Karen was a long term massage client of mine many years ago. She was young and in the time I knew her, got married and went through her first pregnancy. Her child was 18 months old when she brought up the problems she was suffering from. At the time she went into labour, she'd been going all day and half the night with normal life stuff, just as she was exhausted and ready to climb into bed, she went into labour. This labour was intense, and ran throughout the night and late into the next afternoon. By the time her child was born she was exhausted, they were concerned for her life and the life of her child and used forceps during the procedure. The birth was extremely traumatic and 18 months later, she still hadn't recovered. She told me that she continued to feel completely exhausted no matter how much sleep she would get and that although she and her husband wanted to have another child, the very thought of labour terrified her and she could not go through with it.
Traumatic experiences such as this will often leave a significant imprint on a person's energy system and their life - impacting in ways that limit the person's experience and reducing their capability to live the life they choose. The thing about being a healer and therapist is that helping others heal and empower, is incredibly healing and empowering to yourself as well.
I immediately started working with Karen using EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). We tapped on her exhausted feeling and on the traumatic labour and birthing experience, her fear for her and her child and so on. The entire process was completed in 25 minutes. Within a few years she had two more beautiful children, trouble free.
