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Episode 49: Healing Modalities That Actually Work: Actionable Insights from Our Healing Journeys
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In this episode, you’ll discover what it’s like to try therapy, EMDR, somatic practices, and the Akashic Records—plus practical ways to begin your own healing journey.
External Highlights
- [00:04] Updates from the hosts: new healing explorations and life changes
- [00:32] The value of talk therapy and learning your own processing style
- 01:13] Prioritizing physical health: bloodwork, working with a dietitian, and strength training
- 02:31] How simply “showing up” can break through mental blocks
- [03:24] EMDR: how it helps rewire old patterns and connect trauma to the body
- [05:41] Letting go of responsibility for others’ emotions and healing from people-pleasing
- [09:05] The challenge—and importance—of learning to stay present in your body
- [10:24] Why even healers need healing: ongoing therapy and somatic practices
- [11:19] The Akashic Records as a deeper layer of spiritual and emotional healing
- [22:16] How processing and speaking about shame and anxiety leads to real transformation
You’re Not Alone — And You’re Invited
You’re not expected to have all the answers. Trying new healing modalities is about curiosity and self-care, not perfection. Trust that the right tools will appear when you’re ready. Stay open, stay curious, and know support is available.
Share your experience! We invite you to connect and share your own healing journey. Your story could help someone else feel less alone.
Note: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only.
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Transcript
Introduction to Healing Modalities
00:00:04
Speaker
Welcome to Psychic Girls Next Door. So today we are diving to the many healing modalities that we have explored recently. and So we'll talk about what they are, how they helped us, and and the lessons that we're still learning on
Therapy and Physical Health Journey
00:00:23
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this journey. So I remember that in the last episode you talked about your different therapy modalities that you have been exploring?
00:00:33
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Yeah, yeah. I can like kind of give everyone an update who's you know down to listen to it. um It's been kind of crazy. it's So I started therapy right before my 35th birthday, like talk therapy, and I love her. She's great. like She lets me yammer on and on and on and externally process because i'm I identify as an external processor.
00:00:55
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I know that sounds like such a computer chip type of thing, but like some people can process internally where they need to like go into themselves and like really figure out like, you know, what's bothering them inside. I do it by like externally talking and like I'll journal, I'll like process in the shower as well.
00:01:13
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And um lately I've been incorporating working out. as one of my ways to like process and like think and like, you know, just shift the energy on a body level.
00:01:26
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Cause for a long time I've been my default is to be in my ethereal space. And ever since you've known me, like you've known that I'm like a space, I like to be up here.
00:01:37
Speaker
And so being grounded is ah process that we learned in the program that we both did at Psychic Horizons. And so being able to integrate that. And so now with, see Zoe's gonna.
00:01:47
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Oh, this is our special guest. This is our special guest, Zoe. So if if you are just listening to it, just know that Shanna's cat likes to make special appearances
Gyms, Weightlifting, and Overcoming Mental Blocks
00:01:56
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here and there. yeah she's the third co-host she's the third co-host yeah um yeah so being able to like prioritize my physical health is one of my goals for like turning 35 and then i like got all my blood work done and then i've been like working with a dietitian uh through alara health is the women's clinic that i got my blood results done
00:02:20
Speaker
And being able to, I joined two different gyms, two different therapists. Like um I've been going to mission clubs with Brittany a couple of days a week. And so being able to like,
00:02:31
Speaker
lift weights. I've been getting into lifting a couple days a week. That's been helping on a healing modality for like my body stuff. And I realized like, oh, actually really like this. It's just like all it took was just actually just showing up.
00:02:43
Speaker
And I think sometimes when you just show up to things like it's just as simple as showing up. And then because once you're there you're in it and you're like you're doing the thing. And it's Actually easier than I thought it would be.
00:02:55
Speaker
so like these mental blocks and hurdles and like narratives that I was telling myself, I've been cleaning out a lot of those in therapy and talk therapy, but specifically with EMDR.
Childhood Behaviors and Neural Pathways
00:03:06
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And so that i started to have, and we started processing.
00:03:10
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um I've started processing like my childhood learned behavior of putting the needs of others over my own. because of like X, Y and z like so many various reasons.
00:03:22
Speaker
And so when we've been rewiring my brain or like setting new neural pathways to believe like we're looking at a situation and then we keep looking at it and looking at it and looking at it. And then she asked me, like, how do you feel? And I have hand buzzers in my hands.
00:03:40
Speaker
And then she's like, how do you feel now after like a minute of like looking at it again? And I'm looking at it like in my like, kind of like my psychic space. You're kind of in a weird...
00:03:52
Speaker
in between state, like a theta state almost, like as it kind of like hypnotherapy. ah But instead of them guiding you through it, she she just holds the space for you. And like you have the she says, look at this situation.
00:04:06
Speaker
You have the buzzards. And then she asks after a minute when they stop, how do you feel? Where do you feel in your body? So like it's connecting the trauma to where it currently lives in the body.
00:04:17
Speaker
And last week, we looked at um a situation where like I was kissed by a boy when I was six, not by choice. And like, that's not a fun thing to look at, obviously.
00:04:30
Speaker
But then I realized like, oh, I like that was like the root picture of like losing my autonomy through my experiences with men and or like ah putting the needs of others over my own as well. So it was connected to like,
00:04:46
Speaker
my learned behavior of having to cater to people and learn in the comedy and or at least the believing that I had to and putting like just not even really knowing what my own needs are and so through that process it's been a very interesting and enlightening way of reframing how I show up in a room and how I show up now in my life, or especially with like, men, and I've been meeting all these great men who are safe to be around because before i was not meeting men who are safe to be
Personal Boundaries and Emotional Responsibility
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around.
00:05:21
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And I work with a lot of men who are very nice people. But like they had they have some emotional turbulence, or there's some type of like, internal chaos going on in their space that I'm like, ooh, let me smooth that and fix that over.
00:05:35
Speaker
And now that I'm like shifting those narratives of like, I don't need to do that for other people. like period. And that can be very freeing and like it can be very jarring for the other people that you've been doing that for though.
00:05:51
Speaker
And that's what I've been noticing at work of like those extra things that I've just been going above and beyond because I thought that that's just what I had to do um And like I do love serving others and like I believe on a soul cosmic level I'm here to serve others in a lot of different ways but like I don't need to emotionally regulate other people.
00:06:12
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And i think that's something that a lot of people need to hear. Like you do not, you're not responsible for the role that somebody played in harming you.
00:06:23
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And that's like something that I realized and in that moment when I was six, like I was taking a responsibility for his part in the situation as a way to like have any type of like control or like,
00:06:37
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you know, self-autonomy or like empowerment. And like, I realize like, oh, I don't need to hold that. And what i it's like you start shifting and rewiring and rethinking and like healing yourself internally, your external world starts to shift as well.
00:06:54
Speaker
And I know you've experienced that a lot in your
Impact of Childhood Experiences on Adult Life
00:06:58
Speaker
healing. yeah Well, a lot of things that happened in our childhood, they do have a lot of consequences.
00:07:06
Speaker
as we grow older and that and we carry on a lot of these traumas and wounds into our adult lives. And it's interesting as you're talking about it, how you know it might be an isolated event or it might be a lot of different things that happen throughout your life.
00:07:25
Speaker
And how does it cascades into every single aspect, into work, relationships um how you carry yourself in the world how there's sometimes you're not even aware right these things are kind of like running in the background and uh how it's actually impacting um your own life until you actually have the opportunity to work with someone that can kind of like either hold a mirror yeah right in front of you or kind of offer you a different perspective or kind of hold your hand as it kind of seems like that's what you um you know your therapist is doing like holding your hands okay I'm gonna take you here a way because in many ways um
00:08:15
Speaker
The healing, I mean, and again, I'm just going to kind of be all over the place when I talk about it. When you talk about like, oh, you know, you like the behavior before was kind of being more like up, up in the theory, right? Yeah, yeah. In the astral.
00:08:32
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In the astral, and that's like true for a lot of us myself included, because what you learned that it's not safe to be in the body. Totally.
00:08:43
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Yeah. Through those yeah experiences. like it's it's Because it's painful, it's traumatic, it's too much, it's overwhelming. So you just learn to leave your body. and And again, like in our process in the clairvoyant training, as you've mentioned, was to learn how to be in the body and sit with the discomfort of it.
00:08:59
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Yeah. And just kind of and go through de emotions, by the way, which is
Healing Through Discomfort and Trauma
00:09:05
Speaker
not fun. No, its it's not fun. But then it starts to be more fun because we're so yeah that your energy shifts and you're like, wow, these things are coming into my life. Just like then kind of like being my own bottleneck and my own blocker. Yeah. And Yeah, that's interesting because as you go, because I always say like the only way out is through.
00:09:28
Speaker
but when you go through it and when you're kind of like on the other side of things, you're like, oh my gosh, I i did it. yeah It wasn't like as like bad and you didn't die in the process of it.
00:09:41
Speaker
mean, it is jarring and there's a lot of things that come up. But if you are able to do it in a safe way and you have a safe container, to help you go through it even better.
00:09:53
Speaker
But sometimes I know that might not be the case. ah So for myself, I also do therapy too. And i have and i do and yeah I have my therapy sessions, i would say like every two weeks now.
00:10:06
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And I've been working with the same therapist for almost a year now. So again, guys, healers, they need healing. yes Don't think as you're listening as we're like, oh, that we can talk about like all this like energetic stuff and psychic stuff like, oh, it's so easy. But understand there is a lot of work that goes into being where we are today.
00:10:31
Speaker
But I also like I have my therapy sessions.
Somatic Experiences and Nervous System Regulation
00:10:34
Speaker
I for me also the somatic experience is very important too. Yeah, because it really shows you like that it is safe to be in the body and also helps to regulate your nervous system.
00:10:46
Speaker
Yeah, in many different ways. Yeah. In your case, I mean, you use different techniques. For me, breathwork has been, you know, incredible just to be connected to my body.
00:10:59
Speaker
you know, in a very deep way. um I don't do it every day. I'm not going to say I'm that type of person. It's something that I do like kind of like here and there when I need it So therapy, breath work. I also have learned about the Akashic Records. And I think I've mentioned here on the podcast. Yeah, yeah.
Exploration of the Akashic Records
00:11:20
Speaker
Let's talk about that. It's a different healing modality.
00:11:24
Speaker
where we go a little deeper as far as reading your energy and other people's energy. But we do in a more, I don't know, call it like it's a safe space, you know, kind of look at the information. And maybe we'll do like a dedicated episode just to talk about the Akashic. Yeah, no, that's, that's a good idea. You could even like read me on the episode. Yeah, I mean, that would be fun. That would be kind of like a fun episode just to like dive in um because you know there's a lot to be talked about it.
00:11:56
Speaker
But I have gone through two different levels of reading the Akashic Records. and you know And first, in order for for me as a healer to facilitate healing for others is to do the healing work myself.
00:12:12
Speaker
So it was really empowering and also it's kind of like it's shedding the layers, right? It's never just like, oh, that one thing. Oh, I hear that one thing. Okay, it's done. No, but wait, there's more. But wait, there's more. it's on there's on the owner Yeah, and then start looking like, oh, that thing again, you know, like, okay, so there was a different layer. So the Akashic Records allow me to...
00:12:36
Speaker
look at different layers or what already probably have been looking at it for for a while and so it's always that it brings that moment like ah okay that makes sense and you just like You know, it takes you to a different, ah like, you know, it even encourages to go even further in your healing journey. So for me, and not only like I got readings during my class, but I also gave Akashic Records healing for my classmates. And that in itself, it's also a very healing experience.
00:13:10
Speaker
So it's an ongoing process. Right. yeah Yeah. Yeah. So when you are going through the because you've given me a reading and it was like very spot on and a reading and a healing. And when you are going through that process.
00:13:25
Speaker
like kind of how do you set up and like tap into the Akashic Records? Like if somebody wanted to like learn how to do it, like what would they, what tools would they need? Like how, what do they need to get started? Or like, do they need to get a training? Do they need to like, can they kind of tap into it? Can they read a few books? Like what, what would you So the great thing about the Akashic Records is that, I mean,
00:13:51
Speaker
with me like with any type of what we call intuitive psychic training anyone can do it because we all have intuitive abilities at different levels and in different ways that it kind of show up but with in particular the Akashic Records Anyone can just ah ah hop in. You can either, of course, you can take a class like how I did it. But there are also books ah on this topic. This particular course that I took, it's based on Linda Howe's Akashic Records program.
00:14:30
Speaker
she like They say she's like the pioneer. on the Akashic Records because she put this information out there like kind of like in the early 2000s because she released a book, published a book called How to Read the Akashic Records.
00:14:45
Speaker
yeah cool And that's available. I'll put a link in the show
Approaching the Akashic Records with Intention
00:14:48
Speaker
notes if you're curious. so A lot of people just go by the book. they read the book and it teaches like all the steps because there's there is a what they call like a pathway prayer d that you that you recite before you access the records and it details like all the steps how to do it um so it's very detailed uh it is Nice and it is great, of course, to have an instructor.
00:15:16
Speaker
Yeah. Kind of like really kind of, you know, give you ah like a more comprehensive view of how to read it, give you more of the experience to actually like you can practice with your classmates or even with the teacher and just kind of for the teacher to give you guidance.
00:15:33
Speaker
yeah on it But I would say ah books are great. There's a lot of there's podcasts out there to just like focus on the Akashic Records. And I think it lately has become kind of mainstream to people talk about it. I feel like it's more...
00:15:51
Speaker
It's a lot more popular, you know, like people say, oh, let's go to Akashic Records to fix. And people use a lot of these terms that I'm not like, you know, the most aligned. And it doesn't feel like a lot ah accurate when it talks about the Akashic Records. But anyways, you do you.
00:16:13
Speaker
If it works for you, do it. There's just kind of like how I see it. But it's a great tool for you. Yeah. Yeah, I see it as like, um kind of like a so when we would tap into the Akashic Records through our program at Psychic Horizons, I saw it as like a huge, like, library, and there's like files.
00:16:33
Speaker
And so I would go and I would have a gatekeeper because I was never able to go in for some reason. i would just like wait in the lobby and be like, hey, I'm looking for this like book or I'm looking for these records for this like person I'm reading.
00:16:46
Speaker
This guy Bradford would like hand me. He's like a super, super flamboyant gay dude. That's how he shows up. And his name's Radford. He's like, yeah, I'm here to help you. And he's like super sassy.
00:16:59
Speaker
And he hands me a stack of files. And then in the healing, we would do our thing where we like integrate that information that's been missing. And that information like it either got expunged and like put in the Akashic for various reasons, ah mostly because like they either couldn't handle the information at the time or they're like, oh, I don't want, like something was preventing them from integrating it.
00:17:25
Speaker
And so when we looked at like the theme or whatever that was running, like I would just kind of replace some of those like missing like blank spots. It showed up to me like um a film role of like, yeah, the frequency that people are like tuning into um ah from like the the I don't know, the back of their head, like the information log, right? Where it's like literally where your information system is in your brain.
00:17:51
Speaker
um And so through that process like but it's so interesting like the kashuk records will look different for everybody and it does level we all have you know specific like looking akashic records and it's always fun you know go into someone's records uh and it is it's kind of it's a big archive of your soul And so every single detail about you on a soul level, it's in the records and it's guarded. It's guarded by the Akashic record, the keepers.
00:18:30
Speaker
ah It's kind of like your spirit guides in a way. yeah And it's it's a very sacred space. um I just don't treat it lightly. i think for me, it's a space where when I'm giving a reading, it's...
00:18:47
Speaker
a space where you go into it with the most utmost respect. Yeah, like pure, pure intentions. Pure intentions. And you're really going into just, it's best to get more clarity of where people, what are you working through?
Personal Journey and Community Healing
00:19:04
Speaker
Maybe there are issues in your life that you want to take a deeper look, relationships about, you know, yourself. So there's a lot of things that, um it will only information that will come up that people are ready to receive.
00:19:21
Speaker
Yeah. And it's always with the most compassionate and on non-judgmental. Totally. That this information is relayed. So that's what I really like about this type of healing modality. um I access the Akashic Records myself too, but it's always nice to get readings from others. I feel like as you always yeah get perspective from other people. But also do. I get readings from... You also give me readings. I get i have great readers in our community that I go get readings from... like
00:19:57
Speaker
I actually i go to the school here in Colorado where they offer this evening that is called connecting with spirit guides and i yeah I have recently attended where um the owner of founder she is a psychic medium and she facilitates communication just kind of like the vessel okay for everyone's spirit guides they're kind of like in the group being read and she also relays individual and group information so it's also a very healing experience too for everyone yeah and the and it's always fascinating to me how
00:20:38
Speaker
Sometimes you think you're lonely when you are going through issues and you're going through your healing journey. But when you are in the space where others start to also share their issues and their struggles and you relate at some level, you're like, wow,
00:20:56
Speaker
I relate to this and and when people share their experience, I also find that also healing because sometimes people can put words into what you've been feeling they're able to express it in a way that you've been holding on.
00:21:13
Speaker
ah Because i always I always believe that healing also starts when you start speaking about it. Totally. Cause it can be like super clogged up in like your fifth shock. Cause you're just like bottling up and it's kind of like, you know, and you're kind of like carrying a burden.
00:21:30
Speaker
Well, yeah. And like some people totally like i carried a lot of shame around the incident, like when I was six and like when I got kissed by that neighbor boy. And I wasn't able to talk to my mom about it. And like, because, you know, of her information of like, you know, every time we would watch TV, she'd be like, kissing is weird, right? Like people just putting their face up to each other and like just in her information, this kind of showed I know it's such a Tina comment.
00:21:57
Speaker
But her information showed me like, oh, I can't talk about anything sexual with her or like physical. And then I became like kind of matching that like repression.
Releasing Shame and Internal Healing
00:22:09
Speaker
And then that caused me to have a lot of anxiety, like ever since then. Like so what I cleaned out. on Wednesday was like the shame and like the responsibility ah for the other person's role in it. And then also that anxiety. And I realize ah realized like, oh my God, every time I went on a date with a man or was talking to a new guy on like online dating sites, I would have that same type of like safety anxiety of like, I'm not going to be able to predict their behavior. Therefore, that makes me feel unsafe in my body because of that one, like, you know, cataclysmic incident.
00:22:46
Speaker
And so, but when you start like talking about these things and like kind of, it makes it feel like not normalized because that's not a normal situation. We should never normalize that.
00:22:57
Speaker
But like it makes it extra, it's not living inside, right? And you you process it in a way that it feels like you're releasing things that aren't serving you or information that and learn and old narratives that aren't serving you anymore either then your external world also starts to shift and like so since you've been doing the like therapy and the kashak records like how has your external world shifted i mean i know in a lot of ways because i know you but like you know for anyone listening like how has that shifted and like what's been the biggest
00:23:32
Speaker
it's I mean, it has changed massively. i mean, it has completely transformed. I mean, my life has a lot of transformative moments since I started doing a lot of inner you know you know work or healing work.
00:23:50
Speaker
But I feel like that I'm at a point where I've been able to integrate a lot of bits, a lot of information the and processed a lot of that because i for some people it happens immediately.
00:24:09
Speaker
you look at it and you move on. But for for me, it takes time for things for me to process, and integrate and then kind of, you know, start moving on and forward um to kind of like how how I see things, how this kind of like plays in my life and how I become more aware.
00:24:29
Speaker
of some certain patterns and behaviors. But i i think it's more like how i show up right in my own life, how i feel more empowered to show up, to make decisions, to take action.
Empowerment Through Healing
00:24:47
Speaker
Because so a lot of us are kind of like, ah we... hold ourselves back because of the fear. You avoid things. you Yeah, you do, because it's the fear of like, a fear of judgment, fear of criticism, fear, oh, it's the self-doubt. So these are things that kind of hold us back.
00:25:04
Speaker
And for me, it's more about like, it's this feeling of like, you know, what I trust myself. Right. I trust myself that I can do it, that I can take the action, that if it doesn't work out, I'll be fine.
00:25:17
Speaker
Totally. It doesn't matter because I do have these tools and I have myself to kind of hold so hold space for myself. That's kind of kind of like how it feels, right? Yeah.
00:25:30
Speaker
I think thanks that self-trust, because they we're so often likes consumed by things outside of us, right? Like TV and social media and TikTok and like Instagram. Yeah, we are bombarded by this stuff, right? Right, right. And so you're like looking for externally for like answers and information to kind of validate.
00:25:49
Speaker
either how you're feeling or how you're thinking. And it's like a subconscious thing that we do. It's not all the time. But if you're like, oh, like this situation happened, like I've been asking chat TVT therapy questions, you know, and that's that's like fine, too. Yeah, you know, it's a thing now. But again, I just want to say, like, please.
00:26:10
Speaker
they're It's not a professional. No, totally. don't want them doing that. Yeah, I mean, like I feel like just asking like so like pretty easy or kind of like harmless things, that's totally fine.
00:26:24
Speaker
Resources. Mine is like, ooh, I met this Aquarius man. What is he like? Or what is he attracted to? Yeah, or how she... Yeah, how should I respond to the tax mask that this guy has sent me?
00:26:40
Speaker
And think that's fine, but I think once we start taking this type of AI tools to the point where it's like, to make life decisions, that's where I would draw the line. Right, right. You gotta trust yourself. Yeah, you do wanna trust in your own intuition, your discernment.
00:26:58
Speaker
yeah Like, you know, in your own information. but But what about for you? Like, how has this shown up in your life and how has this reflected?
Timing and Readiness for Therapy
00:27:07
Speaker
I think like just being able to like with my with therapy itself, I've been avoiding.
00:27:14
Speaker
It's not that I was avoiding therapy, but it took me a really long time find a therapist. And like, I think I found it at the right time. And also I just like it's like the universe presented itself. It's like, oh, sign up with Rula. And it was like an Instagram ad.
00:27:28
Speaker
Well, it shows up when you're ready. Yeah, that's true. And you're open to it. Because sometimes we do say like, oh, no, bring it to me right now. But sometimes we don't have the capacity. Totally, totally. You hold all of it Yeah. And I was like, enough is enough. I like need to clean this like information out of my space. But like, I don't. know how to do it. And like, it's been really nice, like having somebody hold space for me to do so.
00:27:52
Speaker
And then I realized like, even with working out, like, oh, I'm starting to see, feel and feel better and see results after like a month and a half of like working out. Well, actually like just a month, like ah it's i think I joined a month ago and it's just been incredible. Like I feel better and I'm like, oh, what, what was I waiting for?
00:28:12
Speaker
anymore it's just you know like how come i haven't tried this earlier right but it again it all you you would do when you feel it you're ready and again you
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
00:28:23
Speaker
you will gravitate towards what resonates with you because we can sit here and talk about like all the stuff and how has benefited you but if it resonates go for it be curious and explore it and if it doesn't just leave it Totally, totally. I won't say it, but I'll be curious to find out like if you're listening to this, have you tried any healing modalities?
00:28:47
Speaker
How has this worked for you? would you know Share with us. We would like to learn more. Yes. And thank you so much for tuning in to Psychic Girls Next Door. We really appreciate you listening and we hope that you, you know, found this healing yourself, you know?
00:29:03
Speaker
Yes. And please share um with your friends. We're all over social media and we'll see you on the next episode. Thanks so much. Bye. Bye.