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Transforming Burnout into Breakthrough: Kim Keane's Journey of Holistic Healing and Empowerment
Curious about how to turn burnout into a breakthrough? Learn how Kim Keane, a former teacher, transformed her life through holistic healing and now empowers women to manage stress and anxiety effectively with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Reiki, and sound healing.
Kim shares her deeply personal journey, from struggling with identity loss and traditional therapy to discovering the power of meditation, yoga, and energy work.
Her story is a testament to the incredible resilience and potential for anyone feeling isolated or misunderstood.
Imagine harnessing the energy of crystals to aid in your healing process. Kim delves into the use of specific stones like rose quartz and tourmaline in her Reiki and EFT sessions.
She also demystifies the creation and activation of crystal grids for amplified healing benefits. Through her own healing journey, which spurred her to start a podcast during the pandemic, Kim underscores the critical importance of releasing past traumas to break generational cycles and foster a more fulfilled life.
Ever struggled with setting boundaries or articulating your needs effectively? Kim offers practical advice on the significance of clear standards and boundaries for maintaining energy balance and preventing misunderstandings in relationships. You'll hear a compelling success story of a client who transformed her life by overcoming people-pleasing tendencies.
Plus, discover creative strategies for couples to enhance communication and the myriad benefits of sound healing to rebalance your energy. Join us for actionable insights on managing overwhelming emotions and prioritizing tasks to make life's challenges more manageable.
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Hello everyone, welcome to our Spiritual Spotlight Series. Today I'm joined by Kim Keen. She's a certified life coach, eft practitioner, reiki master and sound healer. She is also the host of One of a Kind you podcast. She's addressed community organizations, women's groups, schools and colleges such as Boys and Girls Club, purdue University, polka Dot Powerhouse and Moms who Dare. Kim, thank you so much for coming on the Spiritual Spotlight Series. I'm so happy you're here.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be here. I love that you're outside.
Speaker 1:So I just love that. So, Kim, can you maybe share your journey and what led you to become a certified life coach, an EFT practitioner, Reiki master and sound healer?
Speaker 2:Yes, and if were thrown in there? Now I'm a master instructor of IET, which is so just, I'll just keep throwing the?
Speaker 1:yeah, I do that as well. I'm also a master IET instructor. Oh, are you? Yes, I am.
Speaker 2:No one's ever heard of it, so I'm like, yay, someone else knows about it.
Speaker 1:Integrative energy therapy working with nine healing. Nine healing angels get the issues out of the tissues.
Speaker 2:Yes, ma'am, I do know. Yes, thank you. Finally, someone that whenever I tell people like what I know, it's a very.
Speaker 1:I will say that for my energy healing journey, like I didn't go the Reiki route, I went the IET route, so I love that you do IET. I think it's. It's an amazing healing modality.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I went Reiki and then a friend of mine who's also a healing arts practitioner she was the one who introduced me to IET when I went for a session with her. So I was like angels. What? Yes, I need this, please.
Speaker 1:Yes, a gentle but powerful healing modality.
Speaker 2:Yes, so, um, so really it was my own healing journey that led me to all of the certifications. So I left my teaching career after six short years from burnout, thinking that I was going to do that until I was in my nineties. And then, when that didn't happen, that was really a hard pill for me to swallow and really was struggling with that loss of identity, even though I had the identity of mom and wife and dog mom and cat mom and all the things. But I really was having a hard time just embracing those and being okay with my teaching identity not being what I thought it was going to be. So I started having some unhealthy thoughts around all of that and I apologize.
Speaker 1:There's an airplane flying over it's okay, can't hear it, it's all good.
Speaker 2:And so I decided that I needed to go talk to someone and I tried to just traditional therapy. But two and a half years into that, it was just this really big push to take medication. After having all of these labels thrown at me of codependency and anxiety and childhood emotional neglect and not really being given tangible tools to manage all of that. It was just well, if you take this medication then you'll have the stairs to climb your way out of the ditch and I was really guilted and gaslighted into why medication would be the super duper fixer of all things. And the gift was that she did suggest that I try meditation and yoga, and opening myself to meditation and yoga led to Reiki and then crystals and sound healing and IET and all of those things over a progression of years. But using those modalities and life coaching, that was really where I finally got that aha moment of being able to cope with the trauma of the past and being okay with where I was in the present.
Speaker 1:I love that. I love that you were guided to, you know, like crystal healing, energy healing, like all these different modalities. I think that's amazing. I am also a registered nurse, so I understand the medication component and then wanting to have, like, maybe, a holistic healing approach which is sound like that's kind of like the path that you took and I think that's really cool. So let's ask you this so how did your personal experiences shape your approach to empowering women and helping them embrace who they are?
Speaker 2:Well, I think it was that feeling of being pressured to do something that really didn't feel quite right and being told like well, it doesn't matter if it doesn't feel right for you right now, because it's the thing that you need.
Speaker 2:And in that journey I felt so alone because no one knew I was in therapy. No one knew I was struggling, because you know the metaphor of oh, you look like you're gliding along on the surface but you know ducks really paddling along frantically under the surface. No one could see how frantic I was under the surface of the water. I didn't want anyone to know and it was just very, this very lonely and isolating journey. And then, when I would finally feel a little vulnerable enough to share with a friend what I was experiencing, I felt like they looked at me like I had 10 heads and they couldn't really relate. And so the more I talked with other women and the more I went to seminars and things like that, there were so many other women who had a similar experience to me and they also felt alone and isolated and lost and I really just want to be able to change that for them.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's wonderful. So emotional freedom techniques. So EFT is a significant part of your work. How does EFT help in managing stress and anxiety?
Speaker 2:Yeah, so EFT is really great at breaking the loop. So when you're in that pattern of anxiety or fear or depression or stress or whatever that unserving feeling is in that moment, we get to this cycle and so it's like when you turn the light switch on, it engages the circuit and the electricity flows and the light switch, the light comes on and then when you stop the circuit, the light turns off. So really EFT is that way to turn the light switch off. It turns the light bulb off, it breaks that circuit of that anxiety or that fear or that stress. So it gives you a chance to be able to catch your breath, calm the nervous system, to be able to respond rather than react, and really be able to look at the whole picture rather than that thing that triggered you in the moment.
Speaker 1:Now, do you find that when you have women that are coming to you, like one of the things that I think you probably work on is limiting beliefs and how fear is holding them out back? Let's talk about IET false expectations appearing real? Do you find that there are certain loops that you have to some of your clients that are repeating?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yes, so it's the guilt, the anger and the guilt. So they feel guilty and then it turns to anger and then it comes back to guilt. So it's just that constant. It's that infinity pattern of anger, guilt, anger, guilt, anger. And I ran that same pattern myself very early in my journey. It was guilt for not loving being a stay at home mom, and then angry at myself for not being able to hack it the way that I thought that I should be able to, and then back to being into that guilt, because then, you know, I was yelling at my kids and I was snapping at my husband and I was just miserable. Then I got angry again, and so that's really a common pattern that I see a lot of women running, and it doesn't have to be around, you know, motherhood. It's around family dynamics, it's around societal issues, it's around work. There are so many things, but that's one of the most common patterns that I see with women guilt to anger and then back again.
Speaker 1:I want to say that you bring up a really good point, like it doesn't matter if you're just a mom.
Speaker 1:I know that I have guilt because I have a professional career, running a doctor's office, and then I have my healing career and it's hard to do that full time because I'm running a doctor's office and I constantly go back and forth between guilt, anger, guilt, anger. So I really love that you work with that Cause it's such a I'm a mom, I'm a, I have a partner, like we have, you know, similar to you dog mom, cat mom we have two cats, you know. And it's, it's this constant like am I doing enough as being a parent? Am I doing enough being a partner? Am I doing enough in my professional career? Am I doing enough in my healing career, which is still my professional career? It's such a delicate balance and I love that you work with people to kind of say, okay, like it's okay, like to empower women, to really help them embrace who they are. That's, that's something that you really focus on empowering women and helping them to embrace who they are. Can you tell us a little bit more about that?
Speaker 2:Yeah. So and it goes back to that limiting belief, the mindset piece, because when we get stuck in these patterns whether it's a pattern of codependency, it's a pattern of anxiety yeah, we really attach those things to who we are. So many people say, oh, I'm anxious, I'm, oh, I'm, I'm so anxious, I'm so this, I'm so that, and so really it's like let's stop saying that we are those things, because we're not those things. We run a pattern that leads us to have those feelings, those thoughts, those behaviors, but they're all just patterns, mostly that we've learned in childhood. So it's really important to take a step back and look at the mindset that we have now, based on the experiences that we've had in the past, and shift that mindset to align with really who we are now, letting go of all of those outdated beliefs.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's perfect. Now you already mentioned that you use crystals, so can you tell us how to use crystals in your healing practices and what?
Speaker 2:benefits they offer. Yeah, so when I have a client that's coming to me for Reiki or EFT or really anything, I usually pull some crystals ahead of time, some that I just feel intuitively called to use and others that I know. Okay, this client, she's having some stomach discomfort because of the anxiety. Okay, so I, okay, I have the crystals for that. So it's really like a concoction of crystals that I know that will be helpful to them, and so I. Usually, if there's someone laying down on the table for energy work, I place the crystals around them to help with the energy flow of what were the intention behind the session. But if I have someone who's working with me, let's say with tapping, and they're doing remotely, I'll set up a crystal grid for them and then I usually have that run for them for about usually one to two days, so cool that you set up grids.
Speaker 1:I love that. Do you find that you utilize like certain crystals over others, or is it it's whatever you intuitively want to?
Speaker 2:select. It's intuitively what I want to select, but I have my favorite. So I love Chris Akala because that's a heart chakra stone and I feel like every we all need to be connected to our heart chakras more, because we all live in our heads so much, so that's one of my favorites. I have a little obsession, so I forget sometimes, like oh, I had a Krishnakala and then I go and I'm like, oh, look at that beautiful Krishnakala and I buy another. And then I'm like, oh, look at that one and it's beautiful, and I buy another. So I've put myself on the no more crystal color list. So now I know.
Speaker 2:But the other crystal that I really turn to a lot, which is a very common, which is rose court, because that's about self-love and we all need a little more self-love. But I also love clear courts as well, and because that's a clearing crystal and that really helps with clearing energy. And then tourmaline is another good one, because that's a grounding crystal, but that also helps with protecting our energy from negative influences and energy vampires.
Speaker 1:I love black tourmaline. I also like brown tourmaline. I'm a certified crystal healer, so one of the things I love to do is I like to grid my doorways. So it's like, and I have it at my workplace, I have my doorway grid with black tourmaline. I'm like, when you come in, make sure your energy is clear and you're doing that, and I love that you, um, you activate and you program crystal grids, which is only going to amplify the healing that you're providing to your clients. I think that's really amazing. So let me ask you this you, you have a, also have a podcast, so one of a kind you. What inspired you to start it, and can you tell us a little bit about that?
Speaker 2:Yes, so, um, it's evolved. I've taken a short break from it just for the past few months, but the goal is to get back into it come September. But when I started it was in the midst of the pandemic, so it was August 2020. And I was like I need to be able to reach people at a time where we're all stuck inside and we have limited contact with others. And everyone was, you know, podcasting and listening to podcasts, because it was a way to connect and get information while being stuck at home alone. So I started reading my journal entries from when I was in the thick of the struggle back in 2014 and reflecting on what I had written at that time and what I know now after all of the healing work that I've done and the certifications and all of those things. And it evolved over time for me to continue doing that but to also bring on as well.
Speaker 1:Oh, that sounds wonderful. I love that it's like and, honestly, what I love about podcasts so much is that they're international and really anyone that's you know, looking for a spiritual type of you know experience or you know I was going through struggles and you know I love that you offer that for your listeners. I think that's important. Can you explain what the importance of releasing past traumas to move forward and live a more fulfilled life? Why is that so important?
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's because a lot of times things are passed down to us that we don't even know are being passed down, and so, um, which was the case with me so I have dysfunction and trauma on both sides, so like severe dysfunction and generational trauma from my mom's side of the family and from my dad's side too, so it was like a double whammy. And what I didn't know when I was struggling with my teaching career and ending up in unhealthy relationships was a lot of it was beliefs and ideas that had been handed down to me that really were not healthy and with, you know, codependency and enmeshment, and, um, and I adopted those as my own and I took those with me, and it wasn't until I was in therapy and she was throwing all these labels at me. I was like codependency I don't even know what that is, but let me Google it yeah, yeah, yeah. And then she was like anxiety Nope, didn't think I was anxious.
Speaker 2:Childhood emotional neglect. I was like, okay, it makes sense. So it was like all of these things, um, that I had been carrying with me for my whole life and they really weren't helping me in any way. And I got to the point where I was like I cannot allow this to continue, um, because I don't want my daughters to continue with these patterns. So I have to just stop it right here and right now, and so I hope I'm answering your question.
Speaker 1:I feel like you are. No, I love it.
Speaker 2:I think this is perfect. So, um, so, that was really like that's it. It's like letting go of all that stuff. So you don't pass it on to people who don't necessarily want it, like your children or your partners, because I'm like, oh my gosh, I've traumatized my poor husband and his upbringing has been was vastly different than my childhood. So I always jokingly say, like there's ever a house that had like the cute picket white fence around the front yard, it would be his. You know his upbringing, so vastly different experiences. And so now he's kind of like eyes wide open like Whoa, I didn't even know, like things like that happened or existed or whatever, so, um, so I inadvertently started passing things onto him too that he didn't want. So none of us wanted it. It was time to just let it go and redefine how I wanted things to be moving forward.
Speaker 1:Oh, I love that, and it is interesting, Like when people come from trauma and you have people who don't come from trauma, that it's like it's almost like they have no idea how to help you in a situation. Like, and it's it's like rose colored glasses almost, and you're like well, don't you understand? Like, no, Like I will say that I commend you for, like you and your husband, for going through that journey, and also it sounds like boundaries are also super important for you also and how to really establish that so that way you break these generational issues and that you don't move that forward with your own daughters. I think that's so, so important that you're like Nope, it's the buck stops with me. And how has that been with cause? I would. I would wonder if, like with your family, your, you know, your mom and you know, has anyone like kind of bucked back at you, Like, well, this isn't, this is how we always did things and why are you changing, choosing to change that? Has that ever like come back at you at all?
Speaker 2:I've managed to do it subtly, so I don't even think that there's this huge awareness of what I've done, but we do get a little pushback sometimes. So when my girls were little, every weekend we would do dinner with my dad and my stepmom and it would become this huge thing. And then the uncles would come and their wives and then their kids, and before we knew it we had a group of like 15 people at a restaurant, which is not an easy feat to sit all of these people on a Friday, saturday night, and so, uh, a lot of times we didn't want to go, but it was too hard. I didn't know how to say no, not this time. And so, like, just, that's a such a small example, but I've gotten better at saying no, we're going to stay in tonight, or, oh no, we already have plans, or we'll catch you next time, things like that, because it can be a lot every weekend.
Speaker 1:I mean that's a big commitment every weekend with such a huge. I mean you're somebody who's energetically sensitive, I mean as a Reiki master, as a master IET instructor, like it's and I know you do a lot of other things with sound healing and whatnot Like that's a lot of energy You're. You're have to put up shields and how to like exchange energy and I commend you for you know setting up that. You know I'm good, like I'm going to respect my family nuclear unit and I'm going to tap out on this event. It's so important, like it. Just, I don't think people realize the power in saying no, thank you, would you, would you ever? Would you agree with that?
Speaker 2:Oh, absolutely, Because, uh, they're worried about what other people are going to think of them if they do say no. Thank you.
Speaker 1:Yes, it's so. So true, go ahead. They were through anyway, yeah, it's like it's.
Speaker 1:It's almost like you know, and I, I will say that I'm somebody who also, like, has struggled with boundaries and maybe being like overly accommodating for others and fear of, you know, not wanting to upset them, and then, ultimately, I think people are okay with you saying no, and you also don't have to have a reason for it. It's like yeah, I'm good, no, thank you. I had a friend once who sent me a message and she's like you're really good at saying no, I'm like, well, what benefit is it going to do if I'm in a mood and you're in a mood and we're not going to have a great experience? Like, no, thank you. I even do that with my clients too. If I'm yeah, if I'm not, well, obviously I do that. So I have a problem. So I'm going to ask you this question how do you help women create better boundaries and take back their time?
Speaker 2:Yeah. So part of it is setting standards instead of having expectations. So that was a big big thing it was. You know, I had expectations of others and they had them in return, and so expectations are very subjective, they're very hard to define, and usually I had expectations that I thought everybody knew what they were, but they really didn't. And so there was a lot of assumptions going on on both parts, both sides of the table, so to speak, and so once I set standards, that was really a huge game changer because they're more clearly, you can communicate them more clearly than you can in expectation.
Speaker 2:So just an example of standards versus expectations is you know expectations, for what does your kid's bedroom look like versus what is the standard of a clean room? So you know cause we are expectation of a parent as clean is different from what your kid's expectation is of clean. So in their mind, um, it's okay that they have dirty clothes on the floor because they're dirty and so. But us, as a parent, we're like dirty clothes on the floor is unacceptable. They're like, yeah, but they're all in one pile, it's in one corner, so that's clean, they're not thrown all over, and it's like, no, it's not clean, put them in your hamper. Your hamper is in the closet and so it's really setting. Next, setting standards of okay, what does a clean room look like? That means bed is made, night table is dusted, books are on the bookshelf, clothes are in the hamper. Whatever, the case is versus assuming that our expectations of a clean room are the same expectations of a clean room, that is such an excellent point Because I might assume that they.
Speaker 1:That's so true, because I can tell you my son does not have the same standard of what a clean room is. I'm like do you see this layer of dust on your bookshelf, sir? No, I don't care Like the clothes on the desk, don't care Like no, oh, I love that. That is such a and I you can imply that to so many different things, like even you know when your friendships and then you're, you're, you're at where you go to work. Oh, my goodness, I love that. That's so cool. Can you maybe share a success story of a client who has transformed their life through your coaching and healing methods?
Speaker 2:Sure. So I had a client and she was really struggling with people pleasing, especially around the interactions with the in-laws. So she felt like she never measured up, because she always felt like the in-laws were judging her and, no matter what she did, it was never good enough. And then that led to frustration with her husband because she felt like he never defended her and it was just because they all had different expectations of how things should be. So she even said I'm not the best housekeeper and I'm okay with that. I know where everything is, it's not unsafe for my child, it doesn't bother us, we're fine with it like this.
Speaker 2:But in-laws were like you're lazy, your house is a mess, this is disgusting, you shouldn't be living like this. Your house is a mess, this is disgusting, you shouldn't be living like this. And so it was really going back to having her setting standards for herself and her and communicating to her in-laws that these were her standards. It was okay if they didn't align with theirs, because they had their space, she had theirs and it was something that she had agreed upon with her husband. They were both on the same page with parenting, things like that. So it was just really she had agreed upon with her husband. They were both on the same page with parenting, things like that. So it was just really teaching her how to advocate for herself, not just with the in-laws, with the husband too. So I'm more about using strategies that are aligned with where they are in that moment.
Speaker 2:So she felt like there was a communication rift between her husband and her, because he worked night shift and she was home during the day and so he would sleep during the day and she would try to take care of things and he would say, oh, I'll take care of this, and then he wouldn't do it.
Speaker 2:So they created a Google doc and a Google calendar that they both had access to, they could both make changes to, they had a master list of you know, this is what needs to be done around the house, this is what needs to be done with baby, this is what needs to be done with you know, taking care of cars and other adult responsibilities, and they could communicate that way, leave each other comments notes, make changes. So it was a real life, living document, and so it took away some of that tension, because she felt like he was being defensive towards her and like what he wasn't doing was enough, but then she also felt the same way. So it really just minimized the tension amongst them, but also it helped her feel empowered to speak up and say to her in-laws like no, thank you, I don't like the way that you're treating me.
Speaker 1:I think that's wonderful, and the fact that you also. It's like they have a tangible thing that they can actually go and do. We're going to open up this document. It's we're going to have shared responsibilities. Take some of the stress off of me, take some of the stress off of you, which probably improved her as a being and her relationship, and I think that that's wonderful. I love that. Um, before I actually had two more questions, can you explain the benefits of sound healing and how it complements your other healing modalities?
Speaker 2:Yeah, so, um, just like with crystals, sound vibrates out of frequency and so a lot of times when we are stuck in um old energy from past traumas or even current traumas, that energy is stored in our body because everything is made up of energy. So the sound healing is a beautiful modality because it helps to rebalance that stuck negative energy, to shift it into the positive energy. So it really just keeps the energy flowing because the crystal sound bowls are aligned to each chakra that you have, and so that helps with chakra alignment. And then there are other instruments as well that also there are other instruments too that also align to chakras, so like a Native American drum aligns with the root chakra. So really just incorporating a variety of instruments really just helps with keeping our energy fluid and balanced and like cleaned out, so to speak.
Speaker 1:I think it's wonderful. I think a lot of people do not understand the benefits of sound healing and how vital it truly is. I love that you compliment your sound healing in with your other healing modalities. It's just a extra layer of healing. You know that. You know it's going to vibrate it out of the cells and infuse in that healing. I think that's it's so wonderful.
Speaker 2:So yeah, it's just like a little bit of an amplifier.
Speaker 1:So like clear quartz just getting as much.
Speaker 2:I feel like there's never too much. You can not have enough good so so true. It just helps to prolong um the benefits of the energy work.
Speaker 1:So oh, that's such a good point. So before I ask you the last question if anyone is interested in learning more about you and, you know, getting one of your wonderful healings or your podcast or anything what's the best place for them to go to?
Speaker 2:They can go straight to my website, which is kimkeencom.
Speaker 1:Perfect. So, lastly, what piece of advice would you give our listeners who are feeling overwhelmed and are looking to start their journey towards healing and self-empowerment?
Speaker 2:So I think the first thing really is just stopping to assess the one thing that you feel is the most pressing thing in this moment developing that awareness, because when we try to focus on all the things at one time, it feels overwhelming and we don't know which way to go, which way is up, which way is down.
Speaker 2:So if you can pick the thing that you feel is the most important to you in that moment, it might be helpful even to make a list of all the things that you have that are weighing on you in this moment, and and maybe you want to go like dive right into the thing that feels the most pressing or maybe you feel like, okay, I need to build up to this, so let me work on the one that feels the least overwhelming sort of get my feet, you know my bearings, and then I can move on to the next thing and the next thing and the next thing. I'm sort of like the snowball effect. Yeah, and don't be afraid to reach out for support, because that's going to make the process feel a whole lot less challenging. I mean, it's probably not always going to be easy. There are going to be some ups and downs, but if you have someone to lean on and get guidance and support from. It can make the process feel much more doable.
Speaker 1:Oh, I think that's amazing. Well, kim, thank you so much for coming on this special spotlight series. It's truly been amazing to speak with you today. Thank you so much. Yes, thank you so much for having me.
