Hello and welcome to Quantum Waves of Wellness. This is Dr. Paula Apro and this week I'm going to discuss how my recent ancestral healing transformed my inner strength and renewed my self-worth.

I'm still basking in the glow of my recent rebirthing experience. I can honestly say that I have noticed a difference in how I feel. As I mentioned a couple of episodes ago, I've been working on building self-confidence and self-worth and those are the two areas where I think I made the most progress.

I hate to admit this, but normally I have a hard time doing something new, and/or certainly something scary all by myself. And for me, just going to a new place alone is scary. Or trying to converse with locals in Spanish when I know I can't really understand the language is also very scary. I don't know why I get so intimidated by these things, but I always have.

So going through that difficult ancestral healing ceremony all alone with nobody to hold my hand was a big step for me. And having it behind me really makes me remember just how strong I am. I really had this sense that if I could get through that on my own, there's not much I couldn't handle on my own. You know the saying, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

And now . . . I feel very strong, inside and out.

The greatest part of what I specialize in (which is bioenergetics, the detection and correction of subtle energy) is the fact that I can make the unseen seen. In other words, I can take something impossible to measure like emotions, feelings, and past traumas, and make it tangible so that it can actually be measured and understood. I truly think that has to be the very first step in healing.

You must know thyself before you can heal thyself.

The first step in the Alcoholics Anonymous program is to admit that you have a problem. It is probably easier to take this step when you have a known addiction. But when your addiction is to holding tightly onto negative core beliefs, subconscious mental blocks, or repressed emotions the task of admitting and facing the true problems becomes much more difficult.

This is precisely why having the ability to read and decode the hidden energy that makes up a human can be the most powerful step that anybody can take on their healing journey. Let me give you an example.

I happen to own a Healy which is a small wearable quantum healing device that can measure your energy field. Not only can it measure this field, but it can then make some educated guesses as to which frequencies you would benefit from the most. I'm not going to get too into the weeds of how this little device works just yet, but I do want to share some examples of what my highest priority needs were for the past couple of months . . . as compared to the several days following my ancestral healing ceremony.

Now, the Healy offers frequency programs in a lot of different health topics or themes, but the one that I have been focusing most of my attention on this year was something called the "Soul Cycle." And inside this program group are things like: Acceptance, Self Confidence, Confidence, Serenity, Inner Balance, Emotions, Aura Pure, etc. I noticed that every single scan I did for over two months brought up a high-priority need for both the "confidence" and "self-confidence" programs.

I kept running the frequencies for both of these programs over and over but they still both persisted as my highest priority. It was as if something was preventing these frequencies from entering into my field and taking hold. When this happens and energy just refuses to move and change, you know you have some very deep-seated issues.

This lack of self-confidence always puzzled me. From a conscious standpoint I feel very confident in my abilities, in my knowledge, and with my work. Every client interaction has always exceeded even my own expectations and I seem to hit a home run every time I have the courage to step up to the plate. So why on Earth do I have deep hidden self-confidence issues? It just made no sense!

But now it does. It wasn't my own energy causing this. It was the energy of the karma that I entered this lifetime carrying. Now this may be a hard concept for some people to accept, but whether you believe in reincarnation or not, the fact is that we carry the energy of our ancestors with us. Just like you can inherit the color of your hair or eyes from your parents, or the likelihood that you might develop a particular disease, you also inherit the positive or negative emotional, mental, and spiritual energy from your entire ancestral line.

This can be a heavy load to carry depending on how difficult the lives of your ancestors were. The more we can do to unload this burden from ourselves, the lighter we can feel, and the easier time we can have getting through this lifetime with ease.

In the show notes I'm going to include screenshots of three Healy Soul Cycle scans that I performed right before my ancestral healing, and then three more scans in the few days after the healing ceremony. You will see that both "Self-confidence" and "Confidence" showed up as a high-priority need in every scan prior to the healing and then both of those confidence-related programs disappeared after the healing. By "disappearing" I mean they no longer came up as a high-priority need for me. And I should also make mention of the fact that I really set my intention in that healing hut to release all the karma and energy surrounding my issues with self-confidence.

Soul Cycle Scans Before the Ancestral Healing

Soul Cycle Scans After the Ancestral Healing

Now the charts and graphs that I shared in the show notes that illustrate the results are great, but nothing compares to how you actually feel and I do feel different. I can sense a difference in how I've been physically carrying myself. I am walking at a slower pace with my head held a little higher.

I have more confidence in how I look (tested and proven by my recent clothing shopping sprees in Mexico) and I feel like I'm gaining more confidence in my work with each passing day (mostly thanks to a steady stream of new subscribers here on Substack). A heartfelt thanks to those who have already subscribed.

I can hear this new confidence coming out when I speak to my clients and I am pleasantly surprised by how well it's being received. Would you rather work with a health coach who boldly claims that they can help or one who delicately tips toes around your health challenges?

I am also very pleased with the amount of sudden new contacts I'm making and people approaching me to ask for collaboration. The energy inside of us can not help but to spread out into the Universe. Whatever outcome you wish to receive from the external world needs to first be crafted inside of yourself. If I want to be a successful expert in the world of bioenergetics, I first need to 100% believe in myself and boldly step where I have always been timid to previously go.

I now stand with firm conviction and belief that I have cleansed myself of at least some of the negative karma of my ancestors and I'm so excited and ready to see where my new energy takes me.

Do you feel like you can use some internal cleansing? So many people are so used to doing regular detoxes for our physical bodies. We go to great lengths to restrict our diets and force our organs to flush themselves. Isn't it about time we approached our energy with this same mindset? Maybe it's time for a QUANTUM ENERGY CLEANSE!

I can't offer anybody the same experience that I had in Mexico, but I do have many tools and services that can help rid you of some of the toxic energy that you're carrying. Just drop me a comment if you would like more information.

And as always, thank you for listening to Quantum Waves of Wellness. If you are enjoying these episodes, please consider subscribing and sharing with a friend. Please help spread some good energy. The world can really use it.

Hello and welcome to Quantum Waves of Wellness. This is Dr. Paula Apro broadcasting one last time from my special spot in Playa del Carmen and I hope you're ready for my best story from the Mexican Riveria.

This year I had the most amazing experience here because I did something that I never dreamt I would ever participate in. There were many situations going on in my life at the start of this new year that seemed to push me into a life-changing experience known as a Temazcal ceremony. If you're at all interested in this world of energy (and I can only assume you are if you're listening to this podcast) you most likely have heard about how 2025 is destined to be a very powerful year of awakening. And I'm really starting to believe it!

There are many astrological events taking place this year that are promising to expand our consciousness. Now I'm not an astrologer and I'm not going to pretend to know what this actually means, but I am going to share a wild ride that I recently took during this ceremony that catapulted me into higher levels of self-awareness and inner power.

I felt like I was at an usually low point in my life where I was becoming filled with self-doubt and uncertainty. In my previous posts, I mentioned the fact that I was facing my insecurities and weaknesses and trying to uncover the true root cause of them. I knew I had a lot of repressed pain and trauma inside that I didn't understand nor know how to process.

The fact is that I do a lot of energetic work on myself, but truth be told, my bioenergetic scans always show that my aura remains weak and I still have deeply repressed chronic emotional stress. What's a girl to do? I figured if I just kept at it, I would eventually crack my shell and begin to heal.

Well, during this trip to Mexico, I stepped into the granddaddy of all nutcrackers and I truly believe my life will be forever changed.

So what on Earth is a Temazcal ceremony?

All I knew going into this was that it was some kind of ancestral healing, performed by a shaman, in a sweat-lodge type of setting. I purposefully didn't do any research to prepare myself for this. I 100% trusted that if my intuition urged me to do this, it was clearly meant for me at this time.

At the start of this ceremony, the English translator's first words were,

"This experience is designed to be uncomfortable."

Well, that was the biggest understatement of all time! She explained that we would come out of this experience "born again." It made me think back to watching a recent baptism at our local church. After hearing the pastor say that the lucky folks getting baptized would emerge from the water new people because they would have left all the negative hurt and pain from the past in the water, I had a twinge of desire to have that experience for myself.

And how ironic that I told my husband that I couldn't even imagine dunking myself in a tub of water, outdoors, in September, in Maine because I would freeze. Ha, that would have been the easiest thing in the world compared to the hell I went through.

Instead of a quick dip in a tub, this ceremony required me to go through the fiery pits of Hell and come close to death - well, at least it felt like I was on the brink of death! But boy, let me tell you. It was powerful and it worked. I am going to struggle to put this experience into words but let me try . . .

This ancient Temazcal ritual is deeply rooted in Mesoamerican tradition and is all about healing, purification, and connection to the earth. And when I say healing, it goes much deeper than physical healing. This ceremony is designed to heal the body, mind, emotions, and spirit.

It was positively fascinating to hear the words the shaman spoke (through a translator of course). After nearly a decade of studying and learning everything I could about the human body from an energetic and electromagnet standpoint, I realized that I had only begun to scratch the surface of the knowledge about health, healing, and the cosmos. What I wouldn't give to be able to sit and converse 1-on-1 with this shaman.

Now I wish I could have transcribed all that was said, but here is the basic premise of what took place. A small group of people entered into a stone igloo-style hut. This special hut is meant to represent the womb of Mother Earth, hence the "rebirthing" upon exiting it. We sat on the floor around a large fire pit. Inside this fire pit, hot molten burning stones are placed and then the shaman performs ceremonial rituals that include a special selection of different plant medicines that are placed on the burning stones along with water. The entire hut fills with steam and aromas of the medicines.

There is a lot of chanting, praying, drumming, and other impossible-to-describe things happening, all while we sit in the darkest dark I have ever experienced in my life. And if I thought the extreme dark, the extreme close quarters to strangers, or the extreme discomfort of my bony body trying to sit on this stone floor for over 2 hours was bad, that was NOTHING compared to the incredibly intense heat.

Holy cow, nothing can prepare you for how hot it will get inside one of these huts. Your only job is to maintain a special breathing pattern to help regulate your body and your nervous system. Only problem was that inhaling through the nose was incredibly uncomfortable due to the burning sensations and the fear that your nostril hairs would actually ignite.

We were told that we needed to pass through 4 gates to complete this ceremony. The first one was meant to heal the Physical body and it related to the Earth element. When they shut the door and everything goes pitch black, it takes less than 5 seconds for every pore to explode and sweat begin to pour out of your body.

I concentrated on setting my intention to heal my physical body and imagined all sorts of toxins pouring out through my sweat. I tried to visualize the quality of my blood improving, my heart getting stronger, my bone density increasing, etc. These are some of the things that I've been working on.

We also were instructed to say out loud the names of our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and as many people in our lineage as we knew. This was part of the ancestral healing. We carry a lot of physical ailments from one generation to the next in something called miasms and this portion of the ceremony was meant to break that cycle.

We had no idea how long each gate would last and thank goodness they opened the door in between gates. I was so proud that I endured what I thought was the most challenging and uncomfortable thing I've ever done and when I heard the translator explain that this first gate was the "coldest gate" I knew I was in trouble.

There is no way I heard that correctly. It felt like it was over 500 degrees in this hut. The translator explained that because the medicines used during this gate were mint, the air felt much colder than the other 3 gates to come. Oh, and each gate gets hotter. I have to admit, I was ready to get up and bolt right then and there.

But I stuck it out. Next, it was time for the second gate which related to the element of Water and was meant to heal the Emotional body. More molten burning rocks are brought in, the door shuts and immediately the shaman starts throwing water, not only on the burning rocks creating intense heat and steam, but also throwing water on us. This was a wild ride for sure.

This time we were instructed to say out loud all the negative emotions that we wanted to release. I wish I could explain what the acoustics were like in this hut. Everything was magnified by what seemed like 100x. With everybody talking all at once, it was very eery and super loud. But then the drums started and other instruments and at one point it got so loud I thought my stomach would explode.

And finally, that door opened again and I could barely see a flicker of light from the nearby fire through the extremely thick smokey steam. After just two gates people were already starting to drop out but I was holding strong and I was never so proud of myself. But next to come was the Fire gate, meant to heal the Spirit. I knew this would NOT be an easy gate.

And that would be another understatement. Holy hell. I don't think I can even explain this gate because it was all I could do to stop myself from passing out. I don't remember much other than trying to not self-combust and trying to protect my ears from the loudest of the drumming and chanting and also protect my face from melting off. Luckily the translator did give us a very handy tip that instructed us to lay down if we really couldn't handle it. I'm not ashamed to say that I had to lay down and it's the only thing that got me through that Hell gate. Oooops, I mean Fire Gate.

And lastly, we had to go through the Air gate which was meant to heal the Mental body, but honestly, after getting through the Fire gate, I thought I could walk on burning coals or do anything else that might have ever scared me in the past. I don't think anything would have phased me at that point.

When that door opened for the last time there are no words to describe the intense relief. We could not have gotten out of there fast enough. It was over. Finally. I did it.

But wait. There was one more small step to take. Upon exiting the hut they poured a bucket of water over each of our heads. And for anybody who knows me, I wasn't 100% sure what was worse, the intensely hot near-death experience inside that hut or what felt like ice-cold water being poured over my head.

I wish I could describe the sense of accomplishment and empowerment I felt walking home that night after my re-birth. When I crawled into bed after a much-needed shower and gallon of hydration I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that something shifted in me. And I will explain more about that next week so please stay tuned.

And if anybody listening to this is so intrigued to learn more or wants to know exactly where I did this, I will leave a link to the Airbnb experience in the show notes. If you are ever in the Playa del Carmen area of Mexico and you want a truly life-changing experience, I would highly recommend it.

If you enjoyed taking this wild ride with me and want to continue to follow my journey to personal healing, please consider subscribing to this podcast.

Thanks so much for listening and remember that everything is energy. If you can shift your energy you can change your life. And, in some cases, it can happen overnight.

Hello and welcome to my 7th episode of Quantum Waves of Wellness. This is Dr. Paula Apro still recording from my solo stay in Mexico and this past week was a difficult one for me. I usually have no issues going everywhere and doing everything alone while I'm here for a month. Being an introvert, my batteries charge when I'm alone. But last week was Valentine's Day and it brought up some feelings.

Now don't get me wrong, I had no issues with not having a Valentine’s dinner date. I guess I sort of did . . . a virtual one with my husband. I wasn't feeling left out or like I was missing anything, but it did bring up my reoccurring issues with self-worth and self-love. My husband always suggests that I go out and treat myself to something nice but yet I never do. For some reason, I feel like spending money frivolously on myself is a "waste." Why is that? Why don't I feel worthy of such spoiling?

This is not something new in my life. This is something I've been battling for my entire life. Two years ago while here in Mexico I visited my Pranic healer, who also happens to be an astrologer and a Human Design consultant. That year she explained how very important it was for me to learn self-love. I can't remember the astrological reasons but I definitely got the feeling that it was very important that I make this a priority right away.

I left wondering how on Earth I would accomplish that. My first thought was to buy something in one of the local shops but I knew in my heart that would get me nowhere but feeling guilty. I guess I put it out of my mind until a couple of weeks later when I consulted with an iridologist. In case you don't know what that is, iridology is the study of the iris of our eyeballs. Just by analyzing all the various flecks of colors, a trained iridologist can not only evaluate your current health but also predict what's coming in the future.

How very bizarre that this iridologist just happens to mention to me that I should go and buy myself a Kunzite crystal. At that time I was not familiar with Kunzite so I did a quick internet search only to find out it's a crystal to help with Self Love. OK, the message is now being received. Clearly, I had some work to do on this topic.

I bought the crystal, I thought I put some effort into self-love, but really how do you know you're making progress in this department? I guess I forgot about it until two years later . . . this past summer . . . when I finally went for a medical checkup after not seeing a doctor for several years. And that doctor told me I needed to see a cardiologist and I needed to go on medication. I guess that got my attention.

Not only did it get my attention but it suddenly made me think back to these previous suggestions about the importance of finding self-love. After all, our heart is the center of our love. If mine was empty perhaps that is the reason my heart was not healthy.

This created a state of worry and the mere suggestion that something may be wrong with my heart caused me to start getting physical symptoms of heart disease. Boy, I'll tell you, the power of suggestion is the most powerful thing and it works both ways. You can have a placebo effect where you believe that some medicine can cure you, but on the flip side, you can also have a nocebo effect which is the belief that you are in danger and something will harm you.

Ever since all this attention was put on my heart, the suggestion that I go on medication, and the need for artery tests I hate to admit this but I started to feel terrible. I had near-constant thumping in my left ear from my carotid artery not flowing properly. I was getting dizzy, often had a racing irregular heartbeat, and even had funny sensations in my left arm. What on earth was going on?

So while I waited for my artery test I revisited the idea of trying to love myself more. I got some books by Louise Hay and read as many books on self-love as I could find. What was shocking was what happened when I muscled-tested myself as I stood in front of the mirror repeating Louise Hay's self-love affirmations. My energy was weakened every time I told myself that I loved me. Or even when I stated that "Life loves me."

How depressing was that? But Louise Hay had a great suggestion. She said, "If you cannot state, 'Life loves me,' change the sentence to say, 'I am willing to let life love me today.'" And sure enough, that worked. I held strong for that statement and it didn't take me long to build up to telling myself that life did indeed love me and so did I.

It was finally time to go for my big artery test and I lay on the table afraid of what the technician would discover. But to my surprise, I got a clean bill of health and was told that everything looked great. I was truly shocked.

And I'll never forget the feeling of walking out of there. My whole perspective changed. The thumping in my ear completely stopped, as did my racing heart and irregular heartbeat. I never had funny sensations in my left arm again and it's been over 3 months.

So I learned a couple of lessons through all that. First, just the suggestion that something is wrong with you can create more of a problem than the problem itself. Our minds are very powerful and they can very easily be very destructive. If we could only harness that power for good we would be so much better off.

I have to admit that I didn't continue my Louise Hay self-love mirror work as I should have. You know how it goes. When you're feeling good, you slack off on taking care of yourself. But the minute you find out something is wrong you get very motivated.

Well, this past Valentine's Day I took some time to reflect on my inner feelings. I thought about how I spend most of my time here in Mexico . . . working like a nut . . . always striving to improve myself and my business, always looking for my next project or the next thing to learn. I have been an over-achieving work-a-holic my entire life. This is something that I've always been proud of but suddenly I'm realizing that maybe, just maybe it's a sign of my inner insecurities. Why do I need to work so hard? Why do I need so many credentials and degrees? What am I trying to prove, or hide?

These are hard questions that sometimes only come when you're alone, and in my case, on Valentine’s Day. So . . . for my present to myself this year, I decided . . . to decide . . . that I am enough, just the way I am. I am worthy of laying on the beach for as long as I want to. I am worthy of NOT attaining the next certification. I'm worthy of NOT feeling the need to have thousands of Substack followers (although it would be nice!) 😊 And I am worthy of just being rather than always having to be doing.

And so are you!

Thanks for listening to Quantum Waves of Wellness where I like to remind you if you can change your energy, you can change your life.

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Hello and welcome to my 6th episode of Quantum Waves of Wellness. This is Dr. Paula Apro, recording again from my happy place in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. This is my fourth week having fun in the sun and as I took my daily walk on the beach yesterday it reminded me of an interesting story that I never shared.

Two years ago, I was here in Mexico when I finished the final step of my PhD. I completed and submitted my dissertation back in the US but I defended my thesis shortly after arriving to Mexico. I will never forget the day that I received the email congratulating me on completing the program. The email addressed me as "Congratulations Dr. Apro." I just sat there staring at those words endlessly.

Dr. Apro.

I did it! Finally.

And I don't mean that getting my degrees took me a ton of years of work. What I mean is that my father always wanted me to be a doctor, from before I could even walk or talk. It was his greatest dream for his daughter to be a doctor. He pushed me hard and I ended up being labeled "a gifted child" in school. This just fueled his desire even more because, after all, if I didn't become a doctor I wouldn't have reached my full potential and what a waste of a life that would be, or so he thought.

Despite entering into college pre-med, for some reason I lost my desire to pursue medicine when I was a freshman. I broke my father's heart and went on to pursue what my father must have considered a "wasted potential" career in marketing. So after all these years, I couldn't help but wonder what my father would have thought if he was still alive today to see what I've accomplished.

When I finally was able to stop looking at my new name and close that email I took my first walk on the beach . . . . as a doctor. It was a little bit surreal. Did I feel different? Was I different? Yes, I went through a ton of work for that title, but was I really any different? I started to already feel like a fraud.

My mind was racing endlessly and I wasn't really aware of my surroundings. I take this same walk on this same sandy beach every single day while I'm here in Mexico. It's easy to zone out because the beach is so pristine you don't even have to be careful where you're walking. There are typically no shells, no coral, no debris, just perfectly flat soft sand.

And then all of a sudden I literally stepped on a piece of wood, but not just a normal piece of driftwood. This was something very strange, or maybe special. I wasn't quite sure. It was a little 1x3 piece of wood with some objects tied to it. I will include a photo in the show notes. There was a small doll-like figure with what I think was a piece of paleo santo next to it and then below that was some kind of crystal-like disc with something that looked like cooper coil shaped like the Egyptian eye on one side and a spiral on the other side.

I assumed this object was part of some kind of Myan ritual or ceremony. I was always so curious about the meaning but I didn't even know where to begin to research this. I wasn't sure if the object was meant as a curse or as protection. The little doll at the top was a bit creepy and reminded me of a voodoo doll. But the paleo santo stick implied protection. I was so confused but it really felt like it was meant for me. So I picked it up and carried it back to my place.

It sat outside on the patio for days. I think I might have been scared to take it inside because I just didn't know anything about it. One day I decided to place my pendulum over it and try to read the energy. I got some strange pendulum motions, with no clear answers and I honestly can't remember what I concluded from that exercise, but what I do remember is what happened next . . .

I placed my pendulum down on the wicker table right next to the object. This particular pendulum was made of 7 layers of crystal, each crystal representing one of the chakras. When I went back out to the deck I noticed that my pendulum as literally broken in two pieces. Now remember, I placed it down on a soft wicker table right next to this mystery object after swinging the pendulum over it. I got completely freaked out and decided not to get near it for the rest of my stay.

When it came time to pack up and go home there was no way I was going to bring this thing back with me so I hid it in a cabinet and forgot about it.

Until the following year when I returned. I don't quite recall all the circumstances of what was going on that year, but everything seemed to go wrong as soon as my husband and I walked into the condo. It took me about half a day to really feel overwhelmed by bad energy and that's when the thought of that object came back into my mind. I dug it out of its hiding place and immediately walked down to the beach where I threw it back into the ocean, apologizing for taking it, and asking for this energy to be released. I can't help but wonder how all of our previous AirBnb guests felt staying in our place with that thing hidden in the cabinet. Yikes. 😳

Ridding my condo of that object was the most refreshing Feng Shui exercise that I accomplished last year. Thats’ for sure.

Do you have anything in or around your home that makes you feel funny or down? Is there a broken appliance or piece of furniture that makes you frustrated or angry every time you look at it? Is there a room in your house that is out of control with clutter? These negative energy spots can pollute your entire home and it's important to address them to restore harmony around and inside of you.

If anybody out there is listening to this and recognizes the object from the photo in the show notes, please leave me a comment. I would love to know more about this mysterious object.

Thanks for listening to Quantum Waves of Wellness. I hope you are enjoying these reminders about how very important the energy around you is and how it can't help but affect the energy inside of you. Please consider subscribing and sharing this channel with a friend.

Remember, if you can change your energy, you can change your life!

Hello and welcome to my 5th episode of Quantum Waves of Wellness. This is Dr. Paula Apro and today I'm celebrating the fact that I successfully kept my podcasting resolution up for the entire month of January. The saying goes that if you can stick to doing something new for a month, it's more likely to become a habit, so fingers crossed.

Last month I shared lots of little tidbits that I learned about Feng Shui. I had so much fun delving into this topic and I have a long list of modifications that I want to make to all the rooms in my house. I'm super excited and can't wait to start making them . . . however, truth be told . . . I'm not at home and won't return home until the spring. I'm a bit disappointed to have to put all of my home-rearranging enthusiasm on hold, but I can't really complain about having the privilege to escape the long cold Maine winters.

I am so very fortunate and grateful to be able to spend 6 or 7 weeks a year in the Mexican Rivera. Mexico is a very special place for me because it's where this whole new career in energy medicine started. I told my story about overcoming years of chronic neck pain but I didn't exactly share the details of how I did it, so let me do that now.

After a non-stop 8-year struggle with an awful chronic neck pain and pinched nerve situation that robbed me of so much joy in the prime of my life, I broke down and had cervical spinal surgery. As I mentioned in my first podcast, that Western medicine Baid-aid fell off within the first 18 months and I was back to where I started with the pain starting to creep back.

That was when I decided to do something really different and a bit drastic. And this actually ties into my last few episodes about Feng Shui. We often forget to look outside of us for problems that are happening inside of us. One of my favorite humans, Dr. Bruce Lipton, discovered in his research that it is our environment that controls our gene expression. https://www.brucelipton.com/think-beyond-your-genes-february-2024/

Now I'm not going to get all "sciency" on you but what this means is that our environment has a very powerful effect on how our cells behave. If you put identical cells in Petrie dishes and put them into two different environments, you would get 2 different results. We often forget just how much power all the external influences have in our lives. I knew that something in my daily normal life was pushing my stress buttons, but I just couldn't pinpoint or change it.

So what did I do? I packed up and moved to Mexico all by myself. I left my husband, dog, house, work, friends, and all familiar things behind. I had Dr. Joe Dispenza's book entitled "Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself" in hand and I followed every single suggestion that Dr. Joe made. In fact, I overdid his recommendations and I started every single day with an hour and a half-long deep guided meditation and I kept it up all month. Dr. Joe knows how the brain works and I trusted, that with his help, I could rewire mine.

And I did.

With each passing week, I could feel the difference in my physical body. My muscles and nerves were relaxed, but even more notable was that my mind was clear. I immediately noticed that the constant stream of negative thoughts had vanished. I'm sure this could never have happened if I was still living my normal life at home. It's that nasty inner judge that causes so many problems. Living with somebody who makes every decision completely opposite of how I would make them just kept my inner judge on constant duty. I needed to give that judge a break, or better yet, send him on a long sabbatical.

By removing myself from my familiar environment and all of the normal daily stressors, I gave my nervous system the break that it so needed. When I wasn't meditating I was reading up on crystals, Reiki, and all things energy. I got obsessed with watching Gaia documentaries and films and started to fill my Kindle with books about energy medicine.

Then I went to see a local Pranic healer here in Mexico and that really sealed the deal. I was blown away. She never touched me during my first session but the information she was able to obtain just from 'sensing' my chakras was nothing short of incredible. I walked out of that healing center and I knew my life would never be the same. Not because of the healing that I received, but because it opened my eyes and mind to this magical world of energy. And that, my friends, is what I'm hoping to do for you with this publication - open your eyes to the endless possibilities of harnessing your own energy.

Well, that was nearly a decade ago and I have not stopped with the obsessive learning. I completely changed my career late in life and have so many certifications and degrees to my name now that I need a poster-sized business card. I found a place in Maine to learn how to become a Pranic healer. I got certified in Eden Energy Medicine. I discovered and got certified in Emotion Code and Body Code work. The amount of certifications is too long to list and I'm hoping that achieving the pinnacle degree of Doctorate and PhD will finally allow me to rest . . . at least for a little while. . . and soak in all this knowledge that I'm so grateful to have.

And I owe it all to that first fateful trip to Mexico. It was that year that I decided that I needed to get my first tattoo . . . a butterfly . . . to serve as a permanent reminder of my permanent personal transformation. If a caterpillar can become a beautiful butterfly, surely I can transform from a stressed out, unhappy, judge living in pain to a renewed and awakened happy soul.

It was also on that first to Mexico that I decided to purchase a condo to ensure I would always come back to recharge my batteries and renew my spirit. There is something special about this place for me and I never want to forget the gifts it has provided to me. In fact, I named my business Mariposa Energy (Mariposa is Spanish for butterfly) and that first tattoo became my company logo. Mexico is the place that I know I can also escape to when I need some extra grounding and good energy.

Do you have a special place of your own? It doesn't have to be in a far-off place or a foreign country. It can be a special spot in your own backyard that just makes you forget about the rest of the world - a place where you can plug in and recharge. If you don't, maybe it's time you tried to find one. Be mindful when you spend time in your favorite spots and see how you feel. Listen to the thoughts filling your head. I hope you can find your own zen spot to escape to where the energy around you can help influence the energy inside of you.

So with all that said, I apologize for the audio being subpar. I am recording in this small mostly stone condo. The surroundings in my condo might be hard and cold but my heart is soft and warm. If you enjoyed this podcast please consider hitting a subscribe button and sharing with a friend.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for more reflections from Mexico.

Adios amigos

Today I'm going to continue sharing some of the helpful little nuggets I've learned about Feng Shui that I'm hoping will transform my 2025 for the better.

In previous episodes, I've mentioned these mysterious "personal directions" a few times and it's time to go a little deeper and explain what they're all about. Feng Shui designates four directions to be associated with different life themes. This includes one direction for Health, one direction for Success, one for Relationships, and one for Wisdom. Depending on your birthdate and gender you will have specific compass directions assigned to each of these major life categories.

As I mentioned in my last episode, you can easily go online and find your personal directions. Either search for "Feng Shui personal directions" or try https://www.yourchineseastrology.com/feng-shui/direction/kua-number-chart.htm. I like this particular page because they don't ask for your email address for you to get the info you need.

Once you know your personal directions you can start to assess your home and see if anything might be blocking you in these four categories.

For instance, my energy number happens to be #1 and therefore my personal Success direction is Southeast. My Relationship direction is South. My health direction is East and Wisdom is North as shown below.

You should draw an outline of your house on a piece of paper and either using Google Maps or a compass, write each direction onto your drawing so you know which rooms fall into the various directions. Examples are shows below.

If your house is perfect square or rectangle it’s very easy . . .

If your house is irregularly shaped, just “enclose it” by drawing lines in the empty outdoor space to make a nice neat square or rectangle.

As a rule of thumb, if your personal directions just happen to land in "active areas" of your home, and by "active" I mean your living room, bedroom, front door, and office, you are very lucky as this is the ideal setup.

But it's very common to not be so lucky if you didn't plan and design your house with Feng Shui in mind. And once again I'll say it . . . "If I only knew then what I know now." I just happened to have designed the house I currently live in, and if I had the knowledge at that time, I could have masterfully planned a perfect energy-flowing system. But I didn't . . . so now I'm stuck with having to try to fix the energetic problems. But don't despair. It is possible to change the energy of your home using simple things like colors and objects.

Last week I talked about some things to avoid in specific active areas of your home which was a great start. But now, let's assume you figured out your personal directions and realize that some of them are in what's called passive areas of your home - meaning they are NOT in either your living room, office, bedroom, or main entryway. The whole trick to fixing this problem is to add some key items that will activate the energy and get it moving and flowing properly.

Because it's the Qi, or vital life force energy in our bodies that I am most familiar with, I want to draw the comparison between our homes and our bodies. When energy is not flowing properly through your meridians you are either in a state of excessive flow or deficient flow. Neither is good. When there is too much energy stuck in a meridian, the channel ways become backed up, energy builds up, and pain and inflammation can result. When there's not enough energy, the organs don't have enough power to operate optimally.

So now just imagine this in terms of Relationships, Health, Success, and Wisdom. Do you find yourself always getting into heated arguments with your family and friends? No matter how much you try, you can never keep the peace and things always seem to get heated.

Or maybe you're feeling lonely and can't seem to attract the right friends or mates into your life. If you resonate with either of these situations you may want to start by finding out which direction is your personal Relationship direction and then, using your little house outline drawing, figure out which room falls in that direction. If it's in a passive room, you have some work to do!

I'm sure you can look at each of these categories and see if there are any chronic trends or patterns in your life. Wherever you feel stuck in a chronic situation, I can assure you that energy is not flowing properly. And in case you're wondering about the Wisdom category, this is not just related to education or intelligence. It also has to do with your creativity, spiritual growth, your intuition, and your connection with God or the Universe.

You may want to start with a simple evaluation of your life. Do you think you're weakest in one of these categories? If so, I would start there. Let's just say your health has not been good despite all the efforts you've been putting in, doing all the right things, but still not getting the results you desire. This is such a common theme and most people who come to see me in my practice are so frustrated because they try and try to fix their health but nothing seems to work. I know how that feels. Been there. Done that. But now I know how important it is to look OUTSIDE the body for more possible clues as to what's going on.

If you are in this situation, here's what to do . . . First, figure out what your personal directions are, and then get a compass and correlate these directions to your home. Consult your little drawing to make this easier.

The first question to ask yourself is:

"Is the direction that corresponds to my weak category in a passive" room?" Remember, passive rooms are any rooms other than your living room, bedroom, office, and front entryway. If so, there are many things you can add to these rooms in your personal power directions. Since I'm not an expert in Feng Shui, I highly recommend you get yourself a good book to learn how to activate these passive rooms. It's easy to understand and lots of fun to learn.

And, since I am an energy medicine practitioner and I'm all about improving health, I am going to share some of the easiest ways to activate the most important rooms to improve your health. Remember, starting with the four active parts of your house is a great place to make a big impact. Once you get this down, you can continue on to tackling your weakest category in a passive area.

Here are some simple tips on improving your health using Feng Shui. Just remember, you first need to know what YOUR Personal Health direction is. Just stand in the rooms listed below and point your compass toward your personal Health direction. That is the wall that you want to place these items in, on, near, or around.

In "YOUR personal health direction" of your living room and/or office you can place some of the following items:

* books on health and healing

* vitamins & supplements

* healing tools

* business cards of your favorite healers or doctors (Just let me know if you need my card. wink wink)

You can use houseplants to active your health in your living room or office and it's best to place:

* Large plants in the East

* Medium plants in the South

* Smaller plants in the Southeast

Placing home furnishing and accessories in your personal Health direction in the following colors would be beneficial:

* emerald green

* white

* purple

And these crystals can also be placed in your Health direction:

* jade

* emerald

* amethyst

If you are dealing with an illness or any health challenge, sleeping directly across from a mirror can double that health challenge. So this is why it's important to cover the mirror with a scarf or blanket when you sleep.

Many of us may have been familiar with the healing colors or healing crystals, but the concept of placing them in a very specific direction, in very specific rooms was a new concept to me. This was a big ah-ha moment and I hope it helps you assess your home and possibly do some New Year re-arranging.

Thanks for listening and if you enjoyed this episode of Quantum Waves of Wellness please consider subscribing so you can follow me along on my personal journey to a healthier more vibrant life.

Today I will share some shocking things I learned about Feng Shui and how I think it's been negatively affecting my life. Listen up because you just might realize that you could be in the same boat.

Before I begin I just want to remind everybody that I am a board-certified alternative medicine practitioner and have been studying and practicing energy medicine for over 8 years. I'm extremely well-versed in "all things energy," specifically the Qi running through our bodies, and this is relevant because, given my background in energy, I am positively shocked at how bad of a job I did addressing the energy in my home.

Let me explain by giving you some basic principles about Feng Shui. First, some areas of our homes are considered "active" while others are considered "passive." The active areas, which are the ones that you should pay the most attention to, are your front door, your bedroom, your living room, and your office. If you did nothing else but pay attention to these areas you can greatly improve the energy flow in your home.

It would be impossible to learn all about Feng Shui in one podcast so I'm just going to share with you some of the first steps that I'm personally taking. Just like healing the body, I think it's important to always start by REMOVING THE BAD before you can make room for the next step which would be to ADD THE GOOD. I'm going to share some of the terrible mistakes that I have been unknowingly making. Here are the first things that I plan to address. I would call these . . .

Tips for Detoxing Your Home for Better Energy Flow

First, pay attention to the front door and entryway of your home. Keeping the front door clean is very important and for me, this is a big challenge as I live on an unpaved dusty road. I never put too much effort or emphasis on the losing battle of keeping our front door clean, but from now on I will make it a priority. Energy enters your home through your front door so a dirty door will bring in dirty energy.

Keeping your entryway free of clutter is also key. Now in my case, this is easy because my husband and I never enter through our front door. We use a side door that enters into a "mud room." For those living outside of Maine or New England, this is the room where you take off your muddy boots and layers of winter clothing. In other words, this room is always a cluttered mess of hats, coats, gloves, sunglasses, dog apparel, etc. It can be a part-time job just trying to keep this room clean so it often gets left unattended and becomes a total mess. If the first thing you see when you enter your home is a cluttered mess it immediately scatters your energy. This is a huge strike against me.

And I would just like to take this opportunity for a side note here. I learned something else interesting while studying Feng Shui. There were many references to keeping spaces clean and tidy for our guests. I think this is such a common thing. We either have rooms in our house that never get used until guests are visiting, or we go on cleaning frenzies only when guests arrive. As if we ourselves are not worthy to sit on the good furniture or live in a clean house. What message does this send to the Universe? I am really guilty of this one too.

On to the bedroom. Here are some things to pay attention to . . .

* You should not have an odd number of pillows on your bed. This is an easy fix. Just add one more decorative pillow for better energy.

* Be sure there is no clutter under your bed directly under the space between your head and your heart. It's ok to use the space under the bed for organized storage, just be sure to keep the top third of the space clear.

* If you have a mirror directly across from your bed, use a scarf or blanket to cover the mirror while you sleep.

* Now this next one is a very important one! No water features should be in the bedroom like fountains, aquariums, or even photos of water. I have one of the most offensive water issues of all, and thinking back . . . I am now recalling a conversation that I had with my acupuncturist many years ago. For some strange reason, the subject of a water feature in my bedroom came up during one of my treatments. I can't help but wonder what she found in my energy that prompted her to inquire about this. And when I told her about the elaborate water feature that my husband and I had built right after we built our home, my acupuncturist was horrified. You see, our huge bedroom window overlooks a waterfall that spills into a cute little pond that drains under our backyard lawn. So the water is not only flowing right outside the bedroom, but it also flows away from the house. So many strikes against us. But I refused to listen way back then. All I knew was how much this landscaping cost us, and how much I enjoyed looking at it. I was not willing to listen to how bad the energy was. Funny how I said the words, "If I only knew then what I know now" in my first podcast episode. I wonder if that should become my theme . . . Needless to say, in the spring that entire water feature will be gone. Breaks my heart but I now know too much about the power of energy to continue to ignore it.

Now for the living room . . . the most important tip here is to place your sofa so that when you're sitting on it, your back is not facing the door to the living room. This one is a bit of a challenge for me because of my open floor plan and lack of doors altogether. I personally have a laundry list of mistakes that I'm currently making in the living room, but in order to explain them I would first need to explain the concept of "personal directions" and since I don't want to open that can of worms just let, I will table the living room for a future episode.

And lastly the office. As if I wasn't making enough mistakes in the other important rooms of the house, I am so embarrassed to report that my office is simply a disaster. It seems no matter how hard I work, and how much knowledge and experience I gain, I am having trouble making any significant headway in the success category of my life. Yes, I feel the need for a big sigh here. . . .

There have been so many times when I felt like giving up because my success just doesn't seem to be "in the flow." Well, I was right. It's NOT IN THE FLOW! And I have to say, learning about Feng Shui made me feel so much better about this fact. I feel like there's some logical justification for my lack of success up till this point. And more importantly, there are now some great feelings of hope that I can rectify the situation. So here are some pointers regarding your office:

* Your office is so important when it comes to manifesting success and wealth. The direction you face when you're at your desk is extremely important in Feng Shui. I know I mentioned those "personal directions" before and without getting into the specifics here, let me just say that I found out that I have been facing the absolute WORST direction in BOTH of my offices. Yes, I have 2 offices in my home and both of them have my desk facing Southwest. I'm going to share an image below that illustrates my least auspicious directions and the ones literally labeled "Worst Directions" and, you ready for this??? "Total Loss" are Southwest. Go figure. What were the chances that I put my desk in the worst possible spot in both offices? My own personal power direction is Southeast so needless to say, furniture re-arranging will be my #1 priority.

* Also, although not nearly as important, your desk chair should have armrests and a high back. There should not be slots in the back of the chair. And of course, I have a slotted-back chair with no armrests.

By now, you are probably curious about the "personal directions" that I have mentioned and I don't want to leave you hanging on that topic. In order to figure out your personal direction you first need to determine what your special "energy number" is. Feng Shui has strong connections with astrology and depending on your birth date and your gender, you will fall into one of nine different energy numbers. Each of these numbers has a different archetypal theme and different "personal directions."

There are plenty of places you can get this information for free online. One such page is https://www.yourchineseastrology.com/feng-shui/direction/kua-number-chart.htm Just input your birthday and gender. No email is required.

I hope you take the time to learn your energy number and personal directions. Have some fun poking around, and next week I'll share some of the ways that I'm personally planning to add some elements to help increase the flow of positive energy.

Thanks for listening and if you enjoyed this episode of Quantum Waves of Wellness I do hope you'll subscribe. I'm just getting warmed up . . .

I just love the start of any new year. The idea of a fresh clean slate is so exhilarating. The new year always brings so much hope for good things to come. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that things in my life are bad. In fact, they're just the opposite. Just about everything in my life is GREAT! But that doesn't mean I'm not always striving to improve some aspect of my life or health. It keeps me motivated and busy, that's for sure.

I'm always up to something and always exploring new interesting ways to keep myself, my family, my pet, and my home filled with positive energy. After all, energy drives matter. If you want to change anything about your physical material world you need to look deeper to the invisible ruling force - the energy.

Granted this concept of energy is vague and mysterious but believe me . . . if you can wrap your head around the idea that energy controls EVERYTHING in this Universe, including your health, you will be in for a wild ride to manifesting the life you really want. If you subscribe to this channel you are going to learn a lot about how energy flows, doesn't flow, and how it affects all aspects of your being. But today I want to share my latest energy obsession and pet project.

To start off my new year I decided to dive into learning more about Feng Shui. Now I devote lots of time daily to taking care of my own personal vital life force energy (the energy that runs through your body, controls it, and keeps you alive) but I don't always pay as much attention to my surroundings. And that's a mistake.

You see, the areas that you spend the most time in . . . affect your health, your finances, and your relationships. The energy that surrounds and interacts with your own energy is going to impact it greatly. I think we all know that energy attracts like energy. This is why we gravitate to like-minded people.

You know the feeling when you meet somebody and instantly just get a bad vibe? You don't really know why, but something about their energy just doesn't seem to resonate with you. Just watch your dog respond to various strangers. Sometimes they immediately accept and welcome them, while other times, no amount of greetings or treats will change their barking and growling behavior.

So let's say the energy in your home or office is not positive energy. Perhaps this energy is not flowing properly and is blocked in some way. Just like blocked energy in your meridians, which can cause pain and illness, blocked energy in your home can cause all sorts of negative outcomes. Like I mentioned in my previous episode, any chronic negative pattern in your life is a result of some kind of blocked energy. Maybe it's inside you, or maybe it's just around you. But it's important to address both.

And that is why I am putting a lot of focus on the spaces around me to start this new year. I have to be honest in telling you that I have yet to focus on this. All these years of being downright anal about taking care of the energy IN my body, I have completely failed at assessing and optimizing the energy AROUND my body. I am so excited to dive deeper into this.

Please stay tuned as I share some of the things that I've learned and how I will implement them.

For more information on the services I offer to care for your "inner" energy, please visit https://mariposaenergy.co/

Thanks for listening and don't forget . . . if you can change your energy, you can change your life!

Are you ready to catch a Quantum Wave to Wellness?

Hello, I'm Dr. Paula Apro and I'd like to welcome you to my new podcast.

If you're disappointed by mainstream medicine and are itching to jump off the hamster wheel of expensive doctor visits that produce no answers nor solutions, and you have an open mind to new ideas, you just might find this podcast channel interesting.

But first, let me tell you a little bit about myself.

I'm a doctor of Natural Medicine, a double Board-certified Alternative Medicine Practitioner, and a passionate advocate of spreading health and wellness truths. As somebody who knows all too well what it’s like to struggle with chronic pain and health conditions, I want to share some of my golden ah-ha moments that I've learned throughout my own journey to wellness.

I know what it’s like to feel stuck and frustrated doing 'all the right things' but yet still not getting positive results. At one point in my life, I had to give up things that brought me joy like dancing, yoga, biking, riding my motorcycle, etc. because everything hurt.

I know what it was like to go to bed at night with ice packs soaking my sheets, not being able to sleep due to the pain, and angry that my otherwise PERFECT life was getting ruined by something I couldn't control. I knew the pain was stress-related and I tried everything I could think of to reduce the pain and the stress.

But nothing worked! And this went on for several years. I resolved to my "new normal" of just being in constant pain. And as we get older, this is something that so many of us do. We SETTLE for a life we don't want because we believe in the myth that "it's just part of getting old." Well, I don't want to settle for that bull crap, and I don't want you to either!

So back to my story of living in pain . . .

The breaking point for me was when the pain started to affect my work. In my late 30s /early 40s, I was a professional photographer and I needed to carry, hold, and steady heavy equipment. This was becoming torture, and I knew I had to break down and do the dreaded . . . turn to Western Medicine.

Now, back then, I still trusted doctors in white coats, and I didn't question the diagnosis of my so-called "degenerative disease." I let them cut me open and insert a metal plate onto my cervical spine.

If I only knew then what I know now . . .

The metal plate was just a band-aid, a temporary fix like most Western medicine solutions are. They temporarily suppress the symptoms but fail to address the real root cause. Although it did bring me relief for a short time, the band-aid pretty quickly fell off, and I was right back to where I started, in pain and in tears.

I knew I had to take matters into my own hands. It was me that got me into this mess and it could only be me to get me out. I decided that I was going to learn everything I could about how the body really works and relieve myself of the pain for good.

And I'm happy to say that I did just that. It's been well over a decade now of living completely pain-free!

Now I wish my story ended there with my blissfully happy ending. But the truth is, there's more to the story. Let's call this my second chapter . . . and that's where this new podcast begins.

So here I am, now in my mid-50s, and I'm learning that I was never totally out of the woods when I overcame that chronic pain. I'm still pain-free, but now I'm dealing with new issues, things that I consider to be "the silent killers."

Let me explain . . .

I realize that what I'm about to tell you is “my STORY” but it's a very important piece of the puzzle. And when I say "my story" I mean it's the program stuck in my subconscious mind that has been running the show for most of my life.

You see, when I was just 11 or 12 years old, my mother was diagnosed with cancer. I watched her deteriorate over the course of 2 years, and I lost her just after I turned 14. This major life event set me on a course that I was never able to correct. The stress of living through this flipped on my fight or flight switch, and I was never able to shut it off.

I now know that this was the stress that caused all those neck problems back in my 30s . . . and despite my being able to conquer that pain, I am now seeing all of the other issues that constant low-grade stress can cause in the body. For instance:

* Adrenal burnout from the constant stress impacts the thyroid, causing it to lose its ability to regulate and create hormones. In case you didn't know, hormones control just about everything in our bodies, and without the proper balance, a laundry list of problems arises. We can muscle through a lot of this . . . until menopause hits . . . and then forget about it . . . That's when the body naturally loses its ability to regulate itself, doubling the negative impact.

* Years of chronic constipation from a digestive system that could never switch into the 'rest and digest' mode created a cascade of hidden issues like: parasites, candida, fungus, leaky gut, malabsorption, etc.

* All of these things wreak absolute havoc on our organs, and all body systems, . . . leading to an overload of toxins in the liver, high cholesterol, systemic inflammation, and so much more.

The absolute worst thing you can do is live in constant stress, and sometimes I think it's the low-grade stress that is even worse than the high-pressure stresses of work, parenting, finances, and things like that.

I'm calling this "unrecognized trauma." There are many people that have lived through terrible traumas like child abuse or sexual abuse, and they are well aware that they are scarred for life. Many of these people seek out mental and emotional help and support throughout their lives.

And then there's me.

I didn't even realize that I hadn't recovered from my early childhood trauma. I, like most people, thought I was a resilient kid, and I would just "get over it." And I truly thought I did. I was a strong, happy, well-balanced, popular, straight-A overachiever kid. I had no idea that I was suffering for most of my life.

Which leads me to an important theme that I plan to discuss through these podcasts. The whole idea about being a Type A, over-achieving, work-a-holic . . . those qualities (that I've always been proud of) are clear signs of feeling unloved and unworthy.

This is so much clearer at this point in my life.

So let me just end this first episode by telling you that I now realize that all of my chronic health conditions stem from repressed emotional shock and trauma from my childhood. And let me just be clear on something. . . . no matter how great of a childhood you think you had, nobody has gotten to adulthood without carrying some of this hidden baggage with them.

It's this invisible energy that is at the very root of any chronic problem you are having in your life. And it's this invisible energy that I specialize in.

My goal is to help you identify and release these hidden energetic blocks so you can reclaim your vitality, move forward, and live your life to the fullest - making THE REST OF YOUR LIFE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE.

I hope you'll follow me through my own journey back to wellness & wholeness. I am always making new discoveries, trying new things, and sharing my experiences.

Thank you for listening, and welcome to Quantum Waves.

This client was able to overcome the chronic hip pain that she suffered with for many years by having an open mind and trying something she never even heard of. Are you curious to learn more about the “Future of Medicine?” You can even imagine what’s possible these days.