I came to Tanza in a moment of desperation. I was in my late twenties and I was just… lost. I had just gone through a difficult pregnancy that resulted in a preemie baby and a long NICU stay, and my father had just passed very suddenly. I was a mom to two young children and felt completely lost in that identity, like I didn’t know who I was outside that anymore. I didn’t mind my previous career, but had no desire to return to it because I knew it wasn’t really what I was supposed to be doing. I was struggling with depression, motivation and just life in general. I came to see Tanza for a reiki and mediumship session, thinking if I could just hear from my dad it would bring me some closure. But instead of closing the book on that chapter of my life, my first visit with Tanza started a whole new story for me. I realized how much guilt and fear I was carrying, how so many of my own personal patterns were based in some form of self-sabotage because of all these beliefs I’d internalized. I wasn’t good enough. Someone might not approve. Taking time for myself was selfish. And the list goes on. I did a second session to just focus on myself, and then I mentored with her to learn about connecting with my own intuition, my guides, my loved ones. At the time, I thought I was going to have to be a reiki master or medium or something, but that was never my path. I quickly realized that working with your own intuition, taking time for self-care, getting to know yourself so intimately that you’re often uncomfortable (and believe me, the journey to self is far from comfortable!), is about YOU. Finding your gifts, your passions and the confidence to OWN them. To pursue them. I had shut down my spiritual side for so many years, not realizing that I had basically just shut myself down as a result. I went through life, I lived by all means, but something was always missing. Something was always holding me back. And when I finally opened that side of myself, it was like everything finally clicked into place. My lifelong dream was to be an author, but before my coaching with Tanza, I had never managed more than a few chapters before giving up. With Tanza’s coaching and encouragement, I did the hard work of healing (and I continue to work on my own healing to this day!) and I removed the blocks that kept me from writing. I finished my first novel, and I’m proud to say it will be published next year. And my second novel is currently sitting with a developmental editor waiting to take its own journey. My kids start school next year, but I’m not looking for work in my previous field because I now know I’m better than doing something that doesn’t light me up. I don’t know what my future holds, but I do know that my time belongs to the things that I deem worthwhile. My family. My writing. Traveling. Who knows what else. Just because my degree is in marketing, doesn’t mean that my fate is sealed in that field. I am not the same person I was when I was 20 and choosing my so-called “life path”. I am not the same person I was when I first became a mom. I am evolving, I am growing, and I get to be the architect of my own life. I get to choose what lights me up and chase it. And I learned all that because Tanza challenged me to listen to my own intuition and to do the work to heal all those blocks and wounds that I didn’t even realize were hijacking my life. If you get the opportunity to work with Tanza, DO IT! You won’t regret it.