27/05/2026
I remember the first time I ever went to an intuitive energy healer.
She was a Māori woman working with a modality I think was called “blue star healing,” though she was so much more than any modality. She was a powerhouse of absolute empathy.
I lay down on her healing table and she asked permission to read my body.
The first thing she said was: “I see a little girl who absolutely hated school.”
I immediately broke down in tears.
Because going through the school system as a highly sensitive, undiagnosed autistic child with selective mutism had been incredibly traumatic for me.
It was something I had never had seen or acknowledged by anyone, not even my mother.
In that moment, I thought she had some sort of extraordinary ability.
Not long later, I realised I was also a healer in my own way.
And that what people call “reading energy” is not always something mystical. It can also be a language of deep sensitivity, pattern recognition, and attunement to what is unspoken.
But not everyone has access to that level of sensitivity. It was an ability I had that made school absolute hell for me, and something I was shamed for.
I went on to study Theta Healing® and spent thousands on courses, and hours healing myself and practicing readings with swap partners.
Clients actually started coming to me quite quickly. Each session felt profound, and it challenged my skepticism about whether this kind of work even “worked” at all.
Over time, I noticed that being deeply seen is something most people don’t experience very often in life.
And what people call “psychic ability” is often simply a capacity to deeply attune to another person’s emotional and somatic experience.
I’ve sat with many people, reflected back what I sense in them, and watched them cry as things they had carried their whole lives were finally witnessed and spoken into awareness.
I don’t claim to be fully psychic.
There are areas where I don’t get it right, despite a lot of practice.
But I do trust my capacity to notice what sits beneath the surface, emotionally, somatically, and relationally, and reflect it back in a way that creates clarity.
When I first moved to Tasman, before I bought the gym, I did online readings on Fiverr just out of curiosity. Absolute strangers would hire me to scan their energy and tell them what I saw.
I received kind feedback from people all over the world and had people booking sessions with me. People told me I had given words to wounds they had carried their whole lives but could never articulate.
But I stopped after one bad review telling me I was completely wrong in what I saw. This was after about 50 good reviews.
That one experience made me doubt myself. I started to wonder if I was a fraud, and whether it was ethical to continue doing this work.
So I stepped back and moved more into Embodied Processing, which felt more grounded, evidence-based, trauma-informed, and stable.
I’ve been told I was very effective in that modality, because I don’t just guide people to feel their feelings, I stay with them in their experience.
My empathy is not just cognitive empathy (understanding someone’s experience), but affective empathy, actually feeling with them.
This was why school as a child was so overwhelming for me. Imagine being in a room feeling everyone else’s emotions and not knowing they weren’t your own. I was a little ball of anxiety.
And the fact that I can now lead a room in my lifting sessions, without getting overwhelmed by other people’s energy, is a testament to my own healing journey.
But I am cautious.
Because part of me still wonders if I “should” have a counselling degree, or study psychology before doing this work.
And while I’m a big believer in training and education, qualifications alone don’t guarantee attunement. You can sit with a highly qualified therapist and still feel unseen.
There is a difference between explaining yourself… and being met and accurately reflected.
So I don’t claim to be a therapist. I don’t call what I do therapy, counselling, or even coaching.
I’m here to be with you in your experience. To reflect back what is present beneath the surface and help bring clarity to what you’re carrying.
Many people are walking around with experiences in their body and nervous system that they have never had mirrored back clearly.
This is the space I work in.
I’ve had a bit of a break from this work, but it calls me back regularly.
If you are someone who feels misunderstood, overwhelmed, or like you’ve had to explain yourself your whole life, this work might be for you.
I offer 1:1 sessions: 1.5 hours for $100 NZD, in person in Motueka or online.
We work with what is present in your body and lived emotional experience.
To book a session, send me a message.
