If you told us four years ago, when we first met, that we’d be starting a podcast together, we wouldn’t have believed you.
Well here we are.
We first met and instantly clicked. It was laughter, lightness and had a similar (yet questionable) parenting style. Our kids were equally bonkers and equally obsessed with each other. It felt easy. It was fun. One of those friendships that gives energy and doesn’t take it. We’d ping pong between cracking edgy jokes and updating each other on our latest spiritual rabbit hole. To be able to feel like you can unapologetic be yourself around someone is a gift and we had found that. But in 2023 things got real, real quick.
As you’ll learn on the podcast, in April 2023, my five year old son was diagnosed with leukemia. It was a complete shock and something that turned my family’s world upside down. We relied heavily on so many people’s support and were fortunate to have hundreds of people praying for our son’s complete healing and recovery. Rach was no different.
She would pray, meditate and visualize perfect outcomes for our family every single day. She would text me every night before her meditations and would text me immediately after to share the uplifting visions or messages she’d receive while praying for my son’s healing. Oddly enough, two days after my son was diagnosed and was in the ICU, I got a selfie from Rach. Their family was spending the night at the same Children’s hospital because her daughter fell and broke her arm and needed surgery. Although no one was celebrating a broken arm, I unexpectedly got to hug my friend and her beautiful family in the lobby of Children’s during one of the hardest times of my life. The universe is funny like that.
I realize in hindsight that her intuitive way of supporting me through one of the hardest hours, days, weeks, months, years of my life is from her own trauma. She can only sense and recognize real pain because she’s experienced so much of it herself. Rachael has had a unique and devastating amount of loss in her life. She lost her father in a car accident at 10. She lost her sister in law to suicide and her brother to an overdose. Deep, deep losses all steeped in complicated circumstances. I don’t know anyone who has experienced anything like this and yet radiates joy and positivity quite like Rach.
As anyone who knows me will tell you, my recent passion (obsession?) is astrology. Rach willingly and eagerly listens to whatever new discovery I’ve found, also believing God helped us write our destiny in the stars. In astrology, your north node placement helps you better understand your life purpose.
Rach’s north node is in the 8th house in Cancer. The 8th house is the house of death, rebirth, and transformation. Her purpose in this life is to evolve through emotional vulnerability and deep transformations. Her true power lies in her complete authenticity. When you hear Rach on the podcast, you will know as much as I do that she’s stepping into her purpose. As a holistic wellness coach who also casually does live TV, she has found a way to bravely and genuinely connect with people in a way that feels so familiar and disarming.
As for me, welp I’m about as Gemini as you can get - about half my chart resides in this sign. My north node is in Gemini in the 9th house. My north node placement means that I am being called to seek and explore ideas, philosophy, spirituality, and truth and share what I learn with others through writing and speaking. You can’t make this stuff up. Although I wish I could take my sons leukemia diagnosis away from him, I’m forever grateful that he woke me up and reminded me of who I really am and what I’m truly supposed to do in this life. I’m forever grateful.
We joke that my air fuels Rach’s fire, but it’s true. Collaborating on this podcast is a dream come true for us. We are researching, creating, teaming, and both stepping into our true purpose. Oh and did I mention we are laughing the entire time? We are healing ourselves and each other on this journey and both feel deeply that we want to help others laugh and heal too. The universe has a crazy way of taking something painful, horrible and traumatic and making something beautiful and joyful out of it. I’m forever thankful for where we are and can already see how our paths, no matter how treacherous, lead us here.
Looking back you could almost say our airy friendship was forged in fire.
Lots of love.
Jais
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