Emily Kady of Orange Country on Life, Lessons & Legacy

Emily Kady shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.

Emily , we’re thrilled to have you with us today. Before we jump into your intro and the heart of the interview, let’s start with a bit of an ice breaker: What is something outside of work that is bringing you joy lately?
Right now, the greatest source of joy in my life is my little foster fail, Frida. She is a tiny Yorkie mix with a spirit that feels larger than life.

I lost my Yorkie, Fritz, two years ago and the grief was so deep that I was not sure I would ever be ready to open my heart again. About six months ago, Fritz came to me in a dream. It was one of those vivid, undeniable visits that leaves you waking up with a sense of clarity you cannot explain. I woke the next morning knowing it was time. I told the Universe that the Yorkie meant for my home and my heart would arrive in divine timing and that the process would be effortless.

I foster for a local rescue, and a few months after that dream, the rescue took in seven Yorkies from a dog hoarding situation with nearly fifty dogs. I reached out and asked if I could foster just one. And that is how Frida found her way to me.

She arrived timid and uncertain, carrying trauma that no animal should ever have to absorb. It took nearly a month for her to feel safe enough to bond with me. I watched her slowly map out her new reality, learning she was no longer in danger, learning what tenderness feels like, learning that she could have a person of her own.

When she finally opened her heart, she transformed before my eyes. Her energy softened and brightened. She became playful, expressive, and full of this contagious joy that fills the entire room.

She is my constant companion now and the light she brings into my home is something I feel every day. My heart is so full with her here. It feels like Fritz guided her to me and the Universe delivered exactly what I asked for. Frida is a reminder that love finds its way back to us, even after loss, and often in the most divine and unexpected ways.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Emily Kady and I am a Soul Activator, intuitive guide and multidimensional mentor for spiritually awakened women who are ready to remember who they truly are.

My work began after a near death experience that completely shattered the life I had built and opened a doorway into the unseen. In that moment I was shown a deeper truth about our purpose on this planet, the codes we carry, and the sacred assignment each soul arrives with. That experience set me on a path that eventually became the foundation of my life purpose.

Today I support women who have been stuck in the space between the world they were taught to survive in and the world their soul is calling them toward. I help them release the patterns that keep them looping in fear and step into a life that feels aligned, purposeful and true.

What makes my work unique is that I do not come from the lens of traditional coaching. Everything I teach is born from lived experience, deep spiritual training and the intuitive gifts that awakened after my NDE. I guide women into clarity, connection and inner power by working directly with their energy field, their soul history and their highest timeline. My clients describe the work as activating, liberating, and life-changing.

Right now, I am focused on expanding my brand through my signature programs and digital courses. I am also working on a self-discovery system called Decode Your Soul Assignment, which helps women understand their intuitive style, regulate their nervous system, and awaken to their divine blueprint. My mission is simple… to help others awaken to their soul truth and live it out fully, courageously and unapologetically.

Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
Before the world handed me its expectations, I was a deeply intuitive child who lived in a constant connection with the unseen. I saw and heard spirits with a clarity that felt completely natural to me. They guided me, comforted me and helped me understand the world in a way that went far beyond my years. I moved through life with an inner knowing that I was never alone and that there was something greater holding me.

My mom always said I was the happiest child, full of joy and imagination, until I started school. That was the moment the outside world began shaping me. I learned that sensitivity was something to quiet. I learned that intuition made people uncomfortable. I learned to trade wonder for responsibility and connection for achievement.

As I tried to fit into a world that did not understand me, I drifted away from the child who felt so effortlessly guided by spirit. The very gifts that once felt natural and expansive slowly became the places where I felt most misunderstood. And that is where the first real wound of my life began to take shape.

What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
One of the defining wounds of my life began when I entered school. I struggled with learning disabilities. Tasks that seemed easy for other children felt confusing and overwhelming for me. I was told I was stupid. I fell behind. I did not have many friends. And all I wanted was to fit in.

I did not understand why everything felt so hard. I only knew that the parts of me that were natural and intuitive were not the parts that were valued in that environment.

So I learned to push them away. I tried to perform in ways that made sense to teachers and peers. I forced myself into a left-brained structure that felt foreign to my nervous system and spirit. In doing so, I lost pieces of my joy. I lost pieces of my identity. I began to disconnect from the intuitive child who once felt guided, imaginative and deeply connected to the unseen.

This wound shaped me for decades. The message that I was not enough, not smart enough, not capable in the ways the world wanted, became the background noise of my life. It took me years to understand that I was never broken. My brain simply worked differently. My gifts lived in the intuitive and multidimensional realms, not in the rigid structure of traditional learning.

My near death experience was the catalyst that began to unravel that wound. It shattered the identity I built around survival and achievement. It showed me the truth of who I had always been beneath the conditioning. It reconnected me with the intuitive nature I had suppressed since childhood.

In that moment I realized that my sensitivity, my spiritual connection and my nonlinear way of processing the world were never flaws. They were my design.

Healing this wound has looked like reclaiming the parts of myself I abandoned. It has looked like releasing the belief that I needed to think or learn like everyone else in order to be worthy. It has looked like clearing the emotional and energetic imprints of being misunderstood for so long. It has looked like honoring the child who struggled and telling her she was brilliant in ways the world could not measure.

Today that wound is the foundation of my purpose. I help women who have been trapped between who they are and who the world told them to be. I guide them back to their intuitive nature, their inner truth and the parts of themselves they silenced to survive. My healing became my calling. My remembering became my service.

So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What truths are so foundational in your life that you rarely articulate them?
As I look back on my journey, one truth has revealed itself again and again… that our greatest wounds become our greatest wisdom. I have lived this over and over again. Every painful chapter, every moment I lost myself, every part of my story that once felt heavy or confusing eventually became the very thing that awakened my purpose. I rarely articulate this truth because it feels so woven into how I live and how I guide others. But it is the foundation of everything I believe… that what once breaks us often becomes the doorway into who we were always meant to be.

Everything I have learned from those wounds has shown me what truly matters.

Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. What will you regret not doing? 
I would regret not fully living out my life purpose. After everything I have walked through, everything I have remembered, and everything my soul has shown me, I know I did not come here to play small or stay hidden. I came here to activate, to guide, to heal, to help others awaken to who they truly are.

The only real regret would be leaving this lifetime with my gifts still inside me, unexpressed. My purpose is the thread that runs through every chapter of my story, and the thought of not living it fully is the only thing that would ever feel like a true loss.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.EmilyKady.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamemilykady/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyKadySpiritualMedium
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6lOJeVKrMvqSO8zE-fpbLQ