I
was working in a powerful Fash-
ion PR firm in 2008. It was the
kind of heady, eclectic and excit-
ing career, which could transform
a person’s life, if they let it. But I
was- in no uncertain terms-miser-
able. I was bored, overworked and
exhausted. I didn’t see purpose or
meaning in the role. What should
have excited me- celebrity events,
photoshoots, press releases- just
left me feeling flat, and I was los-
ing track of who I was, as a result.
I changed so much, in such a short
time, that I knew I had to do some-
thing drastic.
One day, after yet another piece
of coverage went missing, and yet
another argument with an apo-
plectic Creative Director in a leop-
ard print shirt, I handed in my no-
tice and left.
In one day, I shattered my entire
life. In the week that followed, I
broke it off with a long-term, by
all means eligible partner, I found
myself back in the lilac-painted,
fluffy little spare room in my par-
ent’s house, at the age of twenty
two.
self. I saw messages which spoke
to me deeply. I saw the weaving
disaster of my past, and crucially,
within them, I found a way out.
Within a week, I was reading friends
and family with total and absolute
accuracy. They were sneaking me
through the back door when their
husbands and boyfriends weren’t
home. Living in rural Catholic
Northern Ireland, this type of en-
tertainment was taboo, to say the
least. But more people kept com-
ing, and word got around. As soon
as I sat with someone, words and
images would arrive in my mind,
at an incredible rate. I even pulled
three cards for myself every morn-
ing, and found tarot was, in no un-
certain terms, giving me power I
didn’t know I had. It was a ‘hot line
to higher realms’, that had more
punch, more choice, and more
power, than any thousand-strong
media list ever could.
I was suddenly, and entirely by ac-
cident, in full and total control of
my own life. I was able, through
working with tarot, to see the pit-
falls and extremities in my be-
haviour in the past. I was able to
reflect, every day, on a message of
hope, choice and promise, which
propelled me within a few short
years, into one of the most prolific
and exciting careers in the world.
Fast forward ten years, and I’m ab-
solutely killing it on the internet. I
have my own online business, and
a bank of regular clients- from ce-
lebrities, doctors, company CEOs
and even a group of backpackers
who call me at every stop. I’ve
read hundreds of people, from
over twenty eight different coun-
tries around the world, and now,
I’m teaching other women how to
work this magic for themselves.
I went from being flustered, out of
touch with myself, and dreaming
By all accounts, I had failed as an
adult.
Angry at the universe for leading
me to this, I did what any insensi-
ble young lady would do. I want-
ed a direct conversation with the
world at large. I wanted reasons.
I wanted choices. I wanted an-
swers.
So, on a precocious and frustrat-
ed whim, I stomped my way to the
local bookshop, and spent £8.99
on a pack of tarot cards.
It sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it?
From the very first draw, I saw my-
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