From Psychology to Energy Healing: How I Found My True Path to Helping Others

When I first started studying psychology, I imagined a future where I could use my degree to help others heal their minds and find peace. Mental health had always been close to my heart, and I wanted to make a difference. But as I moved through my studies, I quickly realized the reality of the field wasn’t what I had envisioned.

I found it draining, not because I didn’t care, but because I cared too much. I had a hard time separating myself from other people’s struggles. While I admired my professors, they were honest with me about how difficult the career path was, both emotionally and financially. Hearing how many years they spent struggling just to get by left me questioning if this was the right direction for me.

At the same time, I knew one thing for sure: I wanted to help people. But how can you help others when you don’t even have the basics to support yourself?

That’s when I stumbled into the world of career nannying. For about 10 years, I poured my energy into caring for children. I loved it! It was playful, rewarding, and fulfilling in so many ways, but there was still this part of me that longed for more. I wanted something I could shape myself, without being tied to someone else’s rules or expectations.

Underneath it all, I always carried a deep love for spirituality and energy work. It didn’t occur to me at the time that this passion could ever become a career.

My draw to psychology came from my own lived experiences with trauma. I spent years cycling through therapy, hospitals, and intensive programs. While therapy helped surface a lot of what I was carrying, I often felt like nothing was truly being released. The pain was still living inside of me.

Then one day, I had a shamanic journeying session. In just two hours, I experienced more profound healing than I had in my entire life of traditional therapy. The release was so deep and undeniable that even my teacher was moved to tears. It left me speechless, in awe of what’s possible when we work with energy directly.

For years after, I practiced energy healing casually with friends and family. It was something I loved, but I didn’t yet see it as a path. Recently though, I’ve been diving into research, finding scientific studies after study that validates what I’ve experienced firsthand: energy healing isn’t just “woo-woo.” It’s real, powerful, and scientifically supported, especially in the treatment of trauma.

Everything is energy. Trauma is energy. Emotions are energy. The most beautiful thing about energy healing is that you don’t have to relive or even speak about traumatic experiences in order to release them. When the energetic imprint is cleared, the burden becomes infinitely lighter, like the way time softens old wounds, but without the waiting.

What I’ve come to believe is that we all have the tools within us to heal. Energy healing simply reconnects us to that truth. It bypasses years of intellectual processing and goes straight to the root.

For me, this path is more than a career. It’s a calling. It’s the place where psychology, lived experience, and spirituality all meet. It is proof that sometimes, the life we’re meant to live looks very different from the one we once imagined.