You invested in Reiki training expecting transformation. Instead, you got gatekeeping dressed up as tradition.

Whether you're still questioning that first attunement or you're years into a practice that never quite felt right, this episode cuts through the spiritual bypassing to name what mainstream Reiki training actually costs you - and it's so much deeper than your bank account.

Drawing from a decade plus of personal experience and community, connection of 3,000+ trained practitioners, I'm breaking down the hidden price of hierarchical systems:

.. the erosion of self-trust, the emotional wounds from broken mentorship, the confidence that gets sacrificed on the altar of "just trust your intuition" - without actually being shown how.

This isn't about blame. It's about permission. Permission to grieve what you invested. Permission to question whether the system was ever designed to empower you or keep you dependent. And permission to reclaim the authority that was always yours.

If you've felt that creeping sense of offness in your training - this is for you.

>FIVE THINGS YOU'LL DISCOVER BY THE END OF THIS EPISODE:

-Why "just trust your intuition" is Spiritual gaslighting - and what actually builds the foundation so you can trust yourself without fear

-The emotional poverty trap: How broken trust with a teacher doesn't just damage that relationship - it bleeds into your self-trust for years, keeping you from recognizing genuine mentorship when it arrives

-The energetic bleed nobody warns you about: Why empathic, intuitive, highly sensitive practitioners become MORE depleted after mainstream attunements without the mechanics to stay resourced and boundaried - and how this plays out in your sessions and your life

-How hierarchy masquerades as sacred structure: The difference between gatekeeping systems that keep you small and authentic mentorship that supports you to uncover your own answers

-What reclaiming your sovereignty actually looks like: The specific shift that happens when you stop waiting for permission to be powerful - and how this transforms not just your practice, but your entire relationship with authority in your life

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