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?
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.
After spending 20 years in business, Walle followed an unexpected calling into nursing. That decision eventually led her to Healing Touch and the world of energy healing, where a chance encounter with a book sparked a journey that would transform both her life and the lives of countless others. From pediatric oncology units and hospital leadership teams to classrooms, mentorship circles, and sacred places in nature, Walle shares how Healing Touch became a catalyst for personal growth, professional purpose, and authentic living.
Along the way, she reveals how intention shaped major turning points in her life, what it took to introduce Healing Touch into a hospital setting when many people doubted it belonged there, and why mentorship remains one of the most powerful forces in a healer's journey.
But this conversation goes beyond professional accomplishments. Walle reflects on reconnecting with her childlike sense of wonder, finding healing through nature, embracing active meditation, and following curiosity wherever it leads. Whether she's teaching Healing Touch, mentoring future practitioners, scuba diving in Belize, or spending time with children she calls the future healers of the world, her message remains the same: healing begins when we stay open to possibility.
If you've ever wondered what Healing Touch is, how Healing Touch practitioners develop their path, or why so many people describe Healing Touch as a catalyst for transformation, this conversation offers an inspiring and deeply personal perspective.
Popular Episode Topics Include: Healing Touch, Energy Healing, What Is Healing Touch, Healing Touch Benefits, Healing Touch Practitioner, Healing Touch in Hospitals, Healing Touch for Nurses, Integrative Healthcare, Healing Touch Mentorship, Healing Touch Education, Spiritual Growth, Nature and Healing, Intuition, Self-Care, Authentic Living
What You'll Hear In This Episode
- How Walle discovered Healing Touch after 20 years in business
- Bringing Healing Touch into a pediatric hospital setting
- The role of intuition, intention, and trust in major life changes
- Why mentorship matters in the Healing Touch journey
- How wonder, nature, and curiosity can support healing
- What Huacas are and how sacred places became part of Walleβs daily practice
β± Episode Chapters & Timestamps
00:00 β Welcome to Season 2 & meeting Walle Adams-Gerdts
01:45 β From business owner to nurse: following an unexpected calling
02:30 β Discovering Healing Touch through a bookstore encounter
03:30 β Meeting Nancy Lester and beginning the Healing Touch journey
04:30 β The intuitive download that changed Walle's career path
05:15 β Bringing Healing Touch into a children's hospital
06:30 β Working with intuitive children and creating lasting impact
07:00 β Life transitions, moving to the beach, and finding Maine
08:30 β Childhood wonder, nature connection, and staying grounded
10:00 β Healing Touch as a catalyst for personal evolution
11:00 β Planting seeds and supporting future healers
11:45 β Mentorship, community, and lifelong Healing Touch relationships
12:30 β The early challenges of introducing energy healing into healthcare
13:15 β Dream it. Think it. Speak it. Do it.
14:00 β Why mentorship matters
15:15 β Returning to the authentic self
17:00 β The power of intention and becoming a nurse
19:15 β Reconnecting with wonder through Healing Touch
21:00 β Earth medicine, shamanic studies, and nature connection
22:00 β What Healing Touch looks like in Walle's life today
23:45 β Healing Touch with her granddaughter
24:30 β Finding joy through children and service
25:45 β Nature, movement, and active meditation
26:15 β Scuba diving and discovering stillness
27:00 β Following wonder around the world
28:00 β The gift of curiosity and wonderment
30:20 β Introducing Huacas: sacred places of connection
32:30 β Why sacred places matter
33:30 β Final reflections and gratitude
About Our Guest: Walle Adams-Gerdts
Walle Adams-Gerdts, RN, HTCP/I, QM is a registered nurse, Healing Touch Certified Practitioner and Instructor, Qualified Mentor, and longtime leader within the Healing Touch community.
After a 20-year career in business, Walle followed a calling into nursing and eventually discovered Healing Touch - a path that led her to help introduce Healing Touch into a pediatric hospital setting and mentor generations of practitioners. Today she serves as Lead Mentor for the Healing Touch Program, teaches internationally, maintains a private practice, and inspires others through her passion for healing, nature, curiosity, and lifelong learning.
About Your Host: Leila Briggs
Leila Briggs, HTCP is a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner and host of The Energy Healing Podcast, presented by the Healing Touch Program.
Leila brings a lifetime of intuitive experience into grounded, heart-centered conversations about Healing Touch, energy healing, and everyday spiritual practice. Her work focuses on ethical healing spaces, intuition, personal transformation, and helping listeners explore energy medicine with curiosity, compassion, and discernment.
About the Podcast
The Energy Healing Podcast is where curious minds explore the world of energy healing, holistic wellness, and Healing Touch.
Hosted by Leila Briggs, each episode features real stories, expert insights, practitioner perspectives, research, and practical conversations designed to help you better understand how energy healing can support healing, growth, and transformation.
Whether you're wondering what energy healing is, exploring Healing Touch for the first time, seeking support for stress, anxiety, trauma, or pain, or considering a path into healing work yourself, this podcast offers a trusted place to learn, explore, and discover what's possible.
Presented by the Healing Touch Program, The Energy Healing Podcast helps bridge the gap between curiosity and experience - bringing together science, heart, and the healing power of human connection.
Disclaimer
The information contained in this video is provided only as general information and for educational purposes. It does not offer medical advice and is not intended to be a substitute or replacement for qualified medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please take responsibility for your own health.
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