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Taryn Celeste - Medium & Clairvoyant, Cambridge (2025)

01/08/2025

This photo?
It was taken the day that I moved out of my marriage. If you are considering that, here are some thoughts to help you.

This is me and the kids, sitting on the fence outside our new home - absolutely apprehensive, but relieved.

I didn’t have a road map.
Just a gut feeling that said enough.

If I can do that at this age, on my own - the kids were one and three, I was 29 with limited money and a million unknowns - then so can you.

Here’s some questions you can ask yourself.
This may not apply to everyone, so I’m just speaking from the questions that I’ve asked myself:

– Do you want your kids growing up thinking dysfunction is normal?
– Do you want them repeating the cycles that they saw or experienced?
– Do you want this to be your story? Or even theirs? Or even your grandkids?
– Are you doing the therapy work - either together or separately? Or is it only one-sided?
– Is every conversation that you’re having around personal development to better the relationship only coming from you?
– Are they shutting down?
– Are they avoiding?
– Are they going around in circles and not being committed to making a difference?
– Are they shutting you out? Speaking ill to you and behind your back?
– Are they not looking at themselves in the mirror as to why things are the way that they are?

I’ve been a really ugly version of myself at times with the kids’ dad — yelling, screaming, slamming doors, you name it. I’m not proud of it, but I’ve been actively working on healing that part of me. A lot of it stems from what I learned growing up, some reactive to how I was being treated but not all of it - some of it was mine to own, too.

At the end of the day, the partnership - or the relationship, however you choose to say it - is two people working together and if you are doing the heavy carrying or the heavy weight-lifting of the relationship to try and always rescue it from crisis mode, I can tell you: it’s not your fault when things start crumbling.

You’re not responsible for how another person responds to you and if they’re making you feel like you’re too much, you’re always stressed, and not looking at what they’re doing to contribute to your reactions - again, ask yourself:

- Do you want your kids growing up thinking dysfunction is normal and disrespect is normal?

Because even if you are being disrespectful towards the other person, the kids are still learning your behaviour as well.

I get that sometimes you might want to avoid the court system.
It can be extremely rough - but sometimes it is necessary.

I know it doesn’t apply to everyone, and it doesn’t always benefit everyone. However:

I’ve lived through my parents’ divorce.
I’ve been a stepmum in the middle of a custody battle.
I’ve seen how much it impacts the kids when the grown-ups stay in chaos too long.

And sometimes, it does become the reasoning for protection.
It’s also a way that some people can instil boundaries, especially if the other person will visit the GP and listen to what they’ve said, but you could be on repeat for months and years about the same thing for them to ignore you but all it takes is someone of authority to speak to them - for it to click in and make sense. (The mind f**kery - I know LOL)

If you’re in that “what now?” moment - of considering what your path forward looks like:
Especially if you’ve let go of income to be the stay-at-home mum,
Especially if you’ve relied on your husband’s financial support,
This might feel like the MOST impossible move of your life.

I’ve seen some of my friends choose to not tackle this because they either don’t have the savings, or they decide, “No, I’ll wait until [insert time or milestone here].”

The thing is - time could carry on with the same abuse for years.

So what you can do is:

– Reach out to a budget advisor
– Talk to Work and Income
– Contact Women’s Refuge
– Reach out to Citizens Advice Bureau and find out if you can get some legal aid or some assistance in terms of what your options are moving forward
– Or just sit down with a grounded friend over a glass of wine and map out a plan. Even if they’ve never walked your path - it’s about putting your mind at ease and putting everything on the table.

No one is going to make this decision for you.
You have to decide when you’re done - and you have to trust in that decision.

There are times where you will be in disbelief.
You will grieve:
- the relationship that you thought you were going to have.
- The family that you thought you were going to have.
- The moments when the kids go to their dad’s for the first time and your house is quiet
And you will sit there going, holy s**t, this is way more confronting than you thought it was going to be.

And then that space - that quiet - that actually grows into a space of feeling actually quite happy, having some time out.

You will get there.

The one thing I want you to say to yourself is:

You are not ruining your kids.
You are not tearing the family apart.
You are not messing everything up.
And you are not fu**ed in the head for making this choice.

What you are doing is:

– You’re breaking cycles and generational trauma
– You’re doing the healing so your kids don’t have to carry it later
– And then they won’t pass that down to their grandkids

The photo will always remind me:
We left the familiar behind - and we’re doing OK.
And you can do that too.

30/07/2025

They are always watching.
My daughter said, “Mum, can you stop swearing?”

Instead of saying, “That’s just how I am,” or ignore it - I stopped.
I centred myself and said "Sorry, okay, I will practise that".
Because what they’re really doing is learning how to respond when we give them feedback. Especially as teenagers. We have to be the example - not just the voice that tells them how to behave.

And the same goes for staying in a toxic relationship for the sake of the kids. They are watching that too.
They see every time you put your needs last.
They see how often you enable someone else’s behaviour just to keep the peace.
They see the bitterness.
The disconnection.
They see you losing your identity outside of being a mum, a wife, a partner, or a friend.

If you can't sit in the quiet and ask yourself whether you're showing up as your true, authentic self - in a way that feels beautiful to you - how can you expect your kids to do the same?

Joy is expansive. It opens your energy to receiving.

What you focus on expands.

If all you focus on is life being hard (government s**t), expensive (living crisis), overwhelming (work/health/family things) - that’s all you’ll see more of.

But if you begin to act as if, “My life is fun, I am celebrated, I am loved, I am appreciated,” and you start giving that to yourself and others — that’s what you’ll get more of too.

If you’re sitting here asking, “Why does no one reach out? Why does no one want to spend time with me?” — ask how you’re showing up. Are you asking people to do fun things? If not, why not? And if they keep saying no, maybe it’s time to reflect on whether that relationship still aligns.

I watched my mum lose her connection to herself. She became a stay-at-home wife and lost her career, her friends, her hobbies, and her spark. She can be resentful - especially when I say I’m putting my kids first - because she knows what it’s like to rely on them as your only reason to get out of bed, rather than having a life outside of them to look forward to.

But I think deep down, she wishes she had what I’ve created. Balance. Single life, freedom of not having to put her heart second to the kids and the man.

I’ve been a single mum for eight years.

And I know: my kids are watching.

And I want to be an example of what choosing balance really looks like.

29/07/2025

They will be okay.

If you are asking, "how can I leave, and will they be okay"
- I can assure you, they will be okay.

Over the years, I’ve watched many friends stay in relationships that are violent, unsafe, emotionally draining, or just downright heavy. They put their emotional needs last, and try to imagine how the other adult might parent the kids without them - and that thought alone keeps them stuck. They convince themselves it’s better for the kids if they stay. Especially if they are financially dependent on their other half during the younger years, they normally have no financial backings, so tend to suggest "I'll just wait until I've saved enough to leave" for example.

But I want to ask you something.
If one day your kids are adults and they ask you, “Why did you stay?”
And you say, “To keep you safe. To make sure you were happy.”
What if they respond, “Hang on… how come our happiness was more important than yours?”

Would they carry the weight of your suffering and see themselves as the reason? Would they blame themselves that you couldn't breathe and be free?

You can suffer through it, try to detach emotionally, or stay stuck - but what is that teaching your children?

In most cases, when two people cannot work on themselves enough to support a relationship that is loving, kind, protective, and respectful, the children will ultimately learn to suppress their needs, to stay silent, and to accept that love has to hurt or they become hypervigilant, sensitive and observant to people's energy (hello dis-ease/sicknesses too).

So… are you really saving them?
Or are you showing them that love looks like self-sacrifice and silence?

I left when my kids were one and three.
I’ve been a single parent for eight years. And emotionally? I’d already left long before that.

When my son was born, I had two postnatal nurses sit on my couch and say - very carefully, very hesitantly - “You don’t have postnatal depression. What you have is a narcissistic husband and a mother-in-law who enables his behaviour.”
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They told me they weren’t supposed to say that kind of thing - professionally, it crossed major boundaries - but both of them had felt so uncomfortable around him they needed to tell me. He was emotionally unavailable, and they could see what I was going through, without really saying anything.

It took me almost a year to make the move.
But it came down to one question:
If nothing changes, how long am I willing to put up with this as it currently stands?

And when I did leave, my family didn’t support my decision - in fact, they made me feel like I was making the biggest mistake of my life. To this day, those relationships remain broken for many reasons.

But I still left.
And if I can do it - alone, unsupported - you can too.

It’s not impossible.
It’s not selfish.
It’s actually one of the most loving things you can do for your children - to model safety, strength, and self-respect.

Because here’s the truth I’ve learned through healing:
Abuse wrapped in love is not love.

So ask yourself honestly:
Where are you accepting that?
And what are you teaching your children by accepting it?

25/07/2025

✨ Weekend Oracle Readings – Intuitive guidance where it counts ✨

This weekend I’ve got space (and no kids 👏) – so I’m opening up online card readings for those who want to shift something stuck, get clarity, or just reconnect with their deeper knowing.

🔮 I’ll pull three or four cards and offer intuitive, practical insight on what’s showing up - whether it’s an emotional block, life change, or something unspoken you’re holding.

✨ Mini Reading – $44
A powerful 3–4 card pull with a voice note or written download. Delivered within 24 hours.

✨ Full 35-minute Session – $85
Online via video call (Google Meet). Space to go deep and clear what’s been sitting heavy.
(Weekend-only special – normally $125)

🕯️ Saturday available times (NZT):
• 11:00am
• 11:45am
• 12:30pm
🌿 Break
• 2:00pm
• 2:45pm
• 3:30pm

Mini readings are available any time across the weekend - these are perfect if you’re not ready to chat live but still want something insightful, heartfelt and energetically aligned.

DM me to claim your spot. First in, first booked. Payments via bank transfer

16/07/2025

Sometimes healing is loud and sometimes it’s quiet.

Sometimes the one thing we resist, is the biggest thing that persists.

Are you noticing how your body responds to certain conversations and instances? Does it shut down, does it race with adrenaline, or does it fill with joy and excitement?

That is your clue as to what needs healing, and what needs leaning into.

13/07/2025

How’s that full moon energy going for everyone? Olivia’s shining a light on how I feel on the inside 🤣🥴

13/07/2025

Last day of school holidays, which means from tomorrow all readings are open again 🌸👏

Can’t wait to spend time with you all!
Have you booked in yet? If not, flick me a message ✨

04/07/2025

ROLL CALL 👏👌🏼✨
Tauranga / Mt Maunganui / Papamoa crew - who is keen to get an in person reading?
I’m looking at coming to an expo and maybe even renting a space for a few days if there is enough interest 👀

Pop in the comments or flick me a message if you are keen 💕

03/07/2025

How’s everyone surviving the school holidays? What’s your rainy day activity?

26/06/2025

Are you listening to yourself?

"Oh it will be okay, I will just wait until etc"
"They are just going through some stuff"
"They have had a bad upbringing"
"They don't have anyone"
"I really love them, but they..."

Life is not meant to feel like a hot pursuit of making everyone else feel better because they had it worse or because you feel like if you just show them who you are (with more time/intention/support) then they may show up for you differently.

The hard truth... they won't.

I'm talking about the ones that have no self-integrity to go to therapy, or consider how their actions impact you, or don't even hold space for you to express your feelings in a way that means you can have a deeper relationship/friendship. They lack accountability. They avoid you. They avoid any conversations that are healing or mutually supportive and encouraging. They just avoid the very connection you are seeking.

You are best to walk away, give all that energy back to yourself, and use that intention to build the life that you want.

It will be quiet at first. You will grieve the parts of you that existed with them around, but you will eventually not really react anymore; you will instead build a strong muscle that creates space for you to recognise your own worth.

Time to find your power and find the people who love openly and equally, without you begging for them to show up differently.

Time for you to chase those dreams of yours 😘

25/06/2025

✨ Sometimes it’s not you - it’s your inner child in the driver’s seat.

If you grew up in a home where discipline meant silence, isolation, or being sent to your room “to think about what you’ve done” - instead of open-hearted conversations - your adult self is probably exhausted.

I realised recently that I’ve been doing exactly this.

When things get overwhelming, my inner child panics. She spends impulsively, seeks comfort, avoids routine, or tries to protect my children from experiencing the same kind of emotional pain.

For example: she grew up without her dad truly showing up. So now, she overcompensates, hoping to shield her kids from that same absence.
But through therapy and healing, my adult self is starting to speak louder:
“Let him be who he is — not who you wish he’d be — so they can learn who they are, even if it means they’ll be disappointed.”
That’s not abandonment. That’s reality. That’s love — with boundaries in place to protect their emotional and physical safety.

When our adult self constantly has to clean up the mess, it’s draining — but it’s also healing. Because we’re finally showing up for ourselves the way we needed growing up.

Here’s something that helps:
✨ Print out/Grab a photo of you as a child
✨ Put it somewhere visible, like on the fridge (out of the sun to avoid fading).
✨ Speak to it every day:
"It’s okay now. You’re safe. I’ve got you. But I’m the adult now, and I need to make the choices. I love you, and I’m proud of you for getting us here.” Be the voice you needed at that time of your life.

If you want to go deeper, move the photo to a desk/window frame and place a crystal on top of it and ask your guides to send healing to that version of you from the energy of the crystal. Forget about it. One day, you’ll stumble across it and realise how far you’ve come. If you want to go one level deeper, you can grab a random crystal from a store that you are drawn to (without reading the meaning), and pop the meaning underneath the photo. Then read it when the healing is done, and you will be surprised to learn how relative it is.

You’re not broken. You’re just learning how to reparent yourself.

But here’s the truth:
You can’t grow into the person you want to become by babysitting the inner child who doesn’t want to change.
If your friendships, finances, career, or life feel like a mess - chances are, they’re having a bit of a wobbly about it and that’s okay but it’s time to quit letting them drive the car.

It’s your turn to take the wheel. Comfort them into trusting that you’re stronger now. That you’re committed to a plan. And yes - they’ll still get to sing loudly from the back seat and choose the snack sometimes (even if it gives you the IBS squires), but they’re no longer in charge of the destination.

Maybe even put an adult photo of yourself up next to your inner child - just so you remember who’s boss 🤣

Photo source: unknown - I don't own the rights but it encapsulates this post well lol

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