Changing Perspectives... 
on Authenticity

Ever wondered what it is like to be a witch in a corporate office? OK, ok, maybe I am not a witch, but I am highly intuitive, a little bit psychic and a tarot reader. Oh, and a Managing Director.

I live a life of two halves. On the one hand, I am scrutinising P&Ls, presenting pitch decks, reorganising teams and building culture in a busy media agency. I have been doing that for 24 years.

I love to see people grow and develop. I love to see a great media idea come to fruition. I love a spreadsheet, a killer slide that nails the audience, and a value equation. All very rational and very corporate things.

But I also love to meditate, to channel messages from spirits, and to read cards. I taught myself in COVID. The deck I brought from a random bookshop “chose me” by snagging my jumper multiple times. I have over 90 decks now and that is still my favourite. I can sense the messages that people need to hear. I read complex situations and give guidance to people who are looking for hope or for the answer.

It is beautiful and intuitive. Not scary like some people think. The cards don’t predict terrible things happening, they scratch the surface of things you have been pondering deep down, inviting you to reflect and open up.

In the middle of those two lives is my favourite thing – connecting with people. Using conversations and other tools to get to know them. Building trust and reliability.

And I have never seen it work better than when I combine my superpowers of leadership and tarot reading. Even the hardest nuts crack right open. People who have their guard up or only bring their professional self to work… they think they aren’t interested, or they don’t have any questions for the cards. But then they see me read someone else’s cards, and the mood instantly changes. They lean in. They get curious. They want a turn.

I mentor and coach a lot of media professionals in my job. Career conversations, advice on how to manage people or navigate a complex client situation. It is a natural extension for me to deliver the same service in the spiritual realm. I have been very lucky in that most of the people I work with have embraced the woo woo. Most want to know more about it and even experience it for themselves.

The ones who are more wary, still let me be me. They may shake their head and chuckle when I bring out the cards in the lunchroom, but they see the power of it for other people and they let it happen.

I love that I can show up completely professionally, do a great job, and lead an agency every day, but I can still be me.

It took some time to own my gift in a corporate setting, but honestly, once I started putting it out there, it was met with such a warm reception that I just kept going. It’s now created my own brand of leadership, that means connecting with people, first and foremost, as humans, and secondly as teammates, clients or partners.

It takes bravery (and maybe a bit of manifestation and magic) to own both sides of myself and show up authentically in life and in my job. Tarot has been an invaluable tool in owning my authenticity and having the resolve to keep showing up as all versions of me.

I have predicted office romances, client pregnancies, overseas travel and transfers, pitch outcomes (though these are the hardest by far to predict!). I can’t predict TV ratings or audit results with the cards, but I have seen even the most closed people crack open to hear their fortune and learn about themselves and their teams. In an age where all we do is exist in the hectic throws of more meetings, more work, more accountability, it’s nice to also have more connection.

I feel grateful that we live in a time where a little bit of woo woo is accepted, and even embraced. There is no doubt in my mind it has made me a better leader. There is so much power in bringing your whole self to work, and so by modelling it for my team, and the industry, I hope everyone gets inspired to show a little bit more of themselves to the people they work with.

So, if you’re interested to talk Tarot (or media) drop me a line. The cards don’t lie, and neither do I.