I was experiencing a huge transition before I signed up for Thriving Healers. I had just quit my job as a fashion designer, a career I had committed myself to for 16 years so I could follow a deep calling to be a professional energy healer. I wanted to start my own practice but had no idea how to go about it. The stress of not knowing was creating a lot of anxiety in my decision to change course.

I was also not holding appropriate time boundaries during my healing sessions. I would book clients for one hour sessions and they would end up staying for 90min and sometimes 2 hours! I was feeling super drained and was not seeing the return I’d hoped for considering how much time and energy I was investing. This resulted in needing a lot of alone time, I was starting to isolate myself. This combination of anxiety from taking the risk in transitioning + the exhaustion of over-giving was a recipe for burn out. I clearly needed support.

I got super excited to begin this new journey, and the more excited I got the bigger the fears in the background began to creep in. My fears were telling me “You can’t afford that right now, you just quit your job!” and “You don’t know enough about healing work to start your own practice, you’re nuts for doing this!” I was living in a sea of doubt and confusion that was creating paralysis in my progress. I was procrastinating big time!

My all time favorite aspect of this program is the support I’ve gained from Julie, Jonathan and the healers I’ve been in groups with. I now feel that I am a part of a healing community and I have made life long friendships with people on a similar spiritual path.

During my experience in Thriving Healers I had many “a-ha” moments. The biggest one at first was realizing I could create my own work schedule based on my needs. I was so used to working a full time job at 40 + hours a week and putting that above my need for self care and time to day dream. Thriving Healers taught me how to build my work schedule from the inside out. I got in touch with my creative process and designed a work flow that inspired me. It helped me benefit from when I was energized and feeling creative and gave me the permission to retreat and reflect when I needed down time.

The next big “a-ha” was that I could integrate my design career with my healing practice. I was thinking that I needed to put my old life behind me to start my new path as a healer, but that was not the case at all. What I learned through the training is the importance of integrating my life experience into my healing work. I was now uniquely suited to work with designers and creatives and support them in their struggles.

One of my favorite features in the training is connecting with the many Cohorts on the Facebook Group. I’ve gained so much from learning through other healers experiences. It’s so wonderful to have a group to connect to any time during the week!,

I also love the combination of business coaching and supervision. As I absorbed all the training modules and learned so much from Julie on how to structure my healing practice, I began to really own my healership and attracted more clients. This was of course very exciting and often, to my surprise, very challenging because my clients wounds would trigger my own wounding. It is so valuable to have supervision with Jonathan. His many years of experience combined with his brilliant healing abilities creates a safe space for us to really dive in deep and move through the fears that arise.

1. I had no business training whatsoever

2. I did not know where the best place to go was to get the right training, and I was uncertain if I was even ready to build a practice yet. Before Thriving Healers I had not yet tried any sort of business training.

The big wins I experienced:

1. Generating a monthly income through my healing work.

2. Within the first few months with Thriving Healers I increased my income by 40+% when I sold my first 6 month high-end package.

3. I am able to work from home where I’ve created my healing office and thus balance work/home responsibilities (I’m a mom of 3).

4. I’ve absolutely gotten more creative and clear in my offerings through marketing, blog writings and free-classes which speak to my ideal clients. I feel really strong in my offerings now and very fluent in how I translate those offerings through intimate and supportive conversations with potential clients. Those conversations have been transformational just by themselves.

1. Stay the course! Even through inevitable resistance–it’s there for a reason to help you meet your next edge and show up more fully for your clients.

2. Engage in the process! All of this might be new and foreign at first, but results and confidence come from the willingness to take each supported step as its offered.

3. Keep stretching and growing! Staying in the comfort zone is easy and enticing, but growth comes from moving into the next unknown and challenging place. After all, as healers, isn’t this what we ask our clients to do?

The top three features I love about Thriving Healers are:

1. The community of support I receive from my fellow cohort members, along with the larger group in our Facebook page.

2. The clear map and template that supports building my practice step-by-step.

3. The experienced and compassionate guidance we receive from Julie & Jonathan