In early 2018, the Lord impressed upon my mind that I needed to start a business, Healing in Homes, to teach people about holistic health and energy work and provide energy work sessions.  My first gut reaction was, “I don’t think so.”  I could think of a myriad of reasons why that was NOT a good idea.  In trying to talk through the conflicting thoughts and feelings coursing through me, I was advised to write down a list of pros and cons so that I could “see what I was saying” in a more organized fashion.  I took that advice, thinking this would be the “proof” I needed that this was a bad idea.  I was sorely disappointed in that regard, as my list ended up having 20+ pros and only a few cons, the exact opposite of what I was anticipating.  But the cons were big enough cons that any one of them would have blown this whole thing out of the water.

 

I decided to go to the Lord with my biggest con.  How can I take this gift, which, in essence, is a spiritual gift of healing, and turn it into some money-making endeavor?  I remember looking heavenward, shaking my finger, and stating out loud, “I will not.”  But no sooner had I voiced my indignation than the Lord responded patiently with, “You’ve been blessed with the spiritual gift to teach too.”  I can’t argue with that.  I’ve known that for quite some time.  Then the Lord followed up with, “You haven’t had any qualms making money off of that your whole life.”  I was stopped dead in my tracks.  Yep, that was true.  I’ve been a public educator my whole adult life.  After letting that sink in a little bit, I realized that the Lord was letting me know that He approved of me using my spiritual gifts to bless others and that it was okay to make a living doing so.

 

Now that that main concern was taken care of, a myriad of others flooded into my mind.  Again, I looked heavenward, “Okay.  I’ll try to open up my mind to the idea of starting my own business, but I don’t see how that is going to work.  I don’t see how I can just quit my job, which doesn’t pay a lot, but at least it pays something.  And it has insurance!  How can I quit my job, not have insurance, and expect THIS to pay the bills.  I don’t see how that’s going to work.”  I was pretty indignant.  I challenged God, “Yeah, show me how that’s going to work.” 

 

Oh, boy.  Did He ever.  Over the course of the next few days, weeks, and months, God brought thoughts into my mind or people into my life that would give me various pieces of the puzzle I was trying to wrap my head around and figure out.  It felt like doors and windows were being opened for me to progress on my journey. 

 

Every time I got overwhelmed with the monumental task of trying to start a business with no business experience, background or training, and complained that I shouldn’t be the one doing this, the doors and windows that the Lord had previously opened for me would close.  When I humbled myself and asked the Lord to help me, all the doors and windows would fly back open.  When I got discouraged and lamented the fact that there were so many people more adept and capable and qualified than me, all the doors and windows would immediately shut, and I couldn’t make any progress in ANY aspect of life.  When I acknowledged that the Lord had, indeed, directed me to do this and that He would make me capable, the doors and windows would fly open, and I could continue making progress.

 

This happened enough times in the course of several months that I noticed the pattern.  When I turned my life and will over to God and had faith that He would help and direct me, He did.  When I doubted – either Him or me – doors and windows would close and I couldn’t progress in any way, shape or form.  So I made a conscious decision, not just to acquiesce to this new plan, but to look to God for help and direction and work to move forward along this new path. 

 

I quit my job as a paraeducator in May 2018, thinking I would work on this business full-time, and substitute on occasion to supplement my income.  Just a few weeks later, the Lord directed me to take a full-time teaching position in Nevada again.  It would only be for a single year, and I would have the caveat of being able to travel home to Kansas whenever I felt it was needed.  That wasn’t exactly what I had in mind by “substituting on occasion to supplement my income.”  However, while I was there, I had several people validate the fact that I wasn’t just there for the students.  People in my circle of influence in Moapa Valley were in need of healing, and I was the means the Lord had designed for that healing to take place.

 

As strange of an arrangement as it was, bouncing back and forth between Kansas and Nevada for a year, it was a great blessing to me and a good many others.  The teaching job got me back on good, financial ground and it built up a stable clientele that didn’t disappear just because I lived in Kansas.

 

As far as energy healing modalities go, in October of 2018, I was trained and certified as a Reiki Master Practitioner, and in December, became a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner.  In 2019, I began my training in Healing Touch and Jin Shin Jyutsu, and in March of 2020, became a Certified Body Code Practitioner, just prior to the world-wide shut down due to a global pandemic.  Someone asked me once, when I would be “done with all these trainings.”  My answer was, “Um, never.  There is always something more to learn”!  In addition to those I have already been trained in, I have several other energy healing modalities on my radar that I anticipate will prove useful and beneficial for myself and others.

 

It was approximately two years in the making, but in February of 2020, Healing in Homes LLC became an official business in the State of Kansas.  It has been impressed upon my mind that “Every home needs a healer!”  I feel led by God to help bring that to fruition for the individuals and households that desire it.  It is time to educate and spread the word that there are effective approaches to health and healing outside of traditional Western medical practices.  As Dr. Bradley Nelson says, “The body has a built-in ability to heal itself … The body sometimes needs help to restore itself to a state of balance …”.  (The Emotion Code)  It is time to teach people how to do that, to heal themselves.  

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If you (or someone you know) would benefit from this information and would like to learn more, attend a workshop, or schedule an energy healing session, contact Heather M. Hofmann.