April 3, 2025

The Power of Intuition: A Lesson That Changed Everything

Have you ever ignored your gut feeling, only to regret it later? In this heartfelt episode of Connecting to Spirit, I take you on a deeply personal journey—one that forever changed the way I trust my intuition. While on a family holiday, my daughter suffered a terrible accident, and in a moment of fear and uncertainty, I silenced my inner knowing. What happened next was heartbreaking, but it also became one of the greatest lessons of my life. If you’ve ever second-guessed yourself or struggle...

Have you ever ignored your gut feeling, only to regret it later?

In this heartfelt episode of Connecting to Spirit, I take you on a deeply personal journey—one that forever changed the way I trust my intuition. While on a family holiday, my daughter suffered a terrible accident, and in a moment of fear and uncertainty, I silenced my inner knowing. What happened next was heartbreaking, but it also became one of the greatest lessons of my life.

If you’ve ever second-guessed yourself or struggled to trust your instincts, this episode is for you. I share:

✅ The terrifying moment that tested my intuition in ways I never expected
✅ Why ignoring my gut feeling had devastating consequences
✅ The breakthrough that helped me rebuild my trust in my own inner wisdom
✅ A channeled message from Anya on how to strengthen and deepen your intuition
✅ How you can develop your intuitive abilities and start trusting yourself more

This story is straight from my book Intuitive Reiki: A Transformational Journey of Deep Spiritual Awakening—and if you feel called to dive deeper, you can grab your copy now on Amazon (link in the show notes).

✨ Ready to start trusting your intuition more than ever before? Tune in now! ✨

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.

✨ Want to go deeper?
Explore Lisa’s latest courses, live events, and spiritual tools at:
👉 https://www.connectedtospirit.com

🎧 Love the show?
Follow, rate, or share—it helps others reconnect with spirit and purpose.

📲 Connect with Lisa:
Instagram: @lisabrandis_
Facebook: Intuitive Reiki International

00:00 - Introduction

02:16 - The Incident: Hannah's Accident

03:02 - The Aftermath: Hospital and Regret

05:22 - The Shift: Embracing Intuition

06:16 - Spiritual Insights and Guidance - Anya Speaks

13:41 - Conclusion and Next Steps

WEBVTT

00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:53.249
Hello, beautiful soul and welcome to another episode of Connecting to Spirit.

00:00:53.728 --> 00:01:04.078
Today I wanna share something deeply personal with you, a story that changed my life and shaped my journey in trusting my intuition.

00:01:04.593 --> 00:01:10.534
There was a time when I didn't listen to my inner knowing and the consequences were heartbreaking.

00:01:10.953 --> 00:01:23.103
This experience became a powerful lesson, not just about intuition, but about the courage it takes to follow it, especially when it goes against what others expect of us.

00:01:23.284 --> 00:01:30.873
If you've ever ignored that little voice inside only to regret it, then this episode is for you.

00:01:31.293 --> 00:01:32.793
So settle in.

00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:40.368
Take a deep breath and let me take you back to a pivotal moment in my life.

00:01:41.778 --> 00:01:50.629
I recall a time when life gave me an experience that showed me just how powerful my intuition is and.

00:01:51.269 --> 00:01:54.509
How devastating it can be when I don't follow it.

00:01:55.289 --> 00:02:01.769
It was during a family holiday in Sydney when my youngest daughter, Hannah, was just 18 months old.

00:02:02.129 --> 00:02:06.748
We were staying at a remote property owned by my husband, Gerald's relatives.

00:02:07.049 --> 00:02:11.368
A beautiful bar off the grid place in the Blue Mountains.

00:02:11.968 --> 00:02:14.818
It had no running water or electricity.

00:02:16.049 --> 00:02:35.068
But the views were breathtaking That evening, as I prepared Hannah's bottle, she reached up onto her tiny tippy toes and grabbed at the counter, and before we could stop her, she pulled down a full cup of boiling water, spilling it.

00:02:35.618 --> 00:02:37.688
All over her small body.

00:02:38.408 --> 00:02:42.609
The scream that followed went right through me.

00:02:42.609 --> 00:02:47.588
That piercing heart, wrenching sound, no mother ever wants to hear.

00:02:47.979 --> 00:02:50.169
And in that moment, panic took over.

00:02:50.558 --> 00:02:53.288
We had no running water, only damn water.

00:02:53.739 --> 00:03:00.308
And while my husband's uncle tried to help with the first aid book, all I could think about was getting Hannah to the hospital.

00:03:02.188 --> 00:03:10.199
The local doctor assessed her burns, and the nurse followed his instructions using iced water to cool the burn.

00:03:11.008 --> 00:03:13.709
And in my gut, I knew it was wrong.

00:03:14.278 --> 00:03:19.769
I could feel it deep inside me that this was only making things worse.

00:03:19.769 --> 00:03:19.979
Not better.

00:03:21.449 --> 00:03:24.628
But when I questioned it, I was dismissed.

00:03:24.658 --> 00:03:29.128
The doctor knows what he's doing, they said, so I did what I was told.

00:03:29.343 --> 00:03:32.104
I held my baby as I applied the treatment.

00:03:32.554 --> 00:03:42.963
Even as she cried harder, her pain intensifying, and in that moment I silenced my own inner voice.

00:03:43.864 --> 00:03:47.283
It wasn't until the doctor left the room that I finally remembered.

00:03:47.804 --> 00:03:51.463
I had another way to help her lying on the hospital bed.

00:03:51.493 --> 00:03:56.713
I loosened the ice towel and placed my hands above her burned skin.

00:03:57.193 --> 00:04:14.653
And as I began sending her Reiki healing, Hannah's cries slowed down, she relaxed, and then I just moved and placed my hand over her tiny little heart letting the nurturing, calming energy flow, and she fell asleep in my arms.

00:04:14.933 --> 00:04:19.463
The pain had eased and I too felt the shift.

00:04:20.244 --> 00:04:33.413
The next day, we were transferred to a hospital in the city where Hannah received proper treatment, and it was there that the doctor said something that stopped me in my tracks.

00:04:34.634 --> 00:04:44.173
After going through step-by-step, the treatment that we gave both at the retreat property and also what they did once she had been taken to hospital.

00:04:44.954 --> 00:04:46.303
He then said to me.

00:04:47.064 --> 00:04:48.483
"We don't ice burns anymore.

00:04:48.598 --> 00:04:50.728
We haven't iced burns for many years.

00:04:50.728 --> 00:04:52.228
It actually makes them worse".

00:04:53.338 --> 00:04:57.658
I felt a wave of regret wash over me.

00:04:58.379 --> 00:05:07.048
I had known my intuition had told me, but I had ignored it that night after my daughters were asleep.

00:05:07.379 --> 00:05:08.579
I just sobbed.

00:05:09.358 --> 00:05:17.819
Not only for what Hannah had endured, but because I'd failed to trust my intuition when it mattered most.

00:05:18.598 --> 00:05:22.379
And in the depths of that grief, something shifted.

00:05:22.798 --> 00:05:24.689
I made a promise to myself.

00:05:24.718 --> 00:05:25.798
I would never.

00:05:26.288 --> 00:05:28.598
Again, ignore my intuition.

00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:36.728
I would learn how to trust it, how to understand it, and most importantly, to have the courage to act on it.

00:05:37.478 --> 00:05:39.218
That moment changed me.

00:05:39.278 --> 00:05:42.548
It really was my wake-up call from spirit.

00:05:43.809 --> 00:05:52.538
Even now as I share this story, and this is an excerpt from my book, intuitive Reiki, A Transformational Journey, just deep spiritual awakening.

00:05:53.473 --> 00:05:59.593
I still feel deeply how much it resonates not just for me, but for so many of you.

00:06:00.014 --> 00:06:13.093
We've all had moments where we question ourselves, where we ignore our inner wisdom to please others or to avoid conflict, but Spirit always speaks to us only.

00:06:13.113 --> 00:06:15.694
Our only job is to listen.

00:06:16.084 --> 00:06:24.999
So I wanna invite Anya in now to share a message on this experience and what it means for all of us to learn how to trust our guidance.

00:06:26.214 --> 00:06:27.654
Yes, yes, we are here.

00:06:29.154 --> 00:06:29.694
Hmm.

00:06:30.024 --> 00:06:31.675
It can be very, hmm.

00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:46.180
Challenging to remember times in your life that have caused a great deal of pain and suffering, not only for you, Lisa, but also as you recall that experience in detail.

00:06:46.709 --> 00:06:49.319
It is something that a lot of humans tend to.

00:06:50.110 --> 00:06:54.009
Have an experience, work out the lesson from it, and then put it in a box.

00:06:54.009 --> 00:07:19.814
But as someone who is awakening intuition, and not just for yourself, but for the listeners that are tuning in, it is a gift that you are able to dig back into the painful moments of that experience in order to find a way to serve others and also to share the ways in which intuition shows up in your life.

00:07:20.144 --> 00:07:31.485
But it is not just the knowing or the feeling of what is right, even if it goes against what someone else wants or what someone else in this case with authority is.

00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:37.209
Not only suggesting, but pressuring you into that form of treatment.

00:07:37.209 --> 00:07:40.750
And this was long before, things could be Googled and challenged.

00:07:41.149 --> 00:07:44.430
it was before phones had the kind of.

00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:49.009
Data and information that is at all of your fingertips now.

00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:56.300
But the point that we would like to discuss is there are a few elements in this story.

00:07:56.329 --> 00:08:05.810
There is the element of that gut feeling that when something wasn't in resonance with you and at that time your daughter, because you have a.

00:08:05.845 --> 00:08:09.714
Symbiotic relationship where you feel what she feels.

00:08:09.714 --> 00:08:15.634
And it's part of that caring, mother role where that intuition is there to protect the babies.

00:08:15.634 --> 00:08:33.674
And so straight away, the gut feeling has a sense of, discomfort that when one is tapped into their intuition, tapped into the gut brain, they feel the restriction, they feel the tightening of the stomach, they feel the quickening of the breath, the pounding of the heart.

00:08:33.674 --> 00:08:34.274
All of these are.

00:08:34.345 --> 00:08:48.955
Physical symptoms that represent fear, that are a way of awakening you to be on alert because there is something happening in your environment that does not resonate as truth for you or does not resonate as the way.

00:08:50.105 --> 00:08:52.715
Of the path of least resistance for you.

00:08:52.715 --> 00:09:06.945
And so as you start to develop your intuition and as you start to move into a place of having an awareness of the programming, both cultural from within the family, and in this case that, the programming that's.

00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:11.120
Says that, that we listen to the authority, otherwise we get in trouble.

00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:24.830
As part of the program that was going on for you back then, it is a wonderful lesson to learn how to firstly, identify the discomfort in the body, identify it as an intuitive insight, and as we have.

00:09:25.649 --> 00:09:30.539
Mentioned before, sometimes guidance is a very quiet inner knowing.

00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:37.259
It is not necessarily a direct loud thought, although sometimes we can come through in that way when it is needed.

00:09:37.649 --> 00:09:44.330
Mostly, it is a subtle experience, especially when the mind is very dominant.

00:09:44.690 --> 00:09:53.360
The mind tends to override those sensitivities in the physical body and as one starts to suppress their emotions because we have.

00:09:54.014 --> 00:10:08.774
As a western culture, being taught more to primarily rely on the dominant mind rather than the emotional intelligence, it can be hard to decipher the natural.

00:10:09.065 --> 00:10:22.355
Impulses from the body, from the intuition versus what's coming from programming and decisions and, and a fear-based response that comes from the mind versus an intuitive response.

00:10:22.504 --> 00:10:38.075
Even if it is fear, as in this case, and how to listen to it and recognize and identify identified is one stage, but then having the courage to speak up and to find a way that you can share and express your concerns.

00:10:38.465 --> 00:10:50.715
In a way that does not cause a defense or a reaction like the one that you experienced all those many years ago, Ignoring or a dismissal of your fears and concerns as a mother.

00:10:50.894 --> 00:10:57.764
Things have changed a lot since then, but the lesson that came through is the part that we wish to speak of today.

00:10:58.125 --> 00:11:00.315
It was a decision.

00:11:00.529 --> 00:11:16.129
That Lisa made all those many years ago to learn how to deeply trust her intuition, which involved luckily for us, an open, like a key that opened a doorway for her to invite in our involvement within her life and to.

00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:33.159
Participate in a way that we do now where we can bring wisdom and spiritual knowledge, not only from a high vantage point, but also to inspire and to teach Lisa continually, but also to share messages that will empower you on your journey.

00:11:33.990 --> 00:11:43.409
And it is the decision that is the key component to fully opening and embracing your intuitive gifts, which are all unique.

00:11:43.649 --> 00:11:52.320
And part of the journey is the unfolding and the realization and the expression of that gift taking form.

00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:52.919
And it.

00:11:53.139 --> 00:11:55.600
All begins with a decision.

00:11:55.629 --> 00:12:07.330
So we hope that this story has ignited a passion within you to understand that there is an intuitive insight that is built into the physical human system through the pineal gland.

00:12:07.629 --> 00:12:22.899
There is guidance that you can receive that comes from a specific part of your brain that is connected to the infinite field that will always guide you to a place of, hmm.

00:12:24.210 --> 00:12:43.860
The next best steps, depending on what it is that you're experiencing, and also knowing how to tune in and ask is the key to be able to be tapped into wisdom and knowledge and intuition and intuitive insights that you can trust that will lead you to.

00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:47.320
Making quicker, easier, better decisions.

00:12:47.590 --> 00:12:59.559
Being able to move through your world with confidence and being able to trust and express yourself in a way that feels most natural for you to do so.

00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:01.629
We love suggesting that.

00:13:01.695 --> 00:13:11.835
Lisa's students follow the path of joy, and where there is that feeling of excitement and that passion, then that is the path opening up.

00:13:11.835 --> 00:13:17.654
And your intuition will always bring opportunity, synchronicity, and alignment to help you to move with ease.

00:13:18.004 --> 00:13:21.004
And Grace through your life's experience.

00:13:21.004 --> 00:13:22.654
We hope this has been helpful.

00:13:22.804 --> 00:13:32.825
We hope it has inspired you to wanna learn more about trusting your intuition, and we are so grateful for your time and for being here and being present with us.

00:13:32.855 --> 00:13:39.995
Whether you are listening to this later, at whatever point in time you found this message, we are glad that you were here.

00:13:40.205 --> 00:13:40.715
Namaste".

00:13:42.166 --> 00:13:57.807
If this story touched your heart and you'd like to explore more of my journey and the lessons that Spirit has shared with me, you can find my book Intuitive Reiki, a Transformational Journey of Deep Spiritual Awakening.

00:13:58.427 --> 00:14:08.388
On Amazon, it's filled with personal stories, wisdom and guidance to help you trust your intuition and embrace your own spiritual awakening.

00:14:08.837 --> 00:14:11.628
The link is in the show notes, so be sure to check it out.

00:14:11.988 --> 00:14:18.258
Thank you for being here, for listening and for walking this path of intuition and trust with me.

00:14:18.557 --> 00:14:20.717
Until next time, trust yourself.

00:14:20.748 --> 00:14:24.587
Trust your journey and keep listening to that inner wisdom.

00:14:24.827 --> 00:14:31.727
And if you've got a friend who you know would benefit from listening to this episode, don't forget to hit the share button.

00:14:31.998 --> 00:14:36.288
Sending you all my love and I'll see you in the next episode.