You’ve been holding so much for so long.
But who holds space for you when you unravel?
The Hollow is Calling You Inward... Do You Feel It?
Maybe you've gotten good at holding things together while feeling increasingly disconnected underneath it all.
Maybe you're moving through grief, change, burnout, a pattern you keep repeating, or questions about who you are and what you want now.
Or maybe you're simply curious- about yourself, your intuition, or a spiritual life that seems to be asking for more of your attention.
The Hollow
Not rock bottom, but the pause. The moment you stop performing “I'm fine,” and finally make space to notice what's actually happening beneath the surface- without rushing to fix it or explain it away.
The Hearth
Not perfection, but return. What happens when you bring awareness back into your life and cultivate alignment- into your choices, boundaries, relationships, spiritual practice, and the way you care for yourself.
We go inward to listen. We come back to live.
Journey From
Hollow to Hearth
Most new clients begin with one of these two sessions.
Shamanic Healing
For when something feels stuck, heavy, disconnected, or simply ready for your attention.
We begin with what’s happening in your life now, and use shamanic journeying, energy work, intuitive guidance and conversation to explore what may be beneath the surface.
People come with grief, changes, repeating patterns, spiritual questions, feeling disconnected from themselves, or simply something they want to understand more deeply.
Psychic Reading
For when you have questions, want perspective, or are seeking connection and clarity.
Bring what’s actually on your mind- relationships, work, decisions, changes, your spiritual life, or something you’re trying to make sense of or want clarity on.
I’ll share what I receive intuitively, through psychic channeling, mediumship, and connecting with your Spirit Guides. Your destiny is still your own, and fate is still in your hands... you'll just have a deeper understanding of it.
Spiritual work,
Grounded in Real Life
Every session begins with a conversation.
We start with what brought you in- what's happening, what you've been noticing, what you're questioning, or what you'd like support with. From there, depending on your booking, our work may include shamanic journeying, drumming, energy work, intuitive guidance, cards, symbolism, ceremony, or simply conversation. No two sessions need to look exactly the same.
You don't have to "be on" here. This is your time, so tune inward and check in with yourself. Ask questions. Tell me when something doesn't resonate. Laugh. Cry. Swear. Pause. Change direction. Say no.
And when something meaningful happens, we don't stop at “Well, that was interesting!” We talk about it! What stood out? What feels relevant? Perhaps most importantly- what does this mean for the life you're actually living, and the one you're cultivating?
Because spiritual work is not separate from your relationships, boundaries, career, grief, decisions, patterns, needs, or sense of self- and it matters most when there is somewhere for it to land.
The experience itself is only part of the work. What you choose to do with it is where it becomes a catalyst. After all, spiritual insight matters most when there is somewhere for it to land.
Some Things Take Time
You can book individual sessions once, occasionally, or continue returning to them for as long as they feel useful. But when you're exploring something more layered, complex, or deep rooted, I offer two more immersive ways to work together.
The Soul Beneath
7 Weeks of Guided Shamanic Exploration
Sometimes you know something is changing before you understand what it is. You may be questioning who you are, moving through a transition, noticing the same patterns surface again, or feeling there is something beneath your current experience that you haven't quite reached yet.
The Soul Beneath gives us seven weeks to stay curious about it.
Through a series of specialized shamanic journeys, we follow what emerges rather than trying to find one quick answer. A symbol from one journey may return differently in the next. One question may uncover another. Something you experience in journey may suddenly make sense when you notice how it is showing up in your everyday life. There is time to explore, question, follow the threads, and see what begins to take shape.
This is work for when you don't necessarily need someone to give you the answer—you need enough space to discover what your own inner world has been trying to show you.
Awaken Her
4 Months of Private Spiritual Mentorship
There comes a point when knowing yourself more deeply isn't the same as living differently. You may already understand the pattern- you know where you abandon yourself, where your boundaries disappear, what you keep settling for, or what part of your life no longer feels like it fits. But still, knowing doesn't automatically make change easy.
Awaken Her is where insight becomes practice.
Over four months, we work with what is happening in your actual life while drawing from shamanic practice, intuitive exploration, coaching, ritual and spiritual work. That might mean learning to trust yourself before asking everyone else what they think. Implementing the boundary after you've discovered it. Paying attention to your needs before you're depleted. Building spiritual practices that belong in your real life rather than another list of things you "should" be doing.
There is space here for the spiritual and the deeply human- for insight, resistance, messiness, experimentation, setbacks, and the moments when something finally begins to feel different.
Awaken Her isn't about becoming a new version of yourself. It's about closing the gap between what you know and how you live.
The Woman Behind the Work
Hi! I’m Sydney, a Shamanic Healer, Ceremonialist, Soul Alignment Coach, and Psychic Medium- but before any of those titles, I’m a woman who knows something about the wild, messy art of losing yourself in the chaos of being human… and slowly finding your way back.
For years, everything looked “fine” from the outside. Inside was a different story. I was living with severe depression, relentless anxiety, chronic pain, and the constant ache of not really knowing who I was beneath all the roles I was fighting to keep together... and I got very good at outrunning myself. Staying busy. Staying strong. Staying anywhere but in the quiet.
Eventually, I couldn’t keep white-knuckling my way through life. I had to learn how to sit with the shadow instead of treating it like the enemy- to get curious about myself rather than constantly trying to fix myself.
Spiritual practice became a huge part of rediscovering who I am. Ceremony, shamanic teachings, journeying, time spent with Mother Nature, and learning to trust my own intuition didn’t magically make life perfect- they gave me another way to meet myself. They gave space to a spiritual part of my life that I hadn’t realized had been missing from the conversation- another way to understand what I was experiencing, listen to myself more deeply, and make sense of the things I couldn’t always reach from the surface.
Somewhere in all of that, Hollow & Hearth began taking shape- growing from my own experience of that return-to-self. Now I get to hold that space for others remembering who they truly are. The work may move between the seen and unseen, but it always comes back here- to our choices, relationships, patterns, needs, and the lives we’re actually living.
I don’t have a perfectly polished story, and I’m not interested in pretending I do. I’m still learning, still growing, still meeting new versions of myself as life changes. I just know that finding your way back rarely happens all at once. Sometimes it happens in ceremony. Sometimes in the quiet. Sometimes through a conversation, a realization, a boundary, a good cry, or finally admitting that something needs to change.
There’s no perfect way back to yourself. There’s only the next honest step- and sometimes, it helps to have someone walk beside you while you take it.
-Sydney
Testimonials
"This was my first experience of a Shamanic Healing and...wow!
Sydney was amazing, insightful and made the whole experience feel like a real journey. She's the perfect guide and healer. Empathetic, very clear on what she's sensing and no vague superficial flannel.
I gained a huge amount from the session and would recommend to anyone considering."
-Michael
KW Spa
A quiet place to land...
Hollow & Hearth is proudly based at KW Spa on Ridge Berry Farm in Pelham, Ontario. Nestled away in the heart of farmland, this mini oasis is tucked into the Niagara countryside; surrounded by trees, open space, and a little breathing room from everyday life.
Clients are welcome to book appointments for shamanic healing, readings, and other in-person work based in the studio.
Not nearby? Hollow & Hearth's offerings are also available virtually, so distance doesn’t mean we can’t work together.
