Donna Tashjian is a Destiny Activator, Holy Spirit-led mentor, and brilliant strategist, and the visionary founder of Vibrant Living International, a Spirit-led movement devoted to awakening identity, restoring divine order, and activating Kingdom authority.

For decades, Donna has walked in deep intimacy with God and carries a rare ability to see what others overlook. She exposes what’s hidden beneath success, reveals where misalignment is quietly draining life and leadership, and guides people into living and leading from spiritual authority rather than striving.

Donna doesn’t teach from theory. She teaches from lived wisdom, spiritual discernment, and years of walking alongside leaders as they realign with who God created them to be. Her work centers on spiritual intelligence, the unseen foundations that shape clarity, confidence, decision-making, and sustainable impact.

She is the creator of the Kingdom Spiritual Intelligence Method™, a Christ-centered framework that helps purpose-driven individuals move from managing their calling to walking in divine authority. Through her work, people discover that their next level is not achieved through effort, but released through alignment with Heaven’s design.

As the host of The Vibrant Living Podcast and a sought-after speaker, Donna brings prophetic insight, strategic clarity, and Holy Spirit-led wisdom to audiences worldwide. Her writing and teaching have touched lives across continents, awakening identity and activating next steps rooted in truth.

Those who encounter Donna’s work don’t just leave inspired. They leave aligned, activated, and grounded in who Heaven has already declared them to be.

If you’re looking for a speaker who carries spiritual authority, prophetic clarity, and practical activation, Donna Tashjian brings depth, discernment, and lasting impact.

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https://www.ivibrantliving.com/

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnatashjian/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/drtashjian/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/drtashjian/

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMFNossw9VN2QwDtVitzKg

Welcome to 12-Minute Converse with Jesus Believers.

God chose first to have a conversation with us, His creation.

Our prayer is that this listening space brings growth and transforms your life forever.

Praise God for you Donna.

It is a great pleasure to connect with you.

What part of the world are you in today?

I am in the United States in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Tell me what was the reason you created the Kingdom Spiritual Intelligence Method?

Well, it has been a long journey in discovering the context of it, but to make it as brief as possible, if you think about most Christian songs, Christian teachings, even in conversation, it's all about figuring out how to deal with circumstances, how to survive them, how to get over them, through them, fight them.

But I have discovered that when we live a life from the unseen, everything that is unseen is eternal, but the things that are seen are temporary.

That's 2 Corinthians 4, 8, by the way.

We spend most of our time fighting with what we see instead of creating from what we don't see, with our natural eyes, that is.

And so learning to live in that place, bringing God's Kingdom to the earth through His ways, not our ways, it changes everything.

Easier said than done, right?

Amen.

So what has been the trigger for you realizing that, hey, this method actually works?

Well, I began to study that Bible verse is where it began.

And there's many others that I began to say, what do you mean, live from the unseen?

That the things that are unseen are eternal.

And so I began to ask that question.

I don't know that there was a trigger in that.

I began seeking the answer.

I began seeking, how do we do that?

I remember asking one time, you know, Christians are supposed to live by faith.

Well, what does that look like?

And how do you do that?

We have these Christian E's, you know, just have more faith, just be positive, just choose joy.

Well, how do you walk that out?

How does that look when there's a death in the family?

How does that look when you lose your job?

How does that look when you're facing bankruptcy?

How do you walk this out?

And I began to seek those answers because I have been speaking into people's lives for over 30 years.

And so the there's not too much people can tell me that I haven't seen anymore.

But learning to help people walk through that, and to do it from a place of grace and peace, instead of striving and struggle.

So it was that at one point in your journey, where you were striving and struggling alongside?

Absolutely.

How did you meet Jesus?

I grew up in a Christian home.

And I don't recall specifically, I've always been taught about Jesus.

But at the age of 12, I was baptized, and I had an encounter with God.

And I know that that was a real beginning for me.

Is it something you can share, or you would not prefer not to share the encounter?

It was just a knowing.

And that's hard to describe.

I was also baptized in the Holy Spirit at the same time.

And you just begin to know him.

I don't think we ever know him completely, that that is a lifelong quest, because the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and that is to know him and the wonders of him.

So that has been, if I had a life verse, I think that's Philippians 120, I think, Paul writes that I might know him and the wonders of him.

That would be my verse.

This is all happening where you grew up, in Grand Rapids, or you moved to Grand Rapids eventually?

I've been in Grand Rapids as an adult.

So no, I didn't.

I didn't begin.

And I had a difficult childhood.

I became a mother at 15 with sexual abuse.

I've had some stuff that's happened.

And God is what has always been there, walking.

It's why I am where I am today.

Hmm.

Your ability to discern, as you mentioned before, right?

When did that begin?

When did you realize that?

Discern what?

Did I get that wrong?

Like you were talking about for 30 years, you've been working with people, and you've seen so many things, and the ability to discern through the Kingdom Method is something that you're good at at that point in time?

Is that correct?

I began actually working specifically on that Bible verse about 20 years ago.

But having the ability to have wisdom to what was causing the root issues in people is something that God gifted me with, that discernment.

Right.

So that discernment, that started 20 years or did it start before that?

It started before that.

You know, when things begin in the beginning, you don't have words or...

Yeah, come on now.

Tell me about it.

Yeah.

It's like, oh, that was this...

Wait a minute.

That was actually discernment back then, right?

Like I didn't even realize that was what that was.

There was a name for it.

So you're coming through being sexually abused.

You had a child.

You kept the child.

How old is that child today?

She's in her late 40s.

And your relationship with her is good?

Yes.

Very good.

Does she seem to have the ability to discern as well?

Probably.

You're not 100% sure?

Well, it's different because we're all individuals in the way that God works with us.

But I believe all of us have a gift of discernment.

When you started the podcast, what was that like?

Take me to that story, starting off the podcast, Vibrant Living Podcast.

I wanted to find...

I knew podcasts were growing.

We're going back seven and a half years ago.

And I knew podcast was a way to reach people with information, with transformation.

And I didn't know what I was doing.

I think most people who start a podcast kind of figure it out as we go.

But I just...

And I, in the beginning, did only audio podcast.

Now I have video as well.

But it was just a vehicle.

And then the other thing I wanted to do was I wanted to highlight amazing people and the stories that what God has done in their life.

And so it was a combination of those two things.

Yeah, I saw the podcast and the video.

Again, as you mentioned, when people are looking at your after, they don't really always consider your before, right?

Yeah.

Because I looked at an episode where you're interviewing someone, and it makes sense now, right?

Because she was talking about being abused.

And I guess your life and your pain has now opened up a space where you can help others.

Isn't that amazing?

Yes, it is.

So what's on the horizon for you, Donna?

Oh, continue to do what I'm doing now.

I am not necessarily looking to do more things, but to do what he's called me to do with more excellence, with more precision, is the word that's coming to me at the moment, precision and accuracy, so that transformation is miracles.

It doesn't have to take forever.

People's lives can get on course in alignment with their purpose, with their calling, with their gifts.

They can know how much God loves them and that they can know Him.

That's what I want to do.

What's the best way for someone that's listening to reach out to you?

I am on social media, and my name is easy to find.

It's not common.

But the very best place to stay abreast of all of what I'm doing, the latest gifts that I have is my website, and that is the letter I, vibrantliving.com.

If you're listening to this conversation five years from today, and you're hearing yourself talk at the beginning, of course, going through what you've gone through and knowing what you've come out on this side of life, what's a message you'd leave for future you listening?

Believe bigger.

Would you say that the podcast has transformed your life from serving others and highlighting their stories?

Yeah, I think my favorite part is sowing seeds in the podcast.

You never quite know how they're going to grow and reap and putting that out there.

And the other part that's my favorite is how many amazing people I've got to meet.

And I don't, I am one who doesn't just meet you once, if at all possible relationships continue, because I like amazing people in my life.

Yeah, the podcast is a pretty amazing metric for measuring what you care more for in life.

And I appreciate the work that you're doing.

Really enjoyed the podcast and listening to it.

And I appreciate you coming by as well to share a conversation with us.

My pleasure.

Yeah, you're welcome.

In closing, is there anything else you'd like to share?

The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.

And another way to say that is the beginning of wisdom is knowing Him.

So do that.

And if you're doing it, do it deeper.

Donna, I appreciate you passing by.

This is a pleasure, a treasure.

Thank you for being what is inspired by 12 Minute Converse.