From Dream to Calling: Building a Spiritual Business
What does it really take to build a spiritual business?
In this deeply personal episode of Spiritual Sanctuary: Wisdom for the Divine Feminine, Bertena shares the real story behind her journey into spiritual entrepreneurship — a path that began as a dream, stopped and restarted multiple times, and eventually grew into a thriving spiritual practice.
This episode is not a “perfect success story.”
It’s a story of persistence, faith, doubt, and returning again and again to a soul calling.
Bertena shares how she:
• Opened a meditation and Reiki center in Bowling Green
• Traveled across Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee doing psychic and metaphysical fairs
• Taught yoga classes from her home before the pandemic
• Lost her assistant professor position during COVID
• Rebuilt her career while working at Western Kentucky University
• Slowly grew her spiritual business from hobby to side hustle to future full-time work
If you have ever wondered whether you could turn your spiritual gifts into meaningful work, this episode explores the emotional and practical realities of doing exactly that.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
• The real challenges of starting a spiritual business
• Why imposter syndrome is common among healers and intuitives
• How money wounds affect spiritual entrepreneurs
• What it’s like building a business while working another career
• Why many women step into their calling later in life
• The power of the Crone archetype and spiritual leadership in your 50s
• Why spiritual callings return again and again until we listen
You’ll also hear the moment Bertena realized she could no longer ignore the path she was meant to walk.
Who This Episode Is For
This episode is perfect for:
• Reiki practitioners
• Tarot readers and intuitive guides
• Yoga teachers
• Energy healers
• Spiritual coaches
• Women exploring purpose later in life
• Anyone curious about spiritual entrepreneurship
Even if you don’t want to start a business, this conversation may inspire you to deepen your spiritual practice and trust your intuition.
Upcoming Sacred Business Workshop
Bertena is teaching Sacred Business Creation: Turning Your Soul Gifts Into Purpose
In-Person Workshop
March 8 | 10 AM – 6 PM
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March 15 | 10 AM – 6 PM
This full-day immersive experience helps healers, intuitives, and spiritual teachers create aligned, authentic businesses rooted in purpose and sustainability.
Register here:
https://yourcosmicconnections.com/pages/classes-and-events
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