Finding Calm When Everything Around You Is Chaos

You’re going to be okay. I have your back.

These were the exact words I heard in my mind while I watched my colleagues pray for their lives and passengers grip their seats in terror. We were in the middle of the worst turbulence I’d ever experienced, descending through a violent storm toward a runway somewhere along the Côte d’Ivoire coast.

And yet, inside me, there was only calm.

It wasn’t denial.

It wasn’t bravery.

It was something deeper. An unwavering, bone-deep knowing that we would be safe. That the Universe/God/Higher Power always has my back and is always working in my favor. That I am always divinely guided and protected.

My body was steady, my breath slow, my heart oddly still . . . while outside, the aircraft shuddered and dropped like a roller coaster from hell.

That’s when I realized: this is what my intuition feels like. 

It’s quiet. Certain. Unshakable. Even in chaos.

And the strange thing is, once you’ve felt it, really felt it, you never forget it. It becomes the thread you start to follow through the rest of your life.

Have you ever had a moment like that? When everything around you was falling apart, yet something inside you whispered, You’ll be fine, and you just knew it was true?

Intuition has always been my compass. A quiet force guiding me through every chapter of my life. From navigating the crowded buses and trams as a ten-year-old to surviving a bombing that left my home country in flames, changing life as I knew it forever.

Thinking back to those years, I can see how each experience was shaping my ability to hear and trust that inner voice.

As a child, I could feel the energy around me. I knew exactly where to stand on the bus to stay safe, shifting instantly if something felt off. Most of my childhood, I was taking public transport alone, often returning home after dark. Those ten stops taught me everything about reading people without words. About sensing when to move, when to stay and when to disappear into the background.

My dad has this gift, too. He can read someone’s energy just from the sound of their voice on the phone. Back then, I didn’t understand it. But I felt it in me. It was like carrying a secret compass no one could see.

And that compass didn’t only guide me through danger. It quietly nudged me toward beauty, creativity and purpose.

Sometimes that compass spoke in dreams. Like the time I heard my mom’s voice in my sleep, telling me exactly what to do. I trusted it, and it led me to create a program that would go on to change women’s lives.

I’ve always been drawn to the unseen. Astrology, Reiki, energy work. They called to me when I was fifteen. Learning massage opened me to the power of healing touch. Reiki deepened that connection, and over years I became a master. Later, studying NLP and somatic movement taught me to listen not just with my mind, but with my whole body.

Each path seemed separate at first, but looking back, they were all strands of the same golden thread, teaching me many different dialects of the language of intuition.

The more life tested me, the more I began to see: intuition doesn’t only show up in the big, dramatic moments. It’s there in the small, ordinary ones, too.

During my flying years, intuition became my anchor. The storm over Côte d’Ivoire wasn’t the only time it kept me steady. In moments of chaos like medical emergencies, tense crew or passenger situations, my body would go still inside. My mind would quiet. And only later, when the danger had passed, would I realize the full weight of what had happened.

Intuition isn’t loud.

It doesn’t shout over the world’s noise.

It’s soft.

It might show up as a pull in your chest. Or the scent of roses when no roses are around.

For me, the smell of roses always signals safety and manifestation. It has followed me through the cities and countries that have called to my soul.

But I’ve noticed something that I’ve seen in my friends, my clients, my colleagues: people are often afraid of their own intuition. It’s as if they know it will reveal something they’ve been trying to avoid.

And yet, when you allow yourself to lean into it instead of running from it, everything changes. You begin to trust yourself in a way that feels like coming home.

When I listen to mine, I stop overthinking. I stop assuming. I slow down. I play. I let go of attachment. I let myself be surprised.

Sometimes the guidance comes in strange ways, like a whisper in my left ear telling me, This is it. Sometimes it’s more practical, like the morning I knew my son’s ‘lost’ phone wasn’t lost at all. I asked for a sign and was guided straight to it within minutes.

Other times, ignoring that whisper and letting ego take the lead comes with a cost. Like the day I was told not to wear my wedding ring. I didn’t listen and tripped on the stairs, injuring the exact finger my ring sat on. It took nine months to heal. Or the time I felt I shouldn’t board a flight and dismissed it. Minutes later, a sudden visa requirement stopped me, and hours later, a typhoon grounded every plane.

These moments remind me that intuition doesn’t punish. It simply invites you to listen more closely next time. And the more I listen, the clearer it gets.

Intuition isn’t about proving anything. It’s about feeling everything.

It can be chills on your skin.

A weight on your back.

A golden thread you find under your bed while cleaning. A thread you’d been asking for as a sign.

When I met my husband, I didn’t question if he was the one. I just knew. There was no rush of adrenaline, no movie-scene drama. Just a calm, deep knowing I had never felt before.

That same knowing is what I now help other women uncover for themselves.

This is the work I do now.

I teach women how to reconnect with their own awakening, how to hear the voice within that has always been there. 

I don’t tell them what I sense for them anymore. I guide them to sense it for themselves.

Because when you trust your intuition, the world opens. Opportunities present themselves. Every step becomes a journey home.

And maybe, right now, your journey home is calling you, too.

If you’ve been feeling that quiet nudge lately, perhaps to make a change, or finally listen to what your heart’s been whispering, this is your moment to follow it.

In September, I’m hosting a free 3-day Mini Retreat delivered in a way that feels like I’m right there with you. Think of it as a soft, guided awakening into your own intuition.

This is a rare opportunity to share your experiences, questions and your burdens directly with me . . . something I never offer for free. In my private coaching, I charge thousands to guide women one-on-one, but for this short, special time, I’ll be holding space for you personally as you move through what you’re going through.

It’s easy. It’s personal. It’s private. And it’s designed for women who are ready to stop doubting themselves and start trusting the quiet knowing inside.

Because your intuition is already speaking and it’s time to listen.

Reserve your spot here.