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Women In Wellness: Wendie Colter of The Practical Path On The Five Lifestyle Tweaks That Will Help Support People’s Journey Towards Better Wellbeing

An Interview With Candice Georgiadis

Breathwork is a great way to relax the body and mind. My favorite stress-buster is taking a deep breath in to the count of 3, holding it for the count of 2, and then breathing out to the count of 4.

As a part of my series about the women in wellness, I had the pleasure of interviewing Wendie Colter.

Wendie Colter has been a professional medical intuitive for more than 20 years. The founder/CEO of The Practical Path®, Inc., she offers intuitive development programs to clinical health professionals, complementary and alternative practitioners, and the general public. She is an invited speaker and instructor at some of the premier integrative health centers in the US and the author of Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness (Watkins/PRHPS). For more information, visit www.thepracticalpath.com

Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Our readers would love to “get to know you” better. Can you share your “backstory” with us?

I was intuitive from a young age, as many children are. As I grew up, I became interested in biofield healing practices and began studying various energy modalities. As I developed my skills, I noticed that my intution grew as well. Eventually, I found I was able to “see” into a client’s physical body, both their anatomy and physiology, as well as their biofields (chakra and aura systems). I was interested in discerning the potential root causes of health imbalances, not only to support physical wellbeing, but also emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing. My clients found these assessments deeply informative and useful “roadmaps” to help guide their health journeys.

Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you started your career? What were the main lessons or takeaways from that story?

Early in my career, I met a young woman with persistent, debilitating back pain. Her doctors could not find the cause of her distress and could only offer her opioid medications for her pain. In our medical intuitive session, I was able to discern a kidney issue that had been missed, and the details of the imbalance. After the session, she found a specialist who was able to successfully treat her issue. Sadly, she had become addicted to the opioids and died of an overdose. This tragic and heartbreaking outcome made me realize the importance of medical intuition, and how it could potentially save lives. It became my goal to teach healthcare professionals this paradigm-changing skill.

Can you share a story about the biggest mistake you made when you were first starting? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that?

I was fortunate to work with directly with doctors fairly early on in my practice. Physicians would contact me when they had a challenging case, or when people weren’t healing despite best efforts. In retrospect, I could have asked them if they would be willing to share their experiences with their colleagues of working with a medical intuitive, and if so, would that have helped build more acceptance of the field.

Let’s jump to our main focus. When it comes to health and wellness, how is the work you are doing helping to make a bigger impact in the world?

My accredited certfication program, The Practical Path® Medical Intuitive Training™, has been pivotal in helping doctors, nurses and wellness professionals develop and optimize their intuition. I have taught and presented at some of the premier integrative health organizations in the U.S. I completed my pilot study, “Assessing the Accuracy of Medical Intuition,” which showed 94–98% accuracy rates, and was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. I also recently completed my book, “Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness.” The book presents a deep dive into the scientific literature on intuition in healthcare, and a vision for a future of healthcare that integrates medical intuition. It has been wonderful to see how many doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals resonate with and appreciate this perspective.

Can you share your top five “lifestyle tweaks” that you believe will help support people’s journey towards better wellbeing? Please give an example or story for each.

There is much our bodies and energy systems would like us to know. Some great “tweaks” that can enhance the mind-body connection are:

  1. A regular meditation practice. Quieting the mind can help us listen to our intuition more clearly.
  2. Keep an intuition journal. Noting when your intuiton is present or active can help you to grow it naturally.
  3. Breathwork is a great way to relax the body and mind. My favorite stress-buster is taking a deep breath in to the count of 3, holding it for the count of 2, and then breathing out to the count of 4.
  4. Getting out in nature, even for a few minutes, can be very rejuvenating and help to build resilience.
  5. I teach a workshop in how to intuitively tap into our body’s own wisdom for self-care and self-healing. The workshop, Medical Intuition for Healing™, is open to everyone who would like to learn how to create their own mind-body connection to support essential self-care. Please see more at www.thepracticalpath.com

If you could start a movement that would bring the most amount of wellness to the most amount of people, what would that be?

To have a certified medical intuitive practitioner in every hospital and clinic, and to incorporate medical intuition into healthcare education.

What is the best way our readers can follow you online?

Please visit the website at www.thepracticalpath.com for information on upcoming programs, classes and workshops. Join our newsletter and find us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Thank you for these fantastic insights!

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