43 - Tarot Reading For May 11th: Trust Yourself, Speak Your Truth, & Keep Going

In this episode, I pull a 3-card tarot spread exploring where you are now, what you may be navigating, and where you’re being guided next. 

Through the High Priestess, Queen of Swords, and Six of Wands, we dive into trusting your intuition, speaking truth to create clarity, and learning how to embrace the journey of becoming.

This episode is filled with reflective questions and real-life examples to help you apply the messages directly to your own life, healing, growth, and transformation.

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Welcome to the Nourished Living Podcast, where we go beyond diets and quick fixes and reconnect with what it really means to feel good in your body. I'm Courtney Podany, nutritional therapist, personal trainer, energy worker, Type 1 diabetic, and mom, here to guide you toward health that feels simple, sustainable, and aligned. Each episode will explore how to nourish your body, balance your energy, and strengthen your intuition so you can thrive and actually understand what your body is telling you. So grab your favorite drink, take a deep breath, and let's jump into your new nourished life Welcome back to the Nourished Living Podcast. I am your host, Courtney Podany. Thank you for being here with me today. I am going to do something that I have not done yet before. Um, but if you happen to follow me on Instagram, you might have already heard that I have been learning how to read tarot. I started learning from my friend Courtney Sprung, who has actually been a guest on the podcast before. Um, gosh, probably like twenty episodes ago now or something. But anyway, she has been teaching me tarot over the past couple of months, and so I am still learning,'cause there's a lot to remember. But I wanted to start practicing it more outside of me just doing it myself. And so today I pulled three tarot cards for the collective for the week of May 11th. And so I'm going to share that with you, and we'll see how it goes. I hope you love it., Okay, so the three cards. The first position that I pulled is you. The second position is your current environment or your life as it stands. And the third position is where you are being guided, so what might come in the future. So let's take a deep breath before we dive in and just notice what comes up for you as we move through this together. The first card I pulled representing you is The High Priestess. And immediately what I feel from this card is you already know. The High Priestess is deeply intuitive. Her foundation is trust, not external validation, not constant searching, not needing every answer before taking the next step, but trust. And I think so many of us have been conditioned to disconnect from our inner voice. We crowd it out with noise, opinions, social media, fear, overthinking, and comparison. But The High Priestess asks,"What if the answer is already inside of you?" So I want you to think about this for a moment Where in your life do you keep asking for permission? Where are you looking outside of yourself for answers you already feel internally? Maybe it's a relationship you know has shifted, a career path that no longer fits, a health journey where deep down you already know what your body needs. Maybe it's a boundary you know you need to set, or a dream you keep talking yourself out of. The High Priestess stands between polarity, logic and intuition, fear and trust, control and surrender. And something I always notice with her is the owl energy, which is wisdom, perspective, and being able to see from above. Sometimes when we're in the middle of something, we can only see the hard moments. You know, we get tunnel vision and have an extremely difficult time seeing our situation any differently. But from a higher perspective, there may be lessons unfolding that you can't fully see yet. So ask yourself, what if this moment is happening for my growth instead of against me? And another question: When was the last time you actually got quiet enough to hear yourself? Not your fear, not everyone else's opinions. You. Maybe your implementation from this card is simple. Take five minutes in silence before grabbing your phone when you wake up in the morning, journaling instead of spiraling, going for a walk without distractions, or asking your body,"What do you need from me today?" Because intuition gets louder when we slow down enough to hear it. The second card I pulled, which represents your current environment or life as it stands, is the Queen of Swords. So this energy feels sharp, clear and truthful The Queen of Swords is wise because she's lived, she's experienced things, she's had to discern, she's learned how to see through illusion. And honestly, this card feels like a season of truth. Maybe truths you've been avoiding, maybe conversations that need to happen, maybe realizing you can no longer shrink yourself to keep others comfortable. The Queen of Swords often says what people don't want to hear, but it's not to be harsh or malicious, just to be honest. And I think this card asks, where do you need more honesty in your life? Are you being honest about what's filling your cup versus what is draining it? What's no longer working? What you actually want? The habits keeping you stuck? The way you abandon yourself to keep the peace? This card also feels like leadership energy, guidance, paving a path for others, which means some of you listening are being called to stop hiding your voice. You don't need to know everything to help someone. You just need to be willing to walk and talk honestly. Maybe it's your story someone needs to hear, your healing, your lessons become permission for someone else. Implementation here looks like having the hard conversation, setting the boundary, speaking up in the meeting, posting the thing, admitting what you actually desire, and stop sugarcoating the truth to yourself because clarity creates movement. And the final card, this is where you are being guided, is the Six of Wands. I love this card here because after intuition, after truth comes victory. Not necessarily perfect victory. It's not overnight success or linear progress. The Six of Wands reminds us... Success is inevitable when you continue showing up. And I think we often romanticize the destination while resisting or forgetting about the process to get there. But this card says the process is the becoming. It's like someone with a weight loss goal. At first, they think,"I'll finally be happy when I can lose those thirty pounds." But eventually, they realize the walks, the nourishment, the consistency, the resilience, that is the lifestyle, and that is the transformation. Same with healing, same with business, same with regulating your nervous system, and same with relationships. The Six of Wands carries overcoming energy, triumph after a challenge. So if you've been in a hard season, I really want you to hear this. Just because it's hard doesn't mean it's not working. Ask yourself, where have I been expecting instant results instead of honoring small, consistent progress? And what would happen if I stopped making setbacks mean failure? Because growth is messy, healing is layered, and transformation is not linear. This card says,"Keep going." There is victory here for you. And maybe the deeper lesson is this: Can you enjoy your life while you are becoming? Can you celebrate yourself now? Can you acknowledge how far you've already come? Can you find moments of joy before the final outcome arrives? So overall, these cards represent trusting yourself, speaking your truth, and continue showing up. You already know more than you think you do. Your honesty will create clarity. And the path you're walking is leading somewhere meaningful, even if you can't see it quite yet. So I wanna leave you with one final question to ponder. What would change in your life if you truly trusted yourself enough to take the next step? Well, how was that for a tarot read? That was what I got for this week of May 11th. So I hope that was helpful. Maybe gave you some guidance as well with something that you've been struggling with in your life or wanting to overcome or even just the reminder to, listen to your own intuition before you seek external guidance and opinions from other people. I think that alone is a invaluable lesson just to trust ourselves and get quiet enough to actually hear what our intuition is telling us. So I hope you enjoyed that. I am sure there will be more to come. And real quick before we wrap up, if you have been dying to get inside of my nervous system regulation coaching program, Wildly Regulated, use the link below to add your name to the list to gain early access. I will be launching again next month. And for those of you who don't know about it, it is a live group coaching program where I help you rewire your nervous system. So fear and limiting beliefs no longer run the show and you can step into your most unshakable, unbothered, confident woman. The link is in the show notes. So don't forget to add your name there. Thank you for being here today. I will see you in the next episode. Thanks for hanging out with me today and tuning in to the Nourished Living Podcast. I hope you enjoyed today's episode and found something you can start implementing right away to kickstart your nourished transformation. If you loved this episode, don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, or share it with someone who could benefit from these insights. You can also connect with me over on Instagram for more resources and support. Until next time, stay nourished