Hi! I’m Susie
Welcome to the story of my Journey.
It all started in a living room!
Of course, my journey started long before that. I was born and raised in Juarez – Mexico a border city to El Paso, TX. Moved to El Paso in 1991 soon after getting married. We had 2 children and divorced 11 years later. This is where the need to search for something greater began.
No desire to improve comes from everything going our way. The challenges during the marriage led me to read personal development books and I discovered there was so much more to learn. After my divorce, I dove deep in search of answers to the many questions I had.
I became an Instructor and Life Coach with a Personal Development group and had the chance to travel all over the United States and some parts of Mexico. Soon after I discovered energy healing and became a ReiKi Master/Teacher along with various other healing techniques. In 2009 I met a Buddhist teacher and became a disciple and studied under his guidance for almost 7 years.
This was my first classroom. I started with 3 students until we outgrew my living room.
I was ordained as a High Priestess (Acharya) and was given the Dharma name of Shanti Bhum – Peaceful Earth
Decisions that shaped my path
During my time as a Personal Development Instructor, I discovered energy healing, what it meant to follow my intuition and to tap into the higher wisdom within me. I shared this information with my group and it wasn’t accepted. I was asked to choose between the two modalities and when I wouldn’t choose, they voted me out of the group.
The good, the sad and the choices to evolve
I was between two worlds. The group I was in didn’t want to embrace any type of energy or intuitive type of work. The people in the intuitive world didn’t want to do any type of shadow work since they felt there was no need to pay attention and dwell in the past traumas. I saw that both practices were necessary in order for true healing to happen.
Then I met Maha my Buddhist Teacher. I had never practiced any form of meditation, his teachings helped me gain balance between these 2 worlds and confirmed what I had already known; both practices are necessary in order to gain Self-Awareness and attain a higher level of Consciousness.
My Buddhist path brought many wonderful experiences along with some challenging ones.
I ran a healing and meditation center for few years. Loved every minute of it. Developing my first group of students will always be one of my fondest memories. Then, Life brought a set of challenges that guided me out of my Buddhist group and into a new journey in Self- healing & self-discovery.
Time to Soar to New Heights
If there is something I am very aware of about myself is that – I must DO – MY OWN THING. When I learn a new task, whatever that is, I learn hands-on. I will need the guidance next to me while I’m learning then I want my space to make it my own and proceed from there.
Once I felt that the Buddhist group was turning more and more like a dogmatic training (at least from my perspective), it felt too constrictive and I was no longer happy staying in that environment.
There was much pain from an experienced lived earlier on this path and the new shift was making those wounds resurface. Just like moving out of the home you grew up or divorcing someone, this separation brought me a big heartbreak.
This heartbreak made me dig even deeper and look and commit to resolving an underlying issue I discovered through all that happened – why don’t I seem to heal the issue of low self-esteem and self-worth?
The work paid off. Like a phoenix, I came out of it stronger than ever before. I developed a mind full of yes towards ME! But it also provided an expanded awareness from were to offer healing and coaching.
My healing journey took me from Texas to Georgia where I currently reside.
I love the space I’m at now. The physical move forced me to discover even more wonderful things about myself.
Besides loving passionately to teach and offer healing sessions, I love to have fun. I just always seem to find a way to make whatever I am doing fun FOR ME! (goes for teaching/healing/cleaning house).
I love all things Harry Potter – Doctor Strange mystical stuff. Words such as mages, magic, spells, are “fun” words for me.
Super irreverent so F* words might happen even during meditation classes… certainly, I am aware I am not everyone’s cup of tea, that’s ok, I prefer coffee myself.
I want to have fun sharing techniques to help YOU have a mind FULL of yes!!! and I want you to heal, transform and, totally enjoy whatever time we share together.
I look forward to meeting you, I am a hugger (Hispanic after all) I can’t wait to be in the same space with you either live or online.
Namaste my friend!
