About First Light’s Founder, Maggie Shields

Spiritual Mentor, Dreamwork Teacher & Intuitive Guide

Compassionate and insightful, Maggie guides seekers, dreamers and sensitive souls on their journeys of self-discovery, healing, and transformation. With a background in dreamwork, life coaching, and intuitive guidance, she helps clients navigate life’s challenges by uncovering the wisdom within their own subconscious and spiritual experiences.  

Profound childhood dreams set her on the spiritual path, later becoming a guiding light in her healing and self-exploration. Over years of dedicated study and experience, she developed a deep understanding of the symbolic language of dreams, synchronicity, and the unseen patterns that shape our lives.  

Known for her gentle, intuitive approach, Maggie is certified as a Teacher of Dreamwork (Atlantic University, 2020), a Wayfinder Life Coach (Martha Beck, 2023), a Tarot Advisor (Biddy, 2022) and a Tarotpy practitioner (2025). (Tarotpy combines dream and symbolism work with tarot and oracle cards). She brings years of experience, as work colleagues and friends turned to her for her intuitive and trusted counsel, even before she started offering her guidance to the public in 2021. 

Through one-on-one mentorship, dream exploration, intuitive readings and group experiences, Maggie provides a grounded, safe harbor for those seeking clarity, healing, and a deeper connection to the divine. She empowers others to step into their fullest expression, embrace their inner Light, and navigate life’s transitions with trust and grace.

Learn more about working with Maggie HERE.

My Story

From a young age, I had profound spiritual dreams and encounters that set me on a lifelong journey of self-discovery and awareness. 

One vivid dream recurred from age five to ten: I’m at school. My Beloved, a pure white horse, stands like a statue beside me, killed by an evil wizard. I venture into the surrounding woods, pleading with various mystical beings to help bring my horse back to life. Though they try, the horse returns small and withered, not the strong companion I remember.

It isn’t until I ask God directly for help that I receive an answer. “While I can not bring the horse back to life, I can make it fly,” I hear the voice of God say. So, just before I wake, I find myself soaring through the sky on the back of my transformed Beloved. 

This dream became a powerful touchstone, a symbolic representation of my own spiritual journey and struggles to find light and hope amidst darkness. The message? Even when all seems lost, there is a way to rise up and find new perspective. 

I left home young, knocking about at loose ends for several years. I felt lost, filled with a soul-deep sadness, with no way forward that didn’t include that pain. Finally, in my early twenties, I rallied. “Maggie, you can do nothing and feel like crap for the rest of your life, or you can do something about it!” Recalling the dream, I again asked God for help.

That is when, through divine orchestration, I met the guide who literally saved my life. Sharon, a therapist with a Jungian bent, taught me how to sift through my dreams for the symbols, messages and wisdom hidden there. She helped me bridge and transition from struggle into peace, integration and wholeness, setting me on the path to becoming a spiritual mentor and guide myself. 

As I worked through this depression and its root causes with Sharon, I came to see the dream as a guiding light—a promise that even in our darkest moments, we are never truly alone. There is always that glimmer of First Light to pull us out of the darkness, always the First Light of a new day.

Externally, I did all the human things: navigated marriage, divorce, and single parenthood, and worked to put food on the table. Although I always had a hand in more creative and spiritual pursuits—crafting and restoring stained glass windows, creating glass lampworked beads and jewelry, or using Reiki and aromatherapy as a massage therapist—for years, my career stayed firmly rooted in my family’s immediate needs.

My inner world, however, remained rich and vibrant. Always a seeker and deeply curious about the mysteries of the human experience, I spent these years continuing to explore the realms of dreams, synchronicity, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. 

I realized I have an intuitive gift for seeing and understanding how everything is connected: how the filaments of Light and Life weave together and intersect in our lives like a spider web—and how beliefs, blocks, and shadows can hold us back from our soul’s guidance. People around me sensed it, too. Friends and colleagues knew I was “tapped in” to the synchronicities and messages around us and turned to me as a trusted confidante for support and advice.

Along the way, I was blessed to work with incredible teachers and mentors like Sharon. Inspired, I answered the sacred call as a healer and guide, training in multiple modalities. 

Now, I’m honored to walk alongside others who seek greater self-awareness, healing, and connection to the divine. I’m so grateful you’re here, and look forward to connecting with you.

Peace and hugs,
Maggie

Can you relate? Outwardly going about the business of life while knowing deep in your heart that there is something more to it, something more for you here? Or perhaps you are the support person for others—and long for someone with the capacity to hold space for you?

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Dedications

In honor of all my earthly and heavenly family, friends and guides who have helped me find my own way toward the Light.

And in loving memory of my mother, Hope, and my first guide, Sharon Miles, who both encouraged me in my explorations and went the extra mile…

Love and heartfelt gratitude to you all!

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