discovering a calling that beautifully united her academic background, her faith, and her passion for accompanying others.

In 2015, Simone and Peter experienced a profound call into the Catholic Church. Leaving behind familiar roles and long-established ministry security, they stepped forward in faith. Since then, their lives have borne abundant fruit: their daughter is spiritually thriving, Peter was ordained a Catholic priest with full approval of the Church, and Simone’s vocation as a spiritual director has deepened in ways she could never have foreseen.

Today, Simone’s schedule is filled with spiritual direction sessions, retreats, and workshops offered throughout the year in collaboration with church groups and organizations. She continues to marvel at how God uses her gifts to help others become who they were created to be.

As Simone often reflects with gratitude: the road to holiness is also the road to happiness—where contentment, genuine gratitude, and thriving relationships abound.

Let’s Connect

Simone offers inspired questions and life-changing encounters with God that help reduce confusion and hopelessness and at the same time strengthens your prayer life so you can grow deeper in God’s love and benefit abundantly from this life giving relationship.

Online spiritual direction is available worldwide, and retreats and workshops are held in Southwestern Ontario. Self-directed courses in spirituality are also offered.

If you are longing for deeper peace and a more attentive walk with God, Simone would love to connect with you. A joyful, abundant life awaits.

Read the testimonials of others who have benefitted from Visitation Academy, or contact Simone today.