Jess Karnaghan

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Hi, thanks for visiting! I hope we can connect one on one very soon and in the meantime here is a little bit of my story and why I am passionate about helping people re-discover their true passions and align these values to become the highest version of themselves.  

My personal journey into the world of human potential started (and is still ongoing!) as an insatiable spiritual seeking; starting early in childhood with a fascination with crystals, sensitivity to feelings of those around me and a strong desire to read any esoteric or metaphysical book I could find. It was during my teens when I had an undeniable experience with a clairvoyant healer when I fully embraced the realisation that we are all souls having a human experience and that we are all connected through energy. This chance meeting occurred on holiday in Forster/ Tuncurry NSW - where it just so happens over seventeen years later my family and I have recently moved to. 

I spent the rest of my teens and early twenties searching for answers to Life’s Big Questions. This lead me to become certified in several forms of energetic healing: Reiki Healing, Crystal Healing, Crystal Dreaming and Ignite Your Spirit Therapy (this modality combines Pranic Healing, Chakra balancing and Spiritual Counselling). During this time I was also working in a career that centred around emergency conflict resolution. 

After several years in this field I was getting burnt out and frustrated as I became aware that I was constantly playing out a ‘rescuer role’ and getting exhausted from trying to help people that had no desire to make changes in their disempowered situations. I was also worn out from feeling the need to prove myself worthy in a male dominated work culture.

I started looking for ways to help ‘others’ better – not yet fully grasping the concept that change begins with you. This lead me down the path of Life Coaching and I became qualified as a Life Coach and practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). 

Learning NLP was a huge eye-opener for me. I loved learning how our subconscious mind stores and creates meaning from our childhood experiences which in turn has enormous impact and influence on our adult behaviour and outcomes. I also learnt several NLP processes including Matrix Therapy which helps people clear negative emotions and limiting beliefs so they can be free to make long lasting positive change. 

A pivotal learning on my own journey came from an experience of Matrix Therapies when I discovered insight into why I felt driven to prove myself to the point of burn out yet never felt like I was good enough or doing enough. During my session I closed my eyes and was guided by the coach through the specific process. To my surprise I suddenly recalled a memory I hadn’t thought of in a long time – I was eight years old and had been re-connecting with my biological father after he had recently been released from a five year jail sentence. The eight year old part of me felt very confused and rejected because the visits with her Dad were not turning out to be the magical, exciting and quality experiences that she had hoped for. I was guided to ask her a bit more about what was going on for her and without hesitation she told me: “Maybe if I was a boy I would be good enough”. 

When that sentence came out of my mouth I instantly knew that in that time of my life I had formed a core belief based on a wounded experience. We all have these! We are just mostly unaware of how they are playing out in our life every day until we make a decision to dig a bit deeper. I realised from that point on in my life I suddenly became a tomboy. I became almost obsessed with competing with my male peers at anything they did in order to “prove myself”. I constantly pushed myself and often succeeded at the things I put my mind to and yet never felt quite good enough or how to switch off and just be me. 

I gained clarity that these behaviours were not who I truly was – that they were automatic reactions based on an unconscious belief I held about my worthiness as a female and how to compensate for that. Suddenly I felt like I had so much freedom to evolve and grow into a new version of myself more aligned with who my soul yearned to be.

Through this journey of self-discovery and personal development I was able to completely re-balance and re-integrate my feminine side which made a significant difference in how I experienced my relationships and eventuated my goals and dreams. I renewed my love for spiritual discovery and travelled to several sacred sites around the world learning ancient wisdom teachings in Egypt, UK, South America, Central America and India. I now live in a beautiful part of the NSW coast with my husband and two children and went on to become qualified as a trainer of NLP and Matrix Therapies so I can help others become empowered on their own journey of resolving anything holding them back from living their life with full authenticity and joy.