It can be kind of sad when you know you can help people, but you don’t have all the expected credentials. This can mean you’ll be labeled a fraud and sued for misrepresentation. I am not certified in energy psychology (Tapping/EFT), but I am very good at it. I’m “a natural” as the saying goes. However, the real reason I don’t have the certification is because one of my teachers told me I didn’t need it. She had gone through the training and didn’t feel it was worth it; that I could learn by practice and mentorship which was the relationship we had. Although she passed on, she shined a light for me on Tapping that has never dimmed. I am a member of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology. They sponsor courses and conferences that I have yet to attend in person. And I am insured through the Energy Medicine Professional Association (which also covers my other healing arts — hand-healing and aromatherapy). There is value in association with colleagues in the energy healing world and I take my relationships with Tappers, Oilers/aromatherapists, and Reiki energy and hand healers very seriously. My online teachers over the years have included Dawson Church, Margaret Lynch, Jessica Orton and her brother as well as Gary Craig, founder of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). My recent in-person guide is Jondi Whitis, teacher of Rapid Regulation and Relief and coauthor of a book of first aid energy tips to use with children. I am blessed to have experienced the wisdom of these trail-blazers. In part because of their teachings and my learning from them, I became licensed to teach holistic health in the state of New York. (For the past 15 years, in New Jersey where I live, I’ve been an ordained minister-practitioner— which means I can use my hands and anointing procedures to support the physical healing of congregants.) As a former college administrator and instructor, I feel I have a combination of professional and life experiences to carry through the HealMobile mission to assist caregiver/leaders to become equipped in practicing the healing arts on self and others.

It is said, "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder." What kind of beautiful are you? How does it make you feel to be beautiful? These questions point to the relationship between healing and being a beautiful work of art. See the Poll below! Example: When it comes to art depicting the human body, for example, we often say God created a masterpiece-- exquisite to behold and delectable to the senses. It's about HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL. Take the poll to share how a favorite painting, drawing, graphic, photo, or sculpture makes you FEEL. Your beautiful may not be the same as someone else's. Look on your walls or in your device. Notice how you FEEL when your eyes rest on good art. In the comments, share your art or add a word or feeling if none of these capture it. SAY, "The work of art I love the most makes me feel":

It was a Ramadan evening. I was approaching the car where one woman was holding open the door and two others were still seated within it. Since I could tell these were Muslim women, I greeted them, As-Salaamu-Alaikum! and smiled. I realized we were probably headed to the same place. It was kind of cold and I was hurrying along. Yet I heard no, Wa-Alaikum-as-Salaam back, so I turned my head to look to see if they heard me as I kept moving. The one holding the door saw me and just looked, kinda vacant, but didn't respond. It was as if she didn't want to speak, actually, or could not. It's a Quranic directive that when you get a greeting you're supposed to respond with an equal or better greeting. During Ramadan especially, these kinds of reminders surface and are observed. For a moment, I entertained the thought that maybe she could see my head/hair wasn't fully covered, and like some Arab store owners: I should not receive the "salaams" greetings of peace due to not being dressed "properly." Then I perished that thought. It could be something else. Shortly I got upstairs to the Iftar (break-fast) and one of the women I saw downstairs soon arrived. She greeted everyone; some with hugs. I felt weird because she didn't greet me with especial love (some sisters really do, especially around the holidays). We didn't really know each other so smiles and quick salaams sufficed. Then I realized she was with a much older woman, her mother, who she and others were helping to be seated. Mother had a cane and was very infirm. Time passed, the other woman who was the driver of the car joined us. She had let her mom and sis off and gone to park the car. Soon it was time to eat. After I had finished my food and while the others were still eating in an adjoining dining space, I asked Mother a question about the onscreen video in the living room--Are they talking about the current jus (chapter of Quran)? She replied, I don't know, I'm not Muslim. I nodded that oh-I-asked-the-wrong-person-nod and went to get some dessert.

The thing that is shiny, glossy, even sticky draws us in, then we find we have stepped on a land mine, not the gold mine we thought. Besides the fact that there is something of a gold rush going on, we are also warned to beware. What we have is often enough. The simple is often more comforting because it is familiar, less polished, more accessible. Because of this, we may not take time to big-up the beauty of it. This is why I allowed myself to just be with the AI-generated concepts of The HealMobile, noticing my reaction to what it picked up from my prompts. Were they enough? Does it matter? The point is, when we care deeply for others, the illustrations intended to depict that caring commitment sometimes fall short. Even card-buying for birthdays, funerals and such, often fall short. My passion is for us to notice the incalculable beauty of life, and of our own healing, as we trek along the path of improving life for others. Vision right now: I'm conductor on the HealMobile bullet love train... Each stop, each station... brings us closer ... To a healthier state of body-mind... To a healthy horizon. I collect tickets, acknowledge receipts, and transport TRANSFORMATION, carrying on board what we all need (IMHO), and delivering the who/what as per the assignment. So it's not only about where you're going, but what you can delight in along the way. SELF-HEALING QUESTION--> Is there a vision or beautiful thing that makes you more comfortable to express yourself and maybe even love yourself a bit more? Give me an idea of how that looks for you. I'd love to hear it.

We become Self-Healing CareGIVERS. This name speaks to those of you who take care of others and know you do too much and second-guess yourself. I want to focus in one leaders in the family--you may not even see yourself as a leader. But I know the heart-and-soul courage and WILL it takes to toss everything aside, including your own health, and take care of someone else. So here on Skool I hope to share some relief moments and the education you may need to shore up your energy. This is the space for self-healing energy work, truth, science, wisdom, and the journey carrying others.