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Episode 31: From Corporate to Zen with Danielle Mai, Reiki Master and Yoga Instructor
2 Plays1 year ago
If you’ve been listening to us for a while now, you must have heard us mention taking Reiki classes with Danielle Mai. Today, Danielle graces us with her presence in our podcast. We have both attended Reiki classes with her, and without a doubt, it was among the best things that we’ve done in life.
Danielle shares with us her journey into the Reiki and Yoga journey. Before Reiki and Yoga, Danielle was in the corporate world; she worked as a marketing manager. She was always busy, and self-care was not top on the list of her priorities. A few months down the line, her hand started having some tingling, which quickly developed into pain. Before she knew it, her left leg developed the pain. Danielle decided to explore natural ways of healing her body, and she bumped into reiki and yoga through her friends. She took time to learn and practice reiki, which was a healing tool for her. She combined reiki and yoga, and the results were terrific.
Danielle decided to become a spiritual-preneur. She was done with the corporate world. Her husband didn’t understand what Danielle was getting herself into, but looking back, he is proud of the progress she has made.
Listen to hear more about Danielle Mai’s journey.
Key Talking Points of the Episode:
[01:58] Getting to know Danielle Mai
[13:51] How Danielle became a spiritual-preneur
[16:42] Steps that have contributed to Danielle becoming the person she is today
[29:38] What happens during Danielle’s sessions?
Magical Quotes from the Episode:
“Fear is a liar. It loves to lie to you. Overcoming these beliefs, fears and doubts you’re kind of releasing that part of your shadow and kind of facing it head on and it’s so important to grow you know to do that.”
“Never let anyone rob you of your joy.”
“We can’t have light without shadow.”
Resources:
Danielle Mai
Note: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only
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Transcript
Introduction to 'Psychic Girls Next Door'
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Welcome to Psychic Girls Next Door.
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We are your hosts, Lily Hiberino and Shannon Miller.
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This podcast is for all spirituality enthusiasts and psychics next door to share tools, experiences, and spiritual practices that align with your highest vibrational self.
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So if you have listened to our past episodes, you have heard us mention our experience receiving Reiki and also taking Reiki classes.
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Both Shannon and I, we're taking Reiki 1.0.
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two, and three, becoming Reiki masters with this amazing Reiki teacher called Danielle Mai.
Guest Introduction: Danielle Mai, Reiki Master
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And we're so honored to have Danielle as our guest here today.
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So Danielle is a Reiki master, energy healer, Reiki teacher, and yoga instructor.
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Is there anything else that I forgot to add?
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I don't think so.
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I think you got it.
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Yeah, thanks for having me and thank you guys for doing this podcast and just raising the awareness of intuition, psychic ability, spirituality, all of it.
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Yeah, I appreciate it.
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Yeah, no, we're so honored to have you on our podcast.
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And I'll link all the past episodes where we talked about
Danielle's Background and Transition to Reiki
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Danielle.
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I mean, it was probably three episodes.
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At least two or three, yeah.
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that you were mentioned like you know either from a reiki classes uh from a reiki experiences uh that we've done in the past so i'll make sure to link those episodes in the show notes um but uh we would love to hear from you danielle if you could tell us a little bit about your background like where you grew up your educational background like religion or spirituality your astrological side if you know it um
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human design if you also know it um any other you know information that you'd like to share with us okay well um i actually grew up in uh i was born in san francisco and grew up in south city san san francisco uh and then um moved my family moved to pacifica so that's where i spent most of my time uh when i was young um
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And yeah, I went to college at UC Davis.
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Nothing to do with spirituality.
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I got a degree in graphic design at UC Davis.
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And so that was my profession for a very long time.
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Uh, and then I got into, um, marketing management and the corporate side of things.
Health Challenges Leading to Reiki Exploration
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And, um, from there, you know, I, my world came crashing down pretty much kind of gave me that, um, kind of kick in the booty to, uh, do something that, um, you know, I was meant to do when, uh,
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you know, filled my heart a little bit more.
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And that's how I ended up as a Reiki practitioner.
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I knew nothing about spirituality.
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If someone asked me if I was spiritual before I got into Reiki and yoga and
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meditation, I'd probably say no.
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I was never religious, you know, never went to church or anything like that.
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Never was really taught about any particular religion.
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You know, though my mom's good friend was a Mormon, and I went to church a few times to the Mormon church, and I was actually baptized as a Mormon.
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I knew nothing about the religion.
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It was only because my mom did it.
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I don't identify with that religion per se, but I knew it wasn't for me and never really felt called to learn about that end of things until
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You know, I was in a position, I was a marketing manager in corporate America and worked there for like almost five years.
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And I started having physical injuries and just really weird things.
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Like, you know, it started off just like a tingling and kind of like nerve pain in my arms.
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And then I ignored it.
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And I was like, you know, I worked a lot.
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I was very stressed out.
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I didn't take care of myself.
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And, you know, I was ignoring my intuition.
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At that time, I was like, I did meditate.
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But it was it was different from what I do now.
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But in my meditations, I was seeing stop signs.
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And I was ignoring it.
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And I was like, I don't know what this is about.
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I knew deep down what it was about telling me to slow down.
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Yeah.
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So, but I was ignoring it.
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So my body was like, no, no, no, you're not ignoring this.
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So
Discovering the Healing Power of Reiki
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it started to manifest in my physical body in so many different ways and to the point where I couldn't use my right hand or my right arm.
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And I just moved my mouse to my left hand and I was like, oh, I still have my left hand.
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Very stubborn.
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Yeah.
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Anyways, so, you know, that happened.
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I was in a lot of pain and nerve pain and had a severe neuropathy.
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My doctors were like, if you don't do anything, you're going to lose the use of your arm.
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And so finally I told my HR department, I had enough, I can't work anymore.
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And I was at home and I ended up blasting out my left knee.
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So I couldn't walk.
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I couldn't use my right hand.
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I was miserable.
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I didn't know what was next for me.
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So I was forced to stay at home and be with myself and just figure things out.
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And, you know, the Aries that I am, my astrological sign, I literally made a list of the things I was going to try to fix, to fix this physical problem.
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One of those things was Reiki.
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Another was yoga.
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And I ended up in a Reiki class, you know, Reiki one class, just out of curiosity.
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A few friends had mentioned it.
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We had went, they'd come over and
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like two friends in like one week, Hey, said, Hey, you need to try Reiki.
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And I'm like, what is that?
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It sounds insane.
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Energy healing with energy.
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What?
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Um, so I just said, I'm going to take a class and I'm going to try it for 30 days and see what happens.
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And if it doesn't work, I'm going on to the next thing on my list.
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So, uh, I I'd say after the first week of trying Reiki every day on myself, um,
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You know, I just dove into it.
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I meditated.
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I journaled.
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I practiced Reiki.
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And after the first week was the first week that I actually slept through the night in like eight, nine months.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Wow.
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I knew when I had woke up because I felt so rested.
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You know, when you don't get sleep, you're just, it affects everything.
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And I just knew.
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I'm like, there's something to this.
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There's something to this.
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I don't know exactly what it is, but I'm going to keep going.
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So I kept going and kept learning, and I just became obsessed with energy.
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I just, you know, anything energy I wanted to learn.
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And I'm still that way.
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I'm reading like five books at a time always and listening to podcasts like yours.
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Thank you.
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So, yeah, absolutely.
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So that.
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It's kind of my backstory.
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And basically, I was at home for like two years trying to figure this out on my own to heal.
Committing to a Full-time Healing Career
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And, you know, I had the privilege of staying home for two years.
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But after that, it was like, okay, now what?
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I'm feeling better.
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I've grown so much.
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I had no idea this was going to be a journey of spiritual development and growth and a lot of hard stuff.
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Um, but now what?
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I had to go, I had to make money.
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I had to pay bills.
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It's like everybody else.
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And, um, I sat in meditation.
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I kind of envisioned myself back doing what I was doing in corporate America and my whole energy, my physical body just contracted every time I thought of it.
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You know, you get that feeling in like, it's for me, it's in my solar plexus and it's just like this caving in.
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You got the ink.
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You got the ink.
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Exactly.
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And I was like, I don't think this is for me anymore.
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I've changed way too much.
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You know, I can't envision myself doing this.
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And so, um, it took me a while to figure out that guess what?
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I'm going to be this quote unquote healer full time.
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Uh, and, um,
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This is what I love to do.
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And it's calling to me.
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I don't know how it's going to work.
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I have no idea how, but I know what.
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So I'm going to take that step.
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And I remember sitting down with my husband telling him, you know, this is what I was going to do.
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And I was terrified because he is an engineer.
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He has, you know, he saw what I was doing, but doesn't necessarily believe he's different now, but he didn't really know what Reiki was or anything.
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And he looked at me like I was insane.
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He's like, what?
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Yeah.
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I mean, I can't count on this great salary every year, you know, and vacations and travel and stuff that we were used to.
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And I'm like, yeah, I have to do this.
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And, you know, whether you support me or not, I'm going to do this.
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I love that.
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You know, I just knew.
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Yeah.
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I'm like, this is just something I have to do.
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I can't explain it.
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you either support me or you don't.
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It worked out.
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Well, I'm assuming he did support you.
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Yes.
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Oh, good.
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Okay.
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I was just talking with him about it the other day.
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I'm like, do you remember sitting down with me and having this conversation years ago?
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Now this was what?
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2019.
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And, um,
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He's like, yeah.
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And I said, you looked at me like I had lost my mind.
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And he goes, I did?
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And I'm like, yeah.
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And he literally at the time told me, he goes, okay, I'll give you a year.
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And it wasn't a bad or a good thing.
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He's like, just give it a year and see what happens.
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And here we are in 2023.
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And he sees how it's blossomed into this amazing business.
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And he sees how happy I am, too.
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Oh, yeah.
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And he's just like...
Establishing a Reiki Practice
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He's like, wow.
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You know, he tells me all the time, you know, I'm so proud of you.
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And it's just pretty awesome.
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Oh, that's amazing.
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It's so nice to have a support system at home, even if they don't fully understand it.
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But they support it.
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Yeah.
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And that's really important in the journey because you're filled with doubt.
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So it's important to have someone that will kind of give you that little nudge.
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I think that additional grounding that you need.
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Yes.
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Especially when you are going through a change and a transition.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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You've like answered a lot of our questions in the beginning, which is great.
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Sorry.
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No, no.
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I apologize.
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No, actually, I have a question about that.
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Has your husband ever received a Reiki session from you?
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No.
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No?
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No.
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And a lot of people find that surprising.
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But in the beginning, you know, I wanted to, I still do want to practice on everything, you know, Reiki.
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And I want to share it with my plants and my food and people, you know, and he's a golfer.
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So he would, you know, he often comes home and he is sore, like his shoulders and...
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his back from the twisting and the motions and stuff.
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And I'll just, you know, one time I just placed my hand on his, both hands on his shoulder and I was talking with him.
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And I'm not saying that I was sharing Reiki.
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And he's like, what are you doing?
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And I was like, oh, I'm just sharing a little Reiki with you on your shoulder.
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You said your shoulder hurt.
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And he goes, he goes, I could feel it.
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And I was like, yeah.
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He goes, what is it?
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And I'm like, Reiki.
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And he goes, okay.
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And I'm like, is it okay if I keep doing it?
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He goes, sure.
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So I just kept doing it.
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And, you know, he afterwards, he's like, you know, my shoulder feels better.
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I'm like, yeah.
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You're like, I know.
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I know.
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It doesn't surprise me.
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So here and there, I will share it with him.
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But a full on session.
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No.
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Yeah.
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He is skeptical.
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He is more of like on the science side of things.
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More analytical.
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Yes.
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He's very analytical.
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And this doesn't make sense.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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So well, it's intangible in a way.
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Yeah.
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You feel it on a physical level.
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Right.
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Which is the coolest part.
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Yeah.
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Like mixing the spiritual with the physical.
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Yeah.
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And being able to channel and facilitate that.
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But yeah, so I would love to know, like, when you're going through that journey of like, kind of having that aha moment, like, what was the, do you remember it?
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Like the moment when you're like, I mean, you kind of explained a little bit about it, but like that internal ping of like, I'm going to be a spiritual preneur and I'm just going to make this happen.
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You know, it wasn't as much...
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of a moment, you know, um, I know a lot of us experience that, uh, aha moments, but this was more, I thought about it a lot and I actually meditated on it a lot.
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I actually went to, um, uh, a few mediums and, um, one of it was actually, uh, featured on the Netflix series, um, uh,
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surviving death i think it's called tyler harry no no no her name is escaping me right now um she's from ireland and i got a reading she was doing a reading in benicia and um a group reading small group
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And a friend of mine said, hey, you want to do it?
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And I said, of course, because I was in this transition period of not knowing.
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I need some answers, right?
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We're always looking outside.
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Oh, we all do.
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Seeking sources of truth.
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Yeah, those psychics do the same.
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Yes.
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You want kind of validation as to what you're really, truly feeling.
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Yeah.
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And so I went and I was in this probably like 10, 15 people in this space.
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And the medium, she came up to me and she the very first thing she said when she started, she walked over me to me.
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She stood in front of me and she's like, you're a healer.
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There you go.
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That's all the answer you knew.
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The first part of the reading, I started bawling.
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I was like,
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like okay yeah i am so um yeah that would that that was the moment where it kind of cemented what i was validated yes so yeah that was kind of if there was a moment that was probably the moment and she was basically saying that all um you know my guides and um you know my deceased ones that have crossed over were there and they were all saying the same thing do it
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So I was like, okay, I'll do it.
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How could I not?
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Yeah.
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So yeah.
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Yeah.
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Well, I'm also curious, since we're talking about this transitional moments, like just so kind of maybe people might be in the same situation, aka me.
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Okay.
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How did you like, like physically like transition from like, oh, you know, I'm going to become a healer to actually put in this and offering services like, you know, people want to know, well, did you build a website?
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Did you, you know, what were the actual steps that you have taken that contributed to where you are today?
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So many.
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And I think it's just a culmination of these baby steps, you know, because it can get so overwhelming.
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you know, starting a business and doing this sort of thing.
Collaborative Healing Space and Partnerships
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Uh, I just vowed to not get overwhelmed and just, I did a whole business proposal, uh, just because I'm a marketing person.
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Oh, I love that.
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A plan.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I needed a plan.
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Oh, totally.
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And so I did a plan.
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I kind of did a little bit about like what I wanted my brand to be.
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Um, um,
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and what kind of clients I wanted to focus on, stuff like that.
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And that really helped me kind of have that foundation, you know,
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Even to, like, how much money you want to make, you know, the first year, the second year, the third year, you know, and a plan for what you want to experience every year and how you grow.
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So that was the first thing that I did.
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And, you know, my husband kind of gave me a kick in the butt to do that, too, because, you know, he wanted the plan.
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He wanted to see.
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He wanted to see.
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He likes big spreadsheets.
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He likes to sell.
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Yeah.
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I'm not an Excel person, but yeah, so that was good just to have a plan.
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And has it changed?
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Sure.
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Yeah, it's evolved for sure.
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But, you know, that...
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Once I made a decision that I was going to do this, I did a plan.
00:18:21
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I kind of put it out there in the universe that, hey, this is what I want.
00:18:25
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I kept envisioning what I want, and this is what I want to manifest.
00:18:28
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These are the clients I want.
00:18:31
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Um, and it's crazy how the synchronicity started to come in.
00:18:36
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You know, um, I got connected with a friend who had a space, um, uh, here in Walnut Creek downtown.
00:18:44
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And, um, I think it was my massage therapist took me up with her.
00:18:48
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We had coffee and she's like, Hey,
00:18:51
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I'm going to start renting my space by the hour.
00:18:53
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You know anyone that's interested?
00:18:56
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I'm like, yes, me.
00:18:59
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Yes.
00:18:59
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And it just kind of fell in my lap.
00:19:02
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So I was able to rent by the hour.
00:19:03
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I didn't have to commit to anything.
00:19:06
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Yeah.
00:19:07
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And, you know, she did other things, alternative healing things.
00:19:12
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And she had a bed and everything all set up.
00:19:14
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I didn't have to bring much space.
00:19:16
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And so I did that the first year until I started building up my client base, you know, putting the word out, you know, just, you know, doing a Google page, a website, you know, Yelp profile, you know, all the free stuff.
00:19:32
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Yeah.
00:19:34
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You know, and just...
00:19:36
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Did what I could to put my name out there and asked for testimonials and asked for reviews.
00:19:45
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And yeah, it just slowly kind of built up like that.
00:19:48
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And then I got, you know, so busy and it just...
00:19:53
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I, you know, I couldn't fit.
00:19:56
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It was getting to be a challenge to fit my clients on her schedule because she needed the space to.
00:20:01
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Right.
00:20:02
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So I was like, I think I'm time.
00:20:03
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It's time to get my own.
00:20:06
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And I remember I was in Sedona and.
00:20:12
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So the person I share space with now here at my studio, she reached out to me and I met this person, by the way, that I share my space with now in my master Reiki class.
00:20:25
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And we have been friends ever since.
00:20:27
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And she reached out and she's like, you know,
00:20:30
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I saw this space and I think it's, you know, really cute.
00:20:33
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And, you know, I don't know if you're interested, but would you be interested in sharing this space?
00:20:38
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She sent me a video of it.
00:20:39
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Yeah.
00:20:40
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And she told me the rent and everything.
00:20:42
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And of course I freaked out.
00:20:43
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I'm like, oh gosh, I can't afford that.
00:20:46
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You know, all that lack mentality.
00:20:48
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Oh, totally.
00:20:48
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It creeps in.
00:20:49
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Yeah.
00:20:49
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Yeah.
00:20:50
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It's kind of like, oh my gosh, am I really ready for this?
00:20:52
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This is crazy.
00:20:53
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I'm going to have...
00:20:54
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this rent to pay.
00:20:56
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Yeah.
00:20:56
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Yeah.
00:20:57
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Like, can I make that much money?
00:21:01
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This is a big expense.
00:21:02
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Yes.
00:21:02
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It needed to be painted.
00:21:03
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It needed all this stuff.
00:21:05
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And so I kind of freaked out and she knew I was freaking out.
00:21:08
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And she's like, listen, she's like, I know what you're doing right now.
00:21:12
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She goes, cause I'm doing the same thing.
00:21:14
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She goes, but
00:21:16
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You know, meditate on it and just really look within.
00:21:20
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And I know this is scary, but, and she's an intuitive.
00:21:24
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So she goes, I see us doing this together.
00:21:27
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And I was like...
00:21:29
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okay, again, I'm going to trust.
00:21:32
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And so I did.
00:21:34
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And, um, we've been at the space for what, two and a half, three years almost.
00:21:39
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It's amazing.
00:21:40
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Yeah.
00:21:40
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So, yeah.
00:21:42
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And, you know, we keep growing and we help each other.
00:21:45
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I love sharing a space with someone, um, because we help each other and, uh,
00:21:52
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it's nice to have a partner yeah i can speak from experience yeah yeah isn't it yeah you learn so much from each other too yeah and i think it's the support and sometimes you know we kind of balance each other yeah i think like you know um sometimes one is like more like in doubt the other one kind of like validates and supports each other you know because we're not always going to be like at the same you know right like on the same way
00:22:16
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wavelength the frequency like where if it's like oh yeah you know like all kind of it's like energetic you know so it's good to have a balance too and you know and also having people that can kind of see beyond your own reality kind of give a different perspective like okay i see that you're like in this bubble let's just kind of maybe expand yeah beyond that yeah it's really important to have that someone that sometimes gives a little push
00:22:44
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Yes.
Overcoming Personal Fears and Growth
00:22:45
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Yes.
00:22:46
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And, you know, she's, she is pushed me.
00:22:50
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She's pushed me.
00:22:51
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I told her I was doing this podcast and she was so excited.
00:22:53
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It's like, you know, cause she knows that it's kind of my tendency to.
00:23:00
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not be in the spotlight and do these sort of things that are uncomfortable.
00:23:04
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So, but I appreciate the opportunity to kind of push myself and kind of go over this resistance that I have.
00:23:12
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No, we're super honored to have you.
00:23:14
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Well, I think we also like hold space for each other in this journey.
00:23:19
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I think for us as well, even being on this podcast, it's been very healing and we also have to overcome like our own fears.
00:23:26
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years oh totally like past self-image and like how people are going to like receive the information like we would listen to our own episodes and i don't know about you but i would cringe at myself i still do i listen to them like oh like why did i say that like gosh i sound awful you know so you go through all this uh the inner critic like judgmental yeah judgmental critic uh you know talks and narratives but at the end of the day i was like who cares
00:23:56
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That's true.
00:23:56
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Who cares?
00:23:57
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Right.
00:23:58
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You know, like if you have to care, you have to care.
00:24:01
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You have to be true to yourself and just, you know, and we're having a good time.
00:24:07
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We feel aligned with this, and I think that's all that matters at the end of the day.
00:24:12
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That's true, and those fears are going to pop up, but I always say, you know, fear is a liar.
00:24:17
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Oh, I love that.
00:24:18
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And, you know, it loves to lie to you.
00:24:20
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The shadow loves to lie to you, and it's like overcoming fear.
00:24:26
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you know, these beliefs and fears and doubts, you're overcoming that and you're kind of releasing that part of your shadow and kind of facing it head on.
00:24:37
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And it's so important to grow, you know, to do that.
00:24:42
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Yeah.
00:24:43
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Because in the shadow, when you're in the shadow, like you're, I love talking about this, like shadow and like, and this is actually, I've got a workbook on shadow.
00:24:51
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Oh my goodness.
00:24:52
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Like this is very relevant.
00:24:53
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I love this.
00:24:54
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So like when you are operating from a place of shadow of like, whether you have like fear of being seen or heard or whatever, like that core wound is, or it could just be like a belief.
00:25:05
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Mm-hmm.
00:25:05
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You are not going to be seen because you're in the shadow.
00:25:08
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Right.
00:25:09
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You just need to step into the light and then that's where magnetic opportunities are going to come your way.
00:25:15
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But it's like that hurdle that like people perceive it as a hurdle or can feel like a hurdle in that moment.
00:25:22
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And it's a matter of like shifting the energy.
00:25:24
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And sometimes it does take, you know...
00:25:26
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late weather partner and some romantic partner, a business partner, someone you might just run into.
00:25:33
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Like another weird synchronicity I had, I was in, I was on a work trip a few weeks ago in DC and I was feeling like a little stressed out on the trip.
00:25:43
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And I was checking into the Capitol building and this man was like,
00:25:48
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I checked in, we chitchatted, and he's like, oh, sorry, it's taken so long, wait with the new security procedures after, like, everything, and I was like, oh, no, I have a lot of patients, I deal with these people, you know, I was making a joke, and he's like, never let anyone, like, rob you of your joy, and I'm like.
00:26:06
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Love it.
00:26:08
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Like, I'm just like, you know, speechless.
00:26:10
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I'm like, it's a man who doesn't know me, doesn't know anything about me.
00:26:14
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And just like, you get like divine messages and then it can just be that type of moment that just shifts that energy out of your space, whether it's something you needed to release or something you needed to remember and have it be instilled again.
00:26:28
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Mm hmm.
00:26:30
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We had an episode where we talked about how the universe is always speaking to you and it speaks through so many different ways.
00:26:37
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It can be very subtle.
00:26:38
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It can speak through other people, situations and some things you're like, oh, that was random.
00:26:45
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I'm like, no, that was not random.
00:26:46
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It was synchronicity.
00:26:47
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It was exactly meant to happen.
00:26:50
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Yeah.
00:26:50
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You know, whether it maybe scared you, but that's exactly what you needed.
00:26:55
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Because I think when you feel fearful, for me, it's always that opportunity.
00:26:59
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Now I see it this way.
00:27:00
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Before I would just like, you know, like run away the other direction.
00:27:04
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But now I see like, okay, I feel fear.
00:27:07
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So it's like, oh, let me find out.
00:27:10
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There's more.
00:27:11
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Why?
00:27:12
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Well, there's more to the other side of it.
00:27:15
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So it's amazing that you just like, you know, when... So much trust.
00:27:20
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Yeah, you had, you know, all this, had the fear, but you're still like, you know, I'm just going to run with it.
00:27:27
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Yeah, and I constantly, I still have fears, you know, and it still comes up, but I just get curious about it, you know?
00:27:36
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I just...
00:27:37
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dig deeper like what is that what do i need to learn yeah from this where did that belief come from is it really true right yeah is it mine yeah it's true yeah and you're just like wow yeah that isn't true yeah right and so um
00:27:57
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You know, it's, it's, it's, you know, we can't ignore our shadow.
00:28:00
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And I hear this all the time of like, oh, I'll just stay positive and everything will be great.
00:28:05
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You know, it's, you know, unicorns and lollipops.
00:28:09
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Oh, I wish.
00:28:10
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That would be amazing.
00:28:12
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No reality.
00:28:14
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You know, we can't have light without shadow.
00:28:16
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It's that polarity, right?
00:28:17
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Yeah.
00:28:18
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It's like, it's just part of us as humans.
00:28:20
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And so, but it's, we don't need to let it rule.
00:28:24
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our lives, you know, and the more we question it and the more we unravel it and trust that it's going to be okay.
00:28:34
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And, you know, it's the better it is.
00:28:38
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And the further along in your journey you go and, you know, you get to a place of like, wow.
00:28:44
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this is pretty awesome.
00:28:46
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I'm living my purpose.
00:28:48
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I get to meet these clients and I get to teach these students and be a part of their journey.
00:28:57
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You know, I'm just so grateful every day for that.
00:29:00
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And it's just like, you know, and just to be in a place of power.
00:29:05
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To be like, this doesn't rule me.
00:29:07
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Yeah, that's very freeing.
What Happens in a Reiki Session?
00:29:10
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It is.
00:29:10
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And, you know, of course, I'm not perfect.
00:29:12
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There are some deeper fears that, you know, come up and like, oh, I'm not ready for that yet.
00:29:17
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Yeah.
00:29:20
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But, you know, it's, like I said, step by step, you know, you get there.
00:29:25
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And that's why it's called a healing journey.
00:29:29
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It's a journey.
00:29:30
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Yes.
00:29:31
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It takes sometimes a lifetime.
00:29:33
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Right.
00:29:34
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Yeah.
00:29:34
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I would love to ask, like, you know, for anyone who has had Reiki done before who might be listening, like what typically happens in one of your sessions?
00:29:43
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Yeah.
00:29:43
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So my initial session, so like if you came for the first time, are 90 minutes.
00:29:50
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And the reason behind that is because I like to have time to talk in the beginning.
00:29:56
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A lot of people can schedule appointments with me and I don't meet them or I don't even talk to them.
00:30:01
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So I kind of want to meet people.
00:30:03
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them, uh, hear their story, kind of understand, um, you know, what drew them to Reiki, um, and, um, what's going on with them, kind of what their intention is, uh, around it and also answer any questions they have about Reiki.
00:30:18
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Um, and then we dive into the actual Reiki session.
00:30:22
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Um, and my sessions mostly are hands-on, just light touch,
00:30:28
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But, you know, it depends on what the client is comfortable with.
00:30:31
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Some are not comfortable with touch and that's okay too.
00:30:35
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It works just the same.
00:30:37
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And basically I move from the head to the feet and just what I'm doing is kind of...
00:30:46
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understanding and sensing what is going on in their energy at that time.
00:30:53
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And I do that with my hands.
00:30:55
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I have crystals that I use, which I love.
00:30:59
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I'm obsessed with crystals.
00:31:02
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And I also use tuning forks.
00:31:04
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So, and that's just sound and vibration and frequency, you know, to...
00:31:11
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To bring your energy field back and your energy flow back.
00:31:15
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So it's just another tool besides my hands.
00:31:19
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So then when I also take them through just a guided kind of grounding meditation beforehand to get them relaxed and comfortable.
00:31:30
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This is new.
00:31:30
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I don't know them most of the time.
00:31:32
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Right.
00:31:33
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And, you know, just to get them to a very good space of surrender and trust and safety.
00:31:40
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Oh, totally.
00:31:40
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Because it can be, you know, you're lying down with your eyes closed.
00:31:43
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I know.
00:31:44
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You know, that can be a strange experience.
00:31:46
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People aren't used to that.
00:31:47
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Right.
00:31:47
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They don't know what to expect.
00:31:48
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Yeah.
00:31:49
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You know, because everyone's experience is completely different.
00:31:51
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There's no right or wrong way to experience Reiki.
00:31:55
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So, yeah.
00:31:56
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And then at the end of the session, we sit down and talk kind of about their experience, any questions that came up, anything else they want to talk about.
00:32:08
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And then I go over, you know, what areas I felt needed the most attention.
00:32:14
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Mm-hmm.
00:32:15
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um, what that could possibly mean.
00:32:17
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Right.
00:32:18
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Uh, you know, and then give them recommendations as to, you know, how to possibly help that in their life and, you know, natural ways, holistic approach, you know, to kind of helping them, whether it's diet, cause I am a health coach as well.
00:32:34
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Um, but diet, um, you know, certain foods to eat or, um, uh, I'm a yoga teacher too.
00:32:41
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So any kind of gentle movements, um,
00:32:45
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Or just asking themselves questions, you know, like we were just talking about, like, where does this come from?
00:32:52
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You know, getting curious about what's going on inside of them, teaching them things like how to ground.
00:32:59
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People don't understand what grounding is.
00:33:02
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Oh, yeah.
00:33:02
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You know, or just how to relax, how to get into your body, into the moment.
00:33:08
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how to even listen to your body and be still.
00:33:12
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So just teaching them some of that.
00:33:15
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And we had talked about this before, but I often give homework.
00:33:19
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So it's more of my clients.
00:33:21
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I'll probably give you homework, you know, not a lot, just like one thing or two things to focus on, you know, that I think will help them.
00:33:29
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And, you know, the more they practice it, I think, you know, the more
00:33:34
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they kind of understand what might be going on with them and, you know, take steps toward healing that.
00:33:40
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So yeah, that's pretty much, that's pretty much what happens.
00:33:44
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And then if they'd like to come back, always encourage people to be consistent with it.
00:33:49
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Um, and, um,
00:33:51
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You know, it's not one and done, which I do.
00:33:55
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I have seen some amazing things happen with one session, but I'd say for the most part, most people it's consistency.
00:34:03
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You know, it happens over time and it's a lot more effective if they...
Client Issues and Reiki Testimonials
00:34:10
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they take part in their own healing and tap into their own power because that's really what I love to do and it's my purpose is to empower them to heal themselves and be their own energy healer really so yeah that's pretty much it we love that it's beautiful yeah and what issues usually people will bring to you or they are seeking healing on
00:34:36
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Goodness, there's so many different ones.
00:34:40
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I get a lot of clients with anxiety, a lot of people with depression, just a lot of people just generally feeling lost, like not knowing what to do.
00:34:51
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They're not fulfilled.
00:34:51
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They're not happy.
00:34:52
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They're not healthy.
00:34:54
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They just don't feel good in their body.
00:34:56
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They don't know why.
00:34:58
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But I also get people with a lot of physical ailments that
00:35:05
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are a mystery to doctors, you know, the Western medicine, you know, autoimmune, big one, fibromyalgia, chronic pain of all sorts that they can't seem to figure out.
00:35:21
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So, yeah, I just had a client yesterday come to me.
00:35:26
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They had suffering from symptoms of toxic mold in their system.
00:35:35
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And, you know, she's had a really hard time with that and trying to figure out how to get over that.
00:35:42
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And so, yeah, it runs the gamut.
00:35:45
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It's just all over, you know.
00:35:47
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Some people just need guidance on, like,
00:35:50
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life purpose like why am i here is this really it yeah oh totally yeah that's my biggest question of seeking answers or clarity or healing in some way yeah yeah yeah and some people honestly just want to try it
00:36:08
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I really don't have anything going on in my life that's bad.
00:36:10
Speaker
You know, things are pretty good, but I was curious about Reiki and I'm here just to try it.
00:36:16
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So that's fine, too.
00:36:17
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Yeah.
00:36:18
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Oh, I bet those people get like so much enjoyment out of it.
00:36:22
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Oh, yes.
00:36:22
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Like, because they're not really going in for something specific.
00:36:25
Speaker
I love when I get to do that.
00:36:27
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Like, I'm not seeking anything.
00:36:29
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I just go in open minded and then I get blown away.
00:36:32
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Yeah, because you have no expectations.
00:36:34
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Yeah, exactly.
00:36:35
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You have no idea.
00:36:37
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Therefore, yeah, like the sky's the limit.
00:36:39
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Oh, yeah.
00:36:39
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Yeah.
00:36:40
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And that's when I came, so Lily had talked about, you know, finding you.
00:36:45
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And I don't know, did you find her on a Google search?
00:36:47
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I did.
00:36:47
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I actually found, yeah, you're talking about like building like your Google business profile.
00:36:53
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So that's actually how I found you.
00:36:55
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Well, it was interesting because years ago, I started Googling already like Reiki classes and blah, blah, blah.
00:37:02
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And I had like saved a few schools, right?
00:37:05
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Mm-hmm.
00:37:06
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But then I think it was like probably before the pandemic, I'm like, no, I really want to, you know, take Reiki classes.
00:37:12
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And it kept calling me.
00:37:14
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And then throughout the pandemic, because of the pandemic, then we couldn't actually like, you know, have classes, especially Reiki, which includes like hands-on.
00:37:21
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So it's like, okay.
00:37:23
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And then, you know, with 2021, so it just said it also was always in the back of my mind.
00:37:29
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And I did another Google search again.
00:37:31
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And then your name came up.
00:37:34
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And I'm like, oh, well, click on it.
00:37:36
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And I started reading.
00:37:38
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And again, I also read the reviews too.
00:37:41
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I probably went to the Yelp business page, I think.
00:37:44
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I can't remember now, but it was also there.
00:37:47
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And it was just interesting because it wasn't like referred by anyone.
00:37:53
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Because a lot of people, I'm sure, that will come to you too, it was probably referred by a friend or someone that had, yeah.
00:38:00
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So it happens to me as well.
00:38:02
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But, you know, I didn't know anyone I had to take classes with you, but I was like, you know, just my intuition, it just resonates.
00:38:11
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And we have talked about in our past episodes too, you know, like how do you connect or align, you know, whether it's a healer or a teacher, it's just like, you know, you just trust that information and it just resonates.
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And I was like, can I, I don't even know, I didn't even read much, I think.
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I think
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I just saw that you're offering classes and I was like, you know, I'm just going to take it.
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And it was like all the way here because, you know, from where we live in San Francisco to Walnut Creek, if you're not familiar with the Bay Area, it's a little bit of a drive, you know.
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It's an intentional drive.
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It's very intentional.
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And I was like, you know what?
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That's it.
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You know, and I was, again, just like the universe, just like, you know, that little nudge, subtle.
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Google hint.
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Yeah.
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How that kind of just aligns with you and that brings us to where we are today.
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I know.
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Yeah.
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And synchronicities again.
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I love it.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So grateful and honored that you listened to your intuition and came to class.
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I know.
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And then here we are now.
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I know.
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Yeah.
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No, we super appreciate you taking the time to come on Psychic Girls Next Door and, you know, create space and share space with us and our listeners.
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And it's been an amazing journey just from meeting you, taking your classes and then applying it to our real lives.
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And like you shift so much energy and then you attract people.
Connecting with Danielle Mai
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so many new experiences once that like energy that's no longer serving you is just out of your space and then you create the sense of community and it's just you know it's been such an expansive journey yeah like since we all got connected and it's been amazing i know it has it has yes so where can we find you danielle um my website daniellemye.com uh
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And that's probably where most of this stuff is.
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If you have any questions, there's a lot of resources on my website.
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I have a lot of frequently asked questions about Reiki.
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I also, you can schedule a free podcast.
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phone consultation or zoom consultation with me.
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If you have questions, um, and that's on my website as well.
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And I also just started a YouTube channel.
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Nice.
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Again, facing my fears.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So, and you can find me on, um, Instagram at Danny, my life.
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Um,
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And then Facebook at Danielle My Healing, YouTube at Danielle My Healing as well.
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So, yeah.
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And my YouTube videos are basically just answering questions about Reiki so far.
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I love that.
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We'll see how it evolves.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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That's amazing.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Great.
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Well, thank you so much, Danielle, for being here with us.
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and sharing your time and energy and I hope you at home listening to this episode hopefully it was also very expensive because it's been for us and please share
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with your friends.
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If you found this episode helpful or you like to inspire others, share.
00:41:25
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We also social media as well.
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Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, although we don't really talk on YouTube, but you know, maybe you gave us a little idea.
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Yeah.
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I'll interview you.
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Yeah.
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There you go.
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See?
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Yeah.
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Amazing.
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I love how things just like unfold.
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Yeah.
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We're open.
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We're open.
00:41:48
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it's just like on our YouTube channel it's just basically the audio is off the podcast for until now until now until now so follow us send us a message and we'll also link all Danielle's contact information on our show notes but thank you so much for being here with us today thank you so much from the psychic girls next door tune in next time