Dieula Previlon is a sought-after speaker and preacher, when you hear her speak, you get a sense that she is destined to inspire people to live transformative lives. Her parents often tell her after she survived a near death experience at birth, her name was changed from Magalie to Dieula which in Kreyol means God is present. She believes this was her parents’ way of dedicating her life to the service of God to speak, to preach, to inspire and encourage the people of God to thrive and live purposeful lives.
She has over 20 years of preaching and speaking experience, in churches across the nation and internationally, in conferences, and retreats. She is ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) Denomination.
Schedule Dieula to speak and preach at your church, retreat, conference and workshop.
Topics Explored
Healing from Trauma
Exploring trauma, symptoms and healing principles
Trauma Informed Leaders
A leader's success depends on how informed they are of trauma
Healthy Relationships
The importance of building strong and stable relationships
Peacemaking
How to be peacemakers with truth, love and sacrifice
Does God
See Me?
Exploring God's presence as we experience pain and suffering
Lamenting
to Heal
The role of lament in our healing journey
Building a Strong Sisterhood
How to build a strong tribe of sisters for support
When Helping
Hurts
Our intentions can cause pain if we don't posture ourselves rightly
Starting Over
Again
How does one start over again after loss and defeat
Parenting With Grace
Parenting can be beautifully done with grace, hope and love
Dieula Previlon
Short Bio
Dieula Magalie Previlon is the founder and executive director of
ElevateHer International Ministries with a vision to empower women to heal from trauma and thrive. She is an author, a counselor in private practice and an ordained minister. Her professional career in counseling, coaching, pastoring, and international ministry spans over 20 years.
Dieula was born in Haiti, the fourth daughter in a family of eight. Her career and ministry today are because her parents sacrificed
immensely for the sake of their family, entering an immigration
process to the United States that spanned many hardships over several years. The mother of three adult sons, Dieula lives in New Jersey with her husband, Fresnel. In this season, she's celebrating her debut book: "Does God See Me?" which is available at every major book store.
Where is Dieula Speaking?
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Trauma Conference, Mombassa, Kenya
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11/18-11/22/24
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Book Launch, Chicago, IL
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10/18-10/20/24
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CCDA Conference, Portland, OR
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10/3/24
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Book Signing, Dallas, TX
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9/20-9/22/24
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Crossover Conference, NJ
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9/6-9/8/24
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Access Covenant Church, Houston, TX
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7/7/24
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Barnes & Noble Book Signing, Marlton, NJ
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6/23/24
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Metro Hope Church
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6/15/24
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Bushfire Book Signing, Philadelphia, PA
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6/1/24
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Barnes & Noble Book Signing, Little Rock
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5/18/24
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Elitist Coffee Book Launch, Maplewood, NJ
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5/11/24
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Shiloh Church, East Orange, NJ
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4/20-21/24
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Metro Hope Church, NY
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3/17/24
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Haitian Church of God, Asbury Park, NJ
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3/16/24
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WestHills Covenant Church, Portland, Oregon
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3/2-3/24
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NorthPark University, Chicago, IL
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2/21/24
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Triumphant Life Church, Asbury Park, NJ
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2/10/24
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Mercy Center, Asbury Park, NJ
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2/8/24
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Haiti Sankofa Trip
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1/18-21/24
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Mosaic Church, Roosevelt Island, NY
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1/14/24
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Zion Community Church, Philadelphia, PA
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12/24/23
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Metro Hope Church, Harlem, NY
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12/17/23
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Connect Life Church, Brooklyn, NY
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11/5/23
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Does God See Me?
by Dieula M. Previlon
We all experience suffering in our lives. It may be domestic violence, sexual abuse, abandonment, racial trauma, or any other number of injustices. You can unravel the layers of pain and move towards healing.
In Does God See Me?, women of all backgrounds, with a special resonance for Black women and women of color, will discover a safe space to find their voice, receive healing, and walk toward transformation. Through her professional expertise in trauma recovery, the biblical story of Hagar, and the lived experience of her own painful stories, Dieula Magalie Previlon delivers a message of unshakeable hope.
Podcast Interview Samples
Dieula has been featured on several prominent podcasts. You can find some samples below, or discover additional interviews here.
ElevateHer
International Ministries
Empowering women to live flourishing lives through trauma training.
In 2012, with the help and support of my husband Fresnel, I launched the nonprofit, ElevateHer International with the vision of Empowering women to heal from trauma and become instruments for healing, peace and hope through large and small group trauma healing training.
My hope was for the focus to be centered around women’s emotional healing. We know when trauma hits a community, women and children are often the most severely impacted. I believe when a woman actively enters a journey of emotional healing, she is better positioned to be her best at whatever role she is called to play. With ElevateHer, I entered Dallas, Lew Sterret jail, teaching and challenging women to choose life, no matter the difficulties and where they might have found themselves.
ElevateHer has offered Trauma informed training in Haiti, the US, Kenya, DR Congo and Brazil. My hope and desire for ElevateHer is for its message to get in the hands of women all over the world so they can be elevated and empowered to live life fully as God intends. Every woman has a right to live a life of purpose on purpose.
Featured in
Publisher's Weekly Article
"One new title that gathers expertise and experience for readers is NavPress’s Does God See Me? How God Meets Us in the Center of Our Trauma-Healing Journey (May 2024), by trauma recovery counselor and minister Dieula Magalie Previlon. The book brings Previlon’s professional background to bear on the biblical story of Hagar, as well as her own experiences with shame, grief, and abandonment."
Dieula Previlon Long Bio
Dieula Previlon is a visionary and social entrepreneur. She is the founder and executive director of non-profit, ElevateHer International Ministries and for-profit, Elevate Life Coaching and counseling. Her vision is to empower women to heal from trauma, find their purpose, and live it out. She is also a pastor, counselor, life purpose coach, and leader. Her professional career in these areas spans over 20 years.
She was born in Gonaives, Haiti as the fourth daughter to a strong and resilient woman and a visionary father, Dieula’s career and ministry today stem from her parents’ sacrificial act of love of immigrating to the US. They immigrated to the United States in the late 70s and she and her siblings later joined them in the late 80s. Dieula has always felt a strong sense that she was called to a career and ministry beyond the local Haitian community. She left the Haitian community and went off to college at Rutgers University.
Soon after college, she became a middle school teacher as she concurrently volunteered in many church ministries and her community. She once again left the Haitian community to attend Dallas Theological Seminary with a master’s in counseling where she was propelled into a journey of finding and embracing her passion and purpose for empowering the people of God to a deeper relationship with Christ, self, and others through pastoring, counseling, life coaching, and nonprofit leadership.
She later joined the staff of a church in Dallas as the Mission’s Pastor and Director. She spent many years ministering to the women of Lew Sterrett Jail in Dallas. She has traveled to Haiti, Kenya, DR Congo, Brazil, and wherever the Lord called her to offer trauma healing training to women through the non-profit she founded in 2012, ElevateHer International. She has also served as associate pastor at another Church in Dallas where she led mission initiatives and racial justice ministry.
Additionally, she has served on several organizational boards to continue to support the work of her local community.
Dieula is currently leaning into the heart of her passion: empowering women to discover and live out their purpose on purpose through Elevate Life Coaching, Counseling, and Consulting.
She currently lives in Berlin, NJ with her husband of 25 years, Fresnel. She is the proud mother of three young adult sons, Reynel, Justin, and Devin.
Dieula is also:
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Licensed Professional Counselor- Supervisor (LPC-S)
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Certified Life Purpose Coach
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Ordained Minister through the Evangelical Covenant Church Denomination
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Former Vice President Of Heartline Ministries Board
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Former Vice President of Evangelical Covenant Church Ministerium Board
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Founder and CEO of ElevateHer International Ministries
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Founder and owner of Elevate Life Coaching, Counseling and Consulting LLC