Truths my clients didn’t want to hear
As I’ve been writing copy for my new business and website, Earth Body Oracle, I’ve been thinking about how intuitive readings work, and what my style is. I like to think that I’m always compassionate inside a tarot reading … in part, because your spirit guides are tender-hearted. But they do tell the truth, with a capital T.
And like the old saying goes: sometimes, the truth hurts.
One of my favorite thought leaders was recently sharing how there’s no such thing as my truth, and your truth. There is just truth, which is reality. We may have feelings about reality, but we don’t own the truth. When we adulterate the word, it loses its meaning. Things get muddy.
Guides communicate plain truth—and if they’re sharing it with you, it means some part of you is ready for it. I do my best to interpret it.
The idea for this piece is tongue in cheek: based on the idea that I sometimes tell my tarot reading clients things they didn’t want to hear, but need to hear. It got me thinking: what have I told my intuitive reading clients recently that they felt land in their bones as truth, but they weren’t jumping with joy (first thing anyway) to receive?
Things I’ve told my clients that they didn’t want to hear
He’s never going to be the man you need him to be.
Don’t quit your day job. Not yet.
That dream place that you’re longing to move to? It’s not gonna feel as good as you hoped.
Support your young daughter, even if she decides to keep the baby. This can actually look different than you imagine it, and come with healthy boundaries for both of you. It’s not the path you would choose for her, but she is the one who needs to decide, unfettered by your opinion.
On the other side, sometimes the truth is soooo reassuring and affirming. Being told you’re on the right path when you’ve been unsure? Priceless.
Things I’ve told my clients that they totally wanted to hear
Being on medicine is the right choice for you right now. It is helping you stay steady and calm in a really tough time.
You are 1000% on the right path. It feels awkward because you’re new at it, but the guides are rooting for you and supporting you all the way.
There’s a third way. It seems impossible to see the third way when we’re in a trauma response, but when we can center and breathe, a whole new way will appear.
Yes, he is a narcissist.
In the end, the most loving thing a guide (or a reader) can do is hand you the truth exactly as we hear it (sharp edges and all). Some truths sting for a minute and then set you free. Others feel like a heated blanket in Winter. Either way, if it’s coming through, it’s because some deeper part of you already knows it… and is finally ready to stop pretending otherwise.
Thanks for trusting me to deliver the medicine, even when it’s bitter. I’m always honored.
And this all comes with the caveat … you are the one who gets to weigh your tarot reading, choose to take in what rings as true, and discard anything that doesn’t land.
Feedback (good and bad) is my forever friend as I continue to fine tune my own channel. You always get to come to me and say, “that piece of info actually ISN’T right at all, what happened there? Did that feel off to you?” or “that was weirdly accurate.” I appreciate both, and everything in between.