My Healing Journey Became My Calling
- Carrie
- 5 hours ago
- 3 min read
There was a time in my life when I didn’t imagine I’d ever feel whole again. Like many who walk the healing path, my story began with trauma — the kind that leaves invisible wounds long after the world expects you to be “fine.”
I am a survivor of childhood sexual assault. For years, I carried the weight of that experience in silence — in my body, my nervous system, and my heart. I learned to appear strong, capable, and in control, but inside, I was often frozen, anxious, and disconnected. My body remembered what my mind tried to forget.
I reached a point where I knew something had to change. I couldn’t keep living in survival mode. I wanted to feel alive again, connected, and safe within myself.
It was around that time that a dear friend, psychic medium Matthew Stapley, offered me a reading.I didn’t realize then that this single conversation would change the course of my life.
During that reading, Matthew connected with a loved one in Spirit — someone whose presence broke something open inside me to start healing. In that moment, I felt love, peace, and a connection to the spiritual world that I hadn’t known was possible. For the first time in a very long time, I didn’t feel alone. That experience ignited something — a remembering a part of my life that I thought had been lost through all the pain.
Matthew encouraged me to learn Reiki, and that suggestion became the first step of my true healing journey.
Reiki taught me how to reconnect with energy, with peace, and with myself. It was the first time I experienced my body as a vessel of light, not just a place of pain. The gentle warmth of Reiki helped me begin to regulate my nervous system, release stored trauma, and rebuild trust within myself.
Integrated Energy Therapy (IET) came next, and it brought me even deeper. IET gave me a language for emotional and energetic release — for the grief, anger, and shame that had been locked away for decades. Through IET, I began to feel freedom returning. Each session opened another layer of healing, reminding me that it was possible to transform pain into power.
As I continued to heal, my psychic and mediumship abilities began to unfold naturally. The more I worked with energy, the more clearly I could sense Spirit — guides, loved ones, and angelic presences. What began as personal healing became a bridge to the spiritual realms, and eventually, a way to serve others.
Over time, I discovered new ways of supporting healing — Sacred Flame Rituals, Trauma Recovery Coaching, Qabalah, Somatic and Nervous System Regulation, and Spiritual Wellness Guidance. Each one grew from lived experience — tools I gathered, practiced, and integrated along my own road back to wholeness.
Every offering within Pure Lotus Wellness Retreat carries that same thread of transformation: I don’t just teach or perform these modalities — I live them. I’ve been on the other side of the table, searching for relief, understanding, and peace. I’ve been the person who didn’t know where to turn, who just wanted to feel safe again.
And because of that, I hold sacred space for every person who walks through my door with deep compassion and knowing.
Healing is not about erasing what happened — it’s about reclaiming yourself beyond it. It’s about coming home to your body, your energy, and your truth.
Today, my work is a reflection of my journey — proof that light can be found in the darkest places, and that our pain can become the very thing that awakens our purpose.
If you’re feeling the pull to heal — whether through Reiki, energy therapy, trauma recovery, or spiritual connection — I invite you to begin where I once did: with curiosity, courage, and the willingness to receive.
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