You Should Have Been a Therapist
After a decade of chronic fatigue, I didn’t have a lot of hope. Although normally an optimist person, after seeing little relief using traditional medicine, integrative medicine doctors, acupuncture, shaman, lasers, sound healing, and so much more, I began to question if this was my new normal and maybe I’d never feel like my vibrant self again. After my osteopath referred me to yet another practitioner, I quietly thanked her, but inside thought, “Oh great, another dead end.” But something inside made me pick up the phone and call to see if this person could help me. The woman on the other end was a cheerful woman named Vicki. She assured me her modality “The Body Code®” could uncover core issues whether physical, mental or emotional. One thing I did like about her work was it had the ability to uncover “hidden” blockages that could be causing symptoms. These could be from past trauma, physical imbalances or something mental or emotional. I knew even the amazing practitioners and healers I had worked with hadn’t been able to pinpoint the root-cause, so I began yet another attempt to feel better and started my work with Vicki. The Body Code® was an interesting modality and like nothing I had experienced before. I wondered how this form of energy healing could really shift anything, but I was desperate to feel better. After a few sessions, I finally started getting some vitality back. During this time, I also had her complete a few sessions on pain I was experiencing as well as some different challenges my kids were facing. Each time I/we saw a shift. Could this non-invasive treatment really work? We weren’t even in the same room and this treatment was helping in a way nothing else had. After seeing how this work began to change me and seeing how it changed Vicki’s clients, I was inspired to learn the work myself. I spent the next few years becoming certified in The Emotion Code®, The Body Code®, and The Belief Code®. I wanted to be able to help people in the same way Vicki helped me. I began quietly offering sessions behind the scenes and seeing the shifts in others as well. I decided after a decade of staying home with my kids and not being able to work because of my health, I was going to officially launch my business as an energy healer. I’ll never forget what came next. I had a meeting with a mentor so I could excitedly share my new path forward. After being stuck in a fog for over a decade, I was finally ready to step back out into the world. I couldn’t wait to share and receive her glowing support. As I began telling her about the work, she lowered her eyes and said something I will never forget. “I don’t know if anyone will really want or be open to something like this. You may be better suited as a therapist.” Shock and grief radiated through my body. After seeing how this work helped me, I knew it could help others too. Yes, I could be a therapist, but what I loved about this work is it didn’t rely on my past experience or training to offer advice. It allowed me to tap into a world of unknowns and find the root cause driving underlying issues. It could help with physical pain, it could help when people were stuck in any area of their life, it could help with issues people have struggled with for years, it could help when nothing else did. I trusted her opinion and wondered if all of that effort I had put forth getting certified was for nothing. My vulnerability and insecurities flooded in and I questioned if maybe she was right. Maybe no one would want something like this. I trudged down her stairs and drove home in a daze. Her words echoed again and again in my mind. When I got back in front of my computer, I began researching what it would take to become a therapist. My husband even supported the idea of me becoming a therapist and the loved the thought of a steady job for me. I knew I could go through the schooling, but I also knew when it came time to work with patients, knowing this other way to uncover imbalances was out there and not being able to use it was something I could never get past. I absolutely encourage therapy and would support anyone in getting the support they need. It is extremely beneficial and has been a savior for so many. But, for me, I knew my heart was calling for something different. So, despite encouragement to go one direction, I followed my heart and launched my practice as an energy healer. The added bonus was being able to incorporate mystical tools like tarot, astrology, numerology, meditation and other modalities to create a deep, personal healing experience. It can be hard to follow your heart when logic and others who you love and respect say another path would be better. But I encourage you to trust yourself and what is next for you. Have faith knowing the next step will be revealed as you take the one in front of you. Being in alignment with your heart offers a joy and peace no outside validation can provide. I admit, it can be incredibly difficult, especially if you are a person like me who likes certainty and knowing how it will work out if you take a particular path. Yet, every day is an unknown. So, if you are fighting an internal struggle of what you “should” do and your own “you should be a therapist” moment, trust the whispers of your heart. They speak softly, but will lead you to your next step – one that could be more magical then you could have ever imagined.
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