Energy Healing Podcast

Stories, Science & Practice

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About the Podcast

Energy healing stories rooted in Healing Touch

The Energy Healing Podcast, produced by the Healing Touch Program, explores real stories, evidence-informed research, healthcare applications, and practical conversations about Healing Touch and energy healing.

Episodes help listeners understand what energy healing is, how Healing Touch is used, and why practitioners, nurses, educators, and individuals turn to this work for support, learning, and professional practice.

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Latest Episodes

Season 2 — Healing Touch in Practice

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Season 2 • Episode 01

How Healing Touch Helped Me Start Over After 20 Years | Walle Adams-Gerdts

What happens when the life you've built no longer feels aligned with who you're becoming?

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In the Season 2 premiere of The Energy Healing Podcast, Leila Briggs sits down with Healing Touch practitioner, instructor, mentor, and longtime healthcare pioneer Walle Adams-Gerdts for a conversation about intuition, purpose, healing, and the courage to begin again.

Guest:Walle Adams-Gerdts
Host: Leila Briggs

 

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Season 2 • Episode 01

Becoming a Healing Touch practitioner: Anisa’s path through shame, doubt, and compassion

Becoming a Healing Touch practitioner is not only about learning techniques. For Anisa Zahir, it also meant meeting self-doubt, shame, and inner shadow work with compassion.

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In this conversation, Leila Briggs talks with Anisa Zahir about her path from Reiki and mindfulness-based healing into Healing Touch. Anisa shares how her Healing Touch apprenticeship helped her build confidence as a healer, complete her 100 practice sessions, and learn to trust the work even when she did not always feel energy clearly.

Guest: Anisa Zahir
Host: Leila Briggs

 

Season One

Season 1 — Foundations of Healing Touch

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Season 1 • Episode 15

Energy is the Real Lever — Most People Miss with Katherine Krupka

What if the real reason healing works… isn’t what most people think?

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In this powerful Season 1 finale of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Katherine Krupka—Executive Director of the Energy Medicine Professional Association (EMPA) and longtime Healing Touch practitioner—to explore one of the most important truths in energy medicine:
👉 Energy is the real lever—and most people completely miss it.

Guest:Katherine Krupka
Host: Leila Briggs

 

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Season 1 • Episode 14

Stop Second Guessing - Just Trust It Even If You Doubt with Linda Silvas

What if the thing you’ve been sensing your entire life… is actually real?

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In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Linda Silvas—an intuitive healer, massage therapist, and trusted guide within the Healing Touch community—to explore a lifetime of experiences with energy, intuition, and healing

Guest: Linda Silvis
Host: Leila Briggs

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Season 1 • Episode 13

It’s Not Just Sound — It’s Something Deeper with Elizabeth Smith

What if sound isn’t just something you hear… but something you feel, respond to, and even heal through?

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In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Healing Touch Practitioner and sound healer Elizabeth Smith to explore the deeper layers of sound as a healing modality—and how it can reach places words cannot. 

Guest: Elizabeth Smith
Host: Leila Briggs

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Season 1 • Episode 12

30 Years in Healthcare — Something Was Missing with Susan Rahn

After 30 years in healthcare, Susan Rahn had done everything right—built a career, helped patients, and followed the system.

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In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Susan Rahn, a former Family Nurse Practitioner, to explore what happens when traditional medicine no longer fulfills the deeper calling to truly heal.

Guest: Susan Rahn
Host: Leila Briggs

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Season 1 • Episode 11

I Was Struggling, Then This Changed Everything with Lisa Goodman

What begins as a moment of personal struggle becomes a lifelong calling to heal, teach, and transform healthcare from the inside out.

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In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Lisa Goodman—a Healing Touch Practitioner, instructor, and integrative healing leader—to share how one class during a difficult time changed the entire trajectory of her life.s.

Guest: Lisa Goodman
Host: Leila Briggs

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Season 1 • Episode 10

 Don’t Waste Your Time Talking About It — Give Them an Experience with Betty Minifie

What starts as curiosity—and even skepticism—becomes a series of undeniable experiences that change everything.

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In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Betty Minifie—longtime Healing Touch instructor, nurse, and educator—to explore a lifetime of stories that reveal the quiet, undeniable impact of energy healing in real-world settings.

Guest: Betty Minifie
Host: Leila Briggs

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Season 1 • Episode 9

I Didn’t Believe in This Either — How a Skeptic Became a Healer with Susan Oates

What if the most powerful way to understand healing… isn’t through explanation, but through experience?

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In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with healer and yoga teacher Susan Oates to share her deeply personal journey from doubt to direct experience with energy, healing, and spirit.

Guest: Susan Oates
Host: Leila Briggs

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Season 1 • Episode 8

Healing, Education & the Earth — Gabriel Pickus on Energy, Community & Collective Healing

What if healing wasn’t just personal… but something that could transform entire communities?

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In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Gabriel Pickus - healing-centered educator, community leader, and Healing Touch Certified Practitioner - to explore how energy medicine, education, and environmental connection can come together to create real, lasting change.

Guest: Gabriel Pickus
Host: Leila Briggs 

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Season 1 • Episode 7

When Healing Found Me — How an Unexpected Spiritual Experience Led Me to Healing with Therese Anderson

Sometimes the path to becoming a healer begins long before we recognize it.

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In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Therese Anderson, a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner and Instructor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to explore the spiritual and cultural experiences that guided her toward energy healing.

Guest: Therese Anderson
Host: Leila Briggs

Season 1 • Episode 6

My Neck Was Broken - How Energy Changed My Recovery with Stacy Noel

What happens when your life changes in an instant… and your healing becomes your teacher?

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In Episode 5 of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Stacy Noel—a nurse practitioner, holistic nurse coach, Reiki Master, and Healing Touch Certified Practitioner & Instructor—who shares the deeply personal story of recovering from a devastating car accident that left her neck broken and her arm temporarily unusable.

Guest: Stacy Noel
Host: Leila Briggs

Season 1 • Episode 5

Not Born Intuitive – Becoming Intuitive: A Grounded Look at How Intuition Actually Develops

What if intuition isn’t something you’re born with… but something you build?

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In Episode 5 of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs talks with Healing Touch Instructor Stacie Demo about how intuition develops gradually through practice, curiosity, and lived experience. They explore subtle energy sensitivity, Reiki and Healing Touch, spiritual support from the other side, and why sometimes “being wrong” is exactly how intuition grows.

Guest: Stacie Demo
Host: Leila Briggs

Season 1 • Episode 4

You Don’t Need to Believe, Just Be Curious - Powerful Insight for Every New Healer with Cindy Palajac

 What if you didn’t have to believe in energy healing… just be curious?

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In Episode 4 of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Cindy Palajac, a longtime Healing Touch Instructor and mentor who has helped guide countless students—from beginners to future teachers—through the Healing Touch journey.

Guest: Cindy Palajac
Host: Leila Briggs

Season 1 • Episode 3

When Science Opens the Door to Spirit: Renata Maniaci on Healing Touch, Intuition, and Finding Your True Path

A public health professional shares how Healing Touch became a turning point.

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In this episode, host Leila Briggs speaks with Renata Maniaci about her unexpected journey from academia and public health into energy healing, spirituality, and transformational leadership.

Guest: Renata Maniaci
Host: Leila Briggs

Season 1 • Episode 2

Healing Touch as Calling, Comfort, & Sacred Care: Jean Pruett on Faith, Intuition, & Healing in Healthcare

A chaplain and longtime Healing Touch instructor shares her journey into energy medicine.

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In this episode, host Leila Briggs speaks with Jean Pruett, a hospital chaplain and experienced Healing Touch instructor, about how energy healing found her during a pivotal time of illness, loss, and spiritual questioning.

Guest: Jean Pruett
Host: Leila Briggs

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Season 1 • Episode 1

From Science to Self-Healing: Patricia Briggs on Healing Touch, Trauma, and Transformation

A nurse, chemist, and mother’s journey into energy healing

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In this episode, host Leila Briggs speaks with her mother, Patricia “Trish” Briggs, a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner, about her journey from science-based healthcare into energy healing.

Guest: Patricia Briggs
Host: Leila Briggs 

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Produced by the Healing Touch Program, a leader in evidence-informed energy healing education.

Healing Touch is a heart-centered, evidence-informed energy healing modality used to support physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

DISCLAIMER: The information provided in this video and podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as medical advice and should not be considered a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always take responsibility for your own health and consult a qualified healthcare provider with any questions or concerns.

Views and experiences shared by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Healing Touch Program. 
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