Hi, I’m Katie Spicer
Founder of The Magic of Botanicals, HSP, late diagnosed ADHDer and Dyslexic, and mum to a neurodivergent 7 year old. I am very familiar with living in long-term stress mode and have the autoimmune diseases to show for it…
Back in 2021 I closed my brand photography business and retrained in Emotional Freedom Techniques and Quantum Human Design. I pushed myself really hard with the studying, fuelled on urgency and overrode all my body’s signals to slow down.
So my body took over and shut me down. I burnt out. Not for the first time.
I felt completely hopeless, like a rubbish excuse for a wife, mum, business owner. My confidence and self-worth were at rock bottom; I had no motivation or energy. I couldn’t function properly for many, many months.
Eventually, through my interest in stress relief, I discovered that these weren’t actually personality flaws; they were symptoms of nervous system dysregulation, caused by years of pushing, overriding, and trying to hold it all together.
It was such a relief to know that those feelings weren’t who I was; they were purely there as a result of my body going into energy conservation mode.
There wasn’t enough energy in my system to do the simplest of tasks, so feeling confident enough to go out and launch a brand new business was definitely not in my capacity. A clever way of keeping you safe and not using up limited energy! But not very helpful for my bank balance or self-worth!
Written in the stars…
The funny thing is that I am a 3/5 Generator in Human Design with Gene Key 46 as my Life’s Work and 52 as my Pearl (the Gene Key that focuses on your purpose and prosperity).
Line 3 = learn through doing and making mistakes
Gene Key 46 = Shadow of Seriousness | Gift of Delight
All about embodiment and serendipity.
Gene Key 52 = Shadow of Stress | Gift of Restraint
All about allowing life to unfold without urgent demand and trusting the process.
So, without planning it, my business is in alignment with my Human Design (the way my energy is designed to flow)!
I am here to teach people how to reconnect to their bodies, dial down the urgency and stress and transform seriousness into delight!
I learnt the hard way. By living through it all in real life, not just in courses. But that’s exactly how it was meant to happen (serendipity in action!). What looked like a total shit show at the time? Turns out, it was my training ground!
This is one of the reasons that I love to bring Human Design to my clients, as it helps us understand ourselves in such a deep and meaningful way.
I would love to help you, whatever stage you are at, whether that is super stressed, pre-burnout or recovering from the crash and wondering what’s next in your life, or anywhere in between.
I went through this alone, and I really wished I had somebody who understood to help me get through it. It’s a very lonely place, feeling helpless.
I’m here to walk with you, wherever you are in the journey. Whether that’s deep in burnout, quietly wondering what’s next, or just holding it all together. I am not here to save you, you don’t need saving!
Sometimes, the most powerful thing is having someone who gets it.
Someone who can sit beside you, show you what’s possible, and gently cheer you on as you start to feel good again!
My Philosophy
KNOW, ACCEPT & NURTURE YOURSELF SO THAT YOU CAN CONNECT TO YOUR MAGIC & CHANGE Y(OUR) WORLD
KNOW YOURSELF
When you have a deep-rooted foundation of knowledge as to who you really are, and how your energy is designed to flow with ease life becomes easier. Knowing I have a highly sensitive nervous system changed my life!
ACCEPT YOURSELF
When you accept who you are and how you are designed to function you free up huge amounts of energy. Energy formerly spent on trying to be someone you are not, maybe trying to be like everyone else. Energy you can use for creation instead of supression.
NURTURE YOURSELF
When you create space to nurture yourself and your energy as it is designed to be nurtured you create more ease, flow and delight. You become the creative problem solver you are and then there's no stopping you!
Bring all of these things together and you connect to your magic in a way that means you can get out there and have the impact you desire and are here for, instead of just wishing for it.
