Whitney Bernabei took the traditional route in life. She went to college, landed a job in cushy corporate America, attended the happy hours, and adhered to the American template for "success."

It never felt right, yet she played along. That's what she was supposed to do.

But after years of facing debilitating injuries that modern medicine couldn't solve, Whitney had had enough. She knew there had to be another way to alleviate her physical, mental, and emotional suffering.

The solution? Alternative medicine.

Not only did this style of treatment cure her physical ailments, it also led her to the live in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, start a business in Portsmouth around energy healing, and help Whitney feel, look, and think the best that she's ever had.

In this conversation from Empowered Aura, her energy healing studio in downtown Portsmouth, Whitney and I discuss the following:

• Opening montage (00:00)
• What is sound/energy healing? (01:52)
• Whitney's intuitive powers (03:00)
• Why she suppressed her true self for a long time (05:28)
• How modern medicine never solved any of Whitney's ailments in her 20s (08:42)
• Why modern medicine is "broken" (13:27)
• How 18 months in a van changed Whitney's life (19:20)
• Why Whitney ran away to live in the wilderness alone (23:20)
• Starting a business around energy healing (27:00)
• The perception of working in energy healing (31:15)
• What problems can a sound bath solve? (36:20)
• How alternative medicine has helped Whitney look and feel better than when she was younger (44:34)
• The chakras and why they matter (49:00)
• Why Whitney feels sound is the "future of medicine" (56:40)
• The importance of spending time alone (01:07:00)
• How modern technology is harming us more than helping (01:12:40)
• A sound healing demonstration (01:17:00)

To learn more about booking sound healing sessions at Empowered Aura, visit https://www.empowered-aura.com/ or follow them on Instagram.

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