MY HEALTH

I am often asked, “How did you get into this line of work?”  The answer is that my lengthy dealings with sickness led me to it. Thity-five years ago, I was not well.  I was suffering from an immune deficiency disorder that lasted for years.  I was always sick and very tired.  I had frequent stomach pain, severe allergies, and chronic sinus infections.  I had been to several doctors and could not find any relief.  I was introduced, by a dear friend, to an amazing craniosacral therapist, named Janet Berlin.

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After my first cranial, I immediately felt the symptoms of my sicknesses subside. I felt a huge release in my body and saw and felt things I had never seen or felt before. I was energized! I gained new self-awareness, my perspectives on life changed, and I became aware of a newfound strength. I realized that, for as long as I could remember, I had felt and heard emotions from other people and could not distinguish which were my feelings and which were theirs.  In short, I learned I was an empath.

 

From the time I was very young I have been able to read and feel the emotions of other people. For example, I could be in a store and feel the energy of the woman behind me while standing in line, without even seeing her face.  Or, I could be happy going into a store, and walk out frustrated, sad or mad and not understand why.  When watching the news or a sad, scary, or intense movie, I would feel very heavy and depressed.  I felt everything Mother Earth was experiencing good or bad. I was dealing with a tremendous amount of unfiltered emotions, and I didn’t have the tools or understanding to cope with them yet.  

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Luckily Janet, my first craniosacral therapist, was able to help me.  She released a lot of negative perceptions within me and then taught me how to protect myself from picking up on other people’s energy.  It was liberating!  Finally, I could go places without feeling heavy, sad, depleted, or angry.  I used to hate flying in airplanes because the energy from others was so confined I couldn’t escape it.  I would feel claustrophobically overwhelmed with emotions and often feel very sick after flying. After working with Janet, I became so fascinated with my heightened awareness and newfound ability to control the emotions I experienced.  Because of this, I couldn’t learn quickly enough about the process she was using to help me.  The connection between the body, mind, and spirit intrigued me.  I realized every imbalance I experienced in my body was created emotionally first.  If I released the emotions in my body, the physical symptoms disappeared.  Making that key correlation of how emotions affect the body and spirit were paramount for me and my healing.

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In this learning process, I discovered so much about my mind, body, and spirit that I had never accessed or been aware of before.   My awareness and healing came full circle in three simple stages.  First, I realized I had been going through life completely unaware.  I realized next that I had become aware of my unawareness.  The third and final stage I went through was becoming aware that I was aware.  This last stage is where all transformation and my healing journey began. For me, these stages are so important in awakening to your own life and allowing healing to happen.

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