Awakening Essence: supporting your journey to wholeness

Personalized Life Coaching

Welcome to Awakening Essence

A movement for reconnection, realignment, and the future of humanity.

In a world driven by pressure, performance, and disconnection, many of us are feeling the cost: emotional exhaustion, strained relationships, lack of purpose, and a quiet, persistent ache that something is missing.

At Awakening Essence, we believe the missing piece isn’t more productivity or perfection—it’s presence.

We’re here to help individuals, families, and communities reconnect with their inner clarity, emotional intelligence, and authentic sense of direction.

Because being human isn’t a problem to solve.
Being human is sacred.

What We Stand For

Awakening Essence is more than a coaching practice—it’s a growing movement to bring heart, healing, and purpose back into the center of how we live, work, lead, and relate.

We’re here to help people:

Reconnect with their core values and purpose
Heal from patterns of emotional suppression or burnout
Strengthen their relationships through empathy and communication
Realign with their original sense of self—the part of them that knows why they’re here
Restore balance in systems that have lost touch with what truly matters

We believe that when people are connected to themselves and each other, everything changes. Families heal. Leaders evolve. Systems transform.

Meet Awakening Essence

My Background

Hi, I’m Yolanda. For over 20 years, I worked in community settings, supporting people deeply impacted by stigma, social constructs, and systems that often didn’t treat the whole person. Throughout my life, I’ve always been able to sense people’s true needs—the unspoken longings beneath the surface. I could see their pain, their potential, and the gaps in the support they received.

I’ve always known I was meant to do more. As a seer and intuitive, I felt called to create a space where people could heal, grow, and reconnect with their own wisdom. In 2013, I started Awakening Essence to offer this kind of support—a place where people could be seen, heard, and guided back to themselves.

My own journey has been anything but easy. Life dismantled itself around me at the same time that a spiritual awakening unfolded, inviting me to choose myself and rebuild in alignment with my soul’s truth. Tarot became a powerful healing tool, revealing what was hidden and helping me find my voice. I still use it today, alongside intuitive guidance, to help others explore their own truths.

I believe healing is about remembering—remembering who we are, why we’re here, and how to live in alignment with our purpose. I hold space for people to explore their identities, work through tough issues like race and shame, and heal the wounds that systems and society have left on us. I believe in universal laws, ancient wisdom, and the importance of balancing the masculine and feminine within ourselves and our families.

I also know that true transformation requires both the inner work and the courage to question the structures that hold us back. We need to normalize the ability to do our inner work and reconnect with our own internal guidance system—so we can live the lives we came here to live.

I’m not here to tell anyone what to do. I’m here to walk alongside you, as a reminder that you already have everything you need within you. Healing is a process of remembering, and I’m honored to support you in that process.

—Yolanda