Sept. 18, 2025
Say Yes to Service: Trusting Your Path and Letting Your Light Lead
Have you ever been invited into something that felt bigger than you — and your heart whispered “say yes” even though you didn’t feel ready?
In this episode, I share the story of my very first Reiki teaching opportunity — a moment of divine timing that opened the door to everything that followed in my journey. You’ll hear how saying yes to service, even when I felt unsure, became the turning point that shaped my path.
We’ll explore:
💫 The magic of opportunities that arise when you lead with service.
💫 Why you don’t need to have it all figured out to make a difference.
💫 How Spirit responds when you follow the quiet nudge of your heart.
💫 A channeled message from my guide, Anya, on the beauty of being of service.
Whether you’re a healer, lightworker, or someone hearing that inner call to step forward, this episode will remind you that saying yes from the heart is always enough.
🌟 Next Step
If this episode stirred something within you, I’d love to invite you to join me in my Connecting to Spirit Bootcamp or a Live Channelling Masterclass. These spaces are designed to help you deepen your connection to Spirit and trust your intuitive gifts in a safe, supported way.
👉 Explore upcoming dates and free resources here: connectedtospirit.com
You are seen. You are loved. You are guided. 💛
Hosted by Lisa Brandis—bestselling author, world-renowned Intuitive Reiki Master Channeller, and founder of Intuitive Reiki International—Connecting to Spirit is your space for spiritual insight, healing, and transformational growth.
As Australia’s first Intuitive Reiki Master and a Master of Masters, Lisa brings over 20 years of experience as a Reiki teacher, channeller, clinical hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, and spiritual mentor. Her unique approach to Reiki blends energy healing with deep intuitive guidance, empowering thousands of students around the world to awaken their gifts and create thriving, soul-led practices.
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Hello and welcome back to the podcast.
00:00:02.955 --> 00:00:06.256
I'm so grateful you are here today.
00:00:06.256 --> 00:00:09.766
I want to share a story that changed everything for me.
00:00:09.826 --> 00:00:16.155
It's about the power of saying yes even when you don't feel fully ready.
00:00:16.506 --> 00:00:22.115
And the incredible things that unfold when you choose to serve with an open heart.
00:00:22.565 --> 00:00:31.205
So whether you are a healer, a lightworker, or someone who's been quietly hearing that in a nudge to step forward.
00:00:31.475 --> 00:00:33.456
This episode is.
00:00:33.631 --> 00:00:34.381
For you.
00:01:20.933 --> 00:01:26.453
So I wan't to take you back to one of the very first opportunities I had to teach reiki.
00:01:26.992 --> 00:01:30.653
At the time, I had just become a new reiki master.
00:01:31.043 --> 00:01:34.582
I'd been practicing Reiki for about six years at that point.
00:01:34.612 --> 00:01:37.972
But the idea of teaching felt overwhelming.
00:01:38.513 --> 00:01:40.703
I hadn't really planned on it.
00:01:40.843 --> 00:01:44.772
I was just following the breadcrumb spirit had laid before me.
00:01:45.352 --> 00:01:51.923
My master training ended up being gifted to me by a beautiful Reiki master, Tracy Willis.
00:01:52.343 --> 00:02:10.578
We met in the most unexpected place, an exercise class, and even though she wasn't actively teaching Reiki anymore she felt really called to pass her lineage onto me, and it ended up being one of the most beautiful moments of divine timing.
00:02:11.418 --> 00:02:26.568
So not long after I had become a Reiki master, I was walking through my local shop in Rolling Stone at the time and happened to bump into Raylene, who was at the time, the owner of a beautiful, holistic healing center.
00:02:27.832 --> 00:02:35.543
We ended up talking and she asked me what I'd been up to, and I mentioned I'd just recently finished my Reiki master training.
00:02:36.052 --> 00:02:44.152
Her face lit up and then she lent in and said to me, I've been looking for a reiki master to teach out of my center.
00:02:44.693 --> 00:02:45.983
Just like that.
00:02:46.258 --> 00:02:48.397
No marketing, no pushing, no planning.
00:02:49.122 --> 00:03:07.362
I was gifted my very first opportunity to teach, and that workshop, the very first workshop I taught, ended up having six students, and to tell you I was nervous, unsure, completely outta my comfort zone.
00:03:07.923 --> 00:03:12.302
But I said yes because I knew the passion for reiki was there.
00:03:12.302 --> 00:03:14.133
I loved it with all of my being.
00:03:14.823 --> 00:03:19.592
And that yes, became the beginning of everything that followed.
00:03:20.252 --> 00:03:30.332
So what I didn't realize at the time was that the moment I said yes, not just to the opportunity, but to being of service.
00:03:30.823 --> 00:03:32.413
Everything began to shift.
00:03:33.073 --> 00:03:36.073
Being of service is about showing up from your heart.
00:03:36.073 --> 00:03:37.842
It's not about being perfect.
00:03:38.112 --> 00:03:41.263
It's certainly not about having all of the answers.
00:03:41.532 --> 00:03:44.473
It's just about being willing and going on the journey.
00:03:44.893 --> 00:03:55.062
So when you choose to serve, whether it's through Reiki or through doing readings, or giving intuitive guidance, even just being a great listener.
00:03:55.473 --> 00:03:58.652
You activate something special.
00:03:59.372 --> 00:04:03.603
It's like the universe leans in and says, yes.
00:04:03.603 --> 00:04:04.742
More of that, please.
00:04:05.013 --> 00:04:07.082
And here's what I've come to know.
00:04:07.112 --> 00:04:10.893
When you lead from service, you are always supported.
00:04:11.402 --> 00:04:13.562
You don't have to know the whole path.
00:04:13.592 --> 00:04:16.923
You just have to trust the next best step.
00:04:17.052 --> 00:04:19.632
So I wanna ask you this.
00:04:20.023 --> 00:04:23.802
Where in your life are you being asked to say yes?
00:04:24.283 --> 00:04:33.882
Is there a quiet invitation, an opportunity, a conversation, a new direction that your soul has been nudging you towards?
00:04:34.223 --> 00:04:35.723
Take a moment.
00:04:36.142 --> 00:04:38.783
You can even pause the episode if you like.
00:04:39.142 --> 00:04:41.062
You don't need to have all the answers.
00:04:41.062 --> 00:04:46.702
You just need to listen to the wisdom of your heart because that's how spirit speaks.
00:04:47.153 --> 00:04:51.233
So let's just take a moment now to get really still together.
00:04:52.312 --> 00:04:59.783
Obviously, if you're not driving, take a deep breath in and exhale slowly.
00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:05.408
And just feel your feet beneath you on the earth.
00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:08.978
Let your shoulders drop and soften.
00:05:09.038 --> 00:05:24.598
Place your hand on your heart, and from this place of stillness, I'd love to welcome a message from my guide, Anya, just for you./ Ah, there is nothing more.
00:05:25.418 --> 00:05:26.228
Beautiful.
00:05:26.228 --> 00:05:41.738
Then to witness a human in the act of service where one is opening up a place of love, driven by passion, and being able to sit in the stillness of the moment with another and allow whatever needs.
00:05:42.504 --> 00:05:56.093
To be addressed, to just flow naturally, to be open to the influence of spirit, your spirit team, your guidance, the power of love to be present, to be amplified, to be experienced.
00:05:56.124 --> 00:06:07.014
And this is what we are talking about here as we have been working with you, Lisa, to pull together this topic today of being of service.
00:06:07.014 --> 00:06:07.553
And from our.
00:06:07.803 --> 00:06:08.463
Perspective.
00:06:08.853 --> 00:06:12.454
We love nothing more than being of service to you.
00:06:12.454 --> 00:06:28.514
To be able to blend with your energy, to meet you where you're at, to allow you to address some of the concerns, the feelings, the, confusion that you can get as you are navigating all the variance of choices that lay for you.
00:06:29.024 --> 00:06:29.624
It is.
00:06:29.684 --> 00:06:32.564
Our divine gift of service just to blend.
00:06:32.593 --> 00:06:34.543
There is nothing that we want in return.
00:06:34.543 --> 00:06:48.043
It is just simply to be in alignment with your light and to allow that light to be amplified by our energy and to be able to influence the collective in the best way possible.
00:06:48.314 --> 00:06:56.444
That can only be decided in the moment as you breathe, as you relax, as you tune in, as you connect with one another.
00:06:56.774 --> 00:06:58.754
This is the part that makes.
00:06:59.343 --> 00:07:01.504
Our frequency light up.
00:07:01.653 --> 00:07:21.093
We get so excited to be able to walk this path with you and we encourage you to be able to step into this space as often as you feel guided to and all opportunity we see as a blessing to be of service with and through you.
00:07:22.053 --> 00:07:36.605
And that is all we have for today, namaste, play well dear ones./ Yeah, from my perspective, there is nothing more beautiful than just feeling that presence of onion and my guides as they come in.
00:07:36.605 --> 00:07:41.584
She felt a little bit different today, just a bit softer than usual, and I think maybe that's just what I needed.
00:07:41.584 --> 00:07:57.069
So we are so blessed to be able to align with Spirit, to connect and to be of service, not only to each and every one of our clients and the people that we meet, or whether it's strangers on the street, don't ever discount.
00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:01.110
The capacity that you have to uplift somebody else.
00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:16.850
I've had experiences where sometimes just a gentle smile can warm someone's heart and all the way to the other extreme where there's just such joy present and, um, bucket loads of laughing.
00:08:17.509 --> 00:08:18.744
So, I shall.
00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.100
Leave you with that beautiful message from Anya.
00:08:22.589 --> 00:08:29.490
Sometimes the words that you hear are just for you and sometimes they end up rippling into the world in ways you may never know.
00:08:30.180 --> 00:08:32.460
So I want you to trust this.
00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:43.750
When you show up in service, you are part of something much greater than yourself, and that's exciting to be open to that next level.
00:08:44.299 --> 00:09:00.950
If this episode stirred something within you, if you've been wanting to deepen your connection to spirit and develop your intuitive gifts in a safe, supported space, I'd love to invite you to my next Learn to Channel bootcamp, or live channeling masterclass.
00:09:00.950 --> 00:09:05.029
You'll find all the details and free resources in the show notes below.
00:09:05.884 --> 00:09:09.184
So before we close, let me leave you with this.
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You are seen, you are loved, and you are guided.
00:09:13.205 --> 00:09:19.475
Trust yourself, say yes and let your light and heart lead the way.
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Until next time, stay open, stay grounded, and keep following the path that light you up from the inside out.
00:00:00.105 --> 00:00:02.955
Hello and welcome back to the podcast.
00:00:02.955 --> 00:00:06.256
I'm so grateful you are here today.
00:00:06.256 --> 00:00:09.766
I want to share a story that changed everything for me.
00:00:09.826 --> 00:00:16.155
It's about the power of saying yes even when you don't feel fully ready.
00:00:16.506 --> 00:00:22.115
And the incredible things that unfold when you choose to serve with an open heart.
00:00:22.565 --> 00:00:31.205
So whether you are a healer, a lightworker, or someone who's been quietly hearing that in a nudge to step forward.
00:00:31.475 --> 00:00:33.456
This episode is.
00:00:33.631 --> 00:00:34.381
For you.
00:01:20.933 --> 00:01:26.453
So I wan't to take you back to one of the very first opportunities I had to teach reiki.
00:01:26.992 --> 00:01:30.653
At the time, I had just become a new reiki master.
00:01:31.043 --> 00:01:34.582
I'd been practicing Reiki for about six years at that point.
00:01:34.612 --> 00:01:37.972
But the idea of teaching felt overwhelming.
00:01:38.513 --> 00:01:40.703
I hadn't really planned on it.
00:01:40.843 --> 00:01:44.772
I was just following the breadcrumb spirit had laid before me.
00:01:45.352 --> 00:01:51.923
My master training ended up being gifted to me by a beautiful Reiki master, Tracy Willis.
00:01:52.343 --> 00:02:10.578
We met in the most unexpected place, an exercise class, and even though she wasn't actively teaching Reiki anymore she felt really called to pass her lineage onto me, and it ended up being one of the most beautiful moments of divine timing.
00:02:11.418 --> 00:02:26.568
So not long after I had become a Reiki master, I was walking through my local shop in Rolling Stone at the time and happened to bump into Raylene, who was at the time, the owner of a beautiful, holistic healing center.
00:02:27.832 --> 00:02:35.543
We ended up talking and she asked me what I'd been up to, and I mentioned I'd just recently finished my Reiki master training.
00:02:36.052 --> 00:02:44.152
Her face lit up and then she lent in and said to me, I've been looking for a reiki master to teach out of my center.
00:02:44.693 --> 00:02:45.983
Just like that.
00:02:46.258 --> 00:02:48.397
No marketing, no pushing, no planning.
00:02:49.122 --> 00:03:07.362
I was gifted my very first opportunity to teach, and that workshop, the very first workshop I taught, ended up having six students, and to tell you I was nervous, unsure, completely outta my comfort zone.
00:03:07.923 --> 00:03:12.302
But I said yes because I knew the passion for reiki was there.
00:03:12.302 --> 00:03:14.133
I loved it with all of my being.
00:03:14.823 --> 00:03:19.592
And that yes, became the beginning of everything that followed.
00:03:20.252 --> 00:03:30.332
So what I didn't realize at the time was that the moment I said yes, not just to the opportunity, but to being of service.
00:03:30.823 --> 00:03:32.413
Everything began to shift.
00:03:33.073 --> 00:03:36.073
Being of service is about showing up from your heart.
00:03:36.073 --> 00:03:37.842
It's not about being perfect.
00:03:38.112 --> 00:03:41.263
It's certainly not about having all of the answers.
00:03:41.532 --> 00:03:44.473
It's just about being willing and going on the journey.
00:03:44.893 --> 00:03:55.062
So when you choose to serve, whether it's through Reiki or through doing readings, or giving intuitive guidance, even just being a great listener.
00:03:55.473 --> 00:03:58.652
You activate something special.
00:03:59.372 --> 00:04:03.603
It's like the universe leans in and says, yes.
00:04:03.603 --> 00:04:04.742
More of that, please.
00:04:05.013 --> 00:04:07.082
And here's what I've come to know.
00:04:07.112 --> 00:04:10.893
When you lead from service, you are always supported.
00:04:11.402 --> 00:04:13.562
You don't have to know the whole path.
00:04:13.592 --> 00:04:16.923
You just have to trust the next best step.
00:04:17.052 --> 00:04:19.632
So I wanna ask you this.
00:04:20.023 --> 00:04:23.802
Where in your life are you being asked to say yes?
00:04:24.283 --> 00:04:33.882
Is there a quiet invitation, an opportunity, a conversation, a new direction that your soul has been nudging you towards?
00:04:34.223 --> 00:04:35.723
Take a moment.
00:04:36.142 --> 00:04:38.783
You can even pause the episode if you like.
00:04:39.142 --> 00:04:41.062
You don't need to have all the answers.
00:04:41.062 --> 00:04:46.702
You just need to listen to the wisdom of your heart because that's how spirit speaks.
00:04:47.153 --> 00:04:51.233
So let's just take a moment now to get really still together.
00:04:52.312 --> 00:04:59.783
Obviously, if you're not driving, take a deep breath in and exhale slowly.
00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:05.408
And just feel your feet beneath you on the earth.
00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:08.978
Let your shoulders drop and soften.
00:05:09.038 --> 00:05:24.598
Place your hand on your heart, and from this place of stillness, I'd love to welcome a message from my guide, Anya, just for you./ Ah, there is nothing more.
00:05:25.418 --> 00:05:26.228
Beautiful.
00:05:26.228 --> 00:05:41.738
Then to witness a human in the act of service where one is opening up a place of love, driven by passion, and being able to sit in the stillness of the moment with another and allow whatever needs.
00:05:42.504 --> 00:05:56.093
To be addressed, to just flow naturally, to be open to the influence of spirit, your spirit team, your guidance, the power of love to be present, to be amplified, to be experienced.
00:05:56.124 --> 00:06:07.014
And this is what we are talking about here as we have been working with you, Lisa, to pull together this topic today of being of service.
00:06:07.014 --> 00:06:07.553
And from our.
00:06:07.803 --> 00:06:08.463
Perspective.
00:06:08.853 --> 00:06:12.454
We love nothing more than being of service to you.
00:06:12.454 --> 00:06:28.514
To be able to blend with your energy, to meet you where you're at, to allow you to address some of the concerns, the feelings, the, confusion that you can get as you are navigating all the variance of choices that lay for you.
00:06:29.024 --> 00:06:29.624
It is.
00:06:29.684 --> 00:06:32.564
Our divine gift of service just to blend.
00:06:32.593 --> 00:06:34.543
There is nothing that we want in return.
00:06:34.543 --> 00:06:48.043
It is just simply to be in alignment with your light and to allow that light to be amplified by our energy and to be able to influence the collective in the best way possible.
00:06:48.314 --> 00:06:56.444
That can only be decided in the moment as you breathe, as you relax, as you tune in, as you connect with one another.
00:06:56.774 --> 00:06:58.754
This is the part that makes.
00:06:59.343 --> 00:07:01.504
Our frequency light up.
00:07:01.653 --> 00:07:21.093
We get so excited to be able to walk this path with you and we encourage you to be able to step into this space as often as you feel guided to and all opportunity we see as a blessing to be of service with and through you.
00:07:22.053 --> 00:07:36.605
And that is all we have for today, namaste, play well dear ones./ Yeah, from my perspective, there is nothing more beautiful than just feeling that presence of onion and my guides as they come in.
00:07:36.605 --> 00:07:41.584
She felt a little bit different today, just a bit softer than usual, and I think maybe that's just what I needed.
00:07:41.584 --> 00:07:57.069
So we are so blessed to be able to align with Spirit, to connect and to be of service, not only to each and every one of our clients and the people that we meet, or whether it's strangers on the street, don't ever discount.
00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:01.110
The capacity that you have to uplift somebody else.
00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:16.850
I've had experiences where sometimes just a gentle smile can warm someone's heart and all the way to the other extreme where there's just such joy present and, um, bucket loads of laughing.
00:08:17.509 --> 00:08:18.744
So, I shall.
00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.100
Leave you with that beautiful message from Anya.
00:08:22.589 --> 00:08:29.490
Sometimes the words that you hear are just for you and sometimes they end up rippling into the world in ways you may never know.
00:08:30.180 --> 00:08:32.460
So I want you to trust this.
00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:43.750
When you show up in service, you are part of something much greater than yourself, and that's exciting to be open to that next level.
00:08:44.299 --> 00:09:00.950
If this episode stirred something within you, if you've been wanting to deepen your connection to spirit and develop your intuitive gifts in a safe, supported space, I'd love to invite you to my next Learn to Channel bootcamp, or live channeling masterclass.
00:09:00.950 --> 00:09:05.029
You'll find all the details and free resources in the show notes below.
00:09:05.884 --> 00:09:09.184
So before we close, let me leave you with this.
00:09:09.215 --> 00:09:13.174
You are seen, you are loved, and you are guided.
00:09:13.205 --> 00:09:19.475
Trust yourself, say yes and let your light and heart lead the way.
00:09:19.625 --> 00:09:26.975
Until next time, stay open, stay grounded, and keep following the path that light you up from the inside out.