Layla is 25 and is from Crewe. She is the youngest full time professional fortune teller in the UK. She lives with her boyfriend and her cat Percy.
My story is important to me because it was a turning point in my life. I went away to find myself and that was where it all fell into place.
Inside Lives has been a very worthwhile experience. It was quite challenging and a bit spooky!
I've been able to tell fortunes and read people's palms since I was little, but there was a time when I turned my back on all the psychic stuff. I tried to be normal and fit in. I suppose everyone does when they're 18. When I was going through my normal phase I moved down south. Things started to go wrong straight away. I was working two jobs and going to college. My love life was a mess and I never had any money. I thought I was going to crack up under the stress so I went for a walk in the new forest to clear my head. I remember looking at the sky and saying "Look, if anyone up there really does care, tell me what to do!" I walked on a bit then my foot went straight into a pot hole full of mud. It was icy cold & my foot got stuck. I had to pull really hard to get it out and when I did it was soaking wet and covered in mud. I remember saying "Good God, life just gets better and better doesn't it!" And then I hear this voice. There's no one around me but I hear this voice. It's not inside my head, it's right down my ear hole. It says "Oh, go home and be a fortune teller!" As mad as it was it made perfect sense. I packed in my jobs and my college course, dumped both of my boyfriends and bought a ticket back to Crewe. I started reading tealeaves on Northwich market a week later. Six years later I'm the youngest full time fortune teller in the UK. I know I've done the right thing. I absolutely love my job. So who was it? I don't know for sure. If it's my guardian angel then she's got a broad Crewe accent and very blunt way of putting things. But that voice gave me the kick up the backside I needed to sort my life out. I really believe there is always an answer to your problems, even if the answer is go home and be a fortune teller. | 
