Chronicles of a Dreamworker Newsletter, v.38 – Insights for Intuitive Living
Hello There Intuitive Friends!
Welcome to our dreamy little corner of the internet! I’m delighted that you’re here whether you’re new or a friendly familiar face. It’s been an exciting week around here because…
Enlightened Empaths…
I am delighted and honored to be featured in a Share Your Light episode of the Enlightened Empaths podcast with Denise Correll and Samantha Fey! I’ve always dreamed that some day I might develop my intuitive gifts to the point where I could share them and help others grow in Spirit too. I thought this would be an excellent time to share more about my personal journey and how I became an intuitive practitioner.
Opening Up About My Psychic Abilities…
It was 2018 and I stared at the coffee cup on my desk. I was tired. So tired. I had taken this job for it’s security. I was a public relations specialist at a rural South Carolina hospital. The commute was 40 minutes of driving. My husband and I decided to expand our family and I thought I could bring my storytelling and writing skills to the corporate world for a bit. Within a few months of my hiring the layoffs began, and the stress never really let up since.
Outside of work I’d had two babies in 16 months. I’d published my first children’s book, and was in the process of launching my first exclusive collection as a designer and maker with my college alma mater. I had so many good things going for me outside of this job, yet it was sucking the life out of me, literally.
I have always been told that I’m too sensitive, that I feel things too deeply and seriously. This job required that I had a friendly smile with a guarded heart. I could feel things, connect with patients, but then had to process it into sterile story that fit into a one-page press release. I observed people going through their hardest moments. For one young man, I witnessed his last.
I couldn’t ignore that with each interview, each story, each conversation with patients and fellow employees alike that I was moved by their courage and dedication. Those feelings told me that what was most important for me to explore was still out there waiting for me to find it.
I’d been intuitive all of my life but at that point the thought of being able to develop my psychic gifts felt like a pipe dream. I’d had a near death experience when I was fighting for my life with bacterial meningitis and a spinal cord injury at 18. I met with my guides and made a choice to stay and “do the work.”
Now I was 32 and the beyond still beckoned, but I still hadn’t explored that side of myself yet. Part of me was scared, part of me was just busy and overwhelmed by the distractions of life. I also believe part of the timing was indeed divine.
I had heard about this podcast called Enlightened Empaths hosted by two psychic mediums, Samantha Fey and Denise Correll. I became fascinated with their stories and began looking forward to new episodes every week. I wondered what it would be like to someday grow a spiritual practice of my own, and who knows, maybe I’d be on their podcast someday? I had to start somewhere, so I began to lay the foundations of my practice through studying astrology and writing.
By May of 2018, unpredictable Uranus entered my sun sign of Taurus, and the artist and free spirit in me had had more than enough of the oppressive corporate systems I was drowning in. The culture and treatment at my job became unbearable. I was a woman of childbearing age with disabilities – the system was not made to work for me. By Memorial Day I had to leave for the sake of my safety and mental health. I knew there was more for me out there, and I wasn’t wrong.
I’d continued my own creative practice throughout my corporate stint so when I left without a back up plan I jumped right back into what felt familiar – stories and art. I knew that if I followed what stirred my passions I would always be motivated and inspired to work. I would continue to make my own way as I always have.
My first collection was eventually launched to great success. My digital art made it’s way to an exhibition in Milan, Italy. I flew to New York and signed with an international modeling agency and got to work with some of the world’s most recognized brands. I created the Women of Woodworking project and was featured in the New York Times.
On the other hand, Covid hit. I went no contact with my family. I had almost a dozen surgeries and procedures including implanting three spinal cord stimulators as I fought chronic pain and neurological issues throughout my body. I started using an electric wheelchair part-time. I also became a meningitis and vaccine advocate and shared my story with millions through national campaigns, commercials, and documentaries. The waves continued to come in crashing both gentle and harsh, yet I kept finding a way to ride them.
In all of my ups and downs, the constant that kept building within me was my connection to Spirit. I’d gotten a set of tarot cards, and then discovered a lovely connection with an oracle deck. I slowly kept adding skills and tools to my practice. After receiving a few readings myself I’d confirmed I was highly intuitive and a lifelong lucid dreamer. In time, Spirit kept path unfolding.
There was a time where it was hard for me to bring all the different threads of myself together, despite holding tightly to each one that I loved so dearly. As much as I loved my advocacy and art, there was still a part of me that felt it had not yet been explored, with treasures not yet shared with myself and the world. I kept following the path in times of faith and doubt, hopefully that one day it would all make sense.
Finally, after years of premonitions, dreams, coincidences, studying, reading, hours of practice and many validations, I knew I could not hide who I truly was anymore. I’m not just the artist, the mom, the writer, or the intuitive. I am Katie. A beautiful, dynamic, multidimensional being. I knew I wouldn’t feel whole until I started sharing all of me.
I started by writing down some of lucid dream experiences and sharing them in a mini-podcast format. I shared a few episodes but still needed more direction. I was creating and sharing my experiences in Spirit, but what was I really trying to do with these stories? Who was I trying to help? What kind of intuitive did I want to be?
So it was back to the books, practice and podcasts. Living in the rural south with chronic health issues means a lot of my life is spent in isolation. It makes it difficult to access resources to help build community, but plenty of time to explore oneself.
Finally, on one episode of Enlightened Empaths in early 2025 Denise mentioned an intuitive-minded virtual community she was launching. it was to help those looking to build connections, business, or simply intuitive knowledge around spiritual topics. It was called Tap Into the Collective, I could not sign up fast enough. This was exactly what I had been looking for: a way to connect with others that were looking to talk about spirituality and intuition.
The group started up in July of 2025 and I experienced the positive impacts of being in an intuitively-minded community immediately. My daily spiritual practice blossomed to include a daily meditation or journeying practice. I began to better understand what were personal messages from Spirit directly on my own. Eventually I began exploring my mediumship skills and developing those into my practice.
By fall, I had started sharing my experiences, dreams, and inspirations again, although this time in a new format, a digital newsletter. I began to give readings to others and felt the sense of service and fulfillment within that I’d been looking for my entire life.
Now my spiritual practice isn’t just another task on my list of things to do in my daily routine. It is in everything that I am and do. Through discovering myself and sorting through my own shadows I know I have the strength and blessing of Spirit to help others as well. One of the biggest gifts for me is getting to step back and watch Spirit work through all of us. It’s a privilege for me to help the sitter connect with their own inner knowing. To be a small part of sharing something so much greater and full of love will never cease to humble me and fill me with gratitude.
And wouldn’t you know, now that it’s April (now May!) 2026 and unexpected Uranus has moved out of Taurus and into Gemini – this stubborn bull stayed true to her work, and now I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to be a guest on Enlightened Empaths!
I’m deeply honored every time I get to sit with Spirit, or a client comes to me, or someone connects to just share their story. The communion we share in Spirit builds a deep admiration and respect that is hard to explain. It’s an otherworldly knowing, an unspoken understanding that there is more to all of this, and we are blessed to be able to find compassion within these connections across time.
If you think working with me might be a good fit for you, it would be a joy for me to help you on your own intuitive journey. I specialize in dream readings for those that may be struggling with understanding their dreams, having repetitive dreams or visitation dreams. I also offer oracle deck readings, general intuitive readings, and also diving rod sessions. Most of my services are written readings, however diving rod readings are held live on Zoom.
Once again I can’t recommend the Tap Into the Collective community enough for those looking for virtual spiritual community. Whether you join as a member, read our monthly publication, or check out one of the amazing practitioners listed in our directory, it is an excellent resource to help you along your own intuitive path.
Lastly, I must thank you for taking the time to read and learn more about my journey. I turn 40 this week, and I wake up every morning excited knowing that the possibilities are truly endless when it comes to loving and growing in Spirit. Being able to share these gifts with others brings such a great joy, and is a completion of an important part of my own soul’s journey, which is to help others know that they are not alone and we all are deeply, truly loved.
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If you have an intuitive dream or experience you’d like to share I’d love to hear from you. Drop me a message at dreamworkerchronicles@gmail.com or connect with me on Threads and Instagram at @dreamworkerchronicles.
Sending you so much love,
Katie T.
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