I’d been trained, as a scientist, to analyse my way into and out of everything. And… I’d used logic to stay in relationships and sensible careers past their best-before dates. My jobs from biologist to budget analyst all relied on and rewarded me for my logical analytical mind. But the mind was not the right tool to solve emotional repression. My mind was the reason I didn’t listen to my heart, my mind tuned out my intuition.

Not long after that first card reading, my counsellor told me for the umpteenth time that “awareness is the first step”. I pouted because I longed to move beyond awareness and stop falling back into old limiting behaviours. She gently pointed me to intuitive energy healing. I was immediately fascinated by how I could feel the energy shifting in my body while the healer worked on me.

I began to incorporate card reading and energy work into my life, especially when big decisions surfaced. And my life changed.

I felt calmer, less prone to melancholy and worry. I felt that inner confidence you get when a decision feels right. I felt empowered and hopeful. I started to trust myself. I started to be able to actually change those old behaviours. I stopped getting sick all the time. My frequent sore throats disappeared. When I woke up at night, I could get back to sleep!