Gosh we sound very similar actually. Maybe some of my insights can help. I've done a lot what you have done and I'm also quite intuitive too. I am a graphic/web designer, but have done lots of things too and I too have issues with authority. But I just recently learnt to embrace it. I was always seeing the "authority issue" as a bad thing, that I was an anxious person and I had to embrace people with authority. But then I thought what if, that's because I am not meant to be actually directed by others and my brain and body is telling me, something? What if I am meant to be the only authority in my life? When I feel anxious and intimidated with people in authority, maybe it's because I am meant not to work with others, but rather find my own path. Well since I embraced that realisation I quickly got to work creating my own projects, that could evolve into my own business. And guess what happened? I found myself and what I love to do.
So to summarise:
This is what I think was happening with me, the reason I had an issue with authority is because I knew I could do it better, and so I didn't want to be directed by anyone, because basically my true potential would be lost, been controlled by others. I needed to be the authority figure in my own path and my body was trying to tell me this, hence the strong reaction to authority.
Basically now I am calling myself an artist, because I have complete control over my work. My work and creative ideas are not dictated by others and that's what works for me.
