“Emily gave me to myself. She picked me up, dusted me off, showed me to me and then handed me back to myself.”
Q: What were the circumstances or challenges that prompted you to reach out for a session? Was there an experience in life you were hoping to solve? (ie. health concerns, relationships, job, spiritual curiosity)
A: I was seeking greater insight on what this human experience is and how to navigate it more comfortably and with less fear, or with fear as an appropriately sized side dish rather than the main course. I have struggled with fear of death in particular, and just lived daily with a strong sense of "I am not OK." I lived in extremes, dragged around by my thoughts and emotions with nothing to anchor me. I had spent a very small amount of time in conventional therapy with a handful of therapists and felt that, while these were pleasant sessions, I wasn't really healing or shifting anything that was stuck. I had also become a wife and mother, which pushed HARD on all of my fear, anxiety and inadequacy buttons. Right away, Emily taught me grounding, which had an immediate, positive and profound effect on my anxiety. And I had visited maybe a one or two times before I lost my eye sight in one eye for a full week. This was a terrifying experience and, after a visit to an optic neurologist to rule out MS, it was concluded that the cause was extreme stress and anxiety. I was in crisis. I lost 10 pounds in five days and was incapacitated with the fear that I had MS or a brain tumor. It was not a family member or a medical doctor who saved me. It was Emily. She took my hand and showed me the way. This was my lesson in how the body will absolutely let you know what's up, and that message will grow louder and louder until you heed it. Now I go to see Emily whenever things just aren't clicking in my life, or my efforts to move through a particular experience are proving frustrating or confusing or scary.
Q: Please describe any shifts you noticed in your awareness and feelings before and after our work together?
A: Before our work together, I was lost in a raging storm. I felt vulnerable to everything, and truly believed that I was always walking a line between ecstacy and total destruction. I had no anchor, no context, no real connection to the truth of what I am and what I'm doing here. I had no faith in life and lived in fight or flight a lot of the time. I felt unworthy, helpless, raw, stretched thin, terrified. My sessions with Emily moved me forward exponentially. I covered with her in a two-hour session more than I'd ever covered with conventional therapists in all of those sessions combined. The first thing I noticed after Emily taught me to ground, having promised that it would change my life, was HOW MUCH IT CHANGED MY LIFE. Or, more accurately, how much it changed my experience of and response to my life. That jagged-edged, buzzing fear and anxiety that got the best of me too often just sort of vaporized. After that, my session's with Emily miraculously pulled back layer after layer of bullshit (my words, not hers) to reveal what I really am (LOVE) and what I am really here to do (LOVE).
Emily has guided me through a journey of truth-revealing. I have not really "changed" through my work with Emily. I have only revealed much of the truth about myself and my experience of being human. I am a far more calm, compassionate, loving, grounded, courageous, tranquil and authentic version of myself through my work with Emily. I honestly don't know where I'd be without this incredibly healing co-creation that has been one of my life's greatest joys.
Q: How has change manifested in your life? (ie. managing stress, better at self care, more satisfying relationships, new grasp of energy, less fear, appreciation of your body, etc.)
A: Before working with Emily, I didn't understand that there was a space between stimulus and response in which I could choose to show up in the most honest and loving way possible. It was me against the world (even though I love the world and believe in its goodness), me against my fear, me against any unseen danger lurking around the corner waiting to take everything away. Now, I can't believe that that's how I walked the earth. I feel so much empathy for my old self, the person who had hoped that there was more going on here than just a short and fragile human life. Emily confirmed for me everything I was trying to grab onto: We are love. We are energy. Everything is love. Everything is energy. Once I understood that I had so many choices, and once I accepted that I really AM this loving and that I am free and safe to love as big as I wanna, my life experience became SO MUCH BETTER, richer, calmer, more magical.
Q: What is one, or more, pieces of wisdom you have learned from our time together that has made a difference?
A: The biggest piece of wisdom I've gained from working with Emily is this: I answer to Love and Love alone. I am free to love and to be loved. It is safe to love and to be loved. Fear has its place, and when balanced with great love, fear becomes a trusted and beloved ally rather than a sworn enemy to rail against until you die. Screw that. Emily gave me to myself. She picked me up, dusted me off, showed me to me and then handed me back to myself. Back to love.
Q: Is there a differential in our work together that varies from other practitioners you have worked with?
A: The single most striking differentiator when comparing my work with Emily to my work within any conventional therapeutic modality is the TIME factor. You can sit in a therapist's office for years or you can work with Emily in sessions for a collective 12 hours. You can take a tiny thousand whacks at your trauma with a therapist who sits there passively and listens to you lament, or you can let yourself be picked up and moved forward by your own soul through working with Emily. I knew that she was gifted because her insights were so spot on, but when Emily said to me word-for-word something I've only ever expressed in silent thought? I knew for sure that this practitioner was rocking a far more diverse and powerful toolset than your average energy worker. I have honestly never felt more seen, heard nor understood by anyone ever. And it's all done within a protective cocoon of love, light, non-judgment, curiosity, compassion, joy and acceptance. I found through working with Emily that even stuff that sucks is actually really lovely. It starts with a better understanding of yourself. And then through your new eyes, you will see your life shift in ways you never thought possible.
— K.B., Individual Session Client