We recently connected with Michelle Woodruff and have shared our conversation below.
Michelle, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.
The biggest risk I ever took in my life was coming out of the “psychic closet”. This is a phrase commonly used when a lifetime psychic individual decides to quit hiding. The most challenging part of coming out of the “psychic closet” is fear of how others will react. There are so many misunderstood, twisted stereotypes associated with psychics. I was a retired physical therapist assistant who worked in the medical field for nearly 25 years. I worked in pediatrics, outpatient orthopedics, neurology, home health, and hospice. One could say I worked the full life spectrum- from beginning to end. I am extremely intelligent and was an overqualified PTA . Each time I became bored, I would undertake another rehabilitation specialty, some of which included women’s health, cancer care, lymphedema, and incontinence. I even became a licensed massage therapist, which allowed me to work with clients utilizing my manual therapy skills, specifically myofascial release and craniosacral therapy, outside of work.
I was fearful of what others would begin to think. Psychics are often thought of as crazy lunatics, fake, and less than desirable people. The word psychic begins to conjure images of carnival fortune tellers with crystal balls, voodoo dolls, black magic, con artists and, as my husband likes to tease “shaking a dead chicken over a person”. Regardless of what people would think of me, I could no longer hold back this part of myself. What prompted this revelation? In one word-COVID.
What does COVID have to do with being psychic? It’s an unusual story, but it’s my story. I retired the year before COVID hit the world. I had worked in healthcare and literally “ridden it to the end”. I was just done with traditional healthcare. It no longer stimulated me intellectually, which was largely the reason I became a PTA. I was continuing to see private clients for specialized massage therapy occasionally, as I was still a licensed massage therapist. I was assisting my husband in our trucking business which was a multimillion dollar business, until one day it was not. Then the world stopped as COVID hit. I was not going back into healthcare, that was clear to me. My husband suggested that I obtain a CDL during lock down. So, I went from healthcare to truck driver during COVID lockdown. I still consider it my war effort, a modern day Rosie the Riveter. So he and I began driving a semi truck coast to coast as a team. One of us would sleep while the other would drive. The truck never stopped. We were hauling sanitizer, toilet paper, Amazon, whatever the world was needing to get through COVID.
It was during my night time driving hours that something unusual began happening. I was beginning to have ride a long visitors in the cab of the truck while I was driving. I have had encounters with other dimensional beings my entire life-yes, other dimensional beings. Here is when you know you are a psychic- you grow up talking to trees, fairies, ghosts, masters, angels. You assume everyone can do this until sometime in elementary school you start realizing everyone DOESN’T do this. Then you learn to shut up. At least, in the 1970’s and 80’s you didn’t talk about it for fear of being termed “crazy”. So this is what happened during COVID: deceased loved ones were contacting me with messages to relay to their family members on the Earth plane during COVID. Each message was critical to the health and well being of their loved one. And there wasn’t just a few “ghosts”. There was a line forming, it was keeping me busy, and giving me someone to talk to while I drove all night. It got to the point that my husband would awaken in the morning and ask, “who was riding with you last night?”
I remember the morning I told my husband I was coming out of the “psychic closet”. We were sitting in the cab of the semi waiting for the shipper to complete loading our trailer. I remember his reaction as he said, “Are you sure you want to do that?” As I was not only psychic, but empathic (that’s the ability to feel the emotions in other people), I could tell he was nervous. I knew I had to quit hiding who I really was, and embrace it, no matter what people would say or feel.
It was the best decision I’ve every made. Much to my surprise, people were more curious and asking questions vs laughing at me or scoffing. Ever since that day, I have embraced my gifts and have been guided to building a successful and lucrative business. None of my business decisions are made in a traditional manner-NONE. All decisions are made intuitively and through meditation-ALL DECISIONS. My husband says, ” I have learned to never question you business decisions because you seem to make a lot of money thinking outside the box.” I then reply, “What’s a box?”
Michelle, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I am an intelligent, highly educated wholistic practitioner who is also psychic and empathic. I have a BA in dance, psychology, and AAS as a physical therapy assistant. I worked in traditional healthcare for 25+ years as a Physical Therapist Assistant and obtained specialized training in John Barnes Myofascial Release and Upledger Craniosacral Therapy. I am a life long psychic who often worked with clients whom traditional physical therapists could not help, and got great results. I opened my own practice in 2022, Myofascial STL Plus, which combines research proven manual therapy techniques with more intuitive, science-based approaches such as EFT/Tapping (the most widely researched alternative therapy approach in the world), InHarmony Sound Lounge (Sound Bed) Vibroacoustic Therapy, Somatic Yoga (Affirmation Based with Coordinated Hand Positions), Seiki Tapping (A movement based meditation practice), and Yoga Woods Walks (2 hour nature experience that includes stream side yoga). The majority of my clients have “tried everything” with minimal to no lasting relief. They are coming to Myofascial STL Plus because they are not giving up on themselves. We provide a “no judgement zone” for healing, which often involves emotional releases. My background in traditional healthcare provides additional comfort, as there are times when I can recommend a traditional treatment that may not have been considered. I could list all the diagnoses we work with, but the list would be too extensive. Clients seek our services because they are having pain or anxiety that they would like to reduce. Some clients seek our services because they are looking for insight on personal growth. You will not find any Voodoo dolls or crystal balls, but you will find science based approaches and possibly insights on the nature of your discomfort. Yes, I am psychic. Yes, I can often “read” the body. First and foremost, I am a holistic practitioner that can assist you in reducing your pain or anxiety. Many times clients come with pain that is the result of “super sensitivity”. They may actually be empathic and not have the skills to manage it, resulting in pain. I’m a psychic, that doesn’t mean I don’t have critical thinking skills. You have certain skills and I have certain skills. Just because you don’t understand my skills, that doesn’t mean I am not valid or effective.
What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?
As I mentioned before, you will not find any of my business practices traditional or practical. I do not recognize ” the box”. Since I don’t recognize “the box”, I neither think inside or outside of it. I look inside for all of my answers. If I am not attracting clientele, I look inside myself to see what inside of myself is not attracting the clientele. I feel that what you project is what you attract. Often we feel we must “do something” to attract and grow our clientele, when in reality, we must recognize what inside ourselves is blocking that clientele from accessing us. For example, when my clientele begins to slow down, I focus on myself and personal growth. I may have a limiting thought that is affecting the attraction of clientele. Some of those thoughts could be, “I could use a break” or ” What if I can’t pay my bills?” both of these thoughts have crept into my mind and begun to slow new client referrals. Neither of these thoughts were rooted in reality. They were “background thoughts” that were running that I needed to eliminate. I will use meditation and tapping to remove these thoughts. Once these limiting thoughts are removed, new clientele start showing up.
I feel guilt is the most limiting emotion that limits attraction of new clientele and is a product of Western thinking. If we don’t have enough business or clientele, we immediately begin thinking, “What am I doing wrong?” Guilt is the primary building block of the Work Ethic, which is no longer effective. Let me explain. The Work Ethic reinforces guilt because when our business isn’t going the way we had hoped we instantly place guilt on ourselves by thinking, “I can work harder”, ‘I can work longer”, “I need to make more”, “I must not be good enough”, etc… I refuse to play the guilt game because it is a no-win situation. If I feel guilt is at the root of slowing referrals, I focus on my Somatic Yoga position designed to release guilt. Like I said, I don’t do business like your are supposed to do business.
In summary, how do I grow clientele? By removing any limiting thoughts I may have regarding why I am not getting more clientele, and execute Tapping, Meditation and Guilt Removal via Somatic Yoga. Yep, that’s me and I have never had to “go get clientele”, they come to me when I do this.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
That thinking inside the box didn’t work for me and my business, So, I began thinking outside the box and it worked better.
But when I got rid of the box completely, my business thrived!
It just takes courage.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://myofascialstl.com/
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