I was born into a Catholic family, but always knew there was something very different about me.  As I got into middle school, and started my religious education classes, I kept hearing and reading about the GIFTS of the Holy Spirit over and over again. By college, three of these gifts resonated deeply within my soul: the gift of Healing, the gift of Prophecy, and the gift of Discernment of Spirit.  They helped explained ME to a tee!  I got so excited.  I wanted to talk about my gifts with my friends, fellow Christians, priests, and pastors. However, I quickly realized that someone with gifts like this scared many people in the Christian community, even my parents.  So for decades, I felt very isolated in the Christian community. 

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After college, marriage and the start of my family, each year my GIFTS grew stronger and stronger.  I realized that I could no longer ignore them. God had placed so many people before me to help with issues like: chronic pain, alcoholism, depression, anxiety, ADD/ADHD, loneliness....honestly, the list goes on.  It took a visit from Jesus in 2013 to take away my fears. He said, "When you are called to do the WILL of God, it is not easy.  For doing the WILL of God makes people uneasy. It makes people have to stop and reflect...you will force them to look inward, even question their own belief system.  People did not believe in me 2000 years ago, but I followed my father's request and did what I was asked.  It wasn't easy, but I knew my father was guiding me.  Trust in God and you will never be forsaken."   

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Since my visit with Jesus, I have had many spiritual guides from other religions, practices and beliefs present themselves to me for guidance.  God, which I refer to my higher power, has shown me the benefits of different religions, practices and belief systems, and how I am to incorporate them into my intuitive Reiki therapy practice. A lot of my clients who participate in weekly religious faith denominations, or practices, ask me questions like:

"Is it a sin to be interested in Reiki, metaphysics and spiritual stuff?"  Absolutely NOT! However, God has advised me to tell people to be careful.  He created us with FREE WILL.  Our free will, no matter the religion, practice or belief system, can lead people down the wrong path...learning discernment is very important here. 

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"Have you met many Christians who can see, hear, feel, have the ability to talk to God, the Angels, or our deceased loved from the other side?  Cuz, sometimes I can."   YES! Most of my clients are practicing some type of religion, practice or belief system.  What I find is that most clients, who faithfully practice, are afraid to talk openly about their experiences for fear of being ridiculed or being told they are sinning. God has shown me over and over again that we, no matter the religion, practice or belief system, are made in HIS image.  So, since we ARE OF GOD, then why wouldn't we be able to have these abilities.  He wants us to have a connection directly to him.  It is FEAR, ego, that stops us from having a closer connection to our higher power because of what we have been taught or told. 

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Are you still a Christian? YES! But I am also connected to, and honor, all other religions, practices and belief systems that believe in making the world a better place for all Gods creatures. I am no longer an every Sunday church goer. My relationship with God, my higher power, has developed into what I would call "spiritual". God has shown me the benefits of organized religion, spirituality and metaphysics.  So, today, I combine all three into my personal daily practice.  I am not any one of those specific organizations because I feel I belong to all of them.  I truly follow Gods WILL and go where I am called now. He has shown me it is not about the four walls that I sit in, but what I do with the information that he speaks into me. 

I was literally guided to become a certified Reiki therapist because the modality is the closest experience, and understanding of God's life force energy, that I've been feeling in my hands to date. Growing up in the church, the term "Laying on of Hands" was widely used and very familiar to me. Unbeknownst to me, I had been "laying on of hands" way before I become a certified Reiki practitioner, but now I have a deeper appreciation for it, and much closer connection with my higher power, God, because of it. 

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Today, I feel truly honored and very blessed by God to have these gifts to help others and to help bring awareness to ones own gifts and talents.