| Golden Deer Stories for Transformation, Healing and Blessing Holistic Healing and Shamanic Mentoring Joan Marie Mickelson Holistic and Shamanic Practitioner |
Testimonials
The following are references from people for whom Joan
Marie has written stories:
Last year during a particularly stressful time in my life, Joan offered
to do a healing story for me. At the time I was very ill with Lyme’s
disease, was taking some very strong antibiotics, had been in two
auto accidents in the previous six months and was feeling
overwhelmed with work and family obligations.
The story that Joan gave me helped me understand the physical
and emotional inertia that I was struggling with and gave a very
vivid and imaginative narrative of how to overcome it and regain a
sense of being energized and in charge of my life again. Although
Joan had only met me briefly and did not know me well, the story
resonated with many images and symbols that reflected intrinsic
parts of my personality and history.
The story had several layers of meaning and seemed particularly
appropriate for the situation that I found myself in which I believe
also had various layers. Having read and understood the healing
story at the time helped me begin to turn my difficulties around and
face the challenges in my life with more resilience. LE
The story itself resonated much with me because of my upbringing
in a country where the inhabitants rely much on fables and on
imaginary imagery.... I indeed savored the images and the journey
on which you took me... I think it helped minimizing and ultimately
ending the pain I had when you - in December 2005 - wrote the
story for me. JD
Joan did a shamanic journey for me during a time when I needed
medical attention. The story that came out of the shamanic journey
was rich with poetic words and vivid images. The story spoke of
an "Ancient One" and of an "Ancient Illness" and had a few
different characters within the story. As I read the story over and
over again I felt that I was each one of the characters spoken of in
Joan's eloquent words. I gained insight and compassion for my
healing. Joan's skills both as a shamanic healer and writer created
a personalized story for me that helped heal an old wound. IC
The holistic healing methods presented in this website should not
be considered an exclusive method of confronting psychological
and/or medical problems. It should be viewed as an adjunct to
orthodox medical or psychological treatments.