Today we’d like to introduce you to Valerie Arroyo.
Hi Valerie, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I didn’t set out to lead a ministry. I didn’t have a five-year plan to become a coach or a mentor. What I had was a heart full of questions, a life that looked polished on the outside, and a deep ache that whispered, “There has to be more than this.”
I started my career in leadership, serving in education and nonprofit spaces for over 15 years, helping organizations grow, scale, and develop people. I was known for strategy, for excellence, for getting things done. But behind the scenes, I was building on broken beliefs. I was performing hoping to be seen, striving for worth, and living under the weight of everyone else’s expectations. I was the strong one, the go-to, the builder but I felt empty.
In 2018, God interrupted everything. He began stripping away the version of success I had clung to including my titles, plans, and even relationships. And in that wilderness, Women’s Healing Circle was born. Not as a brand. Not as a program. But as a sacred space where I cried out for healing, and God met me right where I was. After spending time with my own inner healing, He called me to make room for other women to heal too.
Even now, I don’t lead because I have it all figured out. I lead from a place of surrender. From the deep knowing of what it feels like to be gifted but stuck. Called but questioning. Seen by others but not sure how to see yourself. That’s why I created Promise PusHER Academy—to walk women through the exact framework God walked me through when I left my six-figure corporate career to step fully into purpose with no blueprint, just a promise.
And when it came time to help other visionaries do the same—those who had ideas but no systems, dreams but no strategy—I launched Kingdom Creative Solutions. Not just to help people build businesses or ministries, but to do it God’s way… with structure, with sustainability, and without losing your soul in the process.
Truth is, I’m still healing. Still learning. Still showing up even when it’s hard. But now, I can do it with confidence, clarity, and a holy boldness that says: I’m not building to impress, I’m building to obey.
That’s how I got here. And that’s why I keep going.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
The road has been anything but smooth and that’s the thing about obedience…it rarely is.
There have been seasons where I questioned everything from my calling, my capacity, even God’s timing. I’ve wrestled with identity, battled imposter syndrome, and had to grieve the loss of old versions of myself that could no longer go where God was leading me.
One of the hardest struggles was learning how to trust God when nothing around me made sense. When I left my six-figure corporate career, I didn’t have a financial backup plan. I had a Word. That sounds bold until you’re staring at unpaid bills with tears in your eyes asking God, “Did I hear you right?”
There were also spiritual struggles like feeling unseen, misunderstood, or even doubting if I was truly qualified to lead anyone especially through ministry. And relationally, I had to learn how to navigate loneliness in leadership. When you’re pioneering something new, especially something God-breathed, it can feel like you’re walking alone, especially in the beginning.
But the most humbling struggle was learning how to stop over-functioning. For years I believed I had to “do more” to be valuable. God had to teach me how to rest while building, how to receive help, and how to lead from overflow, not depletion.
So no, it hasn’t been smooth but it’s been holy. And that to me is even better!
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Women’s Healing Circle?
At Women’s Healing Circle (WHC), we’re not just building programs, we’re cultivating spaces where women reconnect with God, rediscover who they are, and rise into what they were created to do.
WHC is an international discipleship ministry that helps women develop an unshakable relationship with God, walk confidently in their identity, and live boldly in their Kingdom purpose. We’re known for creating safe, Spirit-filled spaces where healing and clarity collide. Our work goes deep into the heart, habits, beliefs, and spiritual posture that shape how women show up in life and leadership.
Our ministry is built on three core pillars:
Relationship. Identity. Purpose.
Everything we do is designed to draw women back to intimacy with God, so they can hear His voice, believe what He says about them, and build lives that reflect His glory.
Our signature offerings include:
• Promise PusHER Academy (PPA) – A 90-day intensive for women ready to uncover their God-given identity, strengthen their spiritual authority, and prepare to launch what’s been locked inside them.
• ABIDE Membership – Our spiritual development community with weekly Bible studies, devotionals, prayer calls, and tools for women serious about growing in their relationship with God.
• Kingdom Creative Lab (KCL) – A space for visionary women ready to build programs, products, or movements with strategy, creativity, and holy confidence.
What I’m most proud of brand-wise is that this ministry was built from faith, not formulas. There was no blueprint. Just a broken woman who said yes—and God breathed on that yes. Everything we create is saturated in prayer, strategy, and the belief that you don’t have to abandon your healing to walk in purpose because you can do both.
And this year, we’re inviting women from across the nation to gather in Dallas, Texas on November 6–7, 2025 for Destiny Encounter 2025. The theme is IMMERSE—and it’s not just an event, it’s a call to return, realign, and reconnect with the rhythm of God’s heart. We’re creating two days of worship, teaching, prophetic release, and spiritual intimacy that will help you breathe again, believe again, and build again.
If you’ve been asking God for clarity, for community, for confirmation then this is it.
At WHC, we don’t just lead women into purpose. We lead them back into God’s presence because everything flows and grows from there
We’d love to hear about how you think about risk taking?
For me, risk is less about danger and more about obedience. I’ve learned that when you’re building with God, obedience will often look like a risk to everyone else. One of the biggest “risks” I ever took was leaving my six-figure corporate career without a safety net to follow and only what felt like a whisper from God. There was no business plan, no full client roster, no clear picture of what was next. Just a word, a promise, and a decision: Am I going to trust what He said, or play it safe with what I know?
That moment taught me that Kingdom builders live by a different metric. We don’t weigh risk based solely on probability, we weigh it based on purpose and Gods promises. Of course, the practical side of me had all the concerns: “What if this doesn’t work?” “What will people think?” “How will I provide for my children?” But the deeper question God was asking me was: “Will you trust Me even if the outcome isn’t instant?”
That kind of risk builds character. It stretches your faith, refines your motives, and forces you to let go of control. Every “yes” I’ve given since then, from launching Women’s Healing Circle to creating coaching programs, to planning Destiny Encounter 2025 has involved some kind of risk. But what I’ve discovered is this: the real danger is not in the risk, it’s in being disobedient.
I don’t consider myself naturally reckless. I don’t move just to prove a point. But I will take bold leaps when God says move because I’ve seen what happens when I do. Miracles follow, provision shows up, alignment clicks into place. So no, I may not always feel ready. But I’ve made peace with the fact that obedience will be worth the risk every single time.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Www.womenshealingcircle.org
- Instagram: https://Www.instagram.com/thewomenshealingcircle
- Facebook: https://Www.facebook.com/thewomenshealingcircle
- Youtube: https://Www.youtube.com/@womenshealingcircle
- Other: https://Www.instagram.com/iamvaleriearroyo
Image Credits
Photo Credit: Jessica Ashlei Photography
