I was born and raised in Canada, where I developed a deep empathy and an early desire to help others. As a child I was drawn to console a crying classmate in the schoolyard or comfort a misunderstood young cousin at family gatherings. These early sensitivities laid the foundation for what would become my life’s work. After completing my university degree in Canada, I moved to Australia to pursue a career as a secondary teacher and later trained as a wellbeing specialist and trauma informed counselor, working with adolescents in a youth detention center.
In 2016, as a busy mother of two young daughters working full-time, I fell down the stairs while rushing to get to work and fractured my tail bone in 3 places. It forced me to pause. I was still in serious pain and could not sit but I “had” to return to work. The universe had other plans when I got caught up in a serious riot at the youth detention center—a frightening experience. Only a week later, another major riot that lasted over 48 hours and left much of the facility destroyed, with both staff and students injured and traumatised. After five years in a job I loved, it became clear that the environment was no longer safe, emotionally or physically.
It wasn’t an accident that I chose to work at a prison. My body was used to being in fight or flight since my childhood and I thought this stressed state was “normal”. My Mother suffered severe childhood trauma and was orphaned at 11, after her Mother was tragically murdered. She was a beautiful woman but she struggled to connect with me emotionally. As a child I learned to bypass certain emotions as it was safer this way, however, the body does amazing things when we do this. Instead, I was chronically injured and sick! My whole life I battled IBS symptoms, neck and back pain, insomnia, regular bouts of bronchitis, asthma, ankle injuries, knee injuries and skin conditions. By the time the riot happened these symptoms were peaking in intensity. I was forced to take leave from this job and I was left bitter and angry. I self-medicated and numbed myself in culturally accepted ways like regular alcohol consumption and by binge watching crime dramas. However, these methods were only making my symptoms worse. This low point marked the beginning of a five-year journey of self-discovery and healing.
I went down the traditional route of talk therapy and a gastroenterologist but my symptoms prevailed. I found a new job as a counselor in a school and continued to explore various healing modalities, including: functional nutritional medicine; EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques); hypnotherapy; past-life regression; heart coherence (Heart Math); Vedic meditation; sound healing; chakra balancing; cranial sacral therapy, and acupuncture. After attending two healing retreats, and online courses, reading many books and listening to hours of podcasts, I discovered that many of my physical ailments were rooted in unresolved childhood traumas, buried deep in the subconscious. Through the guidance of many skilled professionals and my willingness to face my shadows and wounds, I started to heal that trauma and connect to my true self again. Seeking the most effective and gentle way to help the adolescents I was working with, I trained as an evidence-based EFT practitioner, finding that working with the energy body offered a profound and efficient approach to releasing emotional pain.
Awakening Intuitive Abilities
During Melbourne’s extended lockdowns, I turned to twice daily vedic meditations to manage stress. What began as a coping strategy evolved into something far more profound. I began experiencing deep meditative states, connecting with the “void” of nothingness, where I felt immense bliss and rapture, accompanied by vivid colors and beautiful energies. I would end my meditations with automatic writing where information seemed to flow from my “higher self”. These words were filled with beautiful messages of guidance and love. Online I encountered gifted healers and immersed myself in spiritual practices, leading me to discover the Akashic records. I was determined to find out what my true life purpose was. While I was fulfilled counselling adolescents and adults using EFT, I knew there was another modality that could be more powerful I just had not found it yet.
Life-Changing Empowered Healing
Though I was emotionally flourishing, I still faced chronic knee pain from old injuries and reconstructive surgeries. My IBS symptoms would often flare up for no apparent dietary reason and my neck and back would seize up during times of stress. I still dealt with lung issues including asthma and regular chest infections. Running, a passion of mine, seemed forever out of reach, as a surgeon had told me in 2011 that I would never run again. I was stuck in “victim” mode a lot of the time even though I knew about the power of positive thinking, manifesting and setting intentions. I also felt there was something else blocking me from finding my true purpose. My turning point came during a transformative three-hour healing session with medical intuitive Patrice Krysztofiak. The results were remarkable—not only did my lungs, energy levels and digestive health improve dramatically, but Patrice also helped me awaken my own medical intuitive abilities. By the end of our session he said he wanted to put me on his medical intuitive directory and he would be sending me clients. I was shocked but at the same time I felt a resounding “YES” in my body. I had finally found my life purpose. And, yes, I am running again!
Personal Life
Amidst my work, I do my best to maintain a balanced personal life: carving time out to connect with my two teenage daughters, my husband, my family and friends. I love to cook, and eat yummy food and need to spend time nature to recharge and ground. I don’t live close enough to the ocean but I love swimming here in Australia ( I am terrified of sharks though). My spiritual practice involves going deep down rabbits holes with many questions I still cannot find all the answers to. I love listening to podcasts and sharing them with all my woowoo friends and am fond of a good book, that takes me deep into the human experience.
I am excited to see what the future holds for this type of alternative modality. I humbly remain committed to ongoing learning and my own healing for I believe we are constantly shedding as we continue to expand. Peggy xx
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