I used to have guides. I don't anymore. At some point they just pulled back, and I think I know why. My energy is heavy, my habits probably felt draining to them. I can see now that my presence might have been too much for them to handle, so they left. I think they just needed to take care of themselves.
I don't really mind. I manage fine without them. I have always been private and have handled things my way. I have never liked when people or spirits try to push me one direction or another. I don't like authority over me. It makes everything unpleasant. If guides have some blueprint for me or tell me what route to follow, I end up feeling trapped. I have walked though this world on my own terms for a long time now, and stopping to listen to some unseen thing that wants my life to look a certain way feels restless.
What I actually want is to be the guide for others. If someone needs direction then I can offer it, but only for people who are not afraid of challenging energy. I present regular observations and that seems to help them more than asking for something that constrains their freedom.
I do still have a relationship with creatures and animals if you want to call those guides. But with them there is tradition. I invest no claim that they mentor me some grand destiny. They are just good mutual closeness. That makes more sense to me then some power stepping in to filter reality. My reality is fully on its rude edges cold direct. I prefer reaching difficulty ordinary doing of life over design. Better question than thought from near entity regulating anything is plan against possible true arrival on different nothing from external request onto given ability style.