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Judith McAdam Theologian, Kinesiologist, Life coa
ch “There’s few things that we’re all stuck on and we’re all blocked on in varying degrees. There’s love, money, careers, family, health. So they all mingle in,” says Judith McAdams as we chat in her studio in Rathfarnham, occupied with crystals, soft furnishings and a table for Reiki. Judith is a theologian, kinesiologist, life coach, course facilitator, inspirational speaker, and the author of ‘The Source’, a book which shares Judith’s seven principles “for creating your own reality and living out your life’s purpose.” (An audio version of ‘The Source’ just came out this month.) Much of Judith’s teachings are based on her lived experience. Following a divorce, Judith completely restructured her life and her goals after what she suggests were years of ignoring her own intuition. “I was living according to somebody else’s dream,” she says, discussing her marriage. “I wasn’t living according to my own and that really doesn’t work. It wasn’t anybody else’s fault and it wasn’t even my fault per se. There’s no blame. It’s just that when you realize it, then you have to change it.” Judith has been practicing for over ten years, yet her spiritual awakening started from when she was young. In her 20s she spent time with an ex-nun who taught her Reiki, an anomaly in 1980s’ Ireland. Since then, things have changed. A new openness to spirituality has seen Judith’s career flourish. Judith’s work is life coaching of sorts, intertwined with new spirituality. In her sessions you identify what thoughts and behaviours you hold due to societal conditioning and then you start to change the direction of these thoughts and allow yourself to think freely. A lot of this is achieved through reflection and discussion with Judith. She might also release some of your trapped energy through Reiki (she will also give you a blanket and make you a cup of herbal tea). It’s all very soothing and reflective but, according to Judith its potential is huge. “It’s the difference between feeling creative and sensual and sexual, or feeling locked. Or it’s the difference between standing in your own power, or not standing in your own power and being.” As a theologian, Judith is aware of the role of religion in new spiritual dialogues but is reluctant to damn religion for its failings. “This is all becoming more popular because we all thought that we had to be religious to have that energy,” she says. “And then when religion let us down in a small way, we still had that energy inside. It didn’t go away just because the religion went away.” Tapping into your subconscious mind and the energy that you’re a part of sounds lofty, however in many ways that process involves simply sitting down, putting a blanket around yourself, drinking a cup of herbal tea and hearing someone say, “You sit in that chair and you just get it all off your chest.” judithmcadam.com It’s the difference between feeling creative and sensual and sexual, or feeling locked. 28