Healing, Hormones, and the Soul’s Rebirth | Tarot, Numerology, & Midlife - Dr. Sue McCreadie

There is a point in life where everything you thought you knew about yourself begins to shift. Your body feels different, your roles change, your relationships evolve, and old patterns that used to stay quietly in the background suddenly demand your attention.

For many women, this happens in their forties, fifties, and sixties. It can feel confusing and disorienting, but it can also be an incredibly powerful portal of awakening.

In episode 515 of Soul Elevation, I sit down with holistic pediatrician and midlife transformation expert Dr. Sue McCreadie to talk about midlife as a spiritual initiation, and how numerology, tarot, and emotional healing can help us move through this time with more ease, clarity, and grace.

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Who Is Dr. Sue McCreadie?

Dr. Sue began her career as a traditional Western trained pediatrician. Inspired by her mother, a nurse who worked in the emergency room, Sue knew early on that she wanted to help people and make a real impact in their lives.

As she walked the path of medical training, she discovered something important about herself. She loved medicine and she loved people, but she did not quite fit into the conventional medical model. The strictly pharmaceutical and management focused approach did not light up her soul.

Her curiosity led her to explore alternative healing modalities, beginning with reiki during medical school and later medical acupuncture, nutrition, and other forms of holistic care. Over time, she found herself drawn more and more into the energetic and spiritual dimensions of healing.

Today, Dr. Sue blends her background in pediatrics with energy healing, nutrition, numerology, tarot, and emotional coaching. She helps women in their forties, fifties, and sixties navigate hormones, heartbreak, and healing so they can stop settling and start living with joy.

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Midlife as a Second Adolescence

One of my favorite parts of this conversation is how Dr. Sue describes midlife as a kind of second adolescence.

Think about adolescence for a moment. Your body changes, your sense of self shifts, your relationships with your parents and friends evolve, and you begin asking big questions. Who am I really. How do I want to show up in the world. What do I believe.

Midlife carries that same level of intensity and transformation, but with a different lens. Instead of moving from childhood into adulthood, we are moving from one identity into another. For many women this includes:

• Children becoming more independent or leaving home

• Shifting roles in partnership or marriage

• Caring for aging parents, often while still parenting teens or young adults

• Changes in hormones, energy, and physical health

• A deep inner pull to live in greater alignment with the soul

Dr. Sue describes this as a transitional portal, where the old way of being no longer fits, but the new version of self has not fully landed yet. It can feel stretchy, uncomfortable, and even disorienting.

The gift is that this tension invites us to wake up. Rather than simply pushing through or numbing out, we can turn toward the discomfort and ask, “What is my soul trying to show me. What wants to be healed, released, or reborn.”

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From Pediatrics to Soul Coaching

Although Dr. Sue still sees children in her pediatric practice, her deeper calling has unfolded in the realm of midlife emotional and spiritual transformation.

After trying different ways to support women, from nonprofit work to network marketing, she eventually reached a point where she felt deeply frustrated. The things she was creating were not quite satisfying her soul, even though they looked good on paper. She describes reaching a moment of surrender, telling God that she did not understand how to fulfill both her desire to help and her own inner needs.

When she put everything down and allowed space, the path of coaching and deeper transformational work with women began to unfold. Today she focuses on:

• Emotional healing for women in midlife

• Navigating relationship challenges, including infidelity and divorce

• Holding space for grief around aging parents and shifting family dynamics

• Supporting women through identity shifts like empty nesting

• Helping women reconnect with joy, purpose, and inner wisdom

Her approach is not just about physical health, nutrition, or hormones, although those can be part of the picture. It is about soul level alignment.

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Numerology and Tarot as Tools for Inner Guidance

One of the most fascinating aspects of Dr. Sue’s work is her integration of numerology and tarot.

Here is how she uses them with clients:

• Numerology uses a person’s birth date to reveal core patterns, life themes, and personal year cycles.

• Tarot adds visual language and archetypal imagery that brings those patterns to life.

She sees numerology patterns similarly to how she once viewed signs and symptoms as a physician. Certain configurations of numbers and cards reveal underlying energetic or emotional patterns that a woman may be living out unconsciously. When those patterns become visible, it opens space for conscious choice and healing.

She often works with decks such as The Light Seer’s Tarot, which she loves for its soulful and modern imagery. For her, tarot is not fortune telling. It is a reflective mirror that helps clients access their subconscious beliefs, fears, desires, and strengths.

In this episode we also dive into the numerology of 2025 as a universal 9 year.

In numerology, the numbers 1 through 9 represent a full cycle of growth. One is the beginning, the spark, the seed. Nine is the completion before a new cycle starts. A 9 year holds themes of:

• Endings and closure

• Letting go of what no longer fits

• Integrating lessons from the previous cycle

• Preparing for a new beginning

Nine is also a powerful mirror. When you add nine to other numbers, they reduce back to the original number. For example, 9 + 5 = 14, and 1 + 4 = 5 again. This mirror quality is why a 9 year can feel like life is holding up a magnifying glass to our patterns, choices, and beliefs.

In tarot, the number nine is linked to The Hermit. The Hermit represents:

• The wise one on the mountain

• Deep inner reflection and spiritual insight

• The soul that has withdrawn in order to find its own light

• The invitation to later share that light with others

As we talked, something really clicked for me personally. Because I was born on June 9th, I carry the Hermit energy in my own numerology. That means 2025 as a 9 year is like a 9 9 9 9 portal for me, an amplified time of reflection, shadow integration, and sharing wisdom through my work and my book, Your Authentic Awakening.

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Shadow Work as Soul Integration

Another key theme that emerged in our conversation was shadow integration.

For both of us, this year has brought forward old memories, deep self judgments, and parts of ourselves we may have tried to hide for years. For me, that has shown up in revisiting old wounds and noticing unconscious patterns that were quietly shaping my reality.

For Dr. Sue, shadow work has surfaced around her identity and calling. At times she has struggled with self judgment about being a doctor who also loves tarot, numerology, and multidimensional healing. There have been moments of self doubt and even self loathing, where she wondered why she could not just be content in a conventional medical role.

What she keeps returning to is this deeper truth:

Spiritual growth is ultimately about integrating and loving every part of ourselves.

That includes the parts we are proud of and the parts we dislike, the light and the shadow. She describes the journey as learning to see ourselves the way God or Source sees us, as fundamentally lovable and whole, even while we are still growing.

In her work with women, she helps them:

• Recognize patterns of self rejection and judgment

• Meet their emotions and stories with compassion

• Integrate hidden or disowned aspects of themselves

• Move from shame into self acceptance and empowerment

Shadow work is not about staying stuck in pain. It is about moving through it in order to reclaim more of our soul.

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The Feminine Heart in Midlife: Hormones, Heartbreak, and Hope

Midlife can surface an incredibly wide range of experiences for women. Dr. Sue works with clients on themes such as:

• Hormonal shifts and physical changes

• Grief around miscarriages or unfulfilled dreams

• Infidelity and relationship breakdowns

• Divorce and rebuilding life afterward

• Changing roles as children leave home

• Caring for elderly parents while navigating personal transitions

She calls the most challenging moments “soul sculpting moments.” These are the experiences that carve us open, where we are forced to let go of old identities and find a deeper grounding in our true self.

Rather than seeing these experiences as punishments or failures, she reframes them as doorways into spiritual growth. They are not easy, but they can be profoundly transformative when we bring awareness, compassion, and spiritual tools to them.

A thread that runs through this whole conversation is the theme of authenticity.

We talk about:

• The ways women hide their true selves in order to fit expectations

• The energy it takes to maintain appearances, whether that is physical, emotional, or spiritual

• The tender process of letting go of old masks

For example, I share about my own journey of growing out my natural gray hair after coloring it for many years. It has brought up its own discomfort and vulnerability, especially in a world that often equates youth with worth.

Dr. Sue shares about her experience of having to stop wearing eyeliner and most eye makeup due to a skin reaction. At first she felt completely naked without it. Over time, she softened into a new way of being seen, one that felt more natural and aligned.

These may seem like small things on the surface, but they often carry deep emotional charge. They mirror the deeper question:

“Am I willing to be seen as I truly am.”

Midlife invites us to step more fully into our authentic expression, even when it feels risky.

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Numerology, Life Path, and Personal Year Energies

Toward the end of the episode, Dr. Sue walks through some of the basics of numerology and how to find your core numbers.

• You can calculate a key soul number by adding up your birthdate and reducing it to a single digit between 1 and 9.

• You can also explore your personal year energy by combining your birth month and day with the current year.

For me, this revealed that:

• My core number from my full birthdate is a 4 (linked to the Emperor archetype in tarot, which is about structure, stability, and leadership).

• Because I was born on the 9th, I also carry the Hermit energy.

• My personal year for 2025 adds up to a 6, which in tarot is the Lovers. This year is therefore about leading with love, making aligned choices, and expressing the heart in a deeper way.

When you begin to work consciously with these energies, life can feel more supportive. You are not using numerology as a rigid script, but as a lens that brings clarity to what you are already experiencing.

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Making Transformation Simple, Soulful, and Even Fun

Despite the depth of her work, Dr. Sue emphasizes that transformation does not always have to feel heavy. Her mission is to make growth simple, soulful, and even fun.

Whether she is using tarot as a kind of visual ink blot test to access the subconscious, guiding women through shadow integration, or reflecting numerology patterns back to her clients, she approaches healing with warmth, humor, and grounded wisdom.

At the heart of her message is a reminder that we are not broken. We are evolving. Midlife is not the beginning of the end. It is a powerful initiation into a more authentic, soulful, and aligned way of living.

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Connect with Dr. Sue and Explore Further

If you felt a resonance with this conversation, you can connect with Dr. Sue McCreadie and explore her work here:

• Website and offerings: drsuemccreadie.com

• Take her Midlife Personality Quiz to discover your unique gifts and challenges in this season of life

You can also explore my offerings, including:

• My bookYour Authentic Awakening: A Guide to Every Day Spiritual Living

• Free guided meditations and resources to support your spiritual path

• Updates about the Miracle Summit 2025 and other live events

All of this is available at karagoodwin.com.

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A Closing Blessing for Your Midlife Awakening

If you are moving through midlife and feeling stretched, emotional, or uncertain, I want you to know that nothing is wrong with you. You are moving through a powerful portal.

You are allowed to grieve what is changing. You are allowed to release who you once were. You are allowed to step into a version of yourself that feels more honest, more soulful, and more free.

May this episode with Dr. Sue McCreadie be a reminder that you are supported, that your soul has a plan, and that your midlife awakening can be a doorway into deeper joy, love, and alignment than you have ever known.

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