liberating our intuition: my journey from seeking psychics to trusting myself

I can’t tell you the amount of money and time I spent going to psychics when I was in my 20s and 30s. I would squeeze into the tiny, dimly lit space at the back of the Paradise Found bookstore, hoping that this time, someone might give me the answers I was so desperately seeking. I wanted someone to tell me what to do, to assure me that the thing I desired would work out exactly as I hoped. I craved a sense of certainty and reassurance.

But here’s what I didn’t know back then: good psychics are simply tapping into my energy field—reflecting back information that I already have access to. They weren’t giving me new answers; they were echoing my own inner knowing, a truth that was already there but felt buried beneath layers of self-doubt and confusion.

And that reflection can be incredibly helpful! Even when we manage to access our intuition, we often don’t trust it. This isn’t surprising, considering we’ve been conditioned by the forces of colonialism and patriarchy to disconnect from this gentle, innate way of knowing. We have been taught to mistrust ourselves because the culture that shaped us does not trust the feminine, does not honor this deeply intuitive and cyclical way of being.

But here’s what I’ve come to realize: remembering how to connect with our intuition is an act of liberation. Choosing to trust it, despite all the voices telling us otherwise, is an act of revolution.

For me, this shift didn’t happen overnight. It was a process of unlearning, of choosing again and again to lean into my own guidance rather than seeking answers outside myself. And it’s a process I’m still deepening every day. But it has transformed my life in ways I could never have imagined back when I was sitting in that bookstore, waiting for someone else to give me clarity.

Now, I feel incredibly passionate about helping women remember how to access, understand, and trust this forgotten way of knowing. It’s a reclamation of power, an act of deep self-love, and a return to the self. It feels like the work of my life—to guide others back to their intuition and witness their liberation as they reclaim their inner truth.

If you find yourself longing for answers, I encourage you to pause and consider this: the wisdom you seek is already within you. You don’t need to look outside yourself to find it; you simply need to remember how to listen.