The Healers Journey Podcast

If you're the person everyone relies on for emotional support — yet feel incapable of accepting care yourself — this episode is for you. So many healers carry the unspoken belief that they're too complicated, too big, too messy to be held. That belief may have protected you once. But now? It's a block. A tender unraveling awaits — if you're ready to take responsibility for receiving support.

The block we bust in this episode: "I can't trust people to hold me"

This one is for you if:

• You envy your clients' ability to receive.
• You were the emotionally competent one from a young age.
• You're secretly tired of being the strong one.

What you'll take with you:

1. The healer identity can hide deep patterns of hyper-independence.
2. Envy is often a clue to our unmet desires.
3. Receiving is a skill — and a choice — you can practice.

Full episode notes, video + every episode: https://reikidiscovery.org/podcast/episode-30-when-youre-amazing-at-holding-others-but-cant-be-held-yourself

Your host: Inge Broer — Reiki teacher and founder of Reiki Discovery.

Training for healers:

• Healer: Awakened (Reiki I — begin your training): https://reikidiscovery.org/healer-awakened
• Healer: Embodied (Reiki II & III — practice + mentorship): https://reikidiscovery.org/healer-embodied
• Practicing already? Grow with the network: https://reikidiscovery.org/practitioner-track

If you've ever walked out of a room feeling heavy, foggy, or like you somehow left a piece of yourself behind — this episode is for you. For intuitive healers, one of the biggest blocks to clarity, confidence, and connection is the blurring of boundaries: not knowing what's yours and what isn't. This episode explores how to stop absorbing the emotions, energy, and expectations of others — so you can live, lead, and love from your own anchored truth.

The block we bust in this episode: "I don't know what's mine and what's theirs"

This one is for you if:

• You walk away from sessions or social settings feeling drained.
• You struggle to know what you want.
• You're always adapting to what others need.

What you'll take with you:

1. Why “merging” is not the same as connection.
2. How to reclaim your energy and hold your own color.
3. What true impact looks like (and why perfectionism gets in the way).

Full episode notes, video + every episode: https://reikidiscovery.org/podcast/episode-29-how-to-stop-absorbing-everyones-energy-and-finally-feel-like-yourself-again-as-a-healer

Your host: Inge Broer — Reiki teacher and founder of Reiki Discovery.

Training for healers:

• Healer: Awakened (Reiki I — begin your training): https://reikidiscovery.org/healer-awakened
• Healer: Embodied (Reiki II & III — practice + mentorship): https://reikidiscovery.org/healer-embodied
• Practicing already? Grow with the network: https://reikidiscovery.org/practitioner-track

If you've ever felt like your love, your care, your healing presence just… doesn't land — like people don't want the medicine inside of you — this episode is for you. We explore the pain of being an intuitive healer in a world still learning how to receive, and how to build the faith, skill, and structure that lets your medicine finally reach the right people.

The block we bust in this episode: "People don't want what I have to give"

This one is for you if:

• You feel like your love doesn't land.
• You're aching to serve, but feel invisible.
• You're doubting your path as a healer.

What you'll take with you:

1. Why your healing gifts hurt when they go unreceived.
2. How your soul's pain holds clues to your unique medicine.
3. The three-part framework (Faith, Vision, Devotion) that gets your love to land.

Full episode notes, video + every episode: https://reikidiscovery.org/podcast/episode-28-when-your-healing-gifts-go-unreceived-and-you-start-to-doubt-yourself-as-a-healer

Your host: Inge Broer — Reiki teacher and founder of Reiki Discovery.

Training for healers:

• Healer: Awakened (Reiki I — begin your training): https://reikidiscovery.org/healer-awakened
• Healer: Embodied (Reiki II & III — practice + mentorship): https://reikidiscovery.org/healer-embodied
• Practicing already? Grow with the network: https://reikidiscovery.org/practitioner-track

If you've ever felt like support has to be earned — through overgiving, self-sacrifice, or endless effort — this episode is for you. As a healer, your nervous system wasn't meant to carry everyone else's energy. What if the earth could hold it for you? What if you didn't need to be perfect to be supported? Inge offers a grounded, body-based invitation to receive — starting from the soles of your feet.

The block we bust in this episode: "I have to earn support"

This one is for you if:

• You collapse into exhaustion after giving too much.
• You've been told being strong means holding it all.
• You long for permission to rest and be held.

What you'll take with you:

1. Gravity is constant, unconditional support.
2. The earth can compost energy — you don't need to hold it.
3. Reiki begins with receiving, not doing.

Full episode notes, video + every episode: https://reikidiscovery.org/podcast/episode-27-how-to-feel-supported-without-earning-it-a-reiki-perspective-for-healers

Your host: Inge Broer — Reiki teacher and founder of Reiki Discovery.

Training for healers:

• Healer: Awakened (Reiki I — begin your training): https://reikidiscovery.org/healer-awakened
• Healer: Embodied (Reiki II & III — practice + mentorship): https://reikidiscovery.org/healer-embodied
• Practicing already? Grow with the network: https://reikidiscovery.org/practitioner-track