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the loving lotus

Canberra

Ngunnawal Country

Cath Leask

Meet Cath

Meet Cath

I’ve always known things, that strong gut feeling deep intuition. It’s been with me for as long as I can remember. Did I always listen to it? Yeah… nah. These days, I rarely ignore it. It’s never steered me wrong.

As a kid, I would chat with spirit, family members who’d passed, believing they were just like everyone else around me. It took years to understand that what I was experiencing wasn’t “normal,” and even longer to feel safe talking about it. For a long time, I kept my abilities private, sharing only with trusted friends. 

 

Looking back, I shouldn’t have doubted the acceptance and support I received when I finally stepped into the light and shared this part of myself publicly. These days, if I get the chance to talk about what I do.... mediumship, psychic work, intuitive mentoring, shamanism, healing, tarot you betcha I’m going to talk about it! This is my passion. I love it. And I’m so grateful I get to live it.

Childhood shapes us, and for me, surviving a volatile and traumatic upbringing set the tone for how I operated in adulthood. I didn’t realise I was sad, I was just in survival mode. Like Dory, I just kept swimming.​​

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I became good at compartmentalising just to get through. It wasn’t healthy, but weirdly, I wonder if I would’ve found my path to healing and spirituality without that pain. Truth is, I’m lucky to be here. I reckon I’ve lived nine lives. I wouldn’t wish my journey on anyone, but I’m deeply grateful for the strength and resilience it gave me.

Now, I help others navigate their own healing — on their terms. My mission is to inspire hope, healing and happiness, and I receive just as much as I give through every session, whether it’s a healing, a reading, or a mediumship demonstration. Through my lived experience, I honour the ongoing cycles of healing and wellness. I still get triggered, that’s life, but I keep showing up, learning, processing and evolving so I can offer grounded, practical strategies for a healthier mind, body and soul.​​

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Training:

  • Shamanic Practitioner Program (The Shaman Soulution)

  • Akashic Records Practitioner (Akashic Studies Australia)

  • Chakradance™️ Facilitator 

  • BodyTalk™️ Fundamentals (BodyTalk Your Health)

  • Death Doula (LifeOptions by Denise Love)

  • Reiki Master & Teacher (Usui Ryoho)

  • Kundalini Reiki Master Teacher (Spirit Trails)

  • Seichim Practitioner (Hadwin Healing)

  • Pellowah Healing Technique Practitioner 

  • Advanced Intuitive Tarot (Sal Jade)

  • Diploma of Ancestral Healing (CoE)

  • Diploma of Hypnotherapy Past Life Regression (CoE)

I am committed to professional development and continual improvement to continue to deliver my best self and services to you.  I continue to train with respected industry professionals, both in Australia and internationally.

what i do

My mission is to inspiring and empower you to embrace your purpose, follow your passion and find your joy.


Together, we work to heal what’s been holding you back so you feel empowered to take your next step — and do it joyfully.

In a mediumship sitting, I connect with your loved ones in spirit to bring messages of hope, healing and love. A psychic reading offers intuitive guidance and clarity, helping you navigate change and find the courage to leap forward.

A session in the Akashic Records can uncover repeating patterns, limiting beliefs, and stuck energy. Whether accessed through a reading or past life regression, the Akasha can reveal your soul's purpose, life lessons, and recurring themes across lifetimes. It’s a powerful tool for understanding yourself, breaking habits, conquering fears, resolving grief, and even healing nightmares. Or maybe you're just curious about who you've been in other lives, that’s welcome too.

I also offer a range of healing services, each one personalised to support what you need most, whether it’s a single session or a combination of services.

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Where other modalities may fall short, working with me helps shift emotional trauma, dissolve stuckness and rebuild confidence. It’s about moving from “yuck to unstuck” — setting yourself free to live your happiest, most aligned life.​​

 

And if you’re seeking intuitive mentoring, whether it’s career clarity, creative direction or business strategy — I’ve got you. With

25 years in government and leadership roles, and over a decade in business, I’ve learned a lot. I’m here to share real, practical tools, tips and insight to help you move forward with purpose.

I offer in-person and online workshops year-round, from intuitive development to empower your psychic and mediumship abilities to working with tarot cards, Watch this space for a fresh new workshop for your healing tool kit! If you'd like to host your own private workshop, reach out to discuss your needs.

For information, check out the Readings, Healings and Workshops. To book your session, jump over the Book with Cath page.

In-person sessions are available in Braddon. Zoom and remote appointments are also available.


If you can't find a time that suits you or time zones are causing havoc, please contact me or use the chat below so I can schedule the perfect time. Alternatively, we can arrange a remote reading where you won't even need to be present! 

psychic and mediumship readings

Working psychically means tuning into the energy of a living person, place, or object. Through the impressions I receive, I can share insight into the past, present, and potential future. There are lots of tools that can support a reading, tarot cards, candles, divining rods, pendulums, tea leaves, coffee grounds - and everyone has their favourite. But at the heart of it all? Intuition.

Intuition comes in many forms, and part of the magic is discovering how yours works (yes, I teach that too!).

Personally, I love using tarot in psychic readings but I’m just as happy to offer guidance without tools, like a spirited chat with purpose.

Mediumship is same same but different. In a mediumship sitting, I act as the bridge between the spirit world and the living. By tuning into the energy around the person I’m reading for, I connect with their loved ones in spirit to bring through messages, memories and evidence that they’re still close. It’s a bit like telepathic communication with Spirit — beautiful, healing and often full of love.

If other healing approaches haven’t quite hit the mark, working with me may help shift what’s keeping you stuck - emotional trauma, low confidence, confusion or fear. My work helps move you from yuck to unstuck, freeing you to reconnect with your soul’s purpose, your truth and your happiest self.

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akashic records readings

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The Akashic Records are believed to be a dimension of collective consciousness, a vibrational archive of all that has ever existed. Sometimes called the Cosmic Mind or Universal Mind, the Records hold the history of every soul since the beginning of time.

 

They contain details of each soul’s journey across lifetimes — past, present, inter-life and even possible futures. These records also hold information about people, places, animals, events and even businesses or properties.

Imagine the Records as a vast library, where each book is a lifetime. Within are your soul’s patterns, wounds, lessons, challenges and contracts. By accessing them, we can uncover the root of addictions, behaviours and emotional blocks... revealing what may be limiting your soul’s growth.

While different from an intuitive reading, the Akashic Records can deepen your understanding of intuitive insights. They also enhance clairvoyance and psychic perception.

 

When I access your Records, I connect with the essence of who you are — your soul’s wisdom, gifts and the deeper reasons behind your current experiences. A reading brings clarity, healing and empowerment. It helps you recognise your unique path and purpose, highlighting patterns across lifetimes and guiding you toward freedom from what no longer serves you.

mentoring

Got your quals, done the practice, ready to launch… but not sure what step to take next? Whether you're starting a spiritual business, shifting careers or just need clarity about where you're headed, or perhaps you want one-on-one intuitive development... a little mentoring might be just the thing.

Maybe you're standing at the edge of something exciting but feeling stuck or overwhelmed. That’s where I come in. With a mix of practical business experience and intuitive guidance, I help you break through old patterns, blockages, and conditioning that might be holding you back. Then together, we create a clear, soul-aligned action plan — one that feels good and gets you moving.

Every session is tailored to you — where you’re at, what you need, and what you’re hoping to create. I draw from all the tools in my kit, whether it’s spiritual insight, practical strategy, or both. Just because it’s a bit “woo” doesn’t mean it can’t be grounded. In fact, combining the spiritual with the practical is where the real magic happens.

If you’re feeling the nudge, reach out for a chat. You never know what’s possible until you give it a go.​

intuitive workshops

You asked for it – and it’s coming! Watch this space for new development offerings, from weekend intensives to 6 month deep dives. 

Whether you’re a total beginner, spiritually curious, wanting to expand your healing toolkit or someone who “knows stuff” but doesn’t know where to start, this could be exactly the space you’ve been looking for.

I also offer private workshops! Gather your friends, decide what you want to explore and we’ll tailor the session to suit your group.

Learn in your own time, with your own tribe, in your own space — and if you don’t have a space, I can help organise that too.

These workshops are all about developing your confidence and your connection to yourself, your intuition and to Spirit.

psychic and mediumship development

Whether you’re working psychically (with people, objects or places) or mediumistically (connecting with spirit), the way you receive information is the same. Learning how you naturally receive and interpret these messages is the foundation for deepening your intuitive practice. This workshop isn’t just about “learning the tools” — it’s a development workshop that empowers you to understand where your intuitive messages come from, what they mean, and most importantly, how to trust them.

You’ll learn how to become still: meditation, grounding, connection techniques and rituals for energetic protection. You will learn how to translate what you sense as we a dive into the intuitive senses used to perceive energy and spirit.​ 

We will explore tools of divination: pendulums, psychometry, scrying, tea leaves, coffee grinds, crystals, oracle and tarot plus a few tried-and-true do’s and don’ts to keep you grounded and safe.

And of course, plenty of practice time — because building your confidence happens through experience. These workshops are hands-on, heart-led, and designed to help you step into your intuitive power with clarity, trust, and joy.

tarot training

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Got a Tarot deck calling your name but feeling a little unsure how to use it? Maybe the meanings seem overwhelming or you’re second-guessing how to bring the cards into your practice. Sound familiar? Then this workshop might be just what you need.

In this relaxed, hands-on four-hour workshop (okay okay… let’s be honest, we’ll probably go for five!), we’ll explore the history of Tarot and its roots in divination. You’ll learn the basics: common meanings, key symbols, and easy techniques to help the cards make more sense and feel less intimidating.

 

We’ll even dip into the Hero’s Journey, a powerful framework that shows how Tarot can support your personal growth and healing path.

And yes, there’ll be plenty of practice — think of it as psychic speed reading!

Whether you're reading for yourself or others, you’ll get to build confidence and trust your intuitive connection with the cards.

Want to go deeper? You can also choose to dive into the depths of Tarot over a three-month journey, perfect for those who want to truly explore the magic, structure and spiritual power of the deck in a slower, richer way.

 

Whether it’s a one-off workshop or an extended series, this is your invitation to connect with Tarot in a way that feels grounded, intuitive and fun.

shamanic workshops

the Q'ero medicine wheel

Step into sacred transformation through the ancient path of the Medicine Wheel. Rooted in the teachings of the Q’ero lineage of the Andes, this immersive training guides you through the four cardinal directions—South, West, North, and East—each offering profound wisdom, energetic healing, and personal evolution.

As you journey around the Wheel, you'll shed old stories, reclaim your power, connect with your ancestors and step fully into your soul’s purpose. Each direction brings unique tools, archetypes, rituals, and practices, grounded in earth-honouring traditions and modern embodiment.

This is more than a training—it's a rite of passage, a remembering and a return to wholeness. Together, we walk the spiral path of healing, guided by serpent, jaguar, hummingbird and eagle. 

Join us in sacred circle. Your medicine is needed.

medicine drum and rattle birthing

Embark on a sacred journey to birth your very own crystal infused medicine drum, a shamanic tool used for healing and transformation since ancient times. Steeped in ancient and Indigenous practice since the dawn of time, the drum is a universal tool for communication, ritual, and healing. It carries the power to connect us with Spirit Medicine, anchoring us in our body while opening pathways to the spiritual realm. Drumming has the power to synchronise brain hemispheres and create altered states of consciousness in which healing and wisdom from the higher self can be obtained.

Crafting your drum is a deeply moving experience that reflects your journey through life—from your own birth to this present moment. Each drum holds a unique story, woven with the spirit of its maker. This is a chance to birth not only a physical drum but also a renewed connection to yourself, to Spirit, and to the lineage of ancestors who walked before you.

Creating your own shamanic rattle is a beautiful and deeply personal process, both an artistic and spiritual practice. The rattle, in many traditions, serves as a sacred tool for healing, transformation, and connection to the spirit world. It is a vessel that holds power and intention, and crafting one can be a way of channeling your own energy and connection to the natural world.

chakradance™️

CHAKRADANCE™ is a well-being movement practice using  spontaneous dance to specific chakra-resonant music for the purpose of healing and re-tuning your whole energy system.  

For all of us, the seven major chakras are the energetic gateways through which body, mind and spirit come together, literally embodying the soul. And in Chakradance classes and courses, each of these seven chakras has its own unique body of wonderfully danceable music, resonating to its own specific vibrational frequencies. ​​​

By surrendering to the music of each chakra, we dance from the inside out and find ourselves awakening and healing ancient hurts; expressing  long-blocked emotions; and opening ourselves up to levels of spiritual connection higher than we ever thought possible​.

 

Chakradance helps you reconnect with your unique and beautiful soul. Dancing the seven chakras is like dancing into seven different worlds, seven different facets of your whole self, each with its lessons, meanings and stories.

 

As a practice, it helps you feel more balanced and joyful and radiate your true colours out into the world.

Become a Chakradance facilitator!  For more information, visit the Chakradance website.

Ⓒ Chakradance™

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healings

shamanic healing sessions

Sometimes, it helps to shift perspective on our healing path. If what we’re doing isn’t quite landing, it may be time to explore something deeper. We don’t always understand why certain people, places or experiences affect us the way they do and that’s where shamanic healing can support us.

Drawing on practices that span cultures and centuries, shamanic healing works on the energetic and soul level. It can clear imbalances, restore connection, and help us release trauma — from this life and beyond. Through soul retrieval, it brings back the parts of ourselves we’ve lost, given away or had taken from us.

Shamanic healing can support:

  • Releasing emotions held in traumatic events

  • Clearing inherited and ancestral patterns

  • Healing past-life wounds

  • Retrieving soul fragments

  • Cutting energetic cords

  • Releasing unwanted attachments

  • Repairing the luminous energy field

 

This work complements other healing modalities beautifully and can lead to deep transformation, helping you realign with your soul’s purpose.

bodytalk™️

In many aspects of treating ailments, the elements of our body and mind are thought of in singular form and treated as such. Contrary to this, every system, cell and atom in our bodies are connected in some way and are in constant communication with each other at all times.

Through our exposure to the stresses of day-to-day life, these lines of communication become compromised. This leads to declining physical, emotional and/or mental well-being.  Reconnecting these lines of communication enables the body’s mechanisms to function at optimal levels, thus preventing disease and rapidly accelerating the healing process.  In this way, BodyTalk stimulates the body’s innate ability to balance and heal itself as it already does in many ways – from the disappearance of a small cut to recovery from a cold.

The BodyTalk System facilitates communication with the body’s innate wisdom through neuromuscular biofeedback.  This feedback provides the practitioner with a “yes” or “no” answer to any questions asked of the body. The innate wisdom thus provides the practitioner with accurate guidelines about the bodymind requirements for optimum health.

BodyTalk uses non-invasive tapping techniques to help achieve a whole body and mind state of well-being. BodyTalk is so clever that it can also "tap" into the modalities of the practitioner to assist the client! 

energy reset and balance

Chakras are an ancient energy system that emerged in the writings of the Vedas, ancient Hindu philosophical texts written between 1500 and 500 B.C.E. For Celtic lineages, the three cauldrons are the energetic centres. Similarly, in Andean tradition, the Ñawi are the energy centres, though they carry their own cosmology, language and energetic function. These spinning wheels of energy in and around our body are associated with unique characteristics, elements and aspects of our entire being.

When the energy flow through these wheels is interrupted or blocked, our physical, emotional and spiritual health may decline and we find that we:

  • struggle to process emotions, emotional sensitivities

  • relationship difficulties

  • unexplained judgment, anger and fear

  • exacerbated chronic health conditions

  • increased tension - physical and mental

  • escalated flight, fright, freeze, fawn mechanism

  • feeling stuck and lacking motivation 

  • lack of connection with others, self and Source

  • disconnected from intuition and inability to see forward

  • taking on others’ energies

 

By identifying the cause and exploring the symptoms, I can help correct imbalances and blockages, and disengage emotions and activators within the energy centres. This restores the energy flow so that it moves freely and harmoniously throughout our body, mind and spirit, alleviating symptoms and restore wellbeing.

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past life regression therapy

Past Life Regression Therapy offers deep insight into your soul’s journey. Rooted in hypnotherapy, this gentle process explores past lives to help you understand patterns, decisions, and experiences that still ripple through your current life.

A session can shine light on:

  • Emotional patterns and relationship dynamics

  • Old habits and unconscious behaviours

  • Talents or gifts carried through lifetimes

  • Your soul’s purpose and spiritual path

 

Clients often leave with greater self-awareness, emotional clarity, and a sense of inner peace. Past life regression can support mental, emotional, and physical healing, including:

  • Anxiety, grief, depression, phobias

  • Relationship conflict

  • Trauma and unresolved fear

  • Sleep issues and nightmares

  • Addictions or recurring behaviours

  • Unexplained pain or body symptoms

 

It’s a safe, non-invasive therapy suitable for all ages. You’ll be in a deeply relaxed but aware state the entire time — I’m simply your guide. You’ll speak your experiences aloud as I gently ask questions and lead you through the journey. Sessions are recorded so you can revisit your insights later.

 

Sessions run for 90 minutes: around an hour in regression, followed by time to reflect, discuss and integrate your experience.

events

Throughout the year, you will find me at The Good Earth Fairs, Canberra Psychic Fairs and Mind Body Spirit Festivals in Sydney and Melbourne.  I am an active member of the Canberra Spiritualist Association where I offer mediumship demonstrations. 

The full moon is always about release.  surrendering that which no longer serves you. There is a meditation circle, we set intentions and we throw what no longer serves into the fire (virtual). Its an opportunity to make new friends or to sit with self in contemplation. 

 

And most importantly, there is drumming... or rattling, chanting, singling, howling, laughing. All instruments welcome, some nibbles or vino, a blanky or cardy (sometimes it gets cool)... and anything you wish to release.

This is a free, kiddo-friendly event. We just ask you to come with a good heart and good vibes. Meeting monthly on the banks for Lake Burley Griffith (and closer to home in winter), full moon drumming is all about taking time out for you. Follow along on Facebook for updates. 

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spirituality collective of canberra

I’m proud to serve as President of the Spirituality Collective of Canberra, a community founded on the principle of honouring all paths and traditions that lead to a personal connection with oneness. Our mission is to support spiritual and personal growth through shared teachings, wisdom and lived experience.

 

We host fortnightly gatherings on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at the Canberra Seniors Centre in Turner (5pm), with winter sessions held online via Zoom. Each gathering includes healing, meditation, guest speakers, mediumship and community connection — always in circle, as equals.

 

All are welcome to attend, contribute and lead. This is a free offering (donations are welcome). Members are also invited to share insights, events or services on our page, especially during our weekly #MondayShare. We look forward to welcoming you to the Collective.

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I recognise the First Nation's Peoples as the true Owners, Custodians and Lore Keepers and pay my respects to the Elders past, present and emerging.
I acknowledge the First Nation's Peoples of the world’s oldest living culture and the ongoing connection to culture, land, sea and community. 

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