Trusting Your Gut: Using Intuition to Heal Chronic Stress

In this episode of The Art of Imperfect Adulting, host Amy Stone welcomes Catherine Crestani, leadership coach and former speech language pathologist from Australia. Catherine shares her transformative journey—from building a thriving business at the expense of her well-being, to restoring her health by embracing intuition and her psychic gifts. Together, they explore how chronic stress can sneak into our lives, what it looks like to be the bottleneck in your own business, and the power of spiritual reawakening to find true alignment and happiness.Meet the Guest: Catherine Crestani focuses on empowering mothers  to find their voice in business, family, and health beginning with self-leadership. In 90 days, clients experience changes in self-belief, their focus, courage, health and business.After experiencing chronic health crisis, Catherine chose to leave a 6-figure company that she built herself and was left to face her own worth story, living paycheck to paycheck weekly, and crises in her family life. Through her own experiences, she draws wisdom from this crisis and now teaches clients what it means to practically choose their own authentic path that allows them to voice this in business, family and health.Main Topics Covered:Early morning routines and self-care as a busy motherRecognizing and facing chronic stress and adrenal fatigueThe hidden costs of being the center of your business and familyCatherine’s journey through spiritual reawakening and the discovery of her psychic giftsThe power and practice of intuition in daily and professional lifeCreating new standards, values, and non-negotiables after stepping away from entrepreneurshipHow incremental change and energy work can bring lasting transformationTips on aligning your life with your deeper values and spiritual insightsQuote from the Episode:"The biggest thing was learning to trust it. Because so often we have this guidance come from within us, but we don't know if it's that voice in our head, the ego... Or do we listen to a different voice that comes from within?" — Catherine CrestaniTopics and Timestamps:00:00:00 – Amy and Catherine’s energetic 5am start; self-care routines for moms00:03:00 – Chronic stress and the slippery slope of being the business bottleneck00:07:28 – Catherine’s previous life: building and running a growing speech pathology company00:16:43 – Recognizing intuition: early experiences, “gut feelings,” and psychic hits00:20:51 – Developing and trusting psychic gifts, from inherited abilities to medical intuition00:33:33 – The “dark night of the soul,” letting go, and selling the business00:37:04 – Setting new boundaries, family time, and non-negotiables for a healthier life00:45:19 – Catherine’s new work: leadership coaching, intuitive sessions, and how to connect00:49:47 – Fun rapid-fire: morning beverages, roadtrip snacks, and favorite high school classConnect with Catherine Crestani:Authentically You Session - A 30-minute business energetic consultation to determine the blocks and steps forward on your journey. The session is worth $110 and can be booked using the following link https://calendly.com/willowhealing/authentically-meNever Miss a Moment of Imperfect AdultingWe invite you to join our email community and let us bring the podcast directly to you! As a subscriber, you'll receive notifications about new episodes, exclusive offers from our amazing guests, and easier access to any of the important links mentioned on the show—no more scrambling to write down websites or remember special codes.Why subscribe?Stay up-to-date without checking your podcast appGet guest offers delivered straight to your inboxAccess all important links in one convenient placeCatch the highlights even when you don't have time to listenAre you ready? Join us at https://www.imperfectadulting.com If you love the show and you'd like to support it directly you can tip the host here https://imperfect-adulting.captivate.fm/supportIf you have a story to share and you'd like to be a guest on The Art of Imperfect Adulting, here are the steps for how you can make that happen. Pitch yourself at https://www.imperfectadulting.com/be-a-guestHere are a few resources that Amy uses to make all this great content. These are affiliate links :-)For livestreaming and recording ECamm https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=amy69Podcast hosting and distribution: Captivate FM https://www.captivate.fm/signup?ref=ntczmwi Website hosting with Siteground https://www.siteground.com/?referrer_id=9115590Ai Transcription Tool: Castmagic https://get.castmagic.io/ugrmjjrt8ofjFor Email I recently switched to Beehiiv https://www.beehiiv.com?via=Amy-Stonebefore that I used Kit. Books I like and books written by show guests on Bookshop.org https://bookshop.org/lists/podcast-guest-authors