Courtney has been so brave to come on the blog and talk about her mental health struggles, this not only helps raise awareness but also helps other people feel less alone in their struggles and helps them to relate to stories like Courtney’s.
Courtney feels she has always struggled with her mental health, through her childhood and her high school years, she feels her mental health has always affected her life. Fast forward to 2023 Courtney had a near-death experience and was left traumatised by this, after a year of suffering, she found reiki, which has ultimately changed her life for the better and she has now begun to heal and started her own business to help others start the healing journey, truly incredible.
In 2023, Courtney got married and went off on her honeymoon with her husband, what was meant to be an amazing excursion and an insightful boat trip, quickly turned disastrous. Due to horrendous weather, Courtney, her husband and around ten other people found themselves in the middle of the Mexican sea (although closer to Cuba than they were to Mexico) in shark invested waters, battling waves after their boat had started to sink, they were essentially drowning as the life jackets were not working and they had no other support to keep them afloat. By some miracle, a boat rescued them and took them to a hotel in Mexico, Luckily, Courtney had found her bag which had her money, and hotel keys to help them and other people get back to their hotels and resorts.
Although they were safe and survived the experience, Courtney suffered for around a year afterwards and had a serious fear of water, she couldn’t get into baths, swimming pools or the sea, She then quickly realised she needed to get some help with this, which is so brave and amazing she felt she needed some help.
Instead of going to therapy for CBT, Courtney decided she would like to try holistic therapy to regain her spark. In the October she started Reiki and from this realised she was extremely spiritually strong, through this, she began to heal and has amazingly come out of the other side, she has regained her spark is no longer afraid of water and has overcome her fear, SO AMAZING!.
As mentioned at the start of the blog post, she is now helping others heal through her own reiki business and has over 155 women she is supporting, she would love to get into the male space and help men heal from experiences and become the best version of themselves.
She says “Reiki saved my life and changed my whole prospect on absolutely everything and she is now stronger than ever and loves everything she is doing”
I hope Courtney’s story has helped you in some way and gives you the hope that after traumatic experiences you can regain your spark back and find yourself again. Courtney’s story also shares a message that you can try different therapies rather than CBT, if this hasn’t worked for you in the past, you could take a holistic therapy route just like Courtney has.
If you would like to drop Courtney a message about Reiki and get more insight into this, her business Instagram is – @Internal_bloom
Lots of love x