MOVE.

I’ve just realised… this time next week I’ll be back in Sardinia delivering Connect & Flow and a coaching workshop on the beautiful Melanie Pittman’s retreat 💜

It will be exactly 5 years since I held my VERY first workshop… which was actually at Mel’s studio.

15th May 2021....

And it’s funny because last year, as many of you know, I set myself a goal to travel once a month — which I completed ✨

I didn’t know if it was going to happen.

I didn’t know where I was going to be going.

But after a previous year of burning myself the fuck out, I decided I wasn’t doing that again because I’d forgotten about actually LIVING the time freedom part of one of the perks of becoming your own boss.

So I just scheduled random dates across the year, each month, and knew I’d have to figure it out as I went along.

Mel messaged me a couple of months before Sardinia was due last year and said:

“You’re probably not going to be free, but I thought I’d put it out there… I’d love for you to join us in Sardinia. These are the dates.”

Well… I looked at my calendar and said:

“Well that’s funny, Mel… they are the EXACT dates I already scheduled out in May.”

So yeah… it looks like I’m coming 🌍✨

There’s so much in this post I want to point out, which I will come back to in a moment.

But first, I want to talk about Reiki.

Reiki was the start of EVERYTHING.

And I’ve witnessed it becoming the start of everything in so many people I’ve trained too. I’ve watched them branch out into their own version of purpose, mission, healing and service.

I don’t know what it is about Reiki, but there is definitely something special and unseen about it.

Now my own journey with Reiki was an interesting one…

I doubted it. Just like I doubt most things 😂

I’m one of those people that does need to see a little bit of proof before I fully believe in something. I’m always open to trying things… but I do kinda need to see it to believe it.

I had Reiki for years for many different things. I first got sent there when I was probably around 14 because honestly… I was just a mess as a teenager 😅

A hell of a lot of pain, confusion and struggle.

I didn’t really understand Reiki back then. I didn’t really know what it did or didn’t do.

I just remember feeling SO sleepy afterwards and then going home, having a bath and going to bed 😂

But years later I had this strong calling to train in Reiki.

One afternoon I went to a coffee shop that I wouldn’t normally go to. I hadn’t planned on going there, but something inside me nudged me to go.

So I did.

I was sat there with my laptop researching places to train in Reiki when I overheard two women next to me talking about Reiki. They had their manuals out in front of them.

And instantly I thought:

“This hasn’t happened by accident.”

I really wanted to ask them where they trained and who with, because I KNEW this was meant to be.

It took me a while to pluck up the courage, but eventually I did… and that’s when they introduced me to Mel.

And I thought:

“Okay. That’s where I’m meant to go.”

So I booked Reiki 1.

Then over the next couple of years I think I probably ended up doing every single one of Mel’s courses 😂

Reiki 2… Master’s… Teacher Training…

And honestly? Even after Reiki 1 and Reiki 2 I STILL doubted it.

I was like:

“I don’t know about this…”

“I want to believe it…”

“But am I making this up in my head?”

Then I ended up doing my Master’s and Teacher Training — which honestly I wasn’t even fully sure WHY I was doing 😂

Maybe I just wanted to complete it.

Maybe it’s the ADHD.

Maybe it was all of it.

Maybe I just love Mel 😂

But ever since completing my Master’s… as much as I still sometimes question Reiki and want to deny it… I physically can’t.

Because it WORKS.

And more than that — it becomes a gateway to so much more.

I know that because that’s exactly what happened for me.

I honestly believe if it wasn’t for Reiki, I wouldn’t have opened myself up enough to hear all the other ideas, messages, nudges and offerings that have since come through me.

Connect & Flow literally came through as a random download one day… and now here we are ✨

So I guess part of this post explains why I do so much 😂

All of it has been a huge part of my journey.

I’m multi-passionate.

I have ADHD.

And honestly… I don’t even feel the need to explain that anymore.

But I think the REAL point of this post is that after a really difficult few months in many ways (which I’ll speak more about another time), I just wanted to reconnect back to my voice.

And maybe put a marker down that we ARE always being supported and guided for our highest good… even when we can’t see it yet.

Sometimes the thing you think is ruining your life… is actually redirecting it.

Sometimes the thing that feels like punishment is actually the biggest blessing.

You just can’t see it yet.

15th May 2021 - We all start somewhere

And I also just want to reflect for a moment on how fucking INSANE it is that the dates aligned EXACTLY.

The exact same dates.

The exact same person.

Delivering the exact same kind of work.

Years later.

Just evolved.

Like… what are the chances? 😂✨

It’s fucking meant to be.

And I also just want to shout out Mel because she has been incredible to me from DAY ONE and still is.

She has been a massive part of my journey.

A massive support.

15 May 2025 - Sardinia

And every single time I’ve doubted myself, she’s always been there cheering me on.

And it’s genuine too 💜

So Mel… thank you. Truly. From the bottom of my heart.

And to anyone reading this who has a vision…

A dream…

A feeling that they are FUCKING meant for more…

But you’re crippled by:

“How?”

“Have I missed the boat?”

“Am I too old?”

“Am I too young?”

“Maybe I’m not good enough.”

“Maybe there’s already too many people doing it.”

You can stay stuck looping in all of that and create your own unnecessary suffering…

OR…

You can put your big girl fucking pants on and LEAP.

Because that’s what I did.

And it’s what I’m going to continue doing again and again and again.

The doubt will always be there.

The fear will always be there.

And sometimes it’ll be REALLY fucking loud.

Really crippling.

Really debilitating.

Trust me.

But we’ve always got two choices:

Stay or move.

And I choose move.

I always choose a word for the beginning of each year and my word for 2026 was MOVE.

Before I even found out that 2026 is the year of the horse 🐎✨

And when I found that out I just thought…

“Mmmhmmm… of course.” 😂

And I mean that in every sense.

Moving physically.

Moving emotionally.

Moving energetically.

Moving through fear.

Moving through grief.

Moving through doubt.

Moving towards the life I know I’m meant for.

And yes, right now I could make all the excuses in the world.

“I don’t have the money.”

“I don’t have the time.”

“What if it doesn’t work?”

“What if I fail?”

But honestly?

I’m fucking making the time.

I’m figuring it out.

I’m moving anyway.

Because I think that’s the difference.

Not the absence of fear.

Not certainty.

Not confidence 24/7.

Just movement.

Even when it’s messy.

Even when it’s uncomfortable.

Even when your nervous system is screaming at you to stay where it’s familiar.

Move anyway.

Maybe that’s enough.

Actually…

Maybe that’s everything ✨