Episode 16 - Interview with Heidi McBratney

An expert in traumatic stress and various modalities to heal the soul back to wholeness, Heidi McBratney has practiced counselling, energy medicine technique...

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Heidi McBratney has practiced counselling, energy medicine techniques and been teaching for more than 30 years. She is recognized as an expert in traumatic stress as well as in various other modalities of healing the soul back to wholeness. She guides and supports people to develop their innate ability to grow and flourish from difficult situations, as well as establish a new life path with balance, clarity and overall health. 

Heidi believes that the more simple the guidance, the more powerful the impact. She has taught awareness and recovery from trauma for various educational facilities, organizations and agencies. She focuses on providing guidance on how to support oneself and one’s community in achieving balance and peace of the mind, body and soul. She has worked with numerous communities, including those with mental health concerns, criminal histories, survivors of disaster and other life traumas. 

With a master’s degree in Counselling Psychology, Heidi is a certified member of the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals, a diplomate member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, and a compassion fatigue specialist through the International Institute of Traumatology.

According to Heidi, a good leader is not someone who has the answers, but someone who can hold oneself in balance. She states that being in balance during unpredictable and unknown situations starts with knowing that we’re all in this together. She thinks that what makes us good leaders is admitting our vulnerabilities, while doing our best to encourage others.

In this episode, Heidi talks about how simple things, such as taking a deep breath, can be very powerful in guiding people to survive any storm. Heidi emphasises the need to slow down and learn to focus on one thing at the time in order to stay in that balanced state of mind.

“Sometimes actually just being present is the problem solving itself,” Heidi notes.

She values the use of humor and suggests laughter as an effective way to   hormones in the midst of a crazy situation. She invites everyone to bring awareness to the acts of kindness that are happening while the world is standing still.

If you’re interested in learning more about Heidi, send me a DM and I’ll put you in touch with her.

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