When I sat down to think about my path to becoming a holistic psychotherapist and energy healer the Paul McCartney song, Long and Winding Road, popped into my head (now I sing it all the time). It’s so fitting because my path has definitely not been a straight line, that’s for sure. It began 25 years ago, when I decided to become a social worker. I knew I loved being connected to the healthcare field and since the beginning I’ve had a strong belief in the mind-body connection, even before I really even understood what that meant. Most of my professional life was working with clients in hospice. It was incredible and sacred work walking beside someone at the end of their life and supporting loved ones in the wake of their profound grief.
I was always struck by the countless number of people who carried so much emotional baggage throughout their life and right up until the very end. We all have baggage, some heavier than others, but it was heartbreaking to see it play out at the end of someone’s life.
This inspired me to begin working with people in private practice. I felt compelled to help others unburden themselves from this baggage so they could move through life with a renewed sense of peace and purpose.
One day many years ago, I remember reading the quote, “Heal thy Healer” and feeling certain that I still had some work to do if I was going to be the healer I wanted to be. I had to be even more honest and vulnerable and dig even deeper to achieve that level of healing.
I had worked with a number of very competent traditional therapists over the years trying to unload some of my own baggage. This definitely helped me gain insights about myself and my past and discover some different coping skills but it didn’t relieve the overriding feeling of being stuck. There were moments of big happiness and joy at times, but it was like there was this cloud and heaviness hanging over me that was holding me back from feeling true happiness and peace.
I had felt this way for so long, I don’t think I really even knew what true happiness and peace felt like but I knew it had to be better than “this”.
It wasn’t until I discovered energy healing that my big healing really began. The conventional talk therapy that I did for years helped with all the outer layers of “stuff” that I needed to look at and heal, but the energy work…that went deep! Deeper than I could’ve imagined and cleared things that I didn't even know existed at the unconscious level and that’s when the magic started happening.
I immersed myself in many techniques and worked with a number of different practitioners. A few really resonated for me and I became certified in them: Reiki, EFT/Tapping, Emotion Code and I'm in the process of getting the Body Code certification.
What started happening was I began feeling lighter. The cloud began to lift and I started to have this crisp clarity about who I was and what was most important to me. It helped me to own and honor what felt okay and what didn’t in my life and I began making changes to align with this clarity.
Suddenly, those transient moments of joy turned into days, which turned into weeks, which turned into my normal state of being.
It doesn’t mean I don’t have moments...I am human after all...but the recovery time is much much shorter and I find my way back to happiness so quickly whereas before all this healing, I could stay in those heavy feelings ruminate constantly in my thoughts.
For more than a decade, I have studied and practiced these energy healing practices. At first, I eagerly applied these to my own life, my family (when they would let me...not everyone is ready or open to healing), and even my pets. I was in awe over and over again of the transformations that happened and I have never looked back!
I am so grateful to be free from the suffering from my past and I am thrilled that I get to share this healing with my clients. What I do now in my practice is so much more than talk therapy and I am honored to bring this work to you.
