Today, we’d like to introduce you to Elaine Grohman.
Hi Elaine, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My life as an Energy Healer and Intuitive began in an unexpected way. It was not something that I sought, but rather, a momentary event that occurred that sparked my desire to understand what I had experienced.
As a child, I was taught about the notion of God, Spirit, and Angels – each as beings beyond, above, or in control of our world and our experiences.
Without knowing how, I felt that what I had been taught was extremely limiting and, often, based upon fear and judgment. There was little, if anything, taught about inclusion, collaboration, insights, and understanding. Without realizing it at the time, I, like countless others, was led into the world of “beliefs” that, by their very nature, limit questions. It was not until my perceptions were expanded that I began the journey of discovering the greater capacity of our own Humanity.
Religion, as an important example, teaches more about fear than it does about understanding, drilling rules of what “not to do” rather than what “to do” to help make our world and our lives more meaningful and fulfilling. “Dogma” is defined as “a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.” Beliefs do not require evidence but are repeatedly conveyed in such a way, and with such authority, that “questioning” is forbidden, punishable, and discouraged. Sometimes subtly – many times overtly.
But one day in April 1997, all of that changed as I sat with my dying Aunt, whose body was ravaged by diabetes, leaving her in multi-system failure. She was receiving hospice care at home and was in the pre-active stage of dying. As I sat alone with her, holding her hand and thanking her for all that she had done for our family, a palpable shift occurred. She opened her eyes and said, “I see my sister.” “Then darling, you need to go to her. She will take good care of you,” was my reply.
Immediately, there was a palpable “whooshing” sensation in the room, like a soft breeze moving back and forth from her body into the room. Every hair on my body stood on end – and I knew all too well who she was seeing. She was seeing her only sister, my mother, who had died 27 years before that day. My mom died unexpectedly at the age of 47 when I was 13 years old, and our Aunt stepped in to help us as much as she possibly could.
From that moment on, I sought answers to questions about our Humanity, which brought me to study healing.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story. Has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what challenges have you had to overcome?
It would be foolhardy to think that learning is a smooth road – since learning requires trial and error, discovering what works and what does not. Learning is not academic – learning is experiential, and in my mind, to experience is preferential to “rote learning,” as is our common means of being “educated.”
First, I had to find someone who knew about what happens when we die and what helps us to actually live. Within a remarkably short time, I became a hospice volunteer and started to study Polarity Therapy, a form of Energy Medicine.
This opened an entire realm of experiences as I spent time with individuals who knew that they were dying, opening the possibilities for remarkable conversations to take place about what it means to live, and in those conversations, so much pretense fell away.
I appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
For the past 27 years, I have specialized in Energy Healing and Intuitive Readings. I have taught a method of Energy Healing called Sacred Geometry & Energy Medicine for 22 years.
I have had the privilege of working with medical students, physicians, residents, faculty, and fellows, as well as nursing and hospice students; authored two books, “The Angels and Me – Experiences of Receiving and Sharing Divine Communications” and “Spirit Awakening – Wisdom for Life and Living.” I have hosted a radio show on CBS and Empower Radio and a podcast on Empower Radio. I have been an invited guest on television, have written countless articles, and co-wrote a peer-reviewed article about energy healing and nursing.
Most importantly, I help people begin to appreciate what spirit, body, emotions, and mind truly mean so that the self that they are born to be can emerge, helping them learn how they can change and grow to be healthier, happier, and more balanced in life.
What sets me apart is my experiences and helping to normalize for others the countless things that we can do to change our quality of life. I have been at births, deaths, in operating rooms, in both pre-op and post-operative situations, and I have worked with countless terminally ill people. I have physicians and therapists send their patients to me, as well as those practitioners who are seeking ways to help themselves deal with stress and its associated complications.
I have been an invited speaker, and it is my goal to help people understand just how extraordinary life truly is – and the countless ways in which we, too, can have experiences that can change how we view ourselves. It is especially important to help people learn how to turn away from simply “reacting” so that we can learn how to “respond” appropriately to make better decisions. This helps when we get out of our own way and stop creating and participating in the stress that is so destructive.
I have had the privilege of deep friendship with Indigenous Elders, who have further helped me to appreciate the “why” of our existence, the role we have in honoring Earth, and the gifts of our Humanity that have been hidden from us, mostly by religion.
I am also an artist, calligrapher, and avid gardener.
We’d love to hear about any fond memories you have from when you were growing up.
My favorite childhood memory, and one that has stayed with me all my life, is the way our mom taught us all (I am one of 9 children) how to recognize a challenge and how to come up with another way to deal with a problem, helping us learn how to contribute to making things “work” in a family.
Our mom would gather us all together for a “Family Meeting.” If we had a grievance with a sibling, we had to write down the problem and what occurred, but then we had to also come up with a way to resolve the problem.
Each of us, and in no particular order, had the opportunity to “state our case” and then offer our thoughts about how to resolve the “problem.” If any of us got upset at the meeting, our mom would calmly tell that person to move back from the table. This meant that if you were angry, you could not participate in the discussion. When that person was calm, they were invited back into the conversation. Brilliant!
Once all “grievances” were resolved, the next order of business was assigned chores for the month. Chores were given based on “age-appropriate” tasks. From loading and unloading the dishwasher to mowing the lawn or weeding the garden beds to helping our disabled brother with his physical therapy to cleaning the house, each of us is learning what it means to contribute. There was no such thing as being “bored.” When all tasks were assigned, she would “adjourn” the meeting, and we would have a “Popcorn Party.”
Although I only had my mom for 13 short years, all of the countless lessons about love, family, relationships, creativity, and moving through difficult times have helped me throughout my life. As a result, my siblings are my best friends, and we have helped one another through countless illnesses, tragedies, deaths, challenges, and triumphs.
My mom was my greatest teacher, and she remains my lifelong heroine. Her examples demonstrated a profound love for family, friends, and the environment and have nurtured my own creativity and love of nature.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.elainegrohman.com
- Facebook: Elaine M. Grohman
- Email: elaine@elainegrohman.com
