Transcendent Love, Signs, and Soul Connection

Season 2: Episode 20: Transcendent Love, Signs, and Soul Connection

In this heartfelt episode, Kristin shares a powerful birthday story about receiving signs from her late father, and how forgiveness, inner healing, and openness create a clearer channel to love, guidance, and soul connection.

We explore how signs and synchronicities work, why loved ones communicate in subtle ways, and how your own inner work opens the doorway to deeper intuition and divine support.

In This Episode:

• A personal story about asking for, and receiving, a piano sign

• Why forgiveness creates freedom for the soul

• How loved ones communicate from the other side

• Why signs are available to everyone

• The link between faith, healing, and intuition

  
  

Want to Go Deeper?

Kristin offers Soul Path Readings (astrology, energy, oracle cards + intuitive coaching). 

Learn more at kristinsvets.com.⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠

💻 Visit  ⁠Kristin’s website⁠ or connect via Instagram @kristinsvetscoaching⁠ 

🎧 Subscribe to the Abundant By Design Podcast for weekly inspiration and energetic alignment tools.

Listen Now

Listen on Spotify

Listen on Apple

Connect with Kristin

Subscribe to the Abundant By Design podcast for more insights and inspiration. Share your thoughts and connect with Kristin at hello@KristinSvets.com.

Kristin's Book!

"Designed to Shine" by Kristin Svets - Learn More Here!

Visit Kristin's Website

Transcript

Season 2: Episode 20- Transcendent Love, Signs, and Soul Connection

Hello, my friends. Welcome back. I am super excited to share some of these stories with you today. And I also just want to acknowledge how crazy society, the collective is feeling right now. I know it's really heavy out there and I record these podcasts about a week ahead of time, sometimes two weeks ahead of time. And so I just want you to know that if there is something really big and heavy that comes out and I'm not addressing it per se, or it feels like a disconnect in messages, just know that I am creating this podcast to put a lot more love and light into the world when things are so heavy because I do truly believe that tapping into our own inner peace and our own inner wisdom is the key and the source to getting through these times. And if you want to look at the astrology piece of it, it is not going to let up for a while. Like this is a really big, crazy astrology year. And so I want my work to be supportive on the side of love and hope and faith and all of those wonderful things that when we have this divine interconnection and divine connection to God and to then what we're gonna talk about today to actually really believe in the other side, it will help you. It will help you deal with the anxiety and the overwhelm. It'll help you get through these heavier crazy moments.

And so with that, I actually think that this all just happened because these messages are supposed to come through right now. So this is really cool and fun. So if you listen to a previous podcast episode that I have that is all about signs and synchronicities, and I shared some of the stories of signs that I've asked for or things that have happened to me. And one of them was about the signs that I got from my dad a few years back on my birthday. And I'm sharing this again because there is an update because yesterday was my birthday and something really cool happened. And so to understand this story, it's really helpful to have a background of our relationship. And so if you've been with me a while or know me, you may know this, but just for all of you listening, my father and I had a really difficult relationship when he was alive. And he's been passed away, I believe, about 13 years or so now. And he died unexpectedly. He just dropped dead, that unfortunately many people do, from heart issues. But we didn't even know he had heart issues. And I had put up some really high walls and boundaries. And I know there's a lot of talk out there in the world about having boundaries in place. And it is actually what I needed to do. So he just had a lot of anger management issues and control issues. And I grew up walking on eggshells. I grew up, you know, not wanting to use my voice, being very afraid. So that continued into my adult life with him, even when I was married. So we're, you know, I got married at 29, 30. So even the early stages of me being married, there was some really big conversations that we had that was him trying to control situations. And so I just put up massive, massive walls. And so yes, did that serve me in the moment? Sure. But when you lose someone, that you love, even when you have a very challenging relationship with them, that is a hard spot to be in when you have unresolved issues. So that is where I was when he unexpectedly passed away.

And so in the years since then, especially as I have done a lot of personal development work, spiritual work, emotional work, there were a lot of points in times that relationships with my dad came up. Like I worked with this one Reiki healer for probably two years. And there was one session where she told me, you know, think your dad came through and was trying to provide some healing in this space. And I still, so this is just a few years ago and that I still was like, really? He wants to be, you know, helping healing now. Like, I was so annoyed by that. I was like, no, he's not allowed there. I also decided to write a chapter in a book. And I did this as I was trying to write my own book. I decided to put out a chapter in what they call a compilation book. So there's multiple authors all in the same theme. And this book was called Ignite Forgiveness. And I wrote a chapter about that forgiveness is the foundation to the freedom of your soul. And in that, I really think that was the most effective point in time that I worked through all these relationship issues with my father who has passed away. And it actually really helped me to see that all those walls that I had put up by deciding not to like work through this relationship and work through what the issues were, but I missed a whole side of him. You know, he was a church organist and he was a choir director. And so at his funeral at his church, it was standing room only. There was like a thousand people there. So that's how I start my chapters. I'm like, wait a minute, I missed something like. I didn't know that guy that a thousand people would show up to his funeral, right?

So it was a very healing process. It was a very eye-opening process. I was able to really release a lot of those stories and see that there were so many issues that he didn't get to work through in this lifetime. even though he created a lot of victims with his anger, he also saw himself as a victim of his life. And I don't know why he was an only child. I don't know his actual story of childhood. And so you just have to have a lot of compassion and forgiveness of that. So, all of that being, I have done a lot of work to get to a point that then I could start this new relationship with him from the other side. And I would say that. I know this sounds so crazy to say but I have a better relationship with him now because I've done all that forgiveness work, which created the foundation to the freedom of my soul for me.

And so a few years ago on my birthday, I was like, okay, dad, like, I think I'm, I think I'm there. Like you've been passed away probably 10 years at this point. And if you want to say happy birthday to me, I actually would love to receive some signs from you. And so I was like, I would love to receive the sign of a piano. And that is because he was a church organist and we also had a piano in our home. So the most fun memories that I have with him are when he and I would do duets together on the piano. So when that happened three years ago, there were three different ways that pianos came through to me on my birthday. And one was I was getting my nails done and my nail technician was so distracted with phone messages. and when I asked her about it, because I'd never had a nail technician be that distracted, she was like, it's my kids, because I thought something was wrong with her kids. And she's like, no, it's my kids' annoying piano teacher, which is kind of funny, right? Like, that's a funny way for my dad to get the message through, because he was an annoying piano teacher to me. And I was like, oh, okay, that's so weird, but like, what a funny thing. And is that a synchronicity? Am I reading into this? Am I just searching for it? So I didn't give it 100%. And then I saw Piano Man on the car radio. And, you know, a lot of people say that when our past loved ones try to communicate from the other side, that electronics and the radio is the easiest thing. But Piano Man's on a lot, right? And so I was like, okay, also sweet. I don't know, I'm also just like searching for things, right? But then the end of the day, I received an Instagram Reel from my husband who had no idea that I had put that out there. And it was, I don't even remember what song, but a 70s band that I don't care about. And normally it would be like a rock and roll, like, was it Pink Floyd or I don't know what it was, but it was all in piano. It was the version of the song that's never played on the radio in piano, but it was just a piano version of it. And I was like, wow, dad, like good job. I got it. Happy birthday is coming through. And that's always made me laugh because like I made him work for it, right? It was like three times that day. He sent really powerful messages of happy birthday on my birthday. And, you know, I see him like giggling and laughing on the other side of like, yeah, I did such a good job with that. Right.

Okay. So all of this getting to what is going on right now. So yesterday was my birthday. And also for 2026, I did a reading with Bridget, intuitively Bridget, shout out to her. She's amazing. I have done them with her definitely two years in a row now, maybe three years in a row, but she does these year ahead readings, but you can meet with her anytime. She's incredible. And for the year ahead reading, she does Tarot polls month by month and creates this beautiful PDF for you. And then I did the one-on-one zoom version with her and so she was asking me, she wasn't sure if my dad had passed away. She was like, is he living or not? And then she was like, there's something about like, when is his birthday? And I was like, his birthday's in May. And she was like, oh, well, that just kind of seems to be coming through. And she doesn't market herself as someone who receives messages from the other side, just as I do not either. But once you get into this work more and more, these kind of things do happen and come through. And so you know, we were both just like, okay, we'll just table that. I don't know what that is. But afterwards I messaged her on Instagram and I was like, oh, you know what? Maybe he was just saying something because it's January and my birthday month is coming up. So maybe he was just trying to like acknowledge that it's my birthday and it was coming through you in this reading. And she was like, oh yeah, maybe so. Okay, so there was that piece of it that it was kind of like he was asking me to ask him for a sign again, right? Like he was coming to the forefront because when I asked him for those three signs or just a sign on my birthday and three signs came through, that was a few years ago. So that was leading up to my birthday.

And then I decided to do my own birthday Oracle card poll a few days ago. Also, because all these astrology transits, I was like, you know, I want to know. I just want some direction about what all these astrology transits mean for me and my birthday. And then as I was pulling my own oracle cards, I again randomly thought of my dad and said, this is going to make this sound like I think of my dad all the time. And I don't. But to this story, I'm doing the card deck and I'm getting this thing of like, some cards about your dad, pull a card for your dad. And I'm working with the work your light deck, which is a Rebecca Campbell deck. It's beautiful. I love it. It's got really positive messages in it. And I'm like, I don't know how I'm going to pull a card about my dad, but okay, whatever. Here's one and like two came out. So I set those to the side and what it was the first card, I got the mirror card, which asks who or what is triggering you. Which I totally laughed because that's going to be the only card in that deck that is a representation of my dad. Like, yes, he triggered me. And so to me, that was blatantly my dad coming through saying, see, I can come through even in these beautiful cards and let you know that this is me. And then the other card that came with it was the crumbling and what are you clinging on to? Which I feel like was his message about all the astrology transits that are happening for me because there is a lot going on in my chart that is like stepping into this new identity, which is even part of me sharing this story with all of you.

So I was like, okay, fascinating, cool. So then I was like, well, I'm just getting the overall message here that my dad wants to say happy birthday to me again. So I was like, all right, should I come up with a different sign? I was trying to think if I should, if I shouldn't. And I was like, no, I'm going to stick with piano. Like, let's just stick with the piano. Dad, if you want to say happy birthday, you know, somehow get the piano to me. And so I said that the day before my birthday, right? And so then I just like let it go. But yesterday, so my birthday is January 21st. So this was this is all the weekend of the big snowstorm everywhere and I'm based in Chicago and so it's been like negative temperatures. I had been getting out a little bit but then actually Sunday on my birthday, it's snowed all day. It started snowing Saturday night. It was snowing all day and I was like, you know what? I am not leaving the house. I am not doing anything today and it was great. I had a beautiful birthday with my husband and my 22 year old. And it was great. It was a nice, cozy day. We had fires going all day. you know, like in the gifts that they got me and phone calls and all of that, I didn't, I wasn't looking for a piano. I didn't think about it, but there was never any piano. So then it was the end of the day last night. And I had been on Instagram plenty. Of course I scrolled too much, but then I was getting ready for bed at the end of my birthday and I was thinking as I was washing my face, I was like, oh, you know, I watch TV, we watch some football. I was on Instagram. I was like, I never saw a piano today. I was like, that's too bad. And then I was like, you know, but you have to leave the house probably. Like you have to give the universe some opportunities to work with you. Right, like I feel like that when dating advice or things come through, if you're trying to find like new collaborations or a new partner or something like that, like you can't just sit in your house, right? You have to go out and you have to go out and you have to interact with life for some of these things to show up. So I was washing my face and that thought went through my head and I was like, that's okay, dad, I didn't really give the universe or you ways for a piano to show up today. So like, I get it, I needed to interact with the universe for something different to happen. And so that was the thought that I was having. And literally, seconds later, I hear a piano playing. I hear a piano playing. I hear piano music. And I was like, wait, what? What is this piano music? And so I go down the hall, and my 22-year-old, he's living with us. He's graduated from college, and he has job, but he's saving money and living with us. And for Christmas, I gave him one of those hatch alarms. I don't know if you know what that is, but it's really cool because in the morning before the alarm goes off, it creates like a sunrise effect. And with it, you know, there's a whole app with it and everything. And they have like really pretty lights to do at night. And so he had had it set to ocean waves. And so we've been hearing ocean waves every night and he was in his bathroom and, you know, showering before bed or whatever, but he had changed the night effect on his hatch alarm from Ocean Waves, which it's been set at Ocean Waves since Christmas, so for a month now. Yesterday, on my birthday, he changed it to this really beautiful, soft piano music. How cool is that? So I walked down the hall and I just stood there and listened to it and put my hand on my heart and I was like, wow. I mean, really wow. Like, thank you, dad. Thank you. Like, what an amazing happy birthday from the other side.

So that is actually what I mean. I really believe that the other side, you know, is so much about love and hope and light. And so even if my dad and I had a very challenging relationship in the physical plane, he is showing me that we can have this very beautiful relationship on the spiritual plane. And that to me is such a sign of love and hope and our connection to the divine. That there is this beautiful existence on the other side of the beautiful human existence that we get to be in right now. And God wants us to believe in that. He wants us to believe in Him or her. However, I don't like giving a gender preference to that. But it's so incredibly centering and grounding when you can experience it and believe it in your body, because that becomes an imprint of your heart and your soul. And that is what creates faith. So when all this crazy stuff is going on in the world, you can feel connected. And that gives you a sense of calm and a sense of even purpose, even when things feel crazy.

So back to the story of, you know, receiving messages from the other side, even when it isn't like, I do not consider myself a medium in any sense of the word. But when I do my soul path readings, and that is an energy reading, and I pull oracle cards for people, I always ask the, so say you are the client, I always ask your guardian angels and your guides and your ancestors and anybody who wants to be there to be there in love and light and protection. And the first time that happened to me was very blatantly with a grandfather presence that came through. And again, I don't see them. I don't hear them. It's a feeling that I feel of a grandfather presence. And I ask for gifts from your guides and angels. And the gift that came through was a diamond necklace. I do think I've shared this story once before. And when I shared that with the person I was doing the reading for, she said that she had been wearing the diamond necklace of her father-in-law. And so that was so beautiful and so unexpected. And it's almost like these little nods from the other side, little winks come through to give us that extra sense of being supported, of being held, of being seen, of being protected.

It's been such a beautiful space to be in, to see that happening for myself, to receive it, to open up to receive it, and then also to be able to provide that to others in readings. So if you're wondering like how to create that deeper sense of connection, you can go back and listen to my episode that is the signs and synchronicities. I do a lot more teaching in there about how to ask for signs, but it also comes from this place of really choosing to do your own inner work. That's why I started this with a whole story about the forgiveness work that I needed to do with my dad. And when you do this inner work, you find a place of inner knowing and inner connection that actually is to the divine. It is to something greater than yourself.

So here's what I want to leave you with today. Like you don't have to be a medium or a professional intuitive to receive those signs from the other side. They are available to everyone. I have been playing with this for years now and other smaller signs came to me even before I wrote this forgiveness chapter with my dad. You can start playing with it. You just have to be willing to do your inner work so that you're in this place, that you heal what needs healing, you forgive what needs forgiving, and then you stay open and you believe in love and faith even when the world feels heavy. Because the signs are there and they've always been there. And your loved ones on the other side want to speak to you. They're just speaking a different language now and so whether that is through piano, or through the more traditional ones like cardinals and butterflies or those songs on the radios or a diamond necklace that appear in readings when you least expect them. They are real. They might not be tangible, but they are real. And when you do that inner work and you find that place of inner knowing, that connection creates this clearer channel of receiving. And when you do that, then it's not just these messages from loved ones, which is so affirming it just feels good, just makes you happy. But it's also a deeper connection to your own soul's wisdom. It's your own intuition and your own path forward.

So I'm not saying also that you can't be angry about all the things that we should be angry about in this world. Like, yes, we have to stand up for what matters, but we need to do it from a place of love. So we do that by rising above the madness when we can and that you connect to that something higher. You find your center. You trust that you are loved, you are guided, and you are never ever alone.

So if you are feeling called to explore your own soul's path, to connect to that inner wisdom, and yes, maybe receive some messages along the way, I would love to invite you to book a soul path reading with me. So there is the astrology version, and there is the energy chakra reading. Both of them can be combined with Oracle card pulls. of course, I add in my own intuitive coaching. And it is one of my favorite ways to help people. And it helps you see what your soul is trying to tell you. And so you can find the link in the show notes and on my website.

And I just want to thank you so much for being here with me today. And if this episode resonated with you, I would love for you to share it with someone who might need to hear it. And of course, I appreciate hearing from you so much. I would love to hear stories about signs that you've received. So until next time. Keep trusting those signs, asking for those signs, keep doing your inner work, and just keep your heart open. Remember that when we rise above the madness, when we even address the madness that needs to be addressed, we get to create a whole new world. And remember that you are inherently abundant by design. Thank you so much. Have a beautiful week. I'll talk to you next time.