Born to Heal

Foreword In 2005, amid an early "mid-life crisis," I took a leave of absence from my career. I worked for over ten years as a lawyer for an international organization in Manila, Philippines. Before my leave ended in the spring of 2006, I decided to have a final “hoorah” with a few months in New York City. It was here that I crossed paths with Elke Petra Palm, and my meeting with her introduced me to her profound Reiki work and initiated my spiritual awakening. I crammed in as many hands-on healings as I could in two months. I know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no coincidences. It was clear that connecting to Reiki practice and Elke Petra Palm was the true purpose behind my leave. While back in Manila, I regularly received remote Reiki healing treatments from Elke-Petra. Not only did I feel stronger physically and emotionally, but this powerful and gentle energy, combined with Elke-Petra's wisdom and compassion, also began opening more and more doors. I experienced life getting easier and found a specific Meditation Center that Elke-Petra had recommended for me to look for in Manila. This Center happened to be a 5-minute walk away from my home. Given Manila traffic, this was indeed a miracle! Since then, there have been countless awakenings, blessings, and miracles, including taking Reiki I and II and having Elke Petra Palm train and initiate me as a Reiki Master. Over the last 18 years, my connection with Elke Petra Palm has deepened and evolved. She has been my “go-to” for advice before any key decisions, from the mundane to deeper physical, emotional, and spiritual ones. Her intuition and perception have been invaluable during all the health and social crises we have and continue to be confronted with. Her help has rippled far beyond our healing treatments and enables me to have a deeper relationship with others, nature, and the divine. I am also grateful that I can use Reiki to help others. Being able to send Reiki energy by distance at any time has deepened my appreciation for the boundless, infinite power of the divine and the interconnectedness of everything and everyone. I have referred friends and acquaintances to Elke Petra Palm. Through her Healing help, Reiki classes, Health counseling, and Spiritual teachings, her work has helped to increase the quality of life for all, and it was surprising that the life-span of some of my loved ones extended beyond what medical doctors had expected. This book is a true blessing. We now have the opportunity to connect with Elke Petra Palm, be inspired by her journey and profound desire to share and heal and be empowered to grow, transform, and connect to our soul’s true purpose. —Victor L. You, Lawyer and Financial Literacy Consultant, New York City INTRODUCTION Seek the path that demands your whole being. -Rumi This book is a bridge from my world to yours. It’s a bridge from my heart to yours. This book is for everyone curious about life’s mysterious ways of supporting each of us. It’s for people who want to heal their inner and outer lives. It’s for people in limbo about their professional and personal choices, for people awakening to their inner gifts, and for people who are at a transformational point and too shy to express themselves and live their truth. Finally, this book is for you if you need encouragement and are looking for compassionate guidance, understanding, and healing on your path when your precious life gets tough. This book may help you see the bigger picture, be more patient with yourself, take more of the right actions, and reach out for help if you feel stuck. I hope my story will help you reflect on your life in a new way and gain valuable insights into your own predestined journey. Often, the most difficult situations in life offer the most valuable learning opportunities. Through examples of my life’s circumstances, this book shows how you can often be educated without consciously knowing it and how beneficial, yet sometimes tricky, it can be to stay open, especially if you don’t know where your path is taking you next. How is one ‟born to be a healer”? At first, like everyone else, you choose your parents (mutual agreement) and enter the world through your birth mother’s womb. Then formal and informal education begins, including the socialization process in one’s destined birth country. Hopefully, you will receive love, nourishment, and various forms of support, or you might experience rejection or abandonment from family and friends. You’ll receive education through schooling systems and go through life’s lessons, pleasurable and painful, and all shades in between, so you can become what you are supposed to be. And sometimes, I admit, it is not as easy to digest as it may sound. We all know how diamonds come into existence: through pressure. Life – with all its intricacies and complexities, has always guided me, my immigration from my birthplace, Germany, to another country included. In my experience, a genuine healer must go through many wonderful and challenging lessons quickly to learn the ropes and the language of life on Earth. The goal: To attain more profound levels of understanding, compassion, knowledge, and love for all living beings. A healer has to be well-equipped to assist fellow human friends in various subjects on subtle and gross levels of energy, frequency, and consciousness. When the time is right, when you have learned the necessary informal and formal lessons through years of study with appropriate teachers, therapists, and mentors—the gods and goddesses, your spiritual guides, and your higher/inner self will release you. You will slowly start to help humanity. People will come to you for help, many searching for joy, happiness, spiritual awakening, energetic upliftment, and better physical health. This book shows you how interestingly, colorfully, and sometimes arduously life plays out to help you grow stronger, kinder, and wiser. All this is so you can become the best version of YOU in this life, whether you were born to be a healer or born to offer different gifts to serve humanity. You may ask, ‟How will I know my destined professional path?” I didn’t know right away either, but I hoped that it would eventually reveal itself during my life. And it did. We need more healers, helpers, and therapists during these challenging times of rapid change. The frequencies on planet Earth are raised; time seems to move faster, and we must keep up. Restoring, promoting, and maintaining health with natural means has been practiced in Japan, Tibet, China, and other Eastern countries for thousands of years. Eventually, many holistic health practices, such as acupuncture, acupressure, and Qigong, came to the West. The practice of traditional Reiki is one of them. I am a Reiki Master trained in the Usui System of Natural Healing in the USA. I hold degrees in social psychology and naturopathic medicine (Heilpraktiker) from my native Germany. I am continually learning and growing, like you. My passion and hobby are attending further educational seminars about holistic health and healing. I have studied with a diversity of brilliant spiritual and health practitioners—from shamans of the Brazilian Amazon to holistic physicians and healers in the USA, Germany, India, England, and Switzerland. I have learned in-depth about nutrition, lifestyle adjustments, meditation, past-life regression, yoga, and the impact of EMFs and Wi-Fi. I have studied various kinds of energy work—from chakra balancing to releasing entities—and also animal communication. (Working with animals is a special endeavor, as their unconditional love is unmatched, and their often-immediate acceptance for healing is humbling.) My lifelong exploration of astrology helps me gain valuable insights into my clients’ challenges.