We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Erica Leone. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Erica below.
Erica, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Was there a defining moment in your professional career? A moment that changed the trajectory of your career?
Yes, there was a defining moment, but it didn’t arrive with clarity or celebration. It came disguised as devastation.
What I experienced is known in many spiritual traditions as the shamanic illness: a complete collapse of my physical, emotional, and mental faculties. My body was in constant pain. My mind fractured. My reality unraveled. Western medicine had no explanation. But somewhere deep within, I knew: this wasn’t random. This was an initiation.
That moment—the moment I realized I wasn’t dying, I was being called—changed everything. It was the beginning of my becoming. Not into a role or a profession, but into a vessel.
Visions began to emerge. Words that weren’t mine started flowing through me. Frequencies moved in and out of my field. What I once feared as madness revealed itself as medicine. I was being rewired—not for performance, but for service.
This was not a career pivot. It was a soul reclamation.
That breaking became the foundation for Beyond the Veil Higher Healing Centre: a sanctuary born not from strategy, but from spiritual instruction. A space where others walking through their own fires could be witnessed, held, and remembered.
The greatest wisdom I can share is this: sometimes the moment that defines your life doesn’t look like a breakthrough. It looks like falling apart. But if you’re willing to surrender to the fire, it can forge something sacred. Something enduring. Something true.
I didn’t come here to suffer. I came here to serve. And every day since that moment of collapse, I have lived as a devotional vessel: not trying to be understood, but committed to being in integrity. If you find yourself in that kind of moment (shaken, disoriented, undone) know this: you are not broken. You are being remade. And the path ahead may not be easy, but it will bring you home.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
At Beyond the Veil, our mission is to promote holistic healing and well-being through the practice of spiritual healing modalities. We are dedicated to providing accessible healing services and educational resources that empower individuals on their personal journeys toward self-discovery and inner peace. By fostering a compassionate community, we aim to create transformative experiences that nurture the mind, body, and spirit, while encouraging connections that enhance overall wellness. Our commitment is to honor each person’s unique path and support them in unlocking their full potential.
How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?
What built my reputation wasn’t strategy, branding, or visibility: it was presence. And presence cannot be faked.
I didn’t set out to “build a reputation.” I set out to walk in truth. What people respond to—what they feel—is that truth. They feel the lived experience. The fire I walked through. The medicine I carry now. It’s not performance—it’s devotion.
I believe what helped establish trust in my work is that I never positioned myself as the answer. I positioned myself as a vessel. Someone willing to sit in the dark with others. To witness. To remember. To hold what most people turn away from.
There’s also a level of spiritual integrity that I protect fiercely. I don’t channel for attention. I don’t offer healing from a pedestal. I meet people where they are: in their grief, in their becoming, in their sacred mess. And that level of reverence speaks louder than any marketing campaign ever could.
So, if I’ve built a reputation, it’s because people feel safe in my presence. Not because I promise to fix them, but because I honor them as already whole, already holy, already enough. That is what Beyond the Veil was born from and that is what continues to ripple outward.
How do you keep your team’s morale high?
My approach to leadership isn’t rooted in hierarchy. It’s rooted in humanity. Managing a team, for me, is less about control and more about communion.
The most powerful advice I can offer is this: see your team as souls, not just roles. Every person you work with carries their own story, their own wisdom, and their own wounds. When you lead from a place of presence; when you genuinely listen, witness, and honor their unique gifts; you don’t have to “maintain morale.” You cultivate belonging and morale rises from there.
In spiritual work especially, the energy you bring into the space becomes the template for everyone else. If I’m dysregulated, disconnected, or misaligned, that ripples outward. So leadership starts with self-responsibility. I stay in devotion. I stay in integrity. I do my inner work so I can hold space for others to do theirs.
Also, be transparent. Be human. Be willing to say, “I don’t know,” or “I got that wrong.” That vulnerability creates trust. Trust is what sustains a team, not incentives or performance metrics.
Finally, lead with reverence. These are not just colleagues. They are co-creators in something sacred. And when people feel spiritually respected, not just professionally acknowledged, their capacity to show up with heart and purpose expands tenfold.
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