29/05/2026
Life In a Year….. since my world changed…..
Nearly a year ago, life quietly shifted.
Not all at once.
Not dramatically.
Just enough that I knew the version of me I had been could no longer continue in the same way.
Last year challenged me in ways I never expected. There were moments of uncertainty, loss of confidence, exhaustion, and honestly… moments where I questioned whether I was moving backwards instead of forwards.
Coming home from Europe was harder than I anticipated. I think people often assume returning home means everything simply “slots back into place,” but for me it didn’t. Finding work again was incredibly difficult. Rebuilding financially, emotionally, and professionally tested me more than I let on publicly.
There were many moments where I felt caught between worlds — the corporate and the creative, logic and intuition, who I was and who I was becoming.
Most people know me through insurance and advisory work, and that world has remained a huge part of my life. It’s taught me resilience, people skills, empathy, problem solving, and how to stand beside people during vulnerable moments in their lives. I’m genuinely grateful for the opportunities and relationships it has given me.
But what many people didn’t know is that for years behind the scenes, I had also been deeply studying numerology, astrology, spiritual psychology, and human behaviour — not as a trend or phase, but as a genuine passion and lifelong interest. Something that started as curiosity slowly became understanding, then purpose.
Over the last year, that quieter side of me slowly stopped asking for permission to exist.
Somewhere between the uncertainty, the rebuilding, the late nights, the setbacks, and the strange synchronistic timing of life… Anam Cara began taking shape.
What started as ideas scribbled in notebooks and voice notes slowly became consultations, charts, readings, client conversations, business concepts, branding, website plans, collaborations, and a completely new vision for my future.
At the same time, I found myself doing contract work alongside the incredible team at StarMatch — an industry startup that allowed me to continue learning, creating, and expanding my understanding of how numbers, personality, cycles, and purpose intersect in real life.
And honestly? This last year has humbled me.
There’s something incredibly confronting about starting again when people think you already have yourself figured out. About rebuilding quietly while still trying to show up every day with grace. About holding faith when the outcome isn’t guaranteed.
But if this year taught me anything, it’s that growth rarely arrives looking polished.
Sometimes growth looks like uncertainty.
Sometimes it looks like endings.
Sometimes it looks like sitting in complete confusion while your old life falls away before the new one has fully formed.
I’ve learned that healing isn’t linear. Reinvention isn’t glamorous. And purpose often whispers long before it roars.
The strange thing is… when I look back now, I can see there was meaning in all of it. Every delay. Every redirection. Every person. Every uncomfortable chapter. Even the moments I thought were failures were actually pushing me toward greater alignment.
This year I’ve learned to trust myself again.
To stop shrinking parts of who I am just because they don’t fit neatly into a box.
To honour both the practical and spiritual sides of myself.
To embrace that intuition and intelligence can coexist.
That empathy is strength.
That purpose evolves.
And maybe most importantly… I’ve learned that it’s okay to become someone entirely different from who you were a year ago.
To everyone who supported me quietly this year — checked in on me, backed my ideas, listened to me ramble about numbers and planetary alignments, encouraged my business ideas, collaborated with me, believed in me when I struggled to believe in myself — thank you. You probably realise more than you know.
I still don’t have everything figured out.
But for the first time in a long time, I feel aligned with where I’m heading instead of attached to where I thought I “should” be.
The last year changed me.
Not into someone new…
but into someone more honest.
I think that’s the beginning of something really beautiful.
On my journey ‘Anam Cara’ soul friends thank you
Rosanna
