An Intuitive Life: Coaching, Intuition, Midlife, Inner Compass, Decisions, Self Trust, Identity

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A somatic coach and energy healer on shedding labels, trusting the mess, and finding your work through midlife reinvention.

What happens when you're good at many things, and the world keeps telling you to pick just one?

In this episode, I sit down with Jessica Evans, esthetician turned somatic coach, energy healer, and self-described "portal", for an honest conversation about reinvention in midlife.

From opening a spa in 2020 to walking away from one-on-one facials toward Goddess Flow and community grief circles, Jessica shares the messy, non-linear path of following her intuition instead of forcing herself into a single tidy label.

Together, we reframe "throwing spaghetti at the wall" as courageous action and data-gathering, explore why nervous system healing needs community to last, and remind you that you don't discover your one thing until you've lovingly tried many.

A few bullet points (What we explore):
Why reinvention rarely arrives in a straight line, and how to trust the mess
Reframing "throwing spaghetti at the wall" as brave action, not failure
Moving from fixer to portal: holding space instead of doing the work for someone

Resources & Links Mentioned:
The Flow State Collective — Jessica's online collective meeting virtually near the full/new moons, with personalized weekly card pulls and a growing library of somatic tools
Goddess Flow Yoga — returning in person in August (Saturday mornings), and coming to the Flow State Collective too.
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There's Nothing to Figure Out
What Therapy Taught Me About Midlife, Identity, and Letting Go of the Doing

This episode is a little different for me, more of an exploration than a teaching. I open up about starting therapy this year, not for one big crisis, but with the intention to finally do things differently after a season that reshaped my family and my work.

I get honest about being a doer, a starter, someone who has let "figuring it out" define my worth for most of my life, and what it's been like to sit with my therapist's simplest, hardest instruction: there's nothing to figure out.

If you've ever felt addicted to the doing, unsure who you are without your work, or curious why women seem to burn out differently than men, this one's for you.

I get into:
Why the female nervous system is wired for connection, not constant achievement, and what happens when we override that for years
What it really looks like to redefine your identity in midlife when your career, your kids, and your sense of self are all shifting at once
The simple mantra from therapy that's changing how I relate to ambition, rest, and self-worth
I'd genuinely love to hear what landed for you. DM me on Instagram, send me an email, or tap the little blue heart in the show notes on Apple Podcasts, and let's keep the conversation going. 

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Have you ever felt like your intuition just… disappeared? Like the channel went dark and the signal you used to trust so completely has gone radio silent?

In this episode, we get real about a truth I've been living myself: your intuition never goes quiet. But sometimes you enter a phase where you need a recalibration of your inner pulse and to listen on a deeper level.
In this episode, I share five simple, grounded practices to help you return to your inner knowing, including the lay flat ritual I came back to just before recording this very episode.
In this episode:
Why your intuition isn't gone, and what's actually happening when you can't hear it
How scrolling and constant input quietly disconnect you from your own knowing
The lay flat ritual: a body-based practice for releasing mental noise and letting wisdom rise
Why a quiet after-dinner walk might be the most underrated intuition practice there is
Three more simple practices you can start today, including one that takes a single breath
Work with me:
If something in this episode stirred something in you, if you felt that quiet pull of yes, this is what I need, trust it. DM me on Instagram to learn about 1:1 intuitive readings and private coaching. I'd love to hear from you.
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If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching.
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What if the gut feelings, the knowing before you know, and the dreams that feel a little too real aren't coincidences?

In this episode, we explore the real difference between intuition and psychic ability, where they overlap, and how every woman can develop both --> starting today.
In this episode:
Why intuition and psychic ability aren't two separate gifts and how they live on the same channel at different frequencies
The four psychic "clairs" explained and how to identify which one is already most alive in you
Simple, grounded practices to strengthen your intuition and expand your psychic awareness
A sneak peek at something new coming soon —> Open Your Third Eye
Resources mentioned:
[7 Days of Self-Trust] -  the audio series to start building your relationship with your inner knowing
Follow Elena on Instagram @elena_lipson for updates on Open Your Third Eye and more
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How fear, shame, and old stories quietly steal your ability to decide, and how to trust yourself again.

You've researched it, made the list, asked everyone you trust, and you still can't choose. If that's you, here's the first thing to know: you're not indecisive, and you're not doing this wrong.
In this episode, we trace the inability to make a decision back to where it actually begins, and it isn't a lack of information.

It's a quiet erosion of self-trust, built from old mistakes, the fear of repeating them, and the shame that whispers you can't be trusted to choose well.

You'll see why none of that is true, and why the so-called pattern of past failures is really a body of hard-won wisdom you've never given yourself credit for.

IN THIS EPISODE
Why the inability to decide is a symptom, not a character flaw, and what it's actually pointing to
The four hidden roots of indecision
Why no amount of additional information will give you the certainty you crave, and where that certainty actually comes from
A 60-second somatic practice to feel your body's answer to the decision you've been circling
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Find out where your decision-making gets stuck, and your starting point for trusting yourself again. It takes about three minutes.

👉 [INTUITIVE DECISION-MAKING QUIZ LINK]

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If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching.
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