7 Keys Series: 🌀 I Had It All—And None of It Was Mine
Part Two of Intro: of the 7 Keys to Manifesting Dreams Series
I had the right zip code.
The right job title.
The house with the 3 beds, 2 baths, the two German cars parked in the drive.
I even had the “future” people told me would make me happy.
And I was exhausted.
Numb.
Burned out from trying to live someone else’s version of a good life.
Disconnected from Spirit, from myself, from anything that felt like real joy.
I couldn’t even tell you my favorite food.
This is the part most people don’t see.
When people meet me now—as a soul coach, a channel, a guide for spiritually grounded manifesting—they see the version of me that came after.
After the burnout.
After the rupture.
After the flood.
But I want to tell you what came before.
Because this isn’t a highlight reel. This is a process. A path.
And I’ve walked it more than once.
I was born intuitive.
Fourth-generation.
Initiated young by the women in my family.
I saw, sensed, and spoke to Spirit from the time I could speak at all.
But like so many of us, I shut that part of myself down.
I chose what the world told me would make me happy—
a professional title, a nice house, the right neighborhood, the right stuff.
I followed the checklist.
And it broke me.
I was burned out, anxious, spiritually disconnected—and empty.
Then on May 2, 2010, the water came.
Our home was destroyed in the Nashville flood.
And in those terrifying first hours, I found myself under the awning of a bank—trapped by rising waters, trying to get to safety.
We were trying to make it to a friend’s house two towns over on higher ground, but I-40 was under 12 feet of water.
We had to turn back.
I pulled off the first exit I could, not knowing where we’d end up.
I said to the Universe:
“I’m going to go. Please have a roof for me. Let me keep my dog with me. I don’t want to sleep in the car tonight.”
I pulled into the first hotel I saw.
It wasn’t the Ritz—but it was shelter.
I asked if they allowed pets.
The woman at the front desk said they were just finishing cleaning the only room available—and it happened to be pet friendly.
That was the beginning.
That was the moment I turned my spiritual connection back on.
I’ve been practicing manifesting since before it was cool.
I’ve been listening to Abraham Hicks since the late ’80s.
I’ve always believed in this process.
But that night, I had to reclaim it. I had to remember what I knew and live it—because it was the only way forward.
Over the next 8 months, as we rebuilt our home and our lives, I manifested moment after moment—support, resources, connections, grace.
Not all at once.
Not without bumps.
But the process worked.
And it still works.
These 7 Keys have carried me through that season and every one since—and I’ve watched them do the same for my clients. The breakthroughs I’ve seen through this method? I’ll be sharing some of those with you, too.
So whether this is your rock bottom or your gentle nudge back to yourself—know that you’re not too late, too stuck, or too far away.
You can begin now.
Right where you are.
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