A Brighter Day in the Neighborhood with Angela Jones - Episode 31 Julie Speetjens

Originally Aired: Nov 21, 2021

Guest: Julie Speetjens, LifeSpark

B.Sc / RMT Program Director, LifeSpark Cancer Resources

Usui Reiki Ryoho Registered Karuna Reiki® Master/Teacher

Julie@LifeSparkNow.com

719-660-7924

LifeSparkNow.org

 

Hi, I’m Julie Speetjens and my motto is “Worry Less, Reiki More”. I began my healing journey when corporate burnout had me feeling like a robot just going through the motions of my life, after working as the CFO and Project Manager for our IT Consulting company for a decade. Reiki has been a springboard to my spiritual awakening and has renewed my life-force energy!

I am honored to be serving as the Program Director for LifeSpark Cancer Resources, a leading-edge nonprofit organization that provides Reiki and Healing Touch treatments free of charge to individuals with cancer and their primary caregivers. Few lives are wholly untouched by cancer, and it is a privilege to be able to share the amazing healing power of energy medicine with our Participants. Our therapies are complementary and integrative with traditional medical care, and bring a holistic approach to healing. Everyone deserves peace while going through cancer, and our treatments reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation while promoting a deep sense of well-being.

LifeSpark’s unique program of Reiki and Healing Touch treatments are gentle and supportive. Nearly 80% of those receiving sessions in our program report feeling significantly better both physically and emotionally, and 95% of participants say the sessions were valuable and they would refer others to our program. It is quite normal for Participants to fall asleep during a session, and nearly all of them report feeling lighter and more relaxed afterward. Over 100 LifeSpark Reiki and Healing Touch volunteers deliver thousands of sessions annually. LifeSpark is dedicated to serving individuals and the oncology medical community through education, training, advocacy, and delivery of hands-on and distant healing sessions.

Energy medicine administers a transformative force that truly can heal our mind, body, and Spirit if we allow it. In 2019, Reiki helped me recover from hip surgery by alleviating my pain, promoting sound sleep, and empowering me to stop taking pain medicine and abandon my crutches weeks ahead of schedule. In 2021, I was able to provide hands-on Reiki during my son’s wisdom teeth removal. Not only was there minimal swelling and pain medication in the days following his surgery, but also he was rock climbing within days and eating almonds within the week! I believe the healing power of Reiki is limitless and we are just beginning to understand its potential and the Quantum Mechanics behind it.

I am Registered Karuna Reiki® Master/Teacher through the International Center for Reiki Training, as well as an Affiliate Member of the Reiki Membership Association. I have created and hosted several online events, including “Zen Wednesdays” and “Soul Journey Sundays”, and I have been featured on several holistic wellness podcasts. I am also a Coordinator and Speaker with Healing Wheel Wellness Retreats. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Alabama as well as Certificates in Energy Medicine, Music Therapy, and Sound Healing from the University of Colorado.