How long will this take? The Priceless Power of Consistency
We live in an instant-gratification world. We want overnight success and drive-thru, Jesus-level miracles—NOW!
I’ve been noticing a frustrating trend in the alternative healing space lately: people walking into an energy healing session expecting a miracle after one or two rounds of work. They expect a single 30-to-60-minute session to completely rewrite a lifetime of biology, trauma, and accumulated emotional baggage.
Let’s be real for a second. That is like eating healthy for exactly one day and throwing a tantrum because you didn’t instantly drop 50 pounds.
That’s not how the body works. We didn't accumulate all this weight, pain, or emotional trauma in one day, and it’s not going to be released in one day either. Real, lasting healing requires something most people are afraid to give it: consistency.
My 40-Year Storm (And How I Cleared It)
To put this into perspective, let me give you a little piece of my own history.
In January 2021, I read The Emotion Code book. I already had a grasp on muscle testing, and I decided to tackle the heaviest shadow in my life: depression. I had been living with severe, suicidal-level depression since the age of 13. By the time I picked up that book, I was 53 years old.
Think about that. I had lived with that suffocating darkness for 40 years.
I had accumulated enough emotional baggage in my first 13 years of life—alongside whatever I brought into this life, like preconception trapped emotions and inherited baggage from generations back—to manifest deep depression as a young teen.
When I began muscle testing, my subconscious revealed that there were well over 100 trapped emotions directly responsible for or associated with my depression.
Did I do one or two sessions, see a tiny shift, and give up? Absolutely not!
Here is the cold, hard reality of energy work: you cannot release 100+ trapped emotions in a single sitting. Your physical body simply couldn't handle the processing load. If you tried to rip out decades of emotional baggage in one 30-to-60-minute session, your body might go into an absolute tailspin.
This is exactly why one session cannot "fix" a lifetime of trauma. Consistency isn't just a good habit—it is a biological necessity for safe healing.
The Ultimate Internal Safeguard
Your body’s subconscious acts as your gatekeeper, and it knows what the posted "speed limit" is for you and your healing.
There is a common conversation in the healing world about the risk of doing too much work at once, or the fear of triggering a heavy emotional fallout. I look at it from a completely different perspective, and a favorite anonymous quote comes to mind: “Fear and faith cannot co-exist.” You see, fear mixed with faith is simply doubt.
I go into every single session—whether I am working on myself or on a client—holding absolute intention, full faith and trust, and an unwavering expectation that the subconscious mind is going to guide the process perfectly. As a practitioner, setting the stage via these three elements (as well as asking for guidance from above, as we are taught) is everything. When we hold that space of absolute certainty, we create a secure container where fear dissolves.
The subconscious mind’s primary job is to protect us. It is the ultimate internal safeguard, and when we partner with it (it is us, after all) from a place of trust rather than anxiety, it does its job perfectly in each and every session—without exception.
Under the guidance of a focused practitioner (you or someone else), your subconscious is only going to let us release what is 100% safe for your body to process in that exact moment. It knows precisely when to step on the brakes and close the safety gate. I have witnessed this with myself and others many, many times.
Because I completely trusted my body's innate wisdom, respected that built-in container, and remained consistent, it took me over 10 sessions to systematically clear every piece of emotional baggage fueling my depression. I respected the speed limit, trusted the safeguard, and kept showing up. I wasn't even certified at the time; I had merely read the book and jumped right in. But because I stayed the course, I completely eliminated lifelong, suicidal-level depression. It changed my life forever. It was completely priceless—and it is the exact reason I went on to become a Certified Level 3 Practitioner.
Let’s Put This Into Perspective
Now, I hear the critics already. "Ten sessions? That costs money!"
You may not need 10 sessions to resolve your specific issue, but let’s do the math and put this into perspective. Calculate the cost of 10 energy healing sessions. Now, compare that to the lifetime cost of a traditional therapist, monthly copays, prescription medications, doctor visits, and whatever other treatments you’ve tried for years without getting to the root cause.
Then comes the next complaint: "But there is no guarantee!"
Let me ask you this: Did your medical doctor ever give you a legal guarantee? Did the label of your last prescription medication include a promise that you would be 100% healed after taking those 10 pills? No. Of course not. We don’t get these guarantees from Western medicine, yet we expect them from energy practitioners?
So when people tell me that investing in consistent energy work is "too risky," my question back to you is simple:
How serious are you about feeling better?
Is Your Life Worth the Effort?
If you are expecting a quick fix, you are bargaining with your healing—though sometimes those “miracles” do happen in this work. Is your mental health worth your consistent effort? Is your physical pain worth a sustained commitment?
Real transformation isn't a drive-thru window. It’s an investment in your sovereignty. Whether you are doing the work on your own or pairing up with a certified practitioner, consistency is the key that opens the door.
I am living proof that you can walk out of a 40-year mind-prison if you're willing to do the work and be consistent. Stop looking for overnight miracles, partner with your subconscious, and stick with it. Your quality of life is worth the consistent effort.
Are you ready to stop expecting overnight miracles that even Western medicine can't promise you? If you are serious about feeling better and ready to partner with your body’s wisdom to systematically clear the root cause of your pain or baggage, let's get to work.
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