6 BIG Reasons Why Energy Healing Should Be Recognized as a Paid Profession (and Not an Act of Kindness)

There is this misconception out there that energy healers should do healing work for free. I saw a comment on Facebook which summed this up perfectly! An entrepreneur was advertising “The 5 Shifts my Spiritual Coaches Clients Use to Build 6-Figure Businesses.” Seems harmless enough but something about the 6-figure business must’ve triggered this person and she wrote:

“Spirituality and business should never go side by side. There are plenty of other things to make a business out of.”

Um, what? Why should spiritual healing be free for everyone? Do doctor’s work for free? Yoga instructors? Massage therapists? Would you be a cashier for free? What about a food server? People are hungry, shouldn’t you bring them their food for free? I can’t imagine walking into an acupuncturist and saying “this should be free because it’s spiritual healing since it’s moving my chi.”

In an era where there are tip jars at self-service frozen yogurt places (I get my own food and I tip you?), why is it that Energy (spiritual) Healing is still seen as this profession that should be given away? The energy healer should be selfless, and broke apparently. Why is it devalued, monetarily speaking, in a way that other professions are not?

In the comments, this person – let’s call her Sheila – went on to say this when someone commented how much energy and time it takes to do spiritual healing work:

“Well then obviously you dont care to help the world increase its vibration you are more concerned with lining your pockets so how does that make you “spiritual”? Did jesus bitch that he had bills to pay when he healed the sick and fed the hungry? No. He did it out of genuine love and a desire to heal. You dont have to do it to the point of exhaustion or in a way that drains you. You simply find other means of supporting yourself monetarily and heal when and where you are called too. Get out of 3D vibration and actually do some good in the world. Honey.”

So, in this person’s mind, you simply get a day job and then do your healing work whenever you can squeeze it in. And apparently energy healers should be just like Jesus? Those are some big shoes to fill!

Well there you go. I’m not Jesus, but I do believe in energy healing and not only pay to receive it, I also practice it in various forms of Reiki, Energy Clearing and Intuitive sessions to help people release their blocks and uncover their limiting beliefs (which can be life changing!)

It’s sad to me that Energy Healing is still viewed as something that should just be given freely into the world, rather than as a profession that can change lives for those open to receiving it.

The reason I find this sad is that the broke, trying-to-make-ends-meet healer, will eventually give up the work or only be able to reach a very limited few because he/she will be trying to fit it in to their working-for-money-a-different-way lives. Which usually means that they will be out of alignment with their life purpose and things will be going wrong on top of it!

Lastly, a healer who can devote herself to it full time, can probably move mountains! In that space full-time they are probably also sending that light into the world.

Here are 6 BIG reasons why Energy Healing should be recognized as a profession, but I want to preface this by saying that many healers are open to an energy exchange (which means that they are not always paid in money, could be goods or services which does make healing accessible to everyone). I’ve traded my business knowledge and my writing skills on many occasions for energy healing work and classes. Not there’s anything wrong with receiving money, just saying that healers often view money as an exchange like any other exchange.

I also want to add that many healers do not charge as they are learning and practicing. They may offer healing sessions in exchange for feedback, or something along those lines.

1. Time.

Being paid means you get to do it full time. Which means you are fully devoted to your practice and living in that intuitive space. Not just squeezing it in here and there. It’s dedication! Healing full-time, with a financially abundant life, means you can get your message and healing into the world on a LARGE scale. Doing it for free is thinking small. One person here and there when you can squeeze it is okay if that’s what you want, but if you are truly wanting to help the many, you’ll want to pursue it more than occasionally.

2. You Need Money to Live in this World.

It takes dedication, a financial investment in training, a lifestyle that allows you to stay high vibe, a space that is high vibe, meditation and usually a clean diet and lifestyle to be a clear channel for healing. You need to pay for those things and have time to devote to them if you are going to make this a life’s work instead of a passing phase.

3. Low vibes.

Other work can lower your vibe making you less effective as a healer if you have to try to counteract “your day job.”

4. People do not value free.

They just don’t. It’s like when my Dad qualified for a free phone under Obama. He was so frustrated and upset with that free phone, which brought him into this century with the ability to text. He never complained about the old flip phone he had that could barely get reception. Nope, the free phone got all the attention until he finally invested in a better one so he could use the microphone to text, lol. With energy healing it’s the same. If you pay $200 to go to a healer you are going to pay attention and get your money’s worth. If you get it for free, you may or may not take the advice. You may not take it seriously. It’s much easier to let it slide, skip the work you are meant to do, when it’s free.

5. No other profession is asked to work for free!

Why is this one different? If you feel it is different, it is likely your own limiting beliefs that are interfering. I am sure you are not meaning to say that a person who could potentially heal trapped energy, which could allow a person to heal cancer, should live in poverty. I don’t think that’s what Sheila was trying to say if she really thinks about it. I also don’t think she was meaning that you truly should have another job if you want to be a healer, even though that IS what she said. Then you’d probably be accused of not being dedicated if you worked a traditional 9 to 5, overate from the stress, and had one client on Sundays.

6. Money doesn’t change you. You are who you are.

Sheila is letting her own views about money show but that doesn’t make them true for others. Accepting money for healing work means your time is valuable and is compensated for fairly. Same as any other profession. Her view must be setting this work in a different category – that of Jesus – and “doing good in the world.”

Here is what Sheila is missing. Doing “good” in the world includes being nice and being supportive. Asking one to choose a profession that makes them work for free is not being supportive, nor does it make sense, nor can it last for the long haul!

Saying that the only way to do good in the world is to give away your talents, also does not make sense. Then we should say that singers should sing for free too. If their voice sounds uplifting and takes people momentarily out of their troubles, then it should be given away, right? Why should they be paid for their talents?

“REMEMBER, YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR, BUT YOU WILL DEFINITELY PAY FOR WHAT YOU GET.” – Maya Angelou

You are who you are whether you are rich or poor. Money doesn’t make you selfish or humble. That’s who you are with or without money.

Money can make your life more comfortable. It can make loving self-care more accessible and travel possible.

Money is an energy, not an evil.

The risk of believing that energy healers shouldn’t be compensated is that the really good ones wouldn’t do it. They would do something else because why would they choose a life where they are poor and most likely taken advantage of because they don’t place a value on their time?

So there you have it.

Energy healing is becoming more mainstream and well received. It is a profession, don’t be mistaken. There are costs to have an office or work space, maintain a website, market so that people can find you. It is not free for the person offering the healing to provide it because they have overhead expenses just like everyone else. If they use crystals in their healing, they have purchased them. If they use sound bowls, same thing. Most likely they have attended training, and have purchased numerous books.

You want the energy healer who is in a great space spiritually, not stressed about how to keep a roof over their head.

This myth about one profession being seen as a free one needs to be debunked. It is a limiting belief, nothing more.

You don’t have to use energy healers, it’s totally up to you, but you should not expect them to want to seek you out and heal you for free.

If you are wanting to try a different type of healing, you most likely will seek them out. And probably expect that they have a website and a welcoming, healing space. You may want to lie on a massage table instead of the floor. You may expect a waterfall cd playing or a peaceful experience. Where do you think those things come from? Yep. That person invested in those things to do their best work and make you feel comfortable.

AND to be professional.

Money, healing, and any work you do is an energy exchange. If you feel differently about it, you may want to examine your beliefs about money and where your thoughts about energy healing are coming from.

We are all worthy of having our best life. ALL OF US.

Energy healers included.

Why they are excluded rather than revered I’ll never know but I personally like to rid myself of trapped energy as much as possible. I LOVE healing and getting rid of the energetic buildup that happens by virtue of being energy around other energy. LOVE it!

But that’s me.

I do want to end by saying I don’t think Sheila is meaning to be a hater. I clicked on her image and she has this quote on her profile “I AM that which is attained at the end of desire. I AM Goddess.” So she may be a Goddess, but if she chooses to heal people she will be broke, because that’s her mindset. Or, she will have to accept money at some point to do it full time.

How about you? Do you find yourself buying into this idea that this one profession should be free? Are we 100% sure that Jesus wasn’t provided for so he could do his healing work? Did people give him food and shelter in exchange for his ability to heal? The goal for everyone is to be provided for so we can fulfill our life purpose, isn’t it? Do what only WE can do, and what we can do best? Share our gifts? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this in the comments.

PLEASE NOTE! If you feel called to offer healing for free, please do so! People volunteer at hospitals and other places giving free Reiki and other such healing. Just know, that the energy exchange is an important piece. If you feel fulfilled by giving, and can pay your bills some other way, or you donate a percent of your healing services – that’s completely up to you! Just as people may donate a percent of their income, their time volunteering, etc. because it feels good to help. Just don’t assume that because you enjoy giving healing sessions, that someone else who wants to do it full-time, should not charge.

I was watching the show The Voice, when one of the contestants seemed to completely forget the words to a song during his blind audition. He mumbled through the first few seconds, then got it together and began singing it. Almost immediately Jennifer Hudson turned for him when he connected to the song. She said the reason she turned is because she’d been in that position before.

His vulnerable, authentic moment and ability to overcome it is what got him on the show. That should be a triumphant story about perseverance, surrendering to the moment, and succeeding.

EXCEPT…

He did what so many of us do. After the blind auditions, the contestants move on to the Battle Rounds where they face off against another contestant.

By the time Stephan Marcellus got to the battles, he’d had plenty of time to focus on how he “messed up” in the audition. He said, “After my blind audition I was so disappointed in myself.”

So disappointed that he’d made the show? Think about that. Yes he didn’t hear the right note, got a little confused and off track, but then he found his voice and sang his way to success. This is not a disappointment!

But that is what we all do, isn’t? We think about the embarrassment, the failure, and the things that went wrong instead of the one REALLY BIG thing that went well. He made it on the show where millions of people will hear him sing.

And the thing is, the universe is funny about how they bring things into your experience.

Pam Grout in the book E Squared gives the example of how she asked the universe if it was time to start her freelance writing career and the next day she was fired from her job. She had her answer, lol, but maybe not in the way we’d like. Right?

I will tell you too that Stephan did not win the battle (but was saved by another judge) and I can’t help but wonder how much of that was due to focusing on how his start was shaky. Jennifer Hudson even asked him when he came to rehearse, “How do you feel after the blinds feeling like you didn’t put your best foot forward?” A reminder of failure rather than a focus on success. Again! We all tend to do this.

Here’s what I see from a broader perspective (sitting on my couch!). I’ve been watching The Voice since it first aired and what I noticed is that all the contestants are so talented now that they actually are blending together. There used to be a really good one following someone who was off key, which would make them both more memorable.

But now, the show has done a great job attracting talent, but everyone seems like they deserve to be on the show and they all have an either super sad or super dedicated back story. Which makes them pretty much blend together and I tend to lose interest and come in and out of the show as the season continues.

But Stephan, having that moment, caught my attention. He comes up easily in a google search for “contestant who forgot lyrics in 2017” where otherwise you may not be able to find him. I’m not suggesting all the contestants go mess up in their auditions, I’m suggesting that his own personal authentic moment landed him on the show when maybe he wouldn’t have been on otherwise. We don’t know.

So many of us, me included, do this. We let our energy stay stuck around the one mistake instead of the HUGE win!

I mean here he was on the show, which was the goal of the audition, but he was still upset about the blip of a mistake.

And let me tell you, it’s not just that we do this to ourselves. The show keeps reminding him and asking him about it. Jennifer brought it up as I mentioned and it’s the focus of his story now.

It puts so much pressure on us to get it right. To get everything right!

I want to release this tendency we have to cling to what is not serving us. We are going to make mistakes! We are going to fail, sometimes loudly and in front of an audience, but we are also going to have wins.

What if we could just let the failures go, chalk it up to learning, and really, really deep down celebrate the victories in a heartfelt way?

I’d love for you to try cutting energetic cords to those experiences. Those that stand out, those that caused you embarrassment, make you cringe a little at the thought of them, and make you wish you’d just knocked it out of the park instead of made a mistake. They should be a memory not something you re-experience over and over. Not an energy you can still feel.

LET’S CUT CORDS TO THOSE THINGS THAT WEIGH US DOWN ENERGETICALLY!

Picture that moment. How you felt. The anger toward yourself, the fear, the worry about a missed opportunity, the embarrassment or the disappointment. Once you have that moment really clear, you can really see it, visualize a gold cord from you as you are now connected to that memory.

Where is the cord attached? Is it coming from your stomach? Heart? Back? Throat?

Just see it. Just allow it to be.

Ask Archangel Michael to surround you with love and cut that cord with a beautiful, shiny sword of light. Let that cord be cut and release it into the light. See it dissolve. Feel you are no longer connected to that experience.

You are free from it. It is a memory – NOT AN ENERGETICALLY STORED MOMENT.

Have the angels place a green healing salve of light where the cord was.

Ahhh…. Release.

So when you fumble, but you get your win, let it be about the win! Even if it’s small. Especially if it’s small. Those moments are meant to be celebrated.

“Failure” is not meant to be so tightly gripped.

Stephan is not the one who fumbled and came back to do great. He is a singer who made it onto the show by singing his heart out in the blind auditions. He succeeded by fumbling, he didn’t fail.

And if you do fail? So what. Let the failures go. They will happen. Just don’t let them block your energy.

Cut those cords!

We aren’t meant to be bound to those memories. We aren’t meant to be held back by them. We are meant to experience them, really live them, and let them go.

We are also meant to recognize that sometimes, the mistakes, the failures are what take us to our next big success. If we can just let it be. If we can let it pass through instead of make it our focus. If we can cut the energetic cords to it.

I often tell my clients we are like hot air balloons tethered to the ground. We need to gently release the cords one at a time so we can soar!

How about you? Have you had an experience that seemed like a negative at the time but later you realized it actually contributed to something better? I’d love to hear about it in the comments.

XOXO,

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Oh My God, Millennials, there is so much written about you and your needs. What you need to do to get ahead. How to survive in business. Why your generation is what it is. Was it the helicopter parenting? Was it the “everyone gets a trophy” mentality? Everyone wants to know what happened and how to work with you.

So much time and effort is going into figuring out how to make you happy in the workplace, within the constraints of the working world, that is.

It’s almost funny, except I know it’s serious because if you aren’t happy at work, you are going to quit. Switching jobs frequently doesn’t allow you to get the skills you need to really move up and feel fulfilled.

But I have a secret for you that will help you get ahead.

Something that will get you to the promotions you are after. Something that will make your boss feel like they just cannot live without you!

You aren’t going to like it. It’s a shift in the way most people are used to thinking, but believe me, if you can do this, you will be the super star at your company. And better yet, it will help you toward getting the work life you’ve always wanted.

YOU WERE HIRED TO MAKE YOUR BOSS’S LIFE EASIER.

I know. It sounds too basic. But it’s really about your boss!

It isn’t what we are told to tell millennials. We’re told to engage you. Keep you interested. Be flexible, work with you, etc.

But, it’s truly not about you!

Here’s the thing. Your boss has worked their way up. They’ve put in the long hours, they’ve fixed the problems, and then they get to bring on employees (or are hired to oversee employees) which is supposed to free them up to get them to the next level.

They are meant to take on higher level work!

And we all want to uplevel, don’t we?

If you come in and are super high maintenance, your boss can’t get their job done. They are probably starting their “real work” after 5:00 p.m. when you’ve gone home, or they are doing it at home.

You and your boss are not meant to have the same work hours and work load.

But I’m telling you, if you can allow yourself to really get this, it will simplify your life and make you indispensable to the company.

I’ll give you an example. I had an employee once who really excelled at a position supporting a sales team that no one else wanted. She had patience, she was very thorough, and she only came to me when she’d tried everything else first and needed some help. She took a job that had been a thorn in my side, had consistent turnover, and made it pleasant.

One day she came to me to quit. She was newly married and wanted to move to a small town in another state. I could not lose her! She was the key to my happiness at that point so I was able to convince upper management to let her take the job with her. She ended up with Orange County pay, in a low cost of living city, and we did everything necessary to support her working remotely. She was indispensable to me because she made my life easier. In turn, she got the work life she didn’t think was possible and was able to work from home, back in her home state around her family.

Believe me, your bosses want you to take good notes when they give you an assignment, to just get it done well and on time. They want you to find ways to improve upon what they’ve done and if you come in with a good attitude that makes them feel like it’s nice to be a manager. It will take you far!

I’ll give you another example. When I do recruiting I always ask some form of this question:

“What do you do if you are working on a project and you don’t know how to do it?”

The answer I’m looking for is some combination of the following:

• First I would check my notes from my training.
• If it’s not in my notes I would ask if a co-worker knows how to do it.
• I would go online and see if there’s any information available.
• If I’m still stuck after that I would come to you.

This question helped me find “A” players. If someone answered, “Hmmm… I would just come ask you,” I weeded them out of the interview process.

Self-starters, go getters, employees that do what it takes to get the job done are the best!

I’ve told so many managers that I’m writing this post and they all said the same thing “You have to!”

Now you may be wondering, if you are focused on making your boss’s life easier how does that benefit you?

It will. You will become self-sufficient and an expert at managing your time. You will be a “go to” person. You will be a person the company has to have and if you do think of leaving to go somewhere for more pay, there’s a good chance the company will try very hard to keep you.

You can still negotiate salary when you’re in your current role, but first you have to put in some time and really become indispensable.

Which is not the same as killing yourself and having no life outside of work.

It means, take notes! Remember deadlines. Remember what your boss has told you so they don’t say it time and time again.

Ask yourself how you can be instrumental to the company, instead of what the company is doing for you.

Don’t nickel and dime them. Don’t fall into the stereo type of millennials.

You will stand out if you come in, ask questions and then get the job done! On time, no less. And if it truly cannot be done on time, you will have let your boss know well in advance so that he/she can plan accordingly. Right?

I’m telling you that it’s not complicated like people think.

Make your boss’s life easier. Do the WHOLE job you were hired to do.

It will feel good to get the job done and get compliments. If you aren’t happy after you’ve taken this approach, keep being self-sufficient, keep meeting deadlines, but start to manifest your dream job (see: How to Manifest Your Dream Job vs. Take the Job You “Can Get” and How to Thrive When Your SUPER Ready to Quit Your Job).

With this attitude, you will be the person moving up!

XOXO,

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There are so many ways to become more spiritual. Or awaken, be enlightened, fulfill your life purpose, waken your inner witch – any term you can think. So many!

It’s super easy to get distracted as you connect to new and exciting tools to support your body, mind, and spirit that it’s easy to forget a basic, but powerful one.

EXERCISE.

I know. It sounds boring. It sounds too easy. It doesn’t seem magical, right?

But it is necessary.

There isn’t a specific exercise that you need. It’s any that:

• Gets your blood pumping.
• Makes you sweat.
• Challenges you.
• Let’s your body move!

It can be dance, training for a marathon, trying to beat your time on the elliptical machine at the gym, hiking, climbing, sweaty yoga, or kickboxing, to name a few.

But it does need to be vigorous.

Why?

Because you need to move the energy out!

There is also another key here – It keeps you feeling powerful.

This is important. As you peel back layers, as you connect to others who are in crappy situations, see violence, it is very important that you do not take on their situation as your own. In addition to any energy clearing practices, it’s important to remain in that frame of mind that you are powerful.

You are the keeper of you mind, body and spirit.

“I AM THE KEEPER OF MY MIND AND BODY. WHEREVER LOVE IS PRESENT, FEAR IS A STRANGER.” – Kyle Gray

It also keeps you grounded. There is nothing more “normal” than walking on the treadmill at the gym. Doing those “normal” everyday things can really keep you in your body and keep your head from being too far in the stars.

I love being among the stars, but I have work to do here and so do you.

Plus, if you are empathic it’s really easy to take on the energy of others. To empathize so much that it makes you feel like there is no hope.

But there is hope.

Which is why we need to dance, move, and challenge our bodies so we release the stored energies that no longer serve us.

It’s true that we are releasing through meditations, books, and energy healings, but the physical needs to release too. Our power centers need to replenish and recharge.

AND, we need to really be in our bodies to affect change.

We can do it.

Exercise will help you. Sweat, challenge yourself with any kind of movement that will help you. Don’t skip it!

My favorite exercise right now is the rowing machine at the gym. I have no idea why but I just love it after sweating on the elliptical. Rowing to my “Girl on Fire” Pandora station just feels so rewarding.

What are your favorite moves to let go of built up energy? I’d love to hear about it in the comments.

XOXO,

P.S. For more tips, see my video Tips to Support the Anxiety of Success – Is it even even yours?

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