We recently connected with Amanda Alchemy and have shared our conversation below.

Amanda, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Alright, so you had your idea and then what happened? Can you walk us through the story of how you went from just an idea to executing on the idea

I remember when I was a young girl working in a cafe, people used to ask me “What do you want to do when you get older,” and I would always tell them “I want to heal the world.” More often than not, that response was met with laughter, but in my heart it was the only thing that felt true for me.

Given how susceptible we are at that age, I let those responses mold me. I went on with my life trying to ‘make something of myself as a professional,’ so I got a degree in Urban Development from Arizona State, made quite a bit of money working in fine dining restaurants and bought my first house when I was 23. Through all of this, I still had this underlying feeling that I was meant to do something greater, to support humanity in a more profound way.

So, as time went on, I found myself physically deteriorating with this deep desire burning within me. I can’t quite recall what sparked the action step, but I ended up back in school to become a Certified Holistic Nutritionist…which was a gateway to the study of many hands-on holistic healing modalities. I studied everything from Massage to Reiki, Life Coaching, Hypnotherapy, Polarity, Craniosacral and so much more. Throughout this journey I began feeling aligned with my purpose and grounded into an education that put language to things I was trying to articulate.

While I was in school I began offering sessions for free, and then eventually requisition donations for my work. This was the biggest part of my own personal process of defining self worth and value. I just had to lean in and trust. When I truly began charging for my work, everything shifted.

For me, this work was never about the money and always about true healing…but I also knew I needed to support myself abundantly in this world in an honest way. So, I let things grow organically and I leaned into spirit. I made the commitment to stay connected to this work and I asked that I be supported by spirit too.

I do not have a very linear mind so building a business based on following trends and algorithms was never in my wheelhouse, so I needed to build it in a different way. I had to build it according to the laws of the universe.

Where I think people could use support around is the energetics of creating a business. Support around understanding how to create an integral company that in an organic and abundant way. What I’ve learned through this process is that everything is about trust and surrender. It is about leaning in, even when you want to lean out.

Amanda, 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?

Like many Practitioners that find themselves in the Healing Arts Community, we become a vibrational match for this work through our own self healing journeys. It can be difficult for me to share my ‘story’ because I feel like I’ve lived so many lifetimes since the origin of my own suffering, but I guess it began at an early age. I found myself depressed and unable to relate to the outside work. In the hardest years of my life, I found myself in many non-consensual sexual experiences while dealing with alcoholism, anorexia and bulimia. I had been to a doctor one time because I was having panic attacks and they wanted to put me on daily antidepressants, and I could not agree to that. So, I set out to heal myself naturally, through nutrition and energy medicine. Through that study, I came to understand that all of these symptoms I was experiencing, all of the “dis-ease,” was a result of my energetic sensitivity. So, I began to understand how sensitivity is truly a gift, and how it was the very thing that was going to help me help other people.

I find that many of my clients come to me dealing with very similar issue to the ones I overcame, People come to me seeking empowerment, soul retrieval, understanding, spiritual growth, and sometimes they don’t even know how they end up with me…they just do. We work together to really pinpoint the deeper reason for our coming together and use breath and bodywork to align the mind body and spirit.

I’m most proud of having an incredible reputation for my work. It is through that feedback, I am able to understand how deeply I am helping others. I am humbled every day by the things clients tell me about what they receive from our sessions and I feel such a deep sense of gratitude in my heart. Clients often ask me what I see or experience during sessions and for me, that is such a mental way of relating. I am there for them, present with them, and in that expression, people feel seen, felt and heard. That creates a safe space for them to be fully expressed and related to…and what I’ve learned is that not everyone has a place like that.

Which is why I’ve been expanding my business from 1 on 1 sessions to larger groups. I hold the intention of building a greater community of empathic witnesses who are ready to effect the world in a genuine and loving way. While the healing begins within us, this movement has a ripple effect and I’m so excited to ride this wave of expansion through group breathwork and meditation events.

How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?

My entire business has been built primarily on word of mouth, which has been so profound. In recent months, I have asked a few clients to start leaving me reviews on google so that I can try and expand more (now that I am ready for that). Their responses have been truly profound, and has helped me see the impact I am having on the world.

I think my reputation is one based in safety, rapport, reverence, integrity, and a deep mastery in the ability to hold a deep container. (and I say that last part, humbly). I think my reputation has built within my market because I am deeply embodied in my work and in my dedication to these principles.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

A lesson I am currently unlearning in the deep lineage of having to do everything alone. Of having to “do it all” because “I can handle it.” We have all be so programed to be so deeply expressed in a patriarchal society of doing so much, running our nervous systems down, and trying to manage way more than we can actually hold. I’m learning to slow down and receive more.

What I’ve observed is that the more I co-create and the more I lean into the community around me, the more I am divinely supported.

Something I find myself saying often is “Pay the people.” Pay the experts in website development, if that is something you struggle with, because if your trying to master something your not good at, it becomes an energy leak. Stay on mark with your passion, ask for help when and where you need it, and the whole ecosystem is supported.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.amanda-alchemy.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/Element.Tree
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10052635
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCofh3JB0k8AW4LvEDivEGnw
• Other: https://www.google.com/search?q=element+tree+healing&client=safari&source=hp&ei=ogdfYuTSD_nFkPIPyM284A4&iflsig=AHkkrS4AAAAAYl8Vsuuqv_1jvs2Z987jd7RqJDulN1Qu&ved=0ahUKEwjkq-7R6KD3AhX5IkQIHcgmD-wQ4dUDCAw&uact=5&oq=element+tree+healing&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgAToRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QM6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOggILhCABBCxAzoFCAAQgAQ6CwguEIAEELEDENQCOgsILhCABBCxAxCDAToOCC4QgAQQsQMQxwEQ0QM6CwguEIAEEMcBENEDOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCjAjoICAAQsQMQgwE6CwguEIAEEMcBEKMCOggIABCABBCxAzoICAAQgAQQyQM6BQgAEJIDOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCvAToLCC4QgAQQxwEQrwE6EQguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBEK8BOgoIABCABBCxAxAKOgoIABCxAxCDARAKOgoILhDHARCvARAKOgQIABAKOgcIABCABBAKUABY5A9g2BFoAHAAeAOAAdkDiAH8FZIBCjIuMTIuMC4yLjGYAQCgAQE&sclient=gws-wiz#

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