Catherine Crestani on Spiritual Awakening, Technology, and Trusting Signs

Burnout to Intuition: Catherine Crestani on Spiritual Awakening, Technology, and Trusting SignsCatherine Crestani, former speech pathologist and founder of Willow Healing, shares how she moved from high-achieving people-pleasing and chronic burnout into spiritual coaching, channeling, and writing. She describes masking an unhappy personal life through work, running a demanding autism-heavy caseload and a six-figure clinic, then a rapid spiritual awakening sparked by a mentor and a “dark night” as her business unraveled through waves of staff resignations before she sold it. Catherine began writing daily, completing a 90,000-word novel, “My Virtual Obsession,” exploring loneliness, virtual intimacy, obsession, and ignoring red flags. The conversation examines technology and AI as tools versus power-replacements, spiritual discernment and ethics, intentions for readings, free will and timelines, signs from loved ones, and how curiosity and self-trust guide spiritual growth and future visions, including creating a nurturing space for children to develop their gifts.00:00 Meet Catherine Crestani00:29 Teen Years and Intuition03:14 From Speech Pathology to Awakening04:15 Marriage Masks and Burnout07:44 Mentor and Dark Night09:02 Selling the Business11:36 Finding Her Voice Through Writing13:48 My Virtual Obsession Origins14:57 Loneliness and Digital Fantasy19:07 Tech AI and Inner Authority24:43 Using AI Without Losing Yourself27:54 Trusting Psychic Messages31:18 Spiritual Hygiene and Ethics35:16 Fate Free Will and Timelines35:55 Soul Mission and Yearning36:29 Exit Points and Near Death Lessons38:24 Spirituality Redefined Over Time38:55 Early Religion and Rebellion40:19 Psychic Signs and Claircognizance41:46 Curiosity Opens New Paths43:23 Frustration with Disconnection47:54 Signs from Loved Ones52:04 Asking for Signs and Trusting Them54:41 Self Care and Avoiding Burnout01:00:11 Gentle First Steps to Spirituality01:03:54 Future Vision and Divine Timing01:08:51 Closing Reflections and Thankshttps://willowhealing.org/my-virtual-obsessionhttp://willowhealing.org/https://www.youtube.com/@willowhealingshhttps://www.instagram.com/willowhealingshhttps://www.threads.net/@willowhealingshhttps://willowhealing.substack.com/