We recently connected with Christine Myers and have shared our conversation below.

Christine , appreciate you joining us today. Looking back, do you think you started your business at the right time? Do you wish you had started sooner or later

I believe in divine timing and that everything happens right when it should. I actually never imagined I would take the entrepreneurial path but the deeper I dove into my spiritual healing, the stronger the calling became.

To truly appreciate where I am now, I need to take you back to 2014 when I first began my spiritual journey.

I was a stay-at-home mom, married with two kids and one bonus kid. It was everything I was conditioned to want but I was miserable. Growing up in an abusive home where alcohol and violence flowed nightly, I was often in front of the tv dissociating from my reality and letting Friday Night Sitcoms shape my beliefs on what “Real Life” should look like. I was desperate to escape and took the first opportunity when it came my way.

After ten years together my marriage was failing, being at home every day with my children left me feeling isolated, which cycled into a rainstorm of shame for feeling that isolation, my husband had drifted into the arms of other women and then my father passed away. It wasn’t until that moment that I realized life is way too short to pretend to be happy when you’re not. This was when everything shifted, and I started to get really honest with myself.

Six months after my father passed away, I left my husband.

I started living my life for me, which spearheaded my awakening. I dedicated every free hour to my children and my health. It was a natural pull, not based out of fear but from the heart. I began a daily practice of mindful eating, yoga, attending monthly wellness events and being trained in Usui Reiki for at home support, even though my mentor was nudging me in the direction of becoming a Reiki Practitioner. I brushed off the nudge, my life was below rock bottom. I was in no space to help others, and something told me it was about to get worse.

A year after my divorce, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

A total blow to my system. I had the active life and was eating all the good food. Shock was an understatement, but I didn’t let my diagnosis pull me away from my healing path or my reiki training. In fact, I felt I needed reiki more than I needed my treatment. Reiki was clearing all the blocks I was holding onto from my childhood and my marriage that kept me afraid to speak. When I suspected that my cancer had spread to nearby lymph nodes my doctors insisted “This cancer doesn’t spread.” My intuition told me to get another opinion and that’s what I did.

The lead surgeon at OHSU took my case and she immediately discovered that my cancer had metastasized. My whole thyroid and 42 lymph nodes were removed during my surgery.

By the following Spring, I was in Mt. Shasta receiving my final training as a Reiki Master. Had I taken the advice from my first doctor, I would have been recovering from another surgery.

This was an unforgettable 4-year journey to reclaiming my life. I found my voice and I was using it to it’s full power, but I still didn’t feel ready to help others. I spent the next 3 years working odd jobs, even though my mentor pressed on about hosting events and training others in Reiki. I wasn’t convinced but I did find myself daydreaming of reiki and how it could help others in the same way it helped me. I was frustrated that this healing treatment wasn’t more mainstream and readily available to those who needed it.

In 2020 I was laid off due to Covid shutting the world down, this came as a blessing in disguise. I finally saw a window on how I could start offering Reiki my way.

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

During the pandemic in 2020, I notice a rapid mental decline in my community. People that were once happy and positive seemed to be walking around with a dark cloud over them. My intuition began to pull at me, much like it did when I was battling cancer. I finally felt the call to help and with nothing but time on my hands, I took the leap.

I slowly started sharing facts about reiki on my socials and a little about my own journey to reiki. Up until now I was very quiet about my father’s death, divorce and cancer doctors. My community was very receptive and found connection within the stories I shared, which made them more than comfortable to ask me about this energy healing thing called “RAY-KEY”

Once social distancing was lifted, I started offering Reiki Infused Drum Circles that the community flocked to.

I sold out month after month. Surprisingly but not surprisingly, hosting events came naturally to me. I was blown away at how comfortable I was in front of a crowd, ok, so not right away, but after the initial stage fright passed, I was in my element! I began to see what my mentor saw in me. She, by the way, was over the moon for my career shift.

I eventually opened my services up to private reiki sessions and full day retreats! I felt alive for the first time in my whole life. I felt I finally had a purpose and that there was more to me than just being a mother or someone’s wife. I was offering my community the same freedom that was gifted to me. The gift of reclaiming their lives!

Empowerment was once again on the rise in my sweet little town of Vancouver,Wa.

My Drum Circles attracted guests from over 60 miles, and it also got the attention of a brand-new community event, Project Wellness. Project Wellness was a new, up & coming full day wellness retreat highlighting wellness providers in our area of Clark County, that hosted over 100 guests at a stunning venue.

It was the Wellness Event of all Wellness Events!

I didn’t know it at the time but in 2022, I was about to leap into my best life ever!

When I received the invite to host a Guided Meditation segment for Project Wellness I was taken back. I still felt like a nobody. Out of all the powerful providers in my area, they wanted me??!!?? (Clearly, I still had some self-love blocks to remove.)

Fingers trembling, I replied with a YES.

The day was more than I expected, and my segment was a huge success. I still have guests reaching out to me because of the powerful healing that took place that day. Standing in front of a crowd that large never even crossed my mind but it got me thinking outside of my limiting standards.

If I can do that…….what else am I capable of???
The more I dedicated myself to my healing and my authentic path, the more empowered I became.
Just because I was handed a certain story when I was younger, doesn’t mean I needed to claim it as mine forever.
I paired this new independence with my passion for healing and I took my business to the next level. I started hosting multiple monthly events, and YES finally offering Reiki Trainings to those it called to. Finally, this is what fulfillment felt like.

Being a Reiki Master Teacher is now my full-time job.

My business, The Fluid Soul has grown faster the average reiki practices in my area. I now host Reiki Inspired events for corporate companies, my trainings are in high demand, and my events and retreats continue to sell out month after month.

In 2024 I published a “A F****** Journal” with my favorite quotes, I launched the first ever Reiki Healing app “Reiki Me” and at the end of the year, I was asked to take lead over that amazing program that shifted my mindset in 2022.

I am now the executive director of Project Wellness and proudly guiding members of my community down their wellness path.

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

Oh yes, there’s many but this one sticks out the most because it’s had the most profound effect on my life.

A gentle reminder that you can’t do it all alone and that it truly does take a village.

Shifting from a stay-at-home mom to a full-time business owner was NOT an easy transition for myself or my family. Keeping the balance was difficult while still carrying old programing that told me “I had to do it all alone.” , even when I had help available. If I had a dime for every time I reached burnout, I would be rich! Kids, Pets, Friends, Family, Home and Business became overwhelming fast! I needed help and I needed to let go of those patterns that kept me stuck in a toxic cycle.

For me, it was an ego thing. I was told and shown, growing up, that success looked like a frantic person moving from one task to the next and where rest days were filled with shame and guilt.

Old programming out- New programming in.

I asked for help.

I needed to create space for my (new) husband to play an active role in my children’s lives. So, I made space for us to become a unit, not a -Mom it does all- We’re a team and he’s a great freaking partner.

Keeping this balance is how we stay on track. Some days I’m moving at 110% other days it’s my husband. When the unexpected arises, we figure it out together.

For the business side, I called in a tribe of powerful women to lean on, I hired assistances, and I make it my mission to stay honest with my community. Being real and honest about my struggles, gives people the space to also be real and honest with themselves. Giving ourselves permission to feel each emotion that comes with this human experience is power, not punishment.

Do not overlook the treasure of trustworthy people. It’s solid gold.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

Sure! This is when I really started to lean into the guidance from my higher power.

When I first started offering Reiki Trainings, I wanted it just how I experienced my own training. My Reiki Trainings were so deeply life changing, I thought I had to offer the same for my students. The venue, the vibe, and even the courses. All carbon copies of my past.

Mid Training, business partnerships began to fall apart, and actual venues burned to the ground.

Everything was pushing me in the opposite direction than I envisioned my path going for my training. I was frustrated, mad, incredibly disappointed in myself and I started questioning my work. I started having the conversations with my students about changing things up and they confessed how the old structure wasn’t working for them either and they asked me to provide something different.

I questioned my abilities when I should have been questioning my limiting beliefs. I was being asked to step out of my comfort zone.

I had to pivot.

I had to build something from scratch that supported the growth of everyone involved.

That’s what I did. Mid-training, I followed the call and shifted the structure of my courses. I took it step by step and discovered a lovely new way to teach my students.

Your journey is your journey.
Their journey is their journey.

Allow it to unfold at its natural divine pace.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.thefluidsoul.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_fluid_soul_llc/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christine.sweetz.77

Image Credits

First two photo credits go towards Victoria Page of Moonchild Photography.