The Day I Followed My Intuition

It was March 2024, a seemingly ordinary week. I was not feeling my best, and every day I would show up to work feeling strongly that I wasn’t wanted. I didn’t enjoy what I was doing. I was hired as a coach for several teams, but the teams weren’t ready for me and were showing great resistance. Of course that was expected, but after a year of showing up and not being able to carry out the work that I loved to do, the spark in my heart started to fade.

I understood that change is something that takes place gradually over time, and I respected the people for where they were at, but I wanted more for myself. I felt I was deserving of being in a space where I was appreciated, valued, and wanted. I wanted to show up to work excited for the day and looking forward to what was to come.

It seemed ridiculous to have that desire for myself given my current situation, but I held it in my heart. And while I wasn’t able to do the work that I really wanted to do, which was to coach people through transformation, I did end up taking on unrelated tasks that were a bit fun.

I unexpectedly became the department’s party planner. Whether it was a birthday, baby shower, or farewell, I was the co-ordinator, money collector, invitation designer, shopper, and host. It was far from what I imagined I would be doing at work, but it was something that was needed, and I was the best person for it, so I took it on with an open heart.

There was a birthday coming up, and I needed to buy a specific cake that was available only at select stores. I really didn’t like going to the mall; it’s not the best place for an introvert with anxiety. So I planned to go to the nearest and smallest mall during the week when it would be least busy. In and out, easy does it.

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Well, my inner knowing kicked in and I recognised it for the first time. I don’t know how to explain it, but somehow I knew in my body, in my bones, that I needed to go to a bigger mall that had a bookstore. For some reason, I needed to visit THAT bookstore. I didn’t think much of it at first, but the feeling did not leave me alone all week. So I finally gave in on a Saturday morning and decided to make a trip there.

As I made my way to the mall with the intention of buying that birthday cake, the inner knowing kicked in again, and I felt called to first visit the bookstore and to look for “angel cards”. I didn’t even know what angel cards were. But several months earlier, I had heard a friend say those words. I never thought about it again until this moment.

Still not taking it seriously, I went into the bookstore and began searching through the aisles for these mysterious angel cards. I didn’t even know what sort of section or category would stock such a thing. Fantasy? Fiction? I paced the floors for several minutes, growing frustrated as I didn’t find anything.

I started to make my way to the exit, annoyed at myself and the situation, when a final thought rushed in.

“Go to the sales counter and ask for help. Just try.”

I had to pass the sales counter on my way out, so I thought, Fine, let me just try.

I walked over there, and there they were. Card decks displayed on the counter by the cash registers. I remember feeling a sort of magic in that moment, seeing those card decks for the very first time. I had no idea what they were. There were just a few tarot and oracle decks and no angel cards, but I knew that I was guided to where I needed to be.

An oracle deck, Manifesting with the Fairies by Karen Kay, caught my eye and I decided to give it a shot and bought it. I could not understand the joy and excitement that I felt for those little pieces of cardboard. It made no sense.

Of course, I still needed to get that birthday cake, which I did. It was a super luxurious frozen chocolate cake. Yum!

When I got home, I decided to find out what these cards were all about. I read the guidebook, introduced myself to the card deck and did my very first reading.

And it was crazy.

It started off simple. I read that I was currently in a space of gratitude, learning to appreciate what I had despite my current circumstances. And that made sense; I felt like I was doing something right with this card reading thing.

Then the cards that followed absolutely shook me.

I was being told that something would happen — an event or experience of some kind — that would require a great deal of strength from me. And once I went through it, I would be led into unknown territory. I would have to be more brave than I ever had been before.

At this point, I thought, Clearly I don’t know what I’m doing. My life has been the same stagnant way for decades. Surely this can’t be true.

So I packed the cards away and went about my day.

But less than a week later, everything changed.

The event that followed is what I will share in another story, but I just want to put into perspective how powerful your inner knowing can be. A simple feeling of going to the bookstore changed the trajectory of my life, cleared away every obstacle, and led me to a brand-new life and career in less than a year.

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Your inner knowing, intuition, third eye, or sixth sense — there are so many names for it — doesn’t always sound loud or obvious. It can be the calm feeling of being drawn towards something or a thought that doesn’t leave you alone and you find yourself intrigued by it.

Instead of brushing it aside, try noticing it. Get really curious about what it’s trying to point you towards.

The most miraculous transformations occur when you begin to trust the gentle whispers.

They lead you, one step at a time, towards your destiny.

With love, Yas

All that you need is already within you.

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