Where it all begun for me >> How I got into readings & Moving to Queensland

I haven't publicly shared my background much over the years, I'm always happy to share my story so I figured why not start with how I got into readings....

I’m 29 (I know some of you are wondering…), and for the last almost 4 years, I have worked full-time as a psychic, medium, and spiritual coach.

For around 10 years, I knew I would get into this work but I resisted the calling majorly!

The thought comes up occasionally, 'why did I push this away for so long, I should have followed my abilities sooner instead of running from where my heart was guiding me to go'. Looking back now I realise that I had so much I needed to experience in such a short timeframe before jumping into this work!

I started reading at age 11, when I attended my first intuitive (psychic) and mediumship development course.

My mum’s friend was a medium and, in a reading with my mum, she told us that it would be helpful for me to learn to read but, most of all, to manage my abilities so they weren’t overwhelming. The course helped me understand how to open up, safely tune-in to channel the divine and spirit and to shut down healthily so that I could still live my life as a 'normal' teenager.

For years I ignored my calling because I was too afraid of what people would think, particularly my friends and family, so I continued ignoring what I was called to up until age 25!

Personally, my energy was everywhere throughout my teens and early to mid-20s. I had severe anxiety and depression through a lot of my life and went through long periods where I hated being out of the house.

I didn’t realise at the time that it was because I was super sensitive to energy, I was always picking up on the energy that other people were carrying, the energy of situations or the environment I was in and internalising it as my own energy. I could never figure out why I always felt so 'off'. I didn’t realise this at the time that I was sensing everything around me or know how to recognise or manage it.

One morning I was getting ready for work and feeling really down about the fact that I had to go into the office job I hated!!

I couldn't explain what I hated about it but I was always so exhausted and down when I was there. This was something I felt most mornings but it was particularly strong this day.

That night I woke up at 2AM and felt the most amazing feeling of warmth wash over me and I felt a spirit guide appear over my face and say, "It’s time to stop resisting. We need you. Let’s make a deal, we will support you to jump into this work".

Unsurprisingly I was super stubborn and had conditions…

My conditions were:

1. Spirit will help the people who I’m scared of telling about my gift to be open and accepting of what I’m doing.

2. I will not become one of those “hippy” psychics or lose who I really am (I was super fearful of becoming ‘fake’ and losing myself).

3. That clients will keep finding their way to me (at least 10 a week) and provide me with enough divine energy to get through 6 months of full-time work and be able to give readings on weeknights and weekends whilst still in full-time work without burning out.

4. That within 6 months, I’d be able to leave the public service and go full time into my own business and that I would never make less a week than my public service wage.

I wrote out all of my fears and burnt them, surrendering and knowing I was fully supported as I had my guides make this deal with me!

I went through an intense amount of personal and soul growth in the first 6 months of being a public reader.

I had no choice.

I completely surrendered and jumped into it, I had a deal to hold up!!

Well, they kept their side of the deal, I was in the position to resign from the public service within 6 months to the day of when I wrote my intentions!

Looking back now, I’m still amazed that I got through those 6 months. The number of readings I was giving and working full time was a big challenge but I was always supported to see each session through for the client. The divine and myself showed up for every single session.

It was amazing!

I didn’t realise at the time but by making that ‘deal’ with the universe, I was setting intentions and manifesting, even though I knew nothing about manifestation at the time as I was trained and guided to give readings, so that's exactly what I did.

Every now and again, fear or doubt would creep in. But I was guided to write it out in dot points and burn it. I set the intention that by doing so, I was shifting the negative energy, limiting thoughts and releasing it.

At the time, I didn't realise this was actually a tool well-known in the spiritual world -- my guides asked me to do it so I trusted them and later found out it was a well known powerful tool to shift the blocks I was holding onto about jumping into this part of me, my life and my abilities.

I didn’t allow the soul growth part to be hard. I just knew it was something that needed to happen in order to keep moving forward.

Every positive little shift, every little (and big) intention that came through lit me up even more -- hence the name ‘Illuminate’ in my courses. After around 18 months I was guided to support others to illuminate their inner light, to discover who they are, what lights them up and to heal the blocks that were holding them back from being their authentic self.

I support people to open up and step into their own light because I know that it’s something we all have the ability to do and how wonderful it feels when we are living from this place.

Fast forward to August 2020 and by clearing all the things that kept me 'playing life small', I felt a massive calling to move to Queensland! It felt like the right time, it felt like time to 'jump with the huge leap of trust and faith in the universe' again.

Once again, I set my intentions around moving and it all happened quicker and in ways I couldn't have planned better for myself. I was here, in a beautiful house, 3 months later.

I would have people tell me 'you won't move, you won't get a house because we are in Covid times, the borders will close, it won't work out, you will be back...'.

I would hear their concerns because they are valid within that persons fear or own experiences but stayed in my faith of knowing I was fully supported for the move to happen and it did!

3 months in and I can honestly say that this has been better than I could have ever imagined.

I'm healthy, happy and thriving in this environment. I've started running every day for the fun of it (I never would have done that in Canberra), I feel healthy and clear. I've lost 10kgs naturally and already met some amazing people!

My brother and his partner made the move in November and my mum and best friend are moving in Feb! Luckily I have lots of friends and family with trips already planned to come up this year and I'll be visiting them in Canberra as I'm drawn to pop back down for special occasions. 2020 taught a lot of people to be open to working online from home, which has helped me continue to see my clients in an online capacity.

I actually find clients are way more relaxed and easy to read from the comfort of their own home rather than stressing about coming to see me in an unfamiliar place to them or running late from work etc.

A few friends have asked me, 'how do you connect with someone who isn't physically in front of you?'

It's a good question and I totally understand the logic behind it, but luckily this work doesn't work off logic.

My connection to the divine flows down to me wherever I am.

When I connect with clients their spirit guides, loved ones in spirit and the channelled messages come clearly down to me whether the client is directly in front of me or 10,000kms away.

When I use my intuition, I simply bring my awareness to the client on the other end on the call. It sounds straightforward because it is straightforward.

Sometimes our logic likes to tell us otherwise but I absolutely trust my connection over human logic as it has never let me down!

This year, try and follow your internal guidance.

Imagine where you could be this time next year if you follow your inner calling without all the fears keeping you 'playing it small'.

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