Your Heart Knows the Way: The Book
8 Strategies to Access Your True Power
There comes a moment when pushing harder stops working.
When the life you’ve built no longer feels like the life you’re living.
When your body, your heart, or your spirit starts asking for something different — quieter, truer, more honest.
This book was written for that moment.
Your Heart Knows the Way is an invitation to slow down, listen inward, and reconnect with the part of you that already knows what you need. Not to become someone new — but to remember who you are beneath the noise, expectations, and exhaustion.
What Readers Are Saying
“Your Heart Knows the Way is more than a guide—it’s a transformational invitation to reconnect with your inner wisdom, reclaim your confidence, and rise into your true power.”
— Claudette Cain Coulas, Author & Former Mayor of Gloucester
What This Book Is About
This book is for anyone who has ever:
Felt burned out from doing everything “right”
Lost touch with their own needs or intuition
Wondered if there’s more to life than constant striving
Wanted to feel grounded, clear, and whole again
Inside, you’ll find:
Practical, grounded strategies to navigate life transitions
Gentle guidance for restoring energy and clarity
Stories and reflections that help rebuild self-trust
Tools to move through burnout and self-doubt
Encouragement to live with intention, not pressure
This isn’t a book about fixing yourself.
It’s about remembering your strength — and learning to trust it again.
A Note From Me
I didn’t write this book because I had all the answers.
I wrote it because I reached a point where I could no longer ignore the quiet messages my body was sending me.
For years, I worked hard, achieved goals, and carried responsibilities with pride. From the outside, it looked like success. Inside, I was exhausted. Disconnected. Running on empty.
Then one night, exhausted and unwell, I quite literally walked into a wall.
That moment — as strange as it sounds — changed everything.
It forced me to stop. To listen. To ask myself a question I’d avoided for far too long:
What if my body wasn’t failing me… but trying to protect me?
That question became the beginning of my healing.
This book was born from that awakening — from learning to slow down, honor my needs, and trust myself again. From realizing that strength isn’t about pushing through pain, but about listening with compassion.
If you’re holding this book, or reading these words, I believe it’s for a reason.
Your heart knows the way.
Sometimes we just need the courage to listen.
— Joanne
About Me
I am a coach, speaker, author, and energy healing practitioner based in Ottawa, Canada.
My journey from high-achieving executive to heart-led guide began after experiencing burnout and a profound shift in how I viewed success, health, and purpose. What once looked like ambition eventually revealed itself as disconnection — and that realization became the catalyst for change.
I am a Certified Coach Practitioner through the Certified Coaches Federation, a Reiki Master/Teacher, and a member of the Canadian Reiki Association. I have spoken at conferences, facilitated workshops, and supported individuals in reconnecting with their inner strength and clarity.
My work blends lived experience, compassion, and practical wisdom, rooted in the belief that:
We are not broken
We don’t need fixing
And our deepest wisdom already lives within us
I continue to write, teach, and guide others with the same message I lives by: