I’m Fiona Fletcher Reid, a tarot reader, energy worker, and founder of Sunflowers and Stars.

For years, I thought I was doing well.

A published author and happily married, I was successful in the traditional sense, but at the same time, I often felt like my success was dependent on wearing a mask or playing a role.

My days were peppered with little acts of self-abandonment – numbing out with TV instead of pursuing my creative dreams; performing productivity at my desk when my body craved nature; saying I’m fine while hiding exhaustion, anxiety, and self-doubt.

I chose my words carefully to avoid conflict, unconsciously mirrored the energy of others just to feel safe, and carried the quiet belief that I’d always be a little bit broken.

Then, at age 35, after a year-long bout of mysterious chronic pain, I realised a fundamental truth about who I am: I am a lesbian.

That moment was wild, and it meant leaving an 18‑year relationship as a result —forcing me to confront the ways I had been fighting my intuition my entire life.

Alongside the freedom of reclaiming my sexuality, I was increasingly convinced by the belief that I couldn’t trust myself.

How could I have hidden this truth from myself for so long? So, with my future unknown and confidence low, I fell back on patriarchal expectations, cramming myself into another picture of success in order to feel safe.

I tried to find that self-trust through working long hours and focusing on hoarding wealth in order to find evidence of stability; by travelling all over the world to ‘find myself’… but what really shifted my trajectory was when my friend gave me very first tarot reading.

Tarot quickly became my mirror, helping me rebuild self‑trust by interpreting messages via my intuition.

Then, Reiki cleared the energy of the ‘old me’ and helped me feel safe in my body in order to remove the mask.

Presence, through meditation, taught me to pause instead of reacting, allowing me to intentionally step out of societal expectations and predetermined roles.

Slowly, I dismantled the old beliefs that I was broken, incapable, or a liar, and began to believe my own experience.

I learned that the moments I thought were failures (the fatigue, avoidance, and numbing) were actually invitations to realign.

Now, I live with more peace, presence, and integrity. I accept that I may be misunderstood, but alignment matters more than approval.

Tarot and Reiki are not just tools I use for myself, but practical ways I help others too. My mission is to hold up the mirror so you can see your own thoughts, feelings, opinions, needs, and inner wisdom — to help you believe your experience is valid, and to guide you into the life you deserve.

Because I know what it feels like to be on the verge of monumental change — and I know the freedom that comes when you finally trust yourself to make it happen.