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PR Guru Says She Regularly Consults With Angels And Fairies To Help Her Clients Find Success
04 February
PA Real Life/Collect
A publicist who claims an encounter with a heavenly messenger changed her life has told how she now consults angels and fairies to find the best opportunities for her clients.
<p>Counting the legendary Arthurian magician Merlin amongst her spirit guides, Sarah Lloyd, 42, was at the top of her game, working as a high flying corporate PR when she suffered post-natal depression in 2016 and “had a breakdown"—forcing her to slow down.</p><script src="https://open.http.mp.streamamg.com/p/3001090/sp/3001090000/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/30024158/partner_id/3001090?autoembed=true&entry_id=0_jdwd61e0&playerId=kaltura_player_9226543440"></script><p>But she had a spiritual epiphany when she was visited by an angel, who wrapped his arms around her when she was sleeping—after which she stayed at a retreat in Glastonbury, Somerset, where she “cried for a week with women she had never met before" and was inspired to rebuild her life.</p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTEwL2I1YTU2NmJiLTAyNDgtNDBjOS05YzI5LTBlYzA0NDEyNDM3My5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjQ1MTE3NDcxfQ.LedziBtnh4IfsiShut11G1QWevzolOTCuUH4jGkTVyo/img.jpg" id="cd2b0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="61f14b3952c0e52dd329c3639d9fcd8d" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><p>Married to designer Karl, 42, with whom she has two children, Lucy, six, and Amy, four, Sarah, who describes herself as a witch, as she “connects with other realms," then felt strong enough to launch her own PR company in 2017—using her very individual 'spirit-led' unique selling point, or USP.</p><p>Now the proud boss of IndigoSoul PR, Sarah, of Farnborough, Hampshire, who uses tarot cards, crystals, meditation and consultations with guides like Merlin, as business aids, said: </p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><blockquote><em>“Before I meet a client, I will tune into their energy to try and find out more about them. Usually, it is through meditation, which I do daily. I do not research them online."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“While meditating, I will get a sense of what they want to talk about, or if there's a message they want to convey."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTIzLzMzZDE4YmJkLTIzZjctNDAyOS05MzZlLTk1OWMyZGJmMmU1NS5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjQ5NDUwNzQ1fQ.13WA1TDBO3W1-0BgPAEBx3j9Fb-wxvPkgWH0q_MY1a0/img.jpg" id="e5b86" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3ed430416a0f712cec8f6dd8aa079044" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah working (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><p><strong>Sarah continued: </strong></p><blockquote><em>“The meditation helps to clear away someone else's energy, which may be attached to them. It's clearing away that allows the space to think creatively."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“Then I will meet the client and try and find out whether my gut instinct is right. I will bring out tarot or oracle cards if I want to ask a question for clarity. Sometimes I will get a glimpse of the future and I will use my crystal dowser to get yes or no answers."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“When I have a client, I will meditate daily about them to feed into what needs attention."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTE2L2I0NGZhYzE1LTkzNDAtNDc0NS1iM2FmLTYwNzBiYzYyMTI2MC5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjI1ODIzMDc1fQ.rT_7zWtIdImM0K7XRA94IiFwb_Fjc3V2yWZ_3UUfpD4/img.jpg" id="156a2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3a7646dcf39ab5741716682e3233c6cb" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><blockquote><em>“I will call in angels and guides to support with confidence issues and again consult cards, use crystals or aura soma pomanders—which are mystic vapors—to help restore and aid balance."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“Sometimes I will call in a support team, one of my spirit guides, to help out. Merlin comes to me quite often, he will hold my energy so I feel confident in what I'm saying to clients."</em></blockquote><p>And her USP is clearly working, as Sarah has had 20 clients, ranging from a yoga swami to self-help authors and design companies.</p><p><strong>Explaining how she first began tuning in to the spirit world as a child, she said: </strong></p><blockquote><em>“When I was little I would play with crystals and I could feel fairies next to me."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“I could feel presences in the room, like my granddad, who died when I was 25. It was like a physical sense of someone being there."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“But I think it lay dormant as I got older, until I started doing Reiki, or energy healing, about four years ago and retuned my own vitality."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTI1LzVkMmVmY2Y3LTVhYzEtNDU2Ni1iYTk2LWQxMzg0ODI4NmQwYi5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjUzMzMwMjI5fQ.FlTy5tmiXpMcjgna64CeeCCBcOs49n2pPkhuJXWC9-s/img.jpg" id="ca042" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="299a91280ad58433f152d168b38e0eb5" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah's daughter Amy with a unicorn (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><p><strong>Sarah recalled: </strong></p><blockquote><em>“Then, I started seeing a lot of supernatural entities. I was visited by angels with flaming swords and saw fairies in the woods that appeared as little dots of light."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“I'd see different colors or presences that other people could not see or feel."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“It was a bit overwhelming at first, but also kind of cool, although I've got it under control now."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTI0LzVkYjBmMDMwLWI2MzItNDdlNS04YjkyLWI5NzJhMGZiNWY3Zi5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjMyNTkxOTYwfQ.tQWFr7jPcvF-tYbi7YZJnBZx1-TL8kL4k7F-0J1pzQE/img.jpg" id="033c0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1340239c1b47970b84081b9eecd64466" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah's crystals and tarot cards (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><p><strong>She continued: </strong></p><blockquote><em>“These spiritual forces help me to see things differently. It's like an intuition, a feeling in my body. They still come to me when I need them and help me believe in my own abilities."</em></blockquote><p>Just as religion helps people to find themselves through God, Sarah says she has “found herself through fairies."</p><p><strong>She explained:</strong> </p><blockquote><em>“I've found myself through fairies, angels and unicorns. I have a unicorn guide—everyone does, but not everyone can see it. He's like an energy, like a spirit guide. I just know he is here."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTEyL2QzZWI3ZjA3LTFiY2MtNDc2MS1hZmIwLTdhMTI0OTJiMTE5Mi5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjA0MjA3NDc1fQ.k6HNrQc2ahc9dWe-C_h8vZQv_AjWAjm1glBv311GR7A/img.jpg" id="f59d9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2e6449a4bdb0b0c4c4ae733c33a32b3a" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><p>As well as using her talent for connecting with spirits to help her business, Sarah also uses incense, sage, candlelight and music to “energetically cleanse" a room before client speaking events. This banishes residual energy that may be causing a “blockage" or creating a “negative atmosphere."</p><blockquote><em>“It makes the room a better place for events, because people who are attending are more receptive."</em></blockquote><p>Working in corporate communications for nearly 20 years, until she took voluntary redundancy in October 2017, Sarah spent seven years working in a global role for a technology firm—a high pressure job, which came with considerable responsibility.</p><p>But, after having her daughter Lucy in 2014, she began to suffer with anxiety.</p><p><strong>She said: </strong></p><blockquote><em>“I had high functioning anxiety and would get panic attacks. It was overwhelming. I found I couldn't say no to things and felt like I had to be 'on it' 24/7."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“I'd had Lucy and was meant to be doing a four-day working week, but would end up cramming five days' work into four, toiling into the night."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTIxL2I2NzYwMDhmLWMwM2MtNGMzNi05YmY1LWNhNDAzODU1YjQ2NS5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjIyMjY1MDI0fQ.jQZJJvOMX3boEDo7v8zNzh86zKkzyCu93-_UFl6c2AA/img.jpg" id="dc2ca" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f989f9b733a5d37c60a8d9a7e4c07755" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah and her daughters Amy and Lucy (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><p><strong>Sarah said: </strong></p><blockquote><em>“I felt like I was handling it and executed a couple of big campaigns."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“But then my second child, Amy, came along in 2016 and I suffered with postnatal depression. I took a lot of leave from work and stopped caring about everything, including my children."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“I was taking anti-depressants but it was like I had lost the ability to feel and I thought, 'I can't carry on like this,' so came off them and hit the floor."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTE3LzY5OTAyOGVkLWUxNzEtNGFjMC05YzIwLWJmNzhiN2Y5M2EyYi5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjE2MzgyOTQwfQ.Ta6i9-wYzzbvI5qDzhoR_cFIZlJL4wd8gow8-76q2W4/img.jpg" id="4bc52" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d9cd7f2bcdec96ce54adad42cd6a4fe3" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah and her husband Karl (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><p>This was when Sarah recalled being visited by an angel—which marked the moment when her spiritual powers appeared to return.</p><blockquote><em>“I was very sleep deprived at this point, but I remember it clearly. I remember being frozen to the bed and this big angel appeared behind me and wrapped me in his wings. I was just lying there frozen to the spot."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“It was frightening because I could not move, but he was very much there, and I think he was trying to comfort me. He didn't say anything, but I then stopped panicking and went with it, then fell asleep."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTI3LzdkMmQ5YjkxLTQ4N2EtNDVhNS1iY2IxLTU5MmFlMzU5YmQxOC5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjQyNjQzODMyfQ.mWK7v4mk5JvuAYkLx1Ve0-X5uq-1mbdemkt2dPRa--g/img.jpg" id="8cce3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9d8b4280fee6757d46bf02d3486d30cd" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><blockquote><em>“I do not know if it's a phenomena or because I was sleep deprived, but it was quite a scary moment."</em></blockquote><p>A friend had also suggested Sarah try Reiki, a healing technique based on the principle that a therapist can channel energy into a patient using touch, which she did in the summer of 2016.</p><blockquote><em>“The healer helped me clear some of my negative energy and set me on a natural path to healing."</em></blockquote><div id="4cd69" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="UTZGFD1580889917"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1214884715418865664" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Discover how to achieve visibility, in alignment and on your terms with Sarah Lloyd, author and founder of IndigoSo… https://t.co/QZG8m4KJJM</div> — Mindful Living Show (@Mindful Living Show)<a href="https://twitter.com/Mindful_Show/statuses/1214884715418865664">1578486062.0</a></blockquote></div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>As Sarah became more in tune with all things spiritual, she decided in the summer of 2017 to book into a retreat in Glastonbury.</p><blockquote><em>“I basically spent a week crying with a bunch of women I'd never met before." </em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“But it was the best thing I'd ever done. It made me realize I did not have to stay in the life I'd created."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTE5LzVkYWMyOTY4LWVkZDctNDY3Mi1iNzdjLTg0NDczZjc2MDFjZC5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjUyMzY0MTM5fQ.fsfDftar766S9YXmZK4oq9fDk5YzMYLzkXN4yu2Z3v4/img.jpg" id="ab115" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3d6105ee0da2e980813b4ae2f136f562" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah and Andrew (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><p>Taking redundancy that October, Sarah then launched IndigoSoul PR the same month, and has written a book called <em>Connecting the Dots</em>, which gives tips on the industry, and is coming out on February 12.</p><p><strong>She said: </strong></p><blockquote><em>“I am honest about what I can offer and most of the time clients are interested and like my approach. I'm not pushy, I get a sense of their energy and try to connect with them that way."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“Sometimes they are surprised. There will be moments when they are like, 'Really, how do you know that?'"</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTA5L2M4ZjFkZThiLTZiOWMtNDEwYy04NWQyLWVjMDUwNGU1N2I3Mi5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjI0ODkzODE2fQ.v_epRAe4_kUD3ihbl1KNMEgIM3cUOcWOBb5W5vPTNpQ/img.jpg" id="bce36" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d3960c62fb13aed943265a736727e864" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><blockquote><em>“For example, I had a client and I said to her, 'I can see you on This Morning with Holly and Phil,' and it turned out that was her ultimate goal."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“An example of a success story is a reverend who told me she fully believed in my methods and she ended up being featured in a paper. She had an awareness and was willing to put herself out there."</em></blockquote><p>Sarah admits that her unorthodox approach to PR does not work for everyone but, so far, she has avoided any cross words.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzAzMTIzOTE4LzY4MjljMzExLWQxZjAtNDljZS1hYzc0LTc1YjA2MzcxNGI2OC5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjI1MjM0NTUyfQ.J8rNU2IgZ5uKapSayUd9KnhQ9Pnn0mYozbegOgtH8R4/img.jpg" id="65f01" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9f9a7f5a2bfe8780658f8c67513fbe3b" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Sarah at Avebury henge and stone circles (PA Real Life/Collect)</small></p><p><strong>She said: </strong></p><blockquote><em>“I have been in situations where I've realized it's not going to work with the client, but there's never any confrontation, they just waft away."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“I'm tuning back into the spiritual world, which has given me hope. I'm moving towards having faith in myself and I want to help others do the same."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>“But I'm not unique, there are many businesses using the tools and techniques that I do. This weekend, for example, I ran a workshop with two other business owners incorporating meditation and energy work into it."</em></blockquote><p><strong>For more information on Sarah's book visit <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1913479145/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_oWDnEbEKFVK2K">www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1913479145/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_oWDnEbEKFVK2K</a></strong></p>
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