Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Charlene Cabral. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, Charlene thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?

I am the middle of 3 children and felt left out as my brother and sister had other issues to deal with so I was always the “good girl” helping and staying out of trouble and I later realized I did that because I wanted to be valued, recognized and appreciated but that only happened when I was “DOING” and “TAKING CARE OF OTHERS”. I felt like I had to DO life all by myself. I was it, I didn’t have anyone that was going to help me and if I thought otherwise I would be let down and disappointed so I shut down emotions as well as my needs. I did it all for myself and for you!

Life unfolded, I was working as a waitress at Newport Creamery at age 16, the plan was to go to school for accounting but I left Newport Creamery when my high school guidance counselor opened the door to work in insurance. I thought it would look better on the resume so this is how I fell into the insurance industry where I have been for the past 38+ years.

In my 20’s I reconnected with my interests in holistic classes and remedies such as Reiki, Polarity and later Massage.

Jumping forward, I was now working at this particular insurance agency that I agreed to go to work for after having my first child. I had already been in the business for 16 years but up until this point I never really knew how much I knew about the insurance industry.

This job gave me the opportunity to become aware of this fact as this agency owner allowed me to run his business like it were my own while he was off golfing and doing other things. In the time I worked for this owner, I helped to double the size of this mans agency without the need to hire any additional employees as I implemented processes that helped rather than hindered the existing staff.

I still run in to employees from this agency that tell me the tools I put in place helped tremendously. You see, now I also teach insurance so I own a small insurance agency, teach insurance and practice massage/energy work. Clearly I am here to help and protect people while helping to release their pains.

In the 8th or 9th year of my employment with this agency, he decided to bring on a young man with (1) year experience in the business and make him a partner in the agency I grew. At the end of that year he fired me. THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY JOURNEY OF OPPORTUNITY!

I call it an opportunity as I was already noticing signs all around me and just before he let me go I got an internal message which said… “You are here to do BIG Things” so when it happened I really didn’t feel much of anything.

I packed my things up with the help of my now ex-husband and I headed home.

It was snowing that day and when I got home I found a pin with and angel on it and the pin read… “Snowflakes are like angels kisses”… ANOTHER SIGN!

I should also insert that as I was on this journey of learning new modalities I thought “why am I fragmented? I am an Insurance Professional and I’m learning holistic stuff, it doesn’t make sense”. Hold this thought as I will come back to it later.

So I lost my job, I was the one in the family who made more money so I started to wonder how are we going to do this as I was married at the time and we had (3) children.

Fast forward, soon after I lost my job, my now ex-husband lost his so we have NO INCOME and NO MEDICAL INSURANCE as he had health insurance through work.

I said, we will have to gamble. We are not gamblers however we can’t afford to pay for the insurance so what can we do as we were both unemployed and now both on unemployment.

A nice woman at unemployment told me… “You know, it is OK if you start your own business nights and weekends while you try to find a job”. I heard her underlying message so I did.

In the meantime (2) more interesting opportunities presented themselves:

1. My husband of 23 years, together for 30 decided to give me the best gift ever… HE DIVORCED ME!
2. When he decided to divorce me I also learned that I had Stage 4 Breast Cancer!

The corrupt legal system ignored all the evidence I brought forward and dragged the divorce out for (3) years while draining every penny of my retirement savings and more. The kids were acting out because their father was not a nice guy. Unconscious to his childhood wounds I now realize I manifested a narcissistic individual who was angry and fearful who deep down hated himself. He was OCD for a number of reasons and even though he wanted children, he could not stand that they made a mess, they did not listen and he had no control over them so he was verbally, emotionally, psychologically abusive and unfortunately physically abusive especially to my middle son. I could not save them and I too felt stuck in those old beliefs and vows about “For Better or Worse”… but FOR WHO?

As I continued on my journey of learning which obviously evolved into healing, I realized my middle son mirrored him and he hated himself so much from his childhood that he was lashing out on my son and that is not OK.

The next (10) years were challenging but also opportunity as I went to massage school in the evening and became a Licensed Massage Therapist. My parents and sister helped me with the kids so I could work and go to school so I could provide for myself and my children. The goal was to keep them safe and protected from what we all know could be around us in this world of terror and fear!

As I started working as a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) it all came together. Those past years of feeling fragmented all came together.

I wasn’t fragmented at all, I was on my journey and some day (now is the day) it all came together!

I got downloads, inner knowings and guidance about the person(s) pains. It was like everything came together and now I am blending in energy work of reiki and polarity with chakras and reflexology and meridians to name a few. Everything I have studied came together and the big piece was EMOTIONS!

I could not believe it!

You see my entire life I never really went to emotions as I thought that made me weak and I would get in trouble, or punished or many of us know that the belt was used back then so I learned to SHUT PARTS OF MYSELF DOWN!

Opportunity finally arrived…. I was now helping people connect their pains to the trapped emotions that are held on the body and cellular levels. I am now helping people “Release the Pains of Their Past”! This is my tag line.

In my process I also remind people that we come from DNA therefore some of the pains we are feeling, maybe all of them are those that you inherited from your past. Some people did not agree with what I was saying but yet their body is yelling of pain therefore my response would be “if you are not experiencing this in your life but you have these pains and in the specific areas of your body then it has to be inherited… why else would it be there? You tell me nothing is working. Just be open to the possibility and set yourself free”.

My work has evolved into a non-hands on approach as well, I call it “Ask Charlene”.

“Ask Charlene” people either talk about their physical, emotional or psychological pains and I want them through the process then give them ideas on what to do next to clear their energetic field from what released. Each day the work evolves as people present with daily problems where they are unable to uncover what lies beneath, my process works for them in this way as well.

From that first day I massaged as an Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) and the past knowledge came together, Intuitive Massage with Charlene was born and so was I.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I am Charlene A. Cabral, LMT, RPP, RYSE Teacher Trainer, CIR, CIMI, CEIM, MMP

I obviously love to learn and be knowledgeable in various modalities so I can help people “release the pains of their past”.

I have been studying and practicing energy work for over 23+ years. After getting divorced I followed my dream of becoming a massage therapist. I never knew why until one day while I was massaging I got a download. All the information I learned previously came together and I was able to connect the dots for people and help them understand what lies deep beneath their pains.

I am an insurance professional of over 38+ years however I believe that is another avenue to help people. As I help consumers and other insurance professionals with insurance related matters, pains, problems and concerns come up for them and I help them connect the dots so they can release the past and move forward into the life they are wanting to live.

I offer many services and I feel it would be best to offer my website and other links for your viewers as it provides detailed information.

Website: https://intuitivemassagewithcharlene.vipmembervault.com
Linktr.ee: My account which lists all my information and offerings in one location: linktr.ee/intuitivemassagewithcharlene

What sets me apart from other massage therapists is my Intuitive Massage with Charlene as it blends in many other modalities to help you connect with your pain. It is an interactive massage and it was intuitively guided to me so no one can learn the practice unless I teach it and I have not evolved to that desire as of yet.

I am most proud of the gift of knowing that was given to me as part of my journey and how I can help the world evolve. We all have gifts that are granted to us and I believe in God, Angels, and the Universe therefore I believe I am supported by all in order to bring my gifts to the world and “Help People Release the Pains of Their Past”. I am proud of all the people I have been able to help that trusted in me knowing I am not judging them for anything that comes up so the gift instilled in me the ability to trust and believe in myself which allowed others to trust and believe in me so I can do this work.

We may also want to incorporate my Story Here as I covered a lot of this question in the previous question you asked.

Contact Information:

Charlene A. Cabral, LMT, RPP, RYSE Teacher Trainer, CIR, CIMI, CEIM, MMP
Intuitive Massage with Charlene
Website: https://intuitivemassagewithcharlene.vipmembervault.com
Linktree: linktr.ee/intuitivemassagewithcharlene
Email: [email protected]
Cell#: 508-269-6774

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

I believe it is due to what I call my incorrect thoughts, feelings, emotions, beliefs and perceptions from the past aka childhood and beyond that I vowed to do it all myself, that no one had my back so it was all on me to survive.

That incorrect perception afforded me the opportunity to keep moving forward in the face of what some may call adversity or even negative times.

A few thoughts come to mind but it appears that what is beneath all of them is money.

You see I thought about sharing what it was like to go through cancer or what it was like to work 3-4 jobs while raising 3 children without their father or being pulled into schooling situations because the children were acting up or the horrific divorce and the legal system however it all came down to money.

Even in the face of everything I looked at what I was looking to protect, my children and provide for them. Maybe that was because I didn’t feel protected as a child or protected in the way I wanted to be protected as I realize our wounds come from those places of incorrect thoughts, feelings, emotions, beliefs, perceptions.

I needed to do everything I was doing so I could earn money in order to keep the house, allow the children to be in the place they knew an loved (myself included) while moving forward.

You might think wow you got it all together and you must have made a lot of money doing all you did but the fact of the matter is, there are many times that I don’t know where the mortgage payment is coming from however I breathe, trusting and believing that I am on the right path heading in the direction that will set me free from any financial concerns. I am provided for and that is the truth as many times I had $1.50 in the bank but all the bills were there and some how I made it through.

I guess I will blend some of the above in to clarify what I mean.

While I was going through the divorce, and as I said the legal system dragged it out for 3 years while draining every penny I had, I still kept moving forward. I would work and now I was working my start up insurance agency I ran from my home. I realize that God had a plan and this way I can work from home while making money, tending to the kids, tending to my cancer treatments as well as tending to the horrific legal system and the people that make it up.

I remember pulling together all my documents for court as you couldn’t trust the attorneys as they weren’t prepared, they didn’t get the information correct so I had to protect myself and my children. I learned this the first time I went to court and the judge played her game, which I learned that is all it is, and my attorney at the time looked at me and asked ME if I had the paperwork. Are you kidding me… I gave you $30,000 and you waited to go to court for 9 months claiming it was because of chemo and my treatments when in reality all it did was hurt child support, which he either wasn’t paying or wasn’t paying what he should have been and the legal system did nothing. Actually he told everyone how he paid off the judge in order to get the rulings that she handed down. Do I believe it – YES because evidence was dismissed and I was left responsible for all of the marital debt while caring for 3 children with no money because the judge dragged it out so all my money was exhausted. The entire time I kept moving forward and did what I had to do in order to get done with the process and be FREE from the past, FREE FROM MY PAINS OF THE PAST that did not serve me anymore.

I made it through and I survived. I started to see the light and no longer stuck in that dark train tunnel.

I will share that even though I was doing what I had to do with the legal system, there were many times I just sat in my house crying. Crying because I felt like I was stuck in a train tunnel with no sign of light, fearing what was going to kill me or at least run me down. I feared that what would kill me was more of the financially and emotionally strains and not the cancer. After all it is the legal systems job to drag things out and torture you. I just never let them see that, I came prepared and called the judges and attorneys out on their lies!

As for the cancer, remember I was going through chemo treatments during this time as well as I did what I had to do, for some reason I wasn’t sick or tired even though I was having huge doses of chemo blown into my body. That is what bothered me the most, these drugs being blown into my body. I didn’t drink, I didn’t smoke, I didn’t do drugs, etc… I joke and say I’m a step down from Mother Theresa and now I have huge doses of chemo being blown into my body.

What kept me going again was not thinking about this process, focusing ahead which was getting through the divorce and free, protecting my children, doing what needed to be done with them, tending to my clients, etc so basically I didn’t have time to get stuck in Poor Me or even think about this horrific process.

I kept my focus on the other patients because they made me feel fabulous. They were always looking for me and saying … “You’re that girl”. What they meant is I was getting my treatments but telling everyone there, nurses included that it is part of your journey. It is not about the cancer or the disease, it is about the message. I kept my focus on how I was helping other patients through their journey and it brought me joy.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

The lesson I learned ties into the above and all the other incorrect thoughts, feelings, emotions, beliefs and perceptions I had..

I already said that I thought I had to do it alone therefore I attracted someone that expected me to do it all while just taking and being his narcissistic self.

I learned we are children and we don’t know any better so things happen and we may get scared (FEAR is actually the emotion under everything) then from there we go into our story which keeps us wounded and stuck until we are ready not to be wounded and stuck anymore.

I learned to keep digging into my incorrect thoughts, feelings, emotions, beliefs and perceptions so I can heal the past, call back those fragmented parts of myself in order to BE ME rather than what everyone else wanted me to be so their life was easier.

This awareness then lead me to the work I am doing today which is helping others “Release the Pains of Their Past”

Contact Info:

• Website: https://intuitivemassagewithcharlene.vipmembervault.com
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• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlene.cabral.16
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlene-cabral8843
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JYxf3hERbnnRzsJFws4aA
• Other: Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/intuitivemassagewithcharlene

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Jamie Bates, Wicked Depiction Photography