Can everyday intuition turn into authentic mediumship? In this episode of Brave Conversation Club, Anna and Katie explore the reality of connecting with spirit, stepping past the fear of judgment, and understanding life after death. Katie shares her personal journey as an evidential medium, opening up about her childhood experiences in New Zealand, how spirit communication functions, and why memories serve as the ultimate bridge between two worlds.

Together, they demystify mediumship versus psychic readings, discuss how to navigate grief, and challenge us to live with clear intention. Tune in for a grounded, open-hearted discussion on trusting your inner guidance and embracing your spiritual gifts.

What happens when life strips away the corporate armour, the titles, and the scripts you relied on to survive? In this unscripted transmission of the Brave Conversation Club, Anna and Katie pull up a chair for an honest, vulnerable exploration of forced transitions, identity loss, and emotional unravelling. From Anna leaving three decades of corporate security to walk alongside her mother’s end-of-life journey, to Katie facing redundancy, prolonged physical recovery, and the weight of unwanted labels, this conversation dives deep into the messy middle of life. Together, they break the silence surrounding youth mental health, surviving depression, and the life-saving power of speaking your raw truth when the darkness creeps in.

Mental health support notice:

This transmission contains raw discussions around severe depression, grief, and past suicide attempts. If you are carrying heavy weight today, please know you do not have to hold it alone:

• New Zealand: Call or text 1737 anytime for free, confidential support from a trained counsellor.
• International: Please reach out to your local helpline, support network, or healthcare provider.

The world is not a better place without you.

Key transmissions:

• Shedding the corporate armour: Moving through sudden redundancy, career exits, and the terrifying disorientation of losing your professional identity.
• Reclaiming feeling from somatic numbness: How high-performance environments push us into high-functioning freeze, and the somatic work required to feel again.
• Human discernment vs. AI agreement: Why automated sycophancy is dangerous, and why true self-knowledge is the only way to discern what is real.
• Sitting in the messy space: Why society fears quiet, unravelling moments, and how Kiwi culture defaults to surface-level check-ins.
• Breaking the mental health silence: Katie’s personal story of surviving depression, parenting with emotional transparency, and choosing to stay.

How does a single, unfiltered conversation in a formal corporate setting completely alter the trajectory of your life? In this maiden transmission of the Brave Conversation Club podcast, hosts Katie and Anna unpack their coming-out journey, moving beyond the hyper-vigilance of corporate performance, and navigating the quiet, often lonely path of spiritual awakening.

When you decide to stop hiding behind professional titles, labels, and shiny distractions, the world as you know it begins to fall apart. What emerges from that unravelling is an undeniable encounter with your true self.

The weekly brave question What is the one thing holding you back from stepping into your truth? Even if you cannot voice it to another human soul today, can you have the brave conversation to voice it to yourself?

In this transmission

• The desk roll that changed everything: how Katie rolling across the office alleyway to out herself (and Anna) as a medium disrupted a formal corporate workplace.

• Shedding the corporate armour: leaving behind headlines, three-bullet-point summaries, and constant performance.• The isolation of awakening: why finding your truth is inherently a solo path, and why your world falls apart before coming together.

• Uncovering hidden ancestral lines: childhood premonitions, seeing spirit, and spiritualist church roots.

• Ego purpose vs. soul purpose: chasing corporate carrots and titles versus surrendering to presence and serving spirit.

• The universal nudge into the drain: Anna’s realisation that keeping yourself unseen will not keep you safe.

• Navigating fear and procrastination: Katie on breaking mapped life structures and choosing to show up anyway.

Key transmissions:

"When you start figuring out who you are, it seems that it needs to come with a big warning label that says: 'If you start on this path, your world will change drastically, and so will you.'" — Katie

"What if actually your purpose is just to have a conversation with someone? What if in one conversation, something you say lands for that person in such a way that whatever has been hidden gets unfolded?" — Anna

"I got a universal nudge that revealed my truth: being unseen won't keep you safe. Staying unseen is no longer the answer." — Anna