Have you ever been invited into something that felt bigger than you — and your heart whispered “say yes” even though you didn’t feel ready?
In this episode, I share the story of my very first Reiki teaching opportunity — a moment of divine timing that opened the door to everything that followed in my journey. You’ll hear how saying yes to service, even when I felt unsure, became the turning point that shaped my path.
We’ll explore:
💫 The magic of opportunities that arise when you lead with service.
💫 Why you don’t need to have it all figured out to make a difference.
💫 How Spirit responds when you follow the quiet nudge of your heart.
💫 A channeled message from my guide, Anya, on the beauty of being of service.
Whether you’re a healer, lightworker, or someone hearing that inner call to step forward, this episode will remind you that saying yes from the heart is always enough.
🌟 Next Step
If this episode stirred something within you, I’d love to invite you to join me in my Connecting to Spirit Bootcamp or a Live Channelling Masterclass. These spaces are designed to help you deepen your connection to Spirit and trust your intuitive gifts in a safe, supported way.
👉 Explore upcoming dates and free resources here: connectedtospirit.com
You are seen. You are loved. You are guided. 💛
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With over two decades of experience as a Reiki Master Teacher, channel, and spiritual mentor, I blend grounded wisdom with higher guidance to help you strengthen your intuition, trust your connection to Spirit, and awaken your gifts with confidence.
Each episode invites you to open your heart, raise your vibration, and remember the divine guidance that’s been within you all along. Whether you’re a healer, seeker, or spiritual teacher, you’ll find inspiration, real stories, and practical tools to support your journey of awakening.
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Episode Transcript
Hello and welcome back to thepodcast.
I'm so grateful you are heretoday.
I want to share a story thatchanged everything for me.
It's about the power of sayingyes even when you don't feel
fully ready.
And the incredible things thatunfold when you choose to serve
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with an open heart.
So whether you are a healer, alightworker, or someone who's
been quietly hearing that in anudge to step forward.
This episode is.
For you.
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So I wan't to take you back toone of the very first
opportunities I had to teachreiki.
At the time, I had just become anew reiki master.
I'd been practicing Reiki forabout six years at that point.
But the idea of teaching feltoverwhelming.
I hadn't really planned on it.
I was just following thebreadcrumb spirit had laid
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before me.
My master training ended upbeing gifted to me by a
beautiful Reiki master, TracyWillis.
We met in the most unexpectedplace, an exercise class, and
even though she wasn't activelyteaching Reiki anymore she felt
really called to pass herlineage onto me, and it ended up
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being one of the most beautifulmoments of divine timing.
So not long after I had become aReiki master, I was walking
through my local shop in RollingStone at the time and happened
to bump into Raylene, who was atthe time, the owner of a
beautiful, holistic healingcenter.
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We ended up talking and sheasked me what I'd been up to,
and I mentioned I'd justrecently finished my Reiki
master training.
Her face lit up and then shelent in and said to me, I've
been looking for a reiki masterto teach out of my center.
Just like that.
No marketing, no pushing, noplanning.
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I was gifted my very firstopportunity to teach, and that
workshop, the very firstworkshop I taught, ended up
having six students, and to tellyou I was nervous, unsure,
completely outta my comfortzone.
But I said yes because I knewthe passion for reiki was there.
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I loved it with all of my being.
And that yes, became thebeginning of everything that
followed.
So what I didn't realize at thetime was that the moment I said
yes, not just to theopportunity, but to being of
service.
Everything began to shift.
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Being of service is aboutshowing up from your heart.
It's not about being perfect.
It's certainly not about havingall of the answers.
It's just about being willingand going on the journey.
So when you choose to serve,whether it's through Reiki or
through doing readings, orgiving intuitive guidance, even
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just being a great listener.
You activate something special.
It's like the universe leans inand says, yes.
More of that, please.
And here's what I've come toknow.
When you lead from service, youare always supported.
You don't have to know the wholepath.
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You just have to trust the nextbest step.
So I wanna ask you this.
Where in your life are you beingasked to say yes?
Is there a quiet invitation, anopportunity, a conversation, a
new direction that your soul hasbeen nudging you towards?
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Take a moment.
You can even pause the episodeif you like.
You don't need to have all theanswers.
You just need to listen to thewisdom of your heart because
that's how spirit speaks.
So let's just take a moment nowto get really still together.
Obviously, if you're notdriving, take a deep breath in
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and exhale slowly.
And just feel your feet beneathyou on the earth.
Let your shoulders drop andsoften.
Place your hand on your heart,and from this place of
stillness, I'd love to welcome amessage from my guide, Anya,
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just for you./ Ah, there isnothing more.
Beautiful.
Then to witness a human in theact of service where one is
opening up a place of love,driven by passion, and being
able to sit in the stillness ofthe moment with another and
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allow whatever needs.
To be addressed, to just flownaturally, to be open to the
influence of spirit, your spiritteam, your guidance, the power
of love to be present, to beamplified, to be experienced.
And this is what we are talkingabout here as we have been
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working with you, Lisa, to pulltogether this topic today of
being of service.
And from our.
Perspective.
We love nothing more than beingof service to you.
To be able to blend with yourenergy, to meet you where you're
at, to allow you to address someof the concerns, the feelings,
the, confusion that you can getas you are navigating all the
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variance of choices that lay foryou.
It is.
Our divine gift of service justto blend.
There is nothing that we want inreturn.
It is just simply to be inalignment with your light and to
allow that light to be amplifiedby our energy and to be able to
influence the collective in thebest way possible.
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That can only be decided in themoment as you breathe, as you
relax, as you tune in, as youconnect with one another.
This is the part that makes.
Our frequency light up.
We get so excited to be able towalk this path with you and we
encourage you to be able to stepinto this space as often as you
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feel guided to and allopportunity we see as a blessing
to be of service with andthrough you.
And that is all we have fortoday, namaste, play well dear
ones./ Yeah, from myperspective, there is nothing
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more beautiful than just feelingthat presence of onion and my
guides as they come in.
She felt a little bit differenttoday, just a bit softer than
usual, and I think maybe that'sjust what I needed.
So we are so blessed to be ableto align with Spirit, to connect
and to be of service, not onlyto each and every one of our
clients and the people that wemeet, or whether it's strangers
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on the street, don't everdiscount.
The capacity that you have touplift somebody else.
I've had experiences wheresometimes just a gentle smile
can warm someone's heart and allthe way to the other extreme
where there's just such joypresent and, um, bucket loads of
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laughing.
So, I shall.
Leave you with that beautifulmessage from Anya.
Sometimes the words that youhear are just for you and
sometimes they end up ripplinginto the world in ways you may
never know.
So I want you to trust this.
When you show up in service, youare part of something much
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greater than yourself, andthat's exciting to be open to
that next level.
If this episode stirredsomething within you, if you've
been wanting to deepen yourconnection to spirit and develop
your intuitive gifts in a safe,supported space, I'd love to
invite you to my next Learn toChannel bootcamp, or live
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channeling masterclass.
You'll find all the details andfree resources in the show notes
below.
So before we close, let me leaveyou with this.
You are seen, you are loved, andyou are guided.
Trust yourself, say yes and letyour light and heart lead the
way.
Until next time, stay open, staygrounded, and keep following the
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path that light you up from theinside out.
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