Many of us have been taught that we must choose one or the other, but Jax’s story is a powerful reminder that true healing comes from a unified heart. In this episode, she explores the beautiful intersection of faith and spirituality, sharing what it looks like to trust, surrender, and keep moving forward by walking with both.

Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1771834/episodes/18389516

Quick Highlights: What You’ll Learn from Jax’s Journey

• The “And” Philosophy: Why you don’t have to choose between traditional faith and modern spirituality—and how they complement each other.
• Trusting the “Knowing”: Recognizing the quiet inner voice (intuition) that often warns or guides us before major life shifts occur.
• Healing Through Trauma: How Jax managed her husband’s 30-foot fall by blending medical treatment with Reiki, mindset, and intentional energy work.
• The Power of Language: Why changing your internal narrative from “I am broken” to “I am healing” is a crucial step in physical and emotional recovery.

A Journey of Intuition and Sudden Change

Jax’s story isn’t just about one moment. It’s about a lifetime of learning to trust what she felt, even when she couldn’t explain it.

She grew up with a quiet awareness, a voice, and a feeling that something was guiding her.

Like many people, she didn’t always have the words for it. And like many of us, there were times when it would have been easier to ignore it… to push it aside… to tell herself it wasn’t real.

But it never really left.

As she grew older, that inner knowing became something she could no longer ignore. It showed up in her decisions, in feelings she couldn’t shake, and in moments when she just knew what to do, even if it didn’t seem logical.

And one of those moments changed everything.

She felt a strong urge to sell her home, leave New Jersey, and start fresh. There was no detailed plan. Nothing was certain. So she asked for one more sign to confirm her decision, and she received it!

She listened, trusted, and went.

But as so many of us learn… trusting doesn’t mean easy.

Not long after starting anew, her husband fell about 30 feet while working. In an instant, everything changed. Life became about hospital visits, uncertainty, and a new role she wasn’t ready for: caregiver, provider, and the steady one holding everything together.

And what makes her story even more powerful is this:

Earlier that day, she had attended a Reiki session where the practitioner told her something that had never happened before: they couldn’t ground her energy.

At the time, it didn’t completely make sense.

Looking back, it felt like her body already knew.

The “Knowing”: Trusting Your Inner Voice

There’s something Jax talks about that many people have experienced… but don’t always say out loud.

The knowing.

That gentle voice.
That sensation in your stomach.
That moment when something inside tells you, pay attention.

For Jax, it started in childhood.

She could sense, feel, and know things before they happened.

And while not everyone would describe it the same way, most people have had moments like this:

• A feeling about someone you couldn’t explain
• A decision that didn’t make sense on paper but felt right
• A moment when something told you to pause…or to go.

But here’s what happens to many of us: we question it.

We talk ourselves out of it.
We wait for proof.
We push it aside because it doesn’t fit into what we’ve been taught to trust.

Jax didn’t ignore it.

Even when it didn’t make sense.
Even when it required her to leave everything familiar.
Even when it led her into the unknown.

She listened.

And her decision to trust her feelings became a turning point in her life.

Breaking the “Either/Or” Binary

For a long time, conversations around faith and spirituality have felt divided.

You’re told to choose.

Faith or intuition.
Religion or spiritual gifts.
God or something more difficult to explain.

Jax’s story challenges that completely.

She grew up in a Jewish household.
Her husband comes from a different belief system.
Together, they built a life that didn’t require one to replace the other but allowed both to coexist.

And through her own journey, she had to wrestle with something deeply personal:

How do you honor your faith while also embracing the gifts you know you’ve been given?

What she discovered wasn’t conflict.

It was balanced.

It was understood that:

• Faith can ground you
• Spiritual awareness can guide you
• Intuition can support you

And all of it can coexist

As she says so simply, but so powerfully:

It’s not an “or.” It’s an “and.”

What Life Looks Like When It Tests What You Believe

It’s one thing to talk about faith and spirituality.

Living it is another matter, especially when life changes in a split second.

For Jax, that moment came when her husband fell nearly 30 feet while working.

One second, everything was normal.
The next, she was navigating hospitals, uncertainty, and a totally new reality.

She became the caregiver, the provider, and the steady presence holding everything together for her family.

And this is where her story transforms from mere belief into practice.

Because she didn’t rely on just one thing.

She leaned on both.

Her faith anchored her.
Her intuition led her.
Her spiritual practices strengthened her healing journey.

She practiced Reiki.
She paid attention to her energy.
She focused on the words spoken in her home.
She became intentional about her mindset, environment, and emotional stability.

Not as a substitute for medical care but in addition to it.

She understood something powerful:

Healing isn’t always one path.

It can be:

• Physical and emotional
• Medical and spiritual
• Structured and intuitive

At the same time.

And in one of the most powerful parts of her story, she shares something that still makes her pause.

Earlier that same day, before the accident, she had a Reiki session where the practitioner told her they couldn’t ground her energy… something they had never experienced before.

At the time, it didn’t fully make sense.

But later, it felt like her body already knew something was coming.

Practical Healing: Mindset and Energy Shielding

One of the strongest themes in this conversation is the link between what we carry… and how it resides within us.

The thoughts we repeat.
The words we speak.
The emotions we suppress.

They don’t just disappear.

They settle into the body.
They arrive with tension, pain, and exhaustion.
They wait for a place to go.

And sometimes, healing begins in the simplest but hardest place:

Telling the truth.

Not driven by blame.
Not fueled by anger.
But from a place of letting go.

Jax approaches this in a way that feels both practical and liberating—you don’t always have to relive every detail of the past to heal from it. But you do need to let it go.

Through words.
Through awareness.
By choosing not to hold it in.

Because what you say… shapes how you feel.

And what you repeat… becomes what your mind believes.

That’s where mindset and manifestation begin to matter:

• Moving from “I’m broken” to “I am healing”
• Shifting from fear to trust
• Replacing constant stress with intentional thought

Not in a way that ignores reality but in a way that supports it.

Healing isn’t about pretending everything is okay.
It’s about choosing what you let take root inside of you.

And just as important as what you release is what you allow in.

Jax provides a straightforward yet impactful way to consider shielding your energy.

Imagining boundaries.
Being mindful of who and what has access to you.
Allowing in what supports you.
Keeping out what doesn’t.

Because healing isn’t only about letting go.

It’s also about learning how to safeguard what you’re creating.

You Don’t Have to Choose

If there’s one thing this conversation leaves you with, it’s this:

You don’t need to choose between faith and spirituality.
You don’t have to silence your intuition to maintain your beliefs.
You don’t have to restrict your healing to just one definition.

You are permitted to trust God…
and rely on the knowing inside you.

You are free to heal in ways that feel right to you.
You are free to grow, let go, and start fresh.

And maybe, like Jax’s story shows us

The whisper you’ve been feeling isn’t something to question.

It’s something to listen to.

Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1771834/episodes/18389516