Today we’d like to introduce you to Rev. Saaja.
Hi Rev., please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
My story really started with a breaking point.
I was in a very traumatic, narcissistic relationship that forced me to see myself differently. It wasn’t something I could just walk away from and be fine. It put me in a position where I had to shift. Staying the same just wasn’t an option anymore.
And at that time, all I really had was myself. My voice, the culture I came from, and the knowledge I had been studying for years while I was still experiencing that relationship. So I started using it. I created my personal brand from that space, not as a strategy, but as a form of expression and survival.
Every day, I showed up online and shared what I was actually going through. My thoughts, my emotions, my realizations. Over time, that turned into teaching. I started putting language to what I was learning and what I was unlearning in real time.
And people felt that.
Within about eight months, my platform grew to nearly 100,000 across my social media accounts. But more than the numbers, it was the connection. Women were reaching out because they saw themselves in my story, and they wanted to go deeper, just like I did.
That’s what led me to create The Matriarch Circle first. I wanted a space where women could come together, feel supported, and actually do the work in community. And from there, I started noticing that some women needed a more intimate space to go even deeper. That’s when my private coaching experience was born, to give them that level of closeness and guidance.
So none of this came from a perfectly mapped-out plan. It came from a moment where I had to choose myself, and then I just kept choosing myself, out loud, in front of people. And that’s what built everything.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
One of the first things I had to overcome was imposter syndrome.
I was born into a culture that blended Christian beliefs with spiritual principles, so I always felt like I was standing between two worlds. I could see the value in both, but I also knew something was missing. And for a while, that made it hard to trust my own voice, especially because I didn’t come from the traditional path people expect in healing spaces. I wasn’t a licensed psychologist or a medical doctor. But I did have knowledge. I had studied metaphysics, and I carried wisdom that had been passed down through generations of indigenous practice.
At the same time, I was building my platform while raising three preschool-aged children as a single mother. So everything I was navigating internally, the self-doubt, the questioning, the growth, it wasn’t happening in isolation. It was happening in real life, in real time, while I was still showing up for my children, my education, and the women I was beginning to serve. There wasn’t space to separate it. I had to learn how to hold all of it at once.
Over time, I found a way to bring everything together. I became an ordained metaphysical minister and a certified metaphysical healing practitioner, and I’m currently pursuing a PhD in ancestral healing. But more than the titles, it was the process itself, along with consistently showing up and building my platform, that helped me find confidence in my voice and really define my work.
I also came to understand that a lot of my imposter syndrome wasn’t even mine. It was inherited. It came from generations of people who lived in environments where their gifts weren’t accepted or were misunderstood. And once I saw that clearly, everything shifted.
Now, the work I do is centered around helping women heal that same pattern. I help them address the ancestral trauma stored in the nervous system so they can actually embody their gifts with confidence and clarity, not just understand them intellectually.
And for me, the real turning point was realizing that my fulfillment wasn’t going to come from being accepted by everyone or having people agree with my perspective. It came from learning how to separate my inner wisdom from all the other voices I had internalized over time.
That’s what led me deeper into the work I do now, focusing not just on surface-level healing or even basic nervous system regulation, but on the subconscious programming underneath it all. Because when we talk about generational trauma, that’s really what we’re talking about. The patterns we’ve inherited, internalized, and lived out without always realizing it.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
At the core of my work, I help people navigate their rebirth experience.
A lot of the women I work with are already aware. They’ve done the reading, they understand the language of healing, but they still feel stuck in certain patterns. What I specialize in is bridging that gap between awareness and embodiment by working through the nervous system and the subconscious programming that most people don’t even realize they’re operating from.
That’s actually what led me to reframe narcissism in a different way. I don’t just see it as a personality trait or disorder. I teach it as a societal program, something that’s been normalized on a collective level, and as a deeper, generational pattern that operates almost like a spell internally. It shapes identity, perception, and behavior in ways that often go unnoticed. And once you can see it that way, you can begin to break it with more precision.
From there, my work naturally expanded into what I now call metaphysical linguistics. It’s a framework I developed that focuses on how language shapes our reality. The words we use to describe ourselves, our experiences, and even our healing process aren’t neutral. They either reinforce the patterns we’ve inherited or help us dismantle them. When people begin to shift their language, they start to shift their entire perspective, and that’s where deeper transformation happens.
Because of that, my work tends to resonate deeply with women who have felt misunderstood, overlooked, or labeled in some way. Especially those navigating multiple layers of identity. As a queer Black woman, I understand what it means to exist at the intersection of being a woman, a person of color, queer, and self-educated, and still have your voice questioned or minimized. I don’t separate that from my work. It’s a part of how I see, how I teach, and how I hold space. And it allows the women who find me, especially those who have felt like they exist in between worlds, to feel seen in a way that’s both honest and empowering.
This is something I’ve seen play out powerfully within my private coaching and community, The Matriarch Circle. Women who once felt silenced, especially from narcissistic experiences, have gone on to become published authors, start their own practices, and even integrate my frameworks into the work they were already credentialed to do. Watching that level of expansion is something I’m deeply proud of because it shows that the work doesn’t just heal, it multiplies.
I also pay close attention to timing, patterns, and cycles, including astrological shifts, but I always bring it back to real-life application. My goal is to make sure people aren’t just understanding something conceptually, but actually living it.
And ultimately, what really sets me apart is that I built all of this while living it. This work came from my own transformation, my own questioning, and my own willingness to go deeper than what I was taught. So when I guide others, it’s not from a distance. It’s from embodiment. And that creates a different kind of connection, and a different kind of result.
Networking and finding a mentor can have such a positive impact on one’s life and career. Any advice?
For me, networking never really worked when I treated it like a transaction. It only started to feel aligned when I approached it as connection.
One of the biggest shifts I had to make was realizing that a mentor isn’t always someone you have direct access to. Some of the people who have influenced me the most have never spoken to me personally. I studied how they think, how they move, how they communicate. I paid attention to what resonated, and I applied it in my own way. That alone can take you further than waiting to be chosen or acknowledged.
When it comes to building real relationships, what’s worked best for me is leading with authenticity. I didn’t try to fit into spaces that didn’t reflect who I was. I shared my thoughts openly, I spoke from my actual experiences, and I allowed the right people to find me through that. A lot of my connections came from resonance first, not positioning.
I also became intentional about proximity, putting myself in rooms, whether virtual or in person, where people were already operating at the level I was growing into. Not to impress them, but to observe, learn, and contribute where it felt natural. And even in those spaces, I learned to pay attention to how I felt. Because networking isn’t just about who looks good on paper, it’s about what feels aligned in your body. I always tell the women I work with that your nervous system is intelligent. It’s constantly scanning for safety, for alignment, for what feels right or off. So if something feels grounded and your intuition confirms it, trust that. And if the energy in a space or connection starts to shift over time, that doesn’t always mean something is wrong. Sometimes it just means you’ve outgrown it, and it’s time to move differently.
When I do reach out to people, it’s never just to ask for something. It’s to build a genuine connection, to express appreciation, or to add value where I can. And I’ve learned to release the expectation that everything has to happen immediately. Some relationships take time to develop, and some people are meant to guide you from a distance. Both serve a purpose.
What I’ve found is that when you’re clear in your voice, grounded in yourself, and consistent in how you show up, the right mentors and connections begin to align with you naturally.
Pricing:
- The Rebirth Experience Private Coaching Journey – $4,997
- The Matriarch Circle Rebirth Community – $97/mo
- Sacred Healing University – $997 (one-time)
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.RevSaaja.com
- Instagram: https://Instagram.com/RevSaaja
- Facebook: https://Facebook.com/RevSaaja
- Youtube: https://YouTube.com/@RevSaaja
- Other: https://TikTok.com/@RevSaaja
