HOW I GOT HERE, AND WHY IT MATTERS
Hey, I'm Bey Karolina
Cozy queen, always believing in the possibilities of life, and inviting you along for the ride.
If you're anything like me, you know this story already: raised to be a “good girl”, always doing what you're told, living a life of "shoulds," not realizing an alternative is possible for you—until one day, life cracks you wide open. Because deep down, you know (but can’t admit to yourself): if something doesn’t change soon, you don’t know how much longer you can keep pretending you’re fine.
That’s when a spiritual awakening saved my life. The awakening was just a moment in a meditation, but what unfolded over the next two years turned my life upside down & inside out. It was quite the roller coaster ride.
And not a fun one.
But while it looked grim for a while, it was the beginning of a homecoming back to myself. I’m forever changed (for the better) because of it, and wouldn’t trade it for anything.
The Fine Print of Fine
Before the awakening, my life could be described as: fine.
I was married to someone I thought was different from the rest of the dogs I’d dated (no shade to actual dogs, they’re the best), I had a job with benefits and a pension (boomer parents be proud), but I felt so stifled and stuck.
I had done a lot of traveling for the better part of a decade—in pursuit of adventure—but I was overall unfulfilled on the everyday. I was more than a decade into the self-help world, because after watching The Secret I knew there was something more to life. Nothing was working for me.
Human Design blew me wide open in the sense that it showed me something that I can now tell is resonance with my soul. But there was a problem—in order to decondition and step into my true alignment, I had to listen to my gut. I had no idea how to listen to myself. This made me so frustrated (which is my sign I’m out of alignment—the Universe is hilarious sometimes).
The spiritual awakening was a glorious moment. Born from extreme physical pain, that led me to a craniosacral therapist who had and an intuitive nudge and suggested I try chanting. Long story short, I got a book on sound healing for beginners (in my typical DIY fashion) while thinking “I’ve been into music since I was three, why had I never tried sound healing?! The book walked me through a vocal toning chakra clearing that I had to try immediately. (P.S. it was lion’s gate portal.)
What happened next blew my mind.
The Moment That Changed Everything
What you need to know is that I had been doing somatic psychotherapy.
It was like traditional therapy mixed with energy work. My therapist was teaching me how to access my energy field outside of my body as part of a nervous system calming technique.
So I’m sitting there after vocal toning each of my chakras, exactly as the book described. I could feel each chakra inside my body—and the energy passing between them. (Cool.) But it was stuck at my throat. All the energy was swirling throughout the lower half of my body, sputtering as it tried to move through my throat—kind of like a blocked drain. In that moment, I thought to access my energy field. So I grounded myself...and tuned in.
As soon as I did, the floodgates opened.
My energy blockage was gone. The energy inside my body flooded all centres, rapidly and effortlessly, from my head to my toes. It was swirling around me. It was so beautiful to witness. And then…I was taken out of my body. I'd never had an out of body experience before. I was experiencing my body multiplying into six beings. The six beings expanded outward from my essence, like they had been there all along and I could finally see them in physical form. We all stood together in a circle holding hands.
The energy flowing between us was pure peace, connection, and belonging—it was magical.
And just when I didn’t think it could get any better, a phoenix rose from the centre of our circle. A glowing orange being, rising from my essence, like it was being birthed from the experience. As it hovered above us, I was hit with the message to study sound healing.
I felt like I had been reborn. But you can’t get through birth without labour pains. And in my case…they hurt like hell.
Your Words Are More Powerful Than You Know
The next few months everything lined up with divine timing.
I got certified as a sound therapy practitioner and started getting clients. We set up a little home studio to serve people. It felt like this is what I had been training for my whole life. (Super spiritual + into music since I was three = obvious choice in hindsight.)
I turned 39 the following April. I kept saying it was a rebirth year. (Careful what you speak into existence.)
Cue the labour pains.
Eighteen days after my birthday, my husband moved his stuff out in the dead of night—then came back in the morning and tells me he was leaving. I was completely blindsided. Just the night before, we had been talking about our future. And in that moment, it felt like my entire reality had been ripped away. My business wasn’t in a place to support me financially. I was living 3,000km away from my family & friends. The house was in his name. He had been supporting me while I chased my dream.
I felt utterly screwed. And the sad part is—that wasn’t even the hardest part.
The Gift I Didn’t See Coming
I was being thrust into my biggest fear in life—being alone.
Moving back to my childhood bedroom felt like the smart choice at the time—I would be close to a large support network while I healed my broken heart. But I felt more alone than I did when I was 3,000km away.
I wasn’t the same person I was before the awakening. I felt like I had moved back to an alternate reality. I didn’t know what to do. I knew I couldn’t be who I was (she burned in the ashes when the phoenix rose) but I wasn’t yet who I was becoming. It was a really dark time for me.
But here's the thing: what felt like rock bottom turned out to be the messy beginning of the Universe rearranging and making space for me.
Spending all that time alone helped me see that being alone isn’t scary—it’s a blessing. Being alone is the gateway to a deeper connection with yourself, something I had been missing in all the years I had been studying self-help tools. So I started adding self-connection time (body, mind, spirit) to my daily ritual.
And for the first time in my life, I was happy being alone.
As it turns out, being alone wasn’t my ending. In the quiet, a deeper knowing was starting to rise—and it would change everything.
The Awakening After the Awakening
Once I finally started finding joy in being with myself, the Universe moved again.
It sent me a mentor. It sent me a community of like-minded women. I was healing and taking steps as the new awakened version of myself. And through that aligned action, a deeper level of my awakening clicked: I finally understood why, during my out-of-body awakening, my energy had split into six beings. There are six layers to our existence: body, mind, soul, energy, emotions & source.
The Inner Sound Check was born.
Since doing The Inner Sound Check on the daily, I’ve become the happiest version of myself I’ve ever known. Things flow to me without trying. I have clarity, joy, confidence—and it’s effortless.
The Inner Sound Check was the missing piece I’d been searching for all along. It’s woven into everything I do now. I believe it’s the real message I was meant to take away from my awakening—and it’s my mission to share it with women who are struggling like I was.
Because what I know to be absolutely true for me is that when you’re connected to your inner voice, you can finally choose yourself, trust yourself, and build a life that actually fits who you are (instead of who you were told to be).
I want that for you, too.
(And if you’re still reading, I have a feeling your soul is already ready.)
Quiz Me Like It’s 1999
Q: Backstreet Boys or NSYNC?
A: Backstreet. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say that NSYNC won out in a game I played on the podcast recently.
Q: Coffee or tea?
A: Coffee in the morning, tea throughout the day. We stay hydrated and caffeinated.
Q: Dream magical power?
A: Portal magic would be cool, so I could travel and still sleep in my own bed.
Q: Favourite TV show?
A: I can’t just pick one! I love sitcoms. My top 5 are: Friends, Big Bang, Brooklyn 99, Parks & Rec & The Nanny
Q: Ideal Friday night?
A: Cozy blanket, candle burning, doggo cuddled up beside me, a spicy Romantasy book in hand or new docu-series on stream = heaven.
Q: Favourite soundtrack for a main character moment?
A: You’re killing me! There are so many good ones! I have to go with either Defying Gravity OR Give Me Everything by Pitbull depending on the vibe of the moment — gotta have options!)
START HERE, IT'S FREE
I was giving all my power away (without even realizing it), and this simple practice helped me take it back.
If you’re anything like I was when I first discovered Human Design and Intuitive Eating, you realized you needed to listen to yourself—but had no idea how. Enter: The Inner Sound Check—my daily practice of tuning in finally hearing the messages and cues my body and soul are trying to tell me. This simple practice helped me step into the life I knew I was meant for. Let me show you how simple it is—I hope it can help you too. You deserve it.
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