Burnout to Intuition: Catherine Crestani on Spiritual Awakening, Technology, and Trusting Signs

Catherine Crestani, former speech pathologist and founder of Willow Healing, shares how she moved from high-achieving people-pleasing and chronic burnout into spiritual coaching, channeling, and writing.

She describes masking an unhappy personal life through work, running a demanding autism-heavy caseload and a six-figure clinic, then a rapid spiritual awakening sparked by a mentor and a “dark night” as her business unraveled through waves of staff resignations before she sold it. Catherine began writing daily, completing a 90,000-word novel, “My Virtual Obsession,” exploring loneliness, virtual intimacy, obsession, and ignoring red flags.

The conversation examines technology and AI as tools versus power-replacement ...