15/06/2026
Honest post alert... only read if you're ready for the truth.
Years ago, before I completely fell out with spirituality, I trained with a wise spiritual mentor in 2009 in her beautiful healing modality.
As students, we practised on one another. One day I lay on the treatment bed with my eyes closed and suddenly I started crying.
I couldn't open my eyes. The crying was unlike anything I'd ever experienced before. It was surreal, heartbreaking and impossible to explain. A crikey what is happening moment.
My teacher came over, placed her hand on my stomach (the solar plexus area), and said, "She's just been back home."
The moment her hand touched me, I was instantly soothed and calmed.
I then heard her say, "They are wanting Steph very quickly."
I remember thinking, "What for?"
It turns out it would be for the work I'm doing now.
The problem was, I couldn't remain still. Life was busy. I was always moving, always doing....
It wasn't until 2021, when lockdown forced stillness upon me, that I finally stopped.
And that's when everything changed.
My Mam's energy had connected with mine, it's then that I listened to what I must create after that experience.
Not because I asked for it. Not because I chased it. But because I remained still and silent long enough to receive it.
I often think back to the words my teacher spoke all those years ago:
"Steph, you must remain still."
My response at the time?
"I don't bloody have time for that!"
But here's what I've learned...
For Empaths and Intuitives, silence and stillness are our greatest teachers. They speak to us. They guide us. They reveal what we've been too distracted to hear, sometimes it is easier to be busy.
We can bury our heads in the sand, or we can become quiet and listen.
And no, I'm not saying you need to sit on a mountain top, bask in nature for hours, go on a retreat, or do anything particularly "woo woo."
Five minutes is enough.
Because Source is communicating with us all of the time.
The question is not whether it is speaking.
The question is whether we're still and silent enough to hear it and allow it to be our Teacher.
Love Steph x