COMING OUT OF THE SPIRITUAL CLOSET

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Welcome to Woowooville, the next stop on your spiritual journey hosted by two fellow travelers who found a soul connection on the path to higher consciousness. Our goal is to help you navigate the choppy waters you're likely to encounter on the spiritual path by sharing our experiences with you each week. Join us as we spill the tea on what it is like to wake up to your authenticity self. Hi, I am Lola Singer and we have a special guest today that is going to be introduced by my co host Emeril. [00:00:37] Speaker B: So we're here with Christina Guajardo and today's episode is called coming out of your spiritual closet. So one of the things that the reason why we did this podcast was to really help everyone out wherever level they are on their journey. But more than anything, kind of have that support that they're not alone. And I think Christina would be great as soon as I even thought spirit kind of brought it up because how I heard it was her story could relate to so many people. And we all have different stories, we all have different journeys, but the most important thing that we're gonna be going over is getting to know her, getting to know how her experiences on her spiritual journey have been. So without further ado, here's Christina Guajardo and can you tell us just a little bit about yourself? [00:01:38] Speaker C: Hi friends. Well, my name is Christina Guajardo and I am not a Washington native, but I live here in Snohomish county and I'm just a average bear, I guess. I don't really know what else to say. [00:01:58] Speaker A: She's being very, very humble. I think one of the reasons this is such an important podcast because our intention when we started welcome to Boo Boo Bill was to help people, especially at the beginning of their spiritual journey, because it can be very, very confus with a lot of conflicting emotions and thoughts. And I think one of the hardest things to do for most of us was to expose what we're expose our gifts to one trusted person, hopefully, or a family member. So I don't think there's a whole lot of people who, who showed their gifts early and that was it. Their parents knew and, you know, so that's just the way my child is. She's very clairvoyant. Yes, those do exist. But I think most of got indoctrinated. We shut off our gifts and then when they started to reappear, as we started to work on ourselves and come in contact with who we really are at a deep soul level, these gifts start to arise and then you keep, probably keep it to yourself for a while. [00:03:08] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:03:08] Speaker A: And then you eventually tell someone. So it's a lot like that is why we're calling it Coming out the Closet. I had a hard time doing my first light language in front of anybody. And I think Christina's being really humble here because her journey, from what I understand, is very similar, where she had a kind of a fast track, like you, Ameril. Right. With the spiritual awakening. So we want you to learn through her. So what do you know about Christina's journey? [00:03:45] Speaker B: Well, I know it's been fast, and I know that we come from a similar background as far as growing up. Hispanic, Mexican, really Background to be more, well, Mexican mix, really, because we all Spaniard mix with natives. But I wrote up some questions to really get to know you and to really just have you express yourself in so that that way the audience can get to know more about you. And then that way they. Yeah, just kind of take it from there. So do you. I'll go ahead and ask the first question. [00:04:22] Speaker A: Oh, that was my cat with the Zoomies. Oh, my goodness. [00:04:27] Speaker B: So one of the. [00:04:30] Speaker A: Oh, well, maybe. Maybe she's here on target because the audience doesn't know that Christina's now an animal communicator. [00:04:37] Speaker B: Yes. [00:04:38] Speaker A: So maybe Mia is tuning into her energy. I don't know. Because she's. She zooming around the cabin. [00:04:43] Speaker B: That's funny. She hasn't really done the full on Zoomies before an episode, but she's done it, but not to this degree. So how would you describe your gifts as an animal communicator? [00:04:55] Speaker C: Well, I would. I would say that I'm more of a facilitator. So I. It's my belief that everyone has the capability to communicate with animals. [00:05:09] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:05:09] Speaker C: It's whether or not they are truly going inside themselves, listening, shutting off the noise, and being able to really listen and. And just be quiet with themselves. Okay. So I don't know that what I do is any. Anything better than what other people can do. I've been able to do this from a very, very young age. I remember being itty bitty, like maybe 2 years old and just connecting with a horse. And just. If I could describe it now, the feeling that I got was just love and protection and just feeling beautiful. And I've always connected. I always got in trouble when I was little because I was always bringing animals home. Always bringing animals home. But as far as, you know, what about my gifts? I just really feel like I'm just the facilitator. They communicate. I connect. We Connect. And then I'm able to just pass that along to their humans and vice versa. You know, if humans have anything they'd like to relay, then I pass that along as well. [00:06:21] Speaker A: I have a question already. So you said you. You started this at an early age. Did you keep it to yourself or did your family know you had these abilities? [00:06:33] Speaker C: I kept it to myself. [00:06:34] Speaker A: That's what I was wondering. [00:06:37] Speaker B: I think. Yeah. That's so common. I think that sometimes because I used to have all these imaginary friends. Later on I realized that it wasn't imaginary friends, but I had full conversations and I played with my toys and they were there and they were playing with me, and I always kept it to myself. And then I started playing off. I saw, oh, it's. It was an easy way out. So I said, oh, it's just my imaginary friend. I'm just imagining that they're there. And that kind of got my mom into ease mode, because otherwise I think she would, like, probably freaked out. [00:07:07] Speaker C: So we're raised as, you know, children. We were seen and not heard. [00:07:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:07:13] Speaker C: So you know what we did. I was never one that played with Barbies and dressed up. I was always with animals and elements and in the mud and, you know, doing what I did. And I always was surrounded by them. I mean, always connected to them. Always just felt at home in nature. Never really giving. I guess to me, it was always it. It was always just what it was. I didn't know any better. [00:07:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:07:43] Speaker A: So I think this is interesting. So you always had which. Which is a psychic skill, this ability to communicate with animals. I understand that you're saying everybody's got that ability, but not everyone has honed it or developed it. So I think it's great that that came naturally to you. [00:08:01] Speaker B: Would you say it's kind of like a muscle, like kind of like work? The more you work on it, the easier it becomes or the more you allow yourself to be able to be more open to receive it. [00:08:10] Speaker C: I think the more you work on yourself. [00:08:13] Speaker A: Oh, I agree with that. [00:08:15] Speaker B: Yes. [00:08:16] Speaker A: I think the more you become, you kind of clear out your own. We'll talk about closet earlier. Clear out your own closet. Emotionally and mentally, the more likely you are to get in tap with those gifts. [00:08:28] Speaker C: Correct. [00:08:29] Speaker A: Yeah. Sorry. He didn't mean to talk over you. [00:08:31] Speaker B: Oh, no, you're totally good. So here's my next question. How do you describe who you are authentically and what you would like others to know about you? Like, if you could say one thing that you want people to know about you like, what would your authentic self say about you? [00:08:50] Speaker C: I think that is a really loaded question, because the road to authenticity is a very, very long one. [00:09:00] Speaker A: It's layered, isn't it? [00:09:01] Speaker C: It is so layered. And I don't know anybody at this point who has really mastered authenticity. So for me, I'm still really figuring out authentically who I am. And I heard something the other day that really resonated with me, because those who know me, you know, I'm. They say I'm sweet, but sometimes I don't know. And then I can be, you know, I can. [00:09:30] Speaker A: We're all about accepting your shadow. [00:09:33] Speaker C: I can go 0 to 100. And so my. My goal is always to try to find the middle. [00:09:38] Speaker B: Exactly. [00:09:39] Speaker C: But I heard something the other day that just really resonated with me. This gal said, I'm peace, love, and light, but if you mess with me, I'm gonna peace, love, and light your house on fire. And that is me. I will be 100%. What you see is what you get with me. I am just who I am. I don't do fake. [00:10:03] Speaker B: Well, yeah. [00:10:06] Speaker C: I try to be a, you know, as good of a person as I can because everybody's coming from some place. Am I perfect? No, because I'm human. But authentically, I am just what you see. [00:10:19] Speaker B: And I think that's what I meant by authenticity. It's more like where you're at now at this point, because we all know life is so much about layers, and every layer we go through, every layer we shed, we become almost like a new version of ourselves. So, yeah, you're right. I don't think we could ever say, this is me. This is truly who I am, because we have so much more to go. [00:10:40] Speaker A: Authentic for a moment, and there's the next thing to work on. [00:10:43] Speaker B: So I think it's just more like you're authentic of where you feel you're at at this level as a place in life. [00:10:49] Speaker C: I think at this stage, this is the beginning of who I truly am and where I've always been pointed to go. I just. I guess by like. Like Lola said earlier, you know, by just conditioning, programming, you know, being raised the way that we are, with generational patterns. [00:11:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:11:12] Speaker C: You know, you're. You're taught to just not be seen. [00:11:18] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:11:18] Speaker C: So, you know, you stay out of the way. And so I guess that is the part for me, too, that's difficult because I don't really. I want to be seen and heard, but I don't want to be seen. [00:11:30] Speaker A: Okay. And that's going to lead me to the main question of our show. So I know you've got a list that you want to ask her too, but you were taught not to be seen. You have these gifts. And then how did, how, how did you come out of the spirit closet and allow yourself to be seen under those circumstances? I mean, I think that's, it's the title of the show. I'm, it's a juicy question. I, I, I'm sitting here like an audience member going, how did she do it? [00:11:59] Speaker C: So I think, you know, for me, and there's, there's no secret here that I am a Christian, I love Jesus and I have never doubted that. And if, and we all know what the Bible says about things, I'm not here to dispute it or to get into arguments, not with you guys, but with anybody else, because my walk is my walk, my faith is my faith. [00:12:21] Speaker A: Well, that's part of the authenticity we just talked about. [00:12:24] Speaker C: Yeah. And so for me, I just had that reservation because the world needs a lot more love. [00:12:31] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:12:31] Speaker C: And a lot less fear. And so I've had a few near death experiences in my life, most recently almost two years ago. And that experience actually really catapulted things for me because all the time that I thought I was crazy was in my face and there's no denying it. So I just thought I had this wild imagination. And you know, I've been told I'm a dreamer because I'm a Pisces, but so, you know, things just started getting very clear for me. I started to be able to really hear things and not shut them off and see things and smell things and taste things and you know, hear things. And I've always been able to do that. I've always been a feely person and very sensitive, but it was just undeniable. Like a windshield, like a bug in a windshield. You know, I was the bug. And all these windshields were coming and I just was like I was spared yet again. It's important for me to do something with what I have. [00:13:38] Speaker A: You said yet again because you said you'd had three near death experiences, but this was the one where there was a shift in consciousness. [00:13:46] Speaker C: Yes. [00:13:46] Speaker A: And all these Claire's, lots of Claire's stuff coming through for you. Yeah. Including Claire Gustance and. Yeah. [00:13:54] Speaker C: And it's just really, I mean, I guess they've been there, but I haven't really noticed until it's like now it's just very much in my face and seeing and tasting and hearing and smelling and Seeing everything is just. It's just been amplified. [00:14:13] Speaker A: So you couldn't deny that you had those anymore, that they were developing and getting stronger and stronger and stronger. From what I'm picking up on. [00:14:20] Speaker C: Correct. [00:14:21] Speaker A: How did you tell the first person who was that was a family member or a good friend? [00:14:29] Speaker C: It's not. I mean, and obviously, you know, for somebody like me, I mean, one of the things we don't do is you don't talk about anything. Like, in a Hispanic family, you just don't share and you're private. And you know what? Not so. For me, I just really was like, I don't really know who I'm going to tell. But what was amazing, when I finally kind of felt. When I looked around at my friends, a lot of them were already gifted. I just didn't really know it. Like, I knew it, but I didn't know it. And it was amazing how many people around me aligned. Who did I tell? Well, one of my. A couple of my really good friends, actually, multiple of them, they already knew because throughout my life, in the last probably five or 10 years, people have said, you know, you're really powerful and you have this gift. And I'm like, what are they talking about? What are they talking about? And I literally made a Facebook post not even a couple years ago saying, I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. I think it was around Covid. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. I literally have no skills. I literally have no skills, and here I am. [00:15:44] Speaker B: But isn't that funny, though, because, okay, for me, Covid was also a mirror. Like, it was a time where it reflected back to me. Before that I hadn't. I hadn't even gone in spirituality. That's how crazy it was. But I feel that we mirror things out, meaning from our subconscious. So when you were saying, like, what am I going to do? I'm not going to, like, I don't feel like I'm, like, really good at, like, anything. It's because it's completely the opposite. You're just denying that about yourself because you're not seeing that. [00:16:11] Speaker C: And. And the interesting thing is I. I have gifted and spiritual people on both sides of my family. [00:16:20] Speaker A: That doesn't surprise me. [00:16:23] Speaker C: Growing up, I see it now, you know, and it's incredible. Just learning about, you know, my heritage, learning just recently, and I've been told this, that my great grandma was a Toltec, which is a, you know, as, you know. Yeah. [00:16:43] Speaker A: Ancient Mexico. [00:16:44] Speaker C: Yeah. She's full blooded Toltec. So my other grandma was a healer and a medicine woman and she taught me a lot of things. [00:16:55] Speaker A: Okay. So that's. I'm finding that fascinating that you learned these things from your grandma. And so you. I guess what I'm trying to understand because we're calling this coming out of the spiritual closet. I mean, I assume grandma always saw that in you even as a child. [00:17:13] Speaker C: She must have. But it wasn't really. [00:17:14] Speaker A: But you didn't talk about it because of the culture. [00:17:17] Speaker B: Yeah. So what it is with Hispanic cultures, and I can definitely answer that is amongst family, amongst trusted people. Like for example, if you have my. I was really close to my grandma. And that's the other thing too, is about opening that door for private talks and stuff. You'll talk about things, but it doesn't mean you come out about them. [00:17:35] Speaker A: But she was actually doing like herbal. [00:17:39] Speaker C: Work or things like that. She would, but I mean we never. She would just show me things and it was like gardening and flowers and we always had that. But it wasn't like, you know, she was explaining, it just wasn't like, you know, like if you go to a class or whatnot, she was just like, okay, you know, with this, we do this. But it, you know, I was a young child and even into my teens, so we just, we just kind of did what we did. But there wasn't that, you know, mentorship, if you will, like, you know, where. [00:18:10] Speaker A: You would go, like an apprenticeship kind of thing. Yeah. [00:18:14] Speaker B: And it's very common for grandmas because they have so much knowledge to share. All this knowledge of ways to heal and stuff. That's really common too. At least it was really common. Even with my grandma. She had a lot of information because the older you go back, the more you really connect with those older, like unnatural remedies too. [00:18:31] Speaker A: Absolutely. I just find it interesting. So do your family know about your all these currently? Do they know about all these Claire's that developed for you or is it still kind of in the closet? [00:18:47] Speaker C: No, they're going to find out. [00:18:49] Speaker A: So now you're. Oh gosh, Admiral, you did not tell me we were going to be the instigators of getting her out of the closet. [00:18:56] Speaker B: The thing is, this is welcome to Boo Ville. So the odds are they're probably not going to be listening to our podcast. But even if they did, hey, that's great. That just opens that door wider. [00:19:06] Speaker A: But friends, friends who have similar interests do know and how. So you did you have these friends before all These Claire's suddenly became so noticeable. [00:19:19] Speaker C: Yes. [00:19:19] Speaker A: So it must have been hard to tell your friends. [00:19:22] Speaker C: I think some of them knew. And I remember. Oh, geez. I had a series of deaths in my family in 2018 and 2019. And at that point, a lot I felt like there was what I would call a transference. So as they were leaving, things were just getting very strong for me. And I had met a gal who, through horses, who was a shaman. And she kind of was talking to me about stuff. And I just thought, okay, she's wise and I'm gonna listen. But I had no idea really what she was talking about as far as. [00:20:07] Speaker A: The kind of jargon she used. [00:20:09] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:20:09] Speaker C: And just, you know, kind of the things that she was saying. But I just, again, you know, knowing what I knew and. And that I should stay away from things that I just kind of was like, in one year and out the other. [00:20:22] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, the thing is, I've also found out that, for example, just this is how crazy my growth has been. When I first met Lola, she would tell me about certain things that at that time, I was like, okay, I really don't know what that is, but I don't want to ask because I feel like. Like I don't want to seem like I don't really know, I should know this or whatever. But then later on, she'll bring him back around, and I'm like, oh, I totally know what that is. And even if it's not, if I don't know now, I'm not. Like, before, my ego would block me from asking, and now I just asked straight up. Like, I don't really know what that means or what does that mean? Then she elaborates, and I totally get it. Also, another thing. I think that with me, learning how to do tarot has really opened up the door wide open to understanding different concepts of things. But it brings us to this other good question that really aligns with what we're talking about. What has been the most challenging thing you have to face about your spiritual awakening? [00:21:17] Speaker C: I would say it would be, you know, just being comfortable about my story and sharing it and then being seen. Like, having people, whether they're acknowledging me or they're judging me. [00:21:38] Speaker B: Yeah, right. [00:21:39] Speaker A: That's the thing that holds us back, is that feeling of being judged. [00:21:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:43] Speaker A: So I think you're very brave, actually. Well, you're brave, too. I'm brave, too. We all did it. [00:21:49] Speaker B: Yeah, we all had to do it. So it's showing a form of bravery. But I do feel that in the Hispanic background, there's a lot of judgment because I think that ultimately what I feel, this, this is not by any means to whatever, but I feel when I came to terms with understanding that we're here for evolution, there was a word that really dropped, like meaning drop its value drop from me giving any energy to it. And that word was sin. I think that due to sin or the word sin, it created a lot of judgment because that's really what it spread out. Like it was more about like I'm being judged, so I'm okay at judging others. And I think that that's one of the things that I have noticed, like growing up with my own family and with my own community, that it's very, like they can be very judgmental when really all it is is just insecurities within people about not being able to be who they are and judging others for doing that. [00:22:48] Speaker C: And it's fear based. [00:22:50] Speaker B: It is very fear based. [00:22:51] Speaker C: You know, we're taught to fear a lot of things. And you know, my whole thing is that for me, I have felt more openness and love from the spiritual community. Right. Because everybody is about bettering themselves instead of worrying about what other people are doing. [00:23:16] Speaker B: Exactly. [00:23:16] Speaker A: We're also about allowing people to apply their own free will. [00:23:22] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:23:22] Speaker A: So. So if you want to go down a road where you're being judgmental, well, that's your choice. We're not condemning anyone for it, we're observing it. But when you become more into the spiritual community, you're more accepting of people no matter where they're at. [00:23:41] Speaker B: Yeah. Because we know that there's just a. [00:23:43] Speaker A: Stage and we were there too at some point. Yeah. [00:23:46] Speaker C: And it is scary because it's like, you know, you go from knowing what you know to all of a sudden this world that just seems so out of this world, so to speak. [00:23:57] Speaker A: It's scary, but it's exciting, isn't it? It's enticing, isn't it? [00:24:01] Speaker C: Yeah, it is very. It can be very beautiful and very rewarding. And I think too, you know, the fear is, is that there's going to be some sort of darkness. And my thing, if people want to do what they're going to do, that's on them. But for me, my thing is, is that I'm a healer. Like I'm there to facilitate and help heal. Whether that's people, that's animals, energetically with plant medicine. You know, I am psychic, I am a medium. I can do all of those things. But where I choose to use my gifts is to help people and animals heal. [00:24:43] Speaker B: That's awesome. That's like the best way you can use that. [00:24:46] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. And that goes to free will. Again, you know, you've got a variety of skills, but what you prefer is the healing. And we all healers need healing too, so we all need you. [00:24:58] Speaker C: Yeah. And my hope is the project that I'm working on actually is I know there, and I've met people like me who are in the same boat, but they're afraid to acknowledge or feel that they can do things with their gifts because of the confines of where they're at. And so I would like to be a safe space for people to be able to come and know that they can use their things for good because the world needs healing. And if I'm being honest, God knows what we have. [00:25:37] Speaker A: Yeah, I think that's a great goal, to really be the person who holds space for these people who are doing exactly what you've been doing, which is starting to allow people to see that you have these gifts. [00:25:51] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. So it brings us to a good. Like a good. Next question. It says, when did you decide to follow your own spiritual calling and align to your purpose and come out to the world and say, this is who I am and this is what I'm able to do and offer? Now let's talk time. Because I think that right now we mentioned a lot about description, like, when did you decide I really want to do that? Like, I know I can help people, so I want to start having my own business as this. [00:26:23] Speaker C: So I'd say within the last year, I really just kind of. I mean, I've been doing the animal communication part for, geez, 10 years or so. And about 12, 15 years ago, my horse actually told my mentor, my Reiki mentor, that. That I'm a healer. And when she told me that, I was like, what? I was like, I can't be a healer. And she was like, why not? And I said, because how can somebody who's broken heal? [00:26:59] Speaker A: Oh, no, no, that's the best healer. That makes you an empath. [00:27:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:27:05] Speaker A: You understand you can't be the best healer until you know what it feels like to hurt. [00:27:12] Speaker C: So I didn't know, but I, you know, my gratitude for this part of the journey is really just taking those broken parts, sitting with them, acknowledging them, and healing from them. And in doing that, I've met some amazing people along the way, and I've grown and I'm learning and I'm learning how to accept things, you know, not the. Not so pretty things. Because, you know, when you're growing up, it's all about appearances and you gotta hide your crazy. I've never been very good at that. I've always been a rebel. [00:27:51] Speaker A: I'd like to go on. On and say, that's not exclusive to Mexican households. I can relate to that. [00:28:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:28:03] Speaker C: Even though you always hear about that. [00:28:04] Speaker A: But. [00:28:06] Speaker C: And probably, you know, when things started to really, I started to just kind of creep out because even with my animal communication, I was anonymous. Like, I didn't charge for it. I didn't want people to know where it was coming from. Yeah, I would just. [00:28:21] Speaker A: So you were doing like, distance healings? [00:28:23] Speaker C: Well, what I was doing is a friend of mine works with animals. And so when she'd have things that were just kind of troublesome, she'd say, what do you think about this? And I'd go, oh, well, this is what's happening. And then she'd go back and, you know, tell. Tell her clients and whatnot. And then I met Sonya. And, you know, Sonya's an amazing and gifted. Well, she's so well rounded in so many things, but she is an amazing facilitator of not only healing, but business practices and whatnot. And so we just kind of put our heads together and she's like, I think it's time for you to hang your shingle. [00:29:08] Speaker B: I'm like, no, I can't do it yet. [00:29:11] Speaker A: But Sonya's intuitive herself. And if you haven't heard the episode, we did do one with Sonja Jorgensen. So if you go into the archives, look for that. It's about ghosts and horses. Near death experiences too. Yeah. So you were fortunate because you met her in a. Purely. Just because you're interested in horses, period. And that then she picked up on that. You got more going on there than just your average horse lover. [00:29:39] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:29:40] Speaker B: And isn't she almost your neighbor, too, to top it off? That's so. [00:29:43] Speaker A: Oh, I didn't know that you guys live really close by. We do. [00:29:47] Speaker C: And so, yeah, you know, she. She has mentored me in a way that has been comfortable for me because I was. When I first got started, I was like, no. Yeah, you know, X, Y and Z. And so her coming from a place of kind of the same background, growing up, she understood where I was coming from. Now, I didn't grow up religious per se. I mean, you know, by tradition, I guess we went to things when people died and got married in baptisms and stuff. But, you know, it was my choice as an adult to. To have A relationship with Jesus. So that was for me. And so for me, that's never going to change. [00:30:31] Speaker B: Yeah, well, I think that that's the one thing that people always misunderstand that like Lola and I talked about a little bit about it, that I have more of a clear, I guess, opinion of it is that your own personal beliefs are your own personal beliefs and that nothing can change. Now the religion itself is more of a corporation because it has rules, guidelines and all these things, so. But you can't cheat your own self. Like, part of being authentic is knowing you, what you believe in, what you feel. And as we all know, that's only the startup because as we evolve, everything gets question, everything gets put on the table, everything. You understand it in such a broad perspective. I grew up hardcore Catholic, and when I say hardcore Catholic, I did everything like. Like everything you can imagine, Catholic, even the church thing. And we would go to church twice a week and then I would go to church school. And it was like, just horrible because it was just so bad for me. But it wasn't my beliefs itself, it was the practice of it. Because on one thing they're telling me this is like a loving, caring God and everything on the other thing is like everybody's pointing at me and telling me that I'm a sinner. And like all these things that I'm like there was never anything that made sense, so I just couldn't connect with it. And it's not until I found that higher power within me that I felt like, finally it makes sense. Finally. Like it seemed like every time everybody corrupted the information because it was outside, it was just. It didn't. It was felt so distorted to me, me to my heart. And then once I experienced it from a deeper, like inside myself type thing, it finally makes sense. And. But that's just my thing. Of course, everybody has their own. One of the things that I was gonna say that kind of. Let's see the next question. I had kind of lines with this right now that I was talking about. [00:32:30] Speaker A: Well, while you. While you're looking for questions, I just want to interject and that I think there are quite a lot of people in our audience who are on the spiritual, not religious path. You have a very personal connection with Jesus, or Yeshua, whatever you want to call him, because he's the embodiment of what real divine masculinity is. [00:32:53] Speaker B: Yeah, he's Christ conscious. [00:32:54] Speaker A: Yes. Christ consciousness. Buddha consciousness. You could call it that too. So I don't think. How do I say this? It doesn't have to be tied to the religious dogma. People have a connection to Jesus outside of that, too. [00:33:13] Speaker C: And, you know, I think for everybody, it's very personal. Right. So, I mean, what works. What works for you may not work for me, and what works for me may not work for you. And I think that's where we kind of need to. To go with things, because a lot of people are miserable in the confines of their fears, insecurities, and beliefs. [00:33:39] Speaker B: Yep. [00:33:40] Speaker C: And so for me, I just. I just want to help. I just want to spread my magic. [00:33:48] Speaker B: This is where, like, everywhere. Where lines. Perfect. With the next question. Question about the statement you just said. So what is your feel in life? What makes you feel alive that you enjoy and help and helps you to not feel so stuck or stagnant in life? [00:34:05] Speaker C: Well, I spent 22 years in the medical field, and I love animals, and I love helping people. And so for me, just. And it's not even about me. It's just being able to help others and to see them come to a place of healing. Nobody wants to be stuck forever. And everybody has traumas, everybody has hurt. Everybody has what they have. And if I could just help one with one small thing that just actually really gives me the warm and fuzzies like I do. I do enjoy that. I do enjoy connection. I'm an introvert, really, but I can be extroverted. And so this is also stepping out of my comfort zone because I'm really putting myself out there. I mean, I am a licensed business. [00:35:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:08] Speaker A: It sounds like you've been a healer all your life. It's your calling, isn't it? Well, whether it's the medical or spiritual, now that you. [00:35:18] Speaker C: Yeah. Since I was a little girl, family would ask me to lay my hands on them. [00:35:24] Speaker A: And I just see you've been magic from day one. [00:35:28] Speaker C: And I was just thinking about that the other day, and, you know, how things lined up. I mean, my farm is called Tenfold Farm, and it's magical. I got it from a naturopath, and it has a cool totem pole and all these amazing plants, flowers. And so, I mean, all along, looking back, I just. Everything was lining up for me to take this path. [00:35:52] Speaker B: Okay. And this is like, I'm going to extend a little bit on that question, because spirit is, like, nudging me right now. So what that question also entitles is when you look at yourself, when you're seeing Christina in the mirror, what revitalizes her? Like, what is it now that you maybe didn't think of before? That makes you as a person feel replenished. [00:36:21] Speaker C: Oh, boy. [00:36:22] Speaker A: That's a good question. Because the healers need to take care of themselves too. Yep. [00:36:26] Speaker C: And that's really, really hard because it's really hard in life, and not just culture, but in life to make things about yourself. Right. Like so much we hear like you're self centered and you're selfish and whatnot. But I've learned that taking care of yourself is not selfish, it's centered self. [00:36:54] Speaker B: Exactly. [00:36:55] Speaker C: And until people realize that that's important and that. And if you don't do that, you're not going to be able to give to anybody else to be good at it. As far as looking in the mirror, you know, I've struggled with that forever. I mean, who doesn't? There's not a whole lot of people that look in the mirror and think. [00:37:14] Speaker A: Oh, but that's conditioning. They really train us not to think well of ourselves. [00:37:22] Speaker C: I mean, what replenishes me is just taking the time to be still resting, being in nature, being with my animals, being near water and my little grandson. [00:37:38] Speaker B: Oh, yes. [00:37:40] Speaker C: He's the love of my life. [00:37:41] Speaker B: How old is he? [00:37:42] Speaker C: Nine months. [00:37:43] Speaker A: He's a little. Yeah. [00:37:45] Speaker C: Yes. [00:37:46] Speaker B: He's really little. [00:37:47] Speaker C: Yes. [00:37:50] Speaker B: So let's see. [00:37:59] Speaker A: So I actually want to go back to. So Sonya encouraged you to embrace your gifts, expand on your gifts, and then you let some people know and they already picked up on it anyway. I guess that's the story I'm picking up on. Right. So. So your gesture of coming out of the closet was kind of like, yeah, we already. Well, that happened with you with stepping out, being gay. Some people told you. [00:38:34] Speaker B: Well, yeah, well, some people. Yeah. And those are the close people. [00:38:37] Speaker A: But like, that doesn't mean it's not easy, though, Even. Even though that you didn't know the audience was going to be that way. [00:38:44] Speaker C: Right, right. And you know, like, for me, I don't. I wouldn't be. I wouldn't consider myself someone who has a lot of friends. I just have a small group of friends who are very close because I'm very careful. [00:38:59] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:38:59] Speaker A: Yes. [00:39:01] Speaker C: And so I'm pretty transparent for the most part. I need to learn how to be better at discretion, but obviously not because here I am on a podcast coming out of the spiritual world. [00:39:13] Speaker A: Yes, I know. So this is. So if I'm hearing this right, your friends are figured out. So they were already very supportive and now there's a chance there might be some people hearing this for the first time about you because we actually used Your first and your last name going, what? And so how do you. Does that. Is that scary for you? [00:39:35] Speaker C: It is a little bit. But about, I don't know, maybe two to four months ago, I actually just said, I don't give a. [00:39:47] Speaker A: That's because you're ready to be totally authentic, aren't you? [00:39:50] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:39:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:39:51] Speaker C: Like, I don't. I don't care. Okay. And I'm sorry that I said that on your podcast. [00:39:56] Speaker B: Oh, no, we cuss all the time, too. [00:39:57] Speaker A: No, you cuss. I don't cuss. [00:40:00] Speaker C: That was the nicest version of what I have, how I feel about it, because if people have a problem with me trying to make things a little bit better by healing, then maybe I'm not the problem. They're the problem. [00:40:19] Speaker A: There you go. Oh, I think you just said something profound there. [00:40:23] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:24] Speaker A: Okay. So I think that's kind of exciting, though, that you have gotten to the point where you've developed a sense of who you really are, and you're not going to compromise yourself anymore. I am. [00:40:38] Speaker C: I am my mother's daughter. I am my grand. My grandmother's granddaughter, and I am my great grandmother's granddaughter. [00:40:46] Speaker A: Yes, you are. And you carry all that DNA. But also, the people listening in the audience, I'm sure they've had that experience, too, where all of a sudden, it's like, I just. I just. I have to be me. [00:40:57] Speaker B: Yep. [00:40:57] Speaker A: No matter what. [00:40:59] Speaker B: Yep. So, which actually, it's kind of funny, because these questions are really aligning with what we're talking about. So what has been the biggest lesson on your spiritual path? [00:41:09] Speaker C: I think for me, the biggest lesson is to just really listen. Like, I spent so much time denying so many things, thinking that I was crazy. And any one of my friends will tell you how many times I've said I thought I was crazy. I thought I was crazy, and. And really just you're gonna find your tribe. [00:41:40] Speaker B: Yes, you. [00:41:42] Speaker C: I wouldn't say I'd caution people to go out looking for tribes because you want them to happen organically, and they will in their time. But you're gonna be surprised at when the time comes, how people start showing up that are meant to align with you and where you're at. And one thing that I have learned is how irritated I get when people are not congruent. And I didn't understand it. I was like, why am I acting like this? Like, I get totally grumpy, and I don't want to be near certain people. Like, what is happening right now? [00:42:21] Speaker A: It's a disharmonic frequency. Just that simple. Your vibration doesn't work with their vibration anymore. [00:42:27] Speaker C: I wish I wasn't like that. Like I could, you know, for lack of a better word, like I could. I could soothe myself into where I needed to be, but I'm just not there yet, you know, Like I'm. I'm baby. I'm the baby that came out of the spiritual closet. [00:42:41] Speaker A: I think it's a good tool to have that discomfort. [00:42:44] Speaker B: Well, I've learned one thing that somebody taught me something that was really interesting. And I think it really applies to this that I practice on my own life. So you can have patience and you can have acceptance, and you can see people where they're at. The only thing you're not allowed to do is to lower your vibration for them because then it wouldn't be fair to you, because then it's affecting you. So as long as you can practice that, like practice compassion, practice patience, practice allowance of people to be on their journey, but do not go down with them on their frequency because they don't. [00:43:23] Speaker A: Think you can anyway. [00:43:24] Speaker B: Yeah, that's true. [00:43:25] Speaker A: I think once your frequency is raised, I mean, you. You can meet them part way as far as I have to change my vocabulary to talk to this person. But the vibration is going to. Once you've raised it, I don't think you can lower it, to be honest with you. And what typically happens is people naturally drift away from you over time. [00:43:46] Speaker B: Exactly. [00:43:47] Speaker A: And it's usually like no hard feelings at all. It's just like, oh, yeah, whatever happened to, you know, Steve? I haven't even thought about Steve for a long time, you know, And Steve hasn't thought about you either. That's just the way it works. [00:43:59] Speaker B: Yeah. Just fall apart. [00:44:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:44:02] Speaker B: Okay, this is a good question. If animals could teach humans one thing, what do you think that would be? [00:44:10] Speaker C: I would think that it's to just be yourself in your purest form. Because animals are so in the moment. They're so simple in the fact that they just see and feel what's right in front of them. [00:44:30] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:44:31] Speaker C: They don't dwell because they are in the moment. And I think also to just observe. They're constantly observing things. They're looking around, but they're not, you know, like, they're not like humans. Humans, we just, you know, you hear it all the time about being mindful, but really you see the picture that our mind is so full that we're drowning out everything. [00:45:00] Speaker B: That's true. That's so true. [00:45:02] Speaker C: And for animals, you know, their, their world Is simple. It's, you know, for some of. For domesticated pets. Most of them it's about their human. Unless you're a cat. A lot of times they're like, just feed me, give me my sushi. My sushi. [00:45:20] Speaker A: Yes. Mia has a sushi bowl. [00:45:22] Speaker C: So cute, by the way. I'd have to get one. And, and I enjoy it, really enjoy working with animals because they are so pure. [00:45:33] Speaker B: Yeah. One of the things that I just absolutely love that somebody put it in the thing and say, animals don't wear masks, humans do. And we supposed to be the bald ones. [00:45:45] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:45:46] Speaker B: But this one is great for this next question. What animals do you like working with and do you have a, have a specialty or a niche so far that you seem to work more with? [00:45:59] Speaker C: So I like them all. I mean, I have my client bases. I've got a ball python, cats, dogs, horses, of course, just all a variety. And I, you know, my gifts span to all animals. I have crows that I have crow friends and raven friends that constantly visiting me. [00:46:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:46:28] Speaker C: And so for me, I think my niche is that like, I'm multifaceted in the sense that I'm an animal intuitive and I can communicate. But because of my psychic abilities, I'm a, I do connect with the human as well. So a lot of times it's a, it's a three way conversation. It's me, it's the human and it's the animal. [00:46:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:46:56] Speaker C: And then the other part of that is that I'm able to do herbal consulting intuitively and I know quite a bit about plant medicine. But that's been something that's definitely been amazing and it's lovely and I'm learning a lot. But these are things that are coming through when, when I do these consults with people and just learning how incredible plant medicine is for everybody. [00:47:29] Speaker A: Well, that's what they're trying to mimic with chemicals anyway. [00:47:33] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:47:34] Speaker A: Plant medicine makes me wonder when you're talking how many lives you've had as a healer and working with plants, working with animals, I mean, it's obviously something that comes from your soul. I find this quite intriguing. [00:47:47] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:47:50] Speaker B: The one, the other question that I wanted to touch because this one's kind of a big question. And of course, as we say to all guests, like, feel free to. You don't have to go as personal. You can just say like what you feel comfortable with. But do you feel fully accepted for who you are? What has been your biggest challenges with your personal relationships on opening up about being an animal Communicator or just on your gifts in general? [00:48:16] Speaker C: I think for me, you know, I think my family's gonna be okay. Of course, there's things that I can't hide. Yeah. And so I think my kids know that I've never been normal. I think my spouse also recognizes that. And so I just don't really hide, you know, that part of me because I have a business where I require space to do distance because I'm out in the field with different animals and things like that. They actually are supportive. And I'm grateful for that because I. I get that it's difficult. [00:49:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:03] Speaker C: For them to embrace that their mom is like a doctor. [00:49:06] Speaker B: Do. [00:49:06] Speaker C: Do little. Right. And they're not going to take you. [00:49:10] Speaker A: To career day at school. [00:49:12] Speaker B: Not with that. [00:49:14] Speaker C: Probably not. I do recognize in my children, though, that they are. They have some intuitive side. [00:49:22] Speaker A: I'm not surprised when. [00:49:24] Speaker C: And so, you know. But I'm going to leave that to them to discover should they want to. Because everybody's on their own. They're on their own path in their own time. [00:49:36] Speaker A: Exactly. [00:49:38] Speaker C: And if that. It's their choice if they choose to pursue that. [00:49:45] Speaker B: This one's a cute one. What had been the most touching experience you have encountered while being an animal communicator? [00:49:53] Speaker C: I'd have to say, for me, it's when I have an animal client who shows me how much love they have for their human. Like, it is just very touching. [00:50:14] Speaker A: Is there an example that comes to mind? [00:50:16] Speaker C: Yes, I have. I have a horse client, and he literally. So being an animal communicator, I just. I don't just see, I feel so they can share pain with me. And I feel it. I can smell things, I can taste things, and I can feel what they feel. So when this horse who is struggling sees his human, the amount of love that he feels for her and just seeing her and the feelings that he gave me was just. I've never felt anything really like that other than that experience when I was just a very little kid. And that, to me, is just so touching because, you know, you think about dogs in that way. Not so much horses. [00:50:59] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:51:00] Speaker A: But the horse knew who nursed the horse. [00:51:04] Speaker C: And he loves. He loves his human. He. She brings him so much joy. [00:51:12] Speaker A: Must be beautiful to tap into it is beautiful. [00:51:15] Speaker B: I would think. So what do your gifts mean to you? And what advice could you give to someone about accepting themselves and their gifts? [00:51:27] Speaker C: Well, I've kind of always said that I'm a vessel. These gifts are not mine. They didn't come from me, they've been passed down. And so, you know, I'm. To use them for. For good and to be able to maybe pass them down the line to my kids and grandkids. As far as what I want to say to somebody who has these gifts is to really sit with them and explore the options and don't be afraid to try them, to try to see. Because the world needs more healing. [00:52:02] Speaker B: Yes, it certainly does. [00:52:04] Speaker C: And this path could also help people who are struggling to heal from their own. Whatever they're carrying, whatever traumas, whatever hurt, whatever they're carrying, this could benefit. I mean, it's. It's multi. It's so many folds. [00:52:20] Speaker B: Right. [00:52:20] Speaker C: Like, more than twofold. It could just keep going. [00:52:24] Speaker B: I also have heard this term that. And I just wanted to see how it resonates with you. But as. As you heal, I heal. Like, when you hear that, what is that? What does that say to you? I guess. [00:52:41] Speaker C: For me, that actually says, like, when you heal, I heal. So when a person is broken, like what I was talking about, when healing and they start to heal, then they can put that into motion to help others. And the people around them will feel the effects. [00:52:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:52:59] Speaker C: Because that. That will extend into their immediate environment, into all the people that they come in contact with and beyond. [00:53:05] Speaker A: It's for the whole collective. [00:53:06] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:53:07] Speaker A: The more we work on ourselves, you know, especially like a lot of our listeners, working on your emotional traumas and doing the forgiveness work, you know, that's. That's huge for you personally, but you are absolutely helping the whole vibration of the human race. [00:53:24] Speaker B: And as you're healing, you're also healing seven ancestries back and forth. So that's amazing. [00:53:30] Speaker C: I love it. [00:53:33] Speaker B: Well, I love the fact that we were. Thank you for allowing us to just kind of go a little bit deeper than just what meets the eye. And I think that this is a great opportunity for people to get to know you, to know what you're about. And it's interesting because once upon a time, I dwell so much on what am I here to do and everything. And I'll put, for example, the hairstylist thing. Right. So I'm really definitely, like, stepping out of it. But when I started, there was so much pressure because everyone was so focused on who's the best. And in my head, if I didn't make somebody happy, I felt like, oh, I'm not the best. But in reality, what I understand now is I wasn't really aligned to work at that person because there's so many, like, for example, there could be thousands of like people that are gifted and they can communicate with animals and stuff, but there's only one of you. And that's your essence is something that they cannot recreate and it's something that people can come to. And that's what I've learned now. But I did have quite a bit of, I guess situations where I felt like I, I was so hard on myself because of it, because I couldn't relate about anything else. And then of course, like when you come to someone that's a hairstylist that I, which I did something a lot of them put this front up of like, oh, I don't let that affect me. But I'm like, well, how can you not? Like this is kind of the business where the exterior is so important. And that's why I'm also stepping out, because I just felt like I wasn't resonating anymore. Do you see yourself in the future stepping out of your 3D job to kind of step into more of your full intuitive side or how do you see yourself? If you could see yourself, let's see, your future is already like, you're the happiest you could possibly be. Where do you see yourself? [00:55:33] Speaker C: Oh, I'd absolutely love to, to, to really make a career out of this. [00:55:39] Speaker B: Awesome. [00:55:39] Speaker C: That would, that's, that would be the goal. [00:55:42] Speaker A: Well, you're boldly stepping into the future. I mean, I, I think it's amazing that someone who's a self proclaimed introvert and a Pisces who feels so deeply. [00:55:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:55:55] Speaker A: Has the fortitude to come out on our, on our show. [00:56:00] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:56:00] Speaker A: And say, I, this is who I am now. And yes, you're going to have people who understand where you're coming from on this particular format, but still, that's a big step. Look, I've got goosebumps saying this. I'm so proud of you. [00:56:14] Speaker B: Yes. [00:56:15] Speaker A: I'm so proud of you. Because that is not easy for someone who likes to, likes to be more reserved. So I just want to give you credit on that. [00:56:25] Speaker C: It is very, very, very scary for me. But it is a big change out of my comfort zone and I have been through many fires. So it's time to rise. [00:56:37] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:56:37] Speaker A: Phoenix. We love that Phoenix fire. [00:56:40] Speaker B: You love that Phoenix fire. I think it's so interesting because we all get so caught up with the labels of introvert and extrovert. Right. And one of my friends that's very healed that she calls herself an introvert. She says, before I did my spiritual awakening, I saw myself as an introvert. Now I see myself as. I'm an introvert only when I'm around people that are not deserving of my energy and they're not aligned with me because as long as they're aligned with my frequency, I can talk to anyone. But if they're totally off, that's also a sign of you. You can't make everybody happy. You can't be everyone's favorite, but you can definitely be yourself. And you can stand on your own light, and you can be the light that beams to others that really desperately need that light. It's. Well, so. But thank you so much for coming. I. I'm so happy that you, like, when I invited you, you, like, automatically said yes. And it's so funny because it was like you jumped ship and then you were like, I don't know what to say. And I think you did amazing. I think that the beauty of our podcast is we just want to be ourselves, and that's what you came here to do. And thank you so much for coming. [00:57:51] Speaker A: Yeah. And I think you're going to inspire some people who are listening. I really do. [00:57:55] Speaker B: And thank you for listening. And please share with any of your friends that you have. [00:57:59] Speaker A: Thank you. We'll see you in a week, I guess. [00:58:02] Speaker B: Yep. Thank you. Bye. And if you would like to get a hold of Christina Guajardo as an animal communicator, how do we reach you? [00:58:12] Speaker C: So you would reach me on Facebook at Fauna Friend Animal Communication and Healing. I'm also on Instagram that way. Or you can email me at fauna friend ac gmail.com and then I have a sister business, Florabundance Pacific Northwest herbal Consulting. [00:58:34] Speaker B: Awesome. [00:58:35] Speaker A: Nice. And F A U N A. That's how you spell Fauna Friends. Bye.