I met my destiny when I was 6 and didn’t know it…

My earliest memories are of grandma Joyce, my twin sister, and me in a tiny church in St. Catherine, Jamaica singing along with inherited hymns and listening to what seemed like never ending sermons. It was in this tiny church that my passion to heal others was sowed but it went unfulfilled for many years as I followed the paths that seem more safe at that time.

In 2016, I experienced a spiritual awakening that shifted my worldview so far that my life was changed forever. It seemed like my life was falling apart and if you asked me then I would have agreed. I later understood it was falling together (cliche, I know, but hear me out haha) as I started to purge out years of pain, confusion, and silent suffering, I could hear myself and my higher wisdom more clearly. I remembered the lessons grandma Myrtle shared with me about numerology, Caribbean folktales, and powerful Psalms scriptures. My twin sister, also awakening, shared what she learned about birth charts and manifestation, and like a tranquil river, I met others on my journey willing to teach me what they had learn.

Myrtle + Joy is named for my grandmothers who taught me much of what I understand about the spiritual and the unseen

While I’ve studied many beliefs, mine remains more fluid. I take many of the lessons I learned going to Christian churches and have blended them with my understanding of traditional Afro-Carribean folk practices to operate in and for the light.

I created Myrtle + Joy to formalize the services that I have been practicing since 2017 for those who have been able to find me. I decided to open up this spiritual boutique in order to step into my joy and support others as they answer questions they have about their gifts, purpose and/or potential. I believe we are created with something that makes us special and it’s our duty to identify and activate it. Of course, trauma, doubt, fear, insecurities, past failures, etc can and will knock off course but I have learned that it almost always works out, especially if we live to tell the tale!

Myrtle + Joy is here to help create a world where people are excited to activate their gifts and live the life designed by them - creative, unapologetic, empathetic, healthy and true. As more of us find and actualize our potential, we can help usher in a world we’re proud for future generations to inherit.

If this sounds interesting to you and you’d like to learn more, you may book a consult with me to get started .

With Gratitude,

Makeda

Owner + Principal Spiritualist