How to make your heart sing: 7 steps of self-discovery, healing, authentication and empowerment

Have you ever felt lost or lonely and wondered what the meaning of life is? So heartbroken that you don’t even know how to get out of bed in the morning? Or so full of fear that basically everything makes you anxious? Or the need for control everything and anything around you just to make you feel on top of something? Totally disconnected and separated from everyone and everything and simply feeling hopeless. Or maybe you are one of them who has felt this deep yearning and knowingness inside that there is more for you in this life? That you have not yet reached your full potential, and that there is a greater purpose waiting you, but you just don’t know how to figure it out.

If you have, you are not alone.

My name is Cathrine Scharning Nyquist – or Cathrine LionHeart as many people call me - and today I am going to share with you 7 unique steps on how to make your heart sing. Through the practice of animal communication and deep connectedness with myself, nature and the spiritual world, I have together with my pride of big cats, created a program for you that will help you transform fear into freedom, lost into purpose, control into trusts and separation into oneness. What I am about to share with you will give you tools to help you heal deep wounds, find true meaning and happiness in life, and that deep feeling of love and connectedness to your authentic self and the essence of all life.

Before I share my unique course with you, I first want to tell you a story of how I got to where I am today. It all started with a lioness called Shani who captured my heart and soul when I volunteer in South Africa back in 2011. We bonded quickly and our relationship grew strong and deep just in some weeks. We had recognised a soul friend and looking back now we were an exact mirror of each other with a very tough and cool exterior, and a soft wounded inside - yet to be acknowledged. 

One afternoon after having spent hours together with Shani and her pride, I found myself walking alone on a dirt road, the magical African sunset was painting the sky with all its radiant colours. The connectedness I felt with everything and the silence was simply incredible, and in that moment I felt one with all. Suddenly a voice whispered, “One day you and Lizaene will open a lion sanctuary”! The message was crystal clear, and I nearly turned around to see who was talking to me. There was no one there – except me and the immense presence of something extraordinary. It was my soul, perfectly aligned with my authentic self, whispering and reminding me of my purpose and divine path in this lifetime. Deep inside I felt the excitement pulsating and rising within my whole body and a big smile embraced my face. I absolutely LOVED the idea of creating a sanctuary together with Lizaene (a friend at the time), and so a seed was planted.

Shani and I become inseparable when her pride were sent away to a breeding facility and she was left alone. At the time I was also left by a loved one, so we again mirrored each other’s emotional journey. In each other we found someone who really saw us, understood us, and loved us for all that we were, and that feeling of absolute truth, purest of love and connectedness was priceless. The high walls around our hearts melted away and we opened like a beautiful rose in summer. Life felt magical in every aspect.

Then, the unthinkable happened when I one day was told that she was being sent away to a breeding facility. I felt complete despair and hopeless and my heart hit rock bottom when I saw her drive away. That day was for me the fuel I needed to listen to my soul’s message and make it happen, because I needed Shani to be safe, and she also made me feel complete.

Over the next 2,5 years Lizaene, my girlfriend at the time, now wife, and I decided to make a reality of my soul message and prepared for the creation of Panthera Africa. We started by writing a business plan and drew our vision board, sold my apartment in Norway and got a bank loan, found land in South Africa, got governmental approvals, and built enclosures at a speed of light in order to save and rescue our big cat family. Shani was at the core of it all and fuelled me to get up every morning and push through to late at night every day for what seemed an eternity. We were going to finally be together again and continue our incredible life journey together. 

However, faith wanted it differently for us. Shani was tragically killed by the hand of man for ego and money, and I never managed to save and unite with her again. As you can imagine my life fell apart and there was nothing no one could do. I was ready to give up on my dream and purpose, and simply throw in the towel.

But Shani, as the powerful soul she is, managed to connect again with my heart and soul from spirit, and that is when my transformation started. Rock bottom, feeling totally lost, disconnected, full of blame, guilt, anger, victimhood of why me, and why did this need to happen to me”.  There wasn’t much light and however much I tried to move on and pretend to be ok, deep within I was dying.

My partner and I discovered the practices of animal communication and I believe that was the opening to the spirit world that my soul needed to truly ignite and start to remember my own soul’s wisdom and abilities, and so my healing journey started. I started receiving affirmations that I was told to repeat for weeks, and simultaneously books and songs perfectly “fell into my lap” which of course supported the area of myself I was working on. Gradually I received profound wisdom from the animals and the spirit world, and through trusting the process, doing the hard work that was needed I found myself more and more every day, and so the journey continued for the next 5 years.

The seven steps I will share with you in this course has given me the courage, strength and bravery to open my heart to love even when it was totally broken; to forgive the unthinkable when letting go of the people who were involved in Shani’s murder; to face the fear of unwrapping my wounds and then discovering many unknown childhood wounds; to take the uncomfortable actions and admitting my own mistakes and dark side; to rise with gratitude for the people who have caused me so much pain as the lessons have brought me to where I am here today;  to transform total despair and the want to give up into the passion that fuels me every day to make a difference in honour of Shani and our love connection. She awakened my soul and through my journey with her, and my whole pride, I have found my authentic self and have discovered my purpose in this lifetime. The affirmations combined with meditation, songs both by me and others, crystals, books, and guidance and wisdom from the animals are all the foundation of this course. Shani was and still is my guiding star on the discovery of my authentic self and the oneness of life. 

I would love nothing more than to shine some light in your life and help ignite the dormant flames inside of you, and together walk the road towards freedom, purpose, true happiness and joy, and peace within.

You might think – is this possible for me? I will never mange to forgive the people that hurt me, I don’t have time for this right now, maybe you are fearful of the unknown and what you will find when you connect within, Maybe you are even scared of your own power and how it will actually be when you find your inner voice, and shine your brightest of light? You might have heard from others that “this is who you are, and you will never change”, “just let go of this spiritual journey of “finding yourself”, “just get on with life and be happy with what you have”? Maybe you have even been called selfish for wanting to make time for you/to heal, or you might be embarrassed of what people will say about your curiosity with the spirit world?

We all know there are no quick fixes in life if we want a long-lasting result. “Ill do it tomorrow or decide later” attitude is also not really working, is it? Holding on to old wounds or blaming others for your suffering, has it made anyone feel better? Indecisiveness, staying put rather than taking responsibility and action, and continuing the same habits which have brought you to how you are feeling right now. Something needs to change, and this course might just be that change for you.

Listen, if you are wanting to make and feel your heart sing and wanting to live a life of meaning, connectedness, freedom, love and true joy happiness, and feel that bit of magic in your life, I am betting you are going to need some help. It would be really hard to figure it out yourself, and you are going to need someone to guide you. I would be honoured and absolutely love it to be me and my pride. I have gained deep wisdom and knowledge, and already had the pleasure of changing lives already, and I want the next life I change to be yours. Let’s connect our hearts and lock arms and I will give you tools and show you how to do it. I have so many stories and incredible moments both with Shani and the rest of the Panthera Africa pride, and that is why I am so excited to share my course with you today with the purest of intention to help you to make your heart sing.

By the time you finish this course and maybe for the first time in your life your heart will sing the most beautiful song – which is your unique heart song! You will be able to feel safe in this world, be brave like a lion to open your heart to love and welcome the light into your body, forgive the unthinkable, love and accept who you are, trust in yourself and the divine plan and truly feel connected with your authentic self and oneness with all life.

Shani ignited my heart song, and now we together will ignite yours so you can share it proudly and freely, and shine your purest, brightest and most powerful light in this world.