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Diary of a Medical Intuitive: One Woman's Eye-Opening Journey from No-Nonsense E.R. Nurse to Open-Hearted Healer and Visionary
A native New Yorker and die-hard skeptic offers a personal look at the development of her medical intuition while serving as a trauma nurse in this riveting memoir. Twenty-five case studies with patients suffering from heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis, adult onset diabetes, and other illnesses document the emotional and physiological causes behind patients' symptoms. The interaction of a person's energy system with health and illness is discussed in detail, as are the revelations that medical intuition offers about life, death, healing, and the existence of God. Instructive strategies for increased health and well-being offer ways to increase resistance to disease and reverse the progress of illness.
175 pages, Paperback
First published May 16, 2008
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January 25, 2022
Don't judge a book by its cover or its title. Although this was the author's diary, it spoke to
me
on every single page. It also brought me out of my reading slump I've been in for years now, due to life experiences preventing me from being able to focus. We have the ability to change and to connect to a higher power to help us do so. Whatever your beliefs, you can tap into that to improve your "energies". Anyone who has experienced any sort of emotional trauma, pain, loss, or has just reached a state of melancholy can benefit from this book. It woke me up, just as this book did: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom.
Life is short! I highly recommend!!
Life is short! I highly recommend!!
April 30, 2022
After having met the author, I feel something is very out of alignment. Her personality and words in person do not reflect the tenor of the book and its teachings and stories.
It felt as though I was talking to someone completely different.
Lost faith in the veracity of the book and its contents.
Very disappointed.
It felt as though I was talking to someone completely different.
Lost faith in the veracity of the book and its contents.
Very disappointed.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 13, 2008
Yet another book showing there is more to health than chemistry and physics. We need books like this to keep reminding us traditional medicine is missing a large chunk of the health picture.
October 16, 2007
Eh. Jake made endless fun of me for reading this, and I can't say I blame him. Picked it up at the yoga studio one day...although it's pretty interesting to hear her claims about the "instantaneous healings" she's done (also--tests the limits of plausibility), it's totally maddening to hear someone assert that breast cancer is most often caused by women who are excellent caretakers but unable to care for themselves. Really? That's it? Eu-fucking-reka. However, I am totally on board with the idea that how people perceive their health (and/or illness) greatly affects medical outcomes. Anyway...interesting if you're ever feeling a little woo-woo.
September 29, 2008
Fascinating book - fascinating person
June 29, 2013
Well, in case you're wondering, this isn't actually a diary. It's part autobiographical and part self-help.
I was really enthused with the first couple of chapters with the focus on how Nani's gift unfolded. Throughout the book, I liked the stories of people she's interacted with in her practice, at least when they stayed concise and free of judgement. I find medical and healing intuition to be very fascinating in general.
Another thing that could have been very useful was her concept of tribal (family / friends / community) conditioning, but I had read that concept before (different phrasing) so it wasn't so world-changing for me. If this had been my first interaction with that concept, maybe I would have been able to ignore the aspects of the book I disliked and added some stars!
As I hinted, I had some issues with the book. When it switched from being only autobiographical to self-help-ish, the "ish" part was pretty strong. There weren't a lot of direct tools to work with for the readers. I would have loved for her to elaborate a little more on her 'treatments' of her clients too. Instead, there was quite a bit of things like this: "Alicia and I used a number of energetic and spiritual techniques to heal her emotional pattern of being a victim..." Such as?
Some of her terminology & statements just didn't resonate with my viewpoint and approach to life either:
There's a chapter called "Positive Thinking Can Be Harmful To Your Health." While I understand and respect the power of authenticity and true belief, I also feel that affirmations can gradually build to a change in inner language and perspective for a lot of people. (Kind of goes hand in hand with that saying "fake it 'til you make it.") Having said that, she did mention phrasing things in a way that lessons a sense of conflict and that's something I can see as being
helpful for some. It works through an emotional scale of sorts: "I fully love and accept all of me, even though I don't believe I am loveable."
There's one mention in the book as vibration not being better or worse morally (which is certainly true). This book is about disease and health so mentioning the role of vibration is completely relevant. However, it strongly dominates the text (with disease resonating with low vibrations). There's a lot of vibrational snobbery within spiritual communities so too much emphasis on it makes me a little...
wary.
"Unless one hundred percent of you is committed to changing your beliefs and healing, you won't get well and stay well." So much for being human! :)
"I had begun to surrender. It was my first opportunity to be molded." This kind of talk will feel right to a lot of people, especially because it ties something a little "woo woo" into more traditionally religious terms. I can go with the flow, receive inspiration, open to life, allow synchronicity, even take leaps of faith, but talk of surrender and molding take me to a church sermon I'd prefer not to attend, if I'm completely honest.
"I had never heard of spirit guides, and I'm still not clear about who or what they are."
When speaking about people whose crown chakras are closed, she explained that it's sometimes because they feel God has failed them. Or, "... they've never had an experience of Higher Power because they are agnostic or atheistic, and were raised to rely only on themselves. Ideas rarely come to someone like this. Inspiration is nil. She feels aline and bereft..." Maybe I'm misunderstanding and she just means that she perceives _some_ agnostics / atheists to be
this way, though she didn't specific clarify that. I strongly believe that people can have a spiritual life without it being an obviously spiritual life: happiness, creative flow, mindfulness of daily blessings, etc.
"The age-old questions "What is the meaning of life?" or "Why am I here?" plague many people. Feeling adrift without any purpose is the beginning of energetic shutdown." These can also be pivotal points in people's lives that cause positive shift, focus, and action, not merely 'energetic suicide'. I don't think self-reflection is negative, though she says more than once that if you're in your head, you're not in your heart.
"She even magnetized a healing profession where cure us a rare word: psychology. As I said earlier, no one can be healed unless she wants to be. Imagine going into a profession (as Briana did) where people claim they want to feel better, but in truth they do not." This is a
strong statement against people with mental health issues. I'm not clear on why these individuals would be more resistant to healing that people with other ailments.
So... yeah. I think Nani is likely quite a powerful healer with a good heart, but this book just didn't quite work for me as a whole.
I was really enthused with the first couple of chapters with the focus on how Nani's gift unfolded. Throughout the book, I liked the stories of people she's interacted with in her practice, at least when they stayed concise and free of judgement. I find medical and healing intuition to be very fascinating in general.
Another thing that could have been very useful was her concept of tribal (family / friends / community) conditioning, but I had read that concept before (different phrasing) so it wasn't so world-changing for me. If this had been my first interaction with that concept, maybe I would have been able to ignore the aspects of the book I disliked and added some stars!
As I hinted, I had some issues with the book. When it switched from being only autobiographical to self-help-ish, the "ish" part was pretty strong. There weren't a lot of direct tools to work with for the readers. I would have loved for her to elaborate a little more on her 'treatments' of her clients too. Instead, there was quite a bit of things like this: "Alicia and I used a number of energetic and spiritual techniques to heal her emotional pattern of being a victim..." Such as?
Some of her terminology & statements just didn't resonate with my viewpoint and approach to life either:
There's a chapter called "Positive Thinking Can Be Harmful To Your Health." While I understand and respect the power of authenticity and true belief, I also feel that affirmations can gradually build to a change in inner language and perspective for a lot of people. (Kind of goes hand in hand with that saying "fake it 'til you make it.") Having said that, she did mention phrasing things in a way that lessons a sense of conflict and that's something I can see as being
helpful for some. It works through an emotional scale of sorts: "I fully love and accept all of me, even though I don't believe I am loveable."
There's one mention in the book as vibration not being better or worse morally (which is certainly true). This book is about disease and health so mentioning the role of vibration is completely relevant. However, it strongly dominates the text (with disease resonating with low vibrations). There's a lot of vibrational snobbery within spiritual communities so too much emphasis on it makes me a little...
wary.
"Unless one hundred percent of you is committed to changing your beliefs and healing, you won't get well and stay well." So much for being human! :)
"I had begun to surrender. It was my first opportunity to be molded." This kind of talk will feel right to a lot of people, especially because it ties something a little "woo woo" into more traditionally religious terms. I can go with the flow, receive inspiration, open to life, allow synchronicity, even take leaps of faith, but talk of surrender and molding take me to a church sermon I'd prefer not to attend, if I'm completely honest.
"I had never heard of spirit guides, and I'm still not clear about who or what they are."
When speaking about people whose crown chakras are closed, she explained that it's sometimes because they feel God has failed them. Or, "... they've never had an experience of Higher Power because they are agnostic or atheistic, and were raised to rely only on themselves. Ideas rarely come to someone like this. Inspiration is nil. She feels aline and bereft..." Maybe I'm misunderstanding and she just means that she perceives _some_ agnostics / atheists to be
this way, though she didn't specific clarify that. I strongly believe that people can have a spiritual life without it being an obviously spiritual life: happiness, creative flow, mindfulness of daily blessings, etc.
"The age-old questions "What is the meaning of life?" or "Why am I here?" plague many people. Feeling adrift without any purpose is the beginning of energetic shutdown." These can also be pivotal points in people's lives that cause positive shift, focus, and action, not merely 'energetic suicide'. I don't think self-reflection is negative, though she says more than once that if you're in your head, you're not in your heart.
"She even magnetized a healing profession where cure us a rare word: psychology. As I said earlier, no one can be healed unless she wants to be. Imagine going into a profession (as Briana did) where people claim they want to feel better, but in truth they do not." This is a
strong statement against people with mental health issues. I'm not clear on why these individuals would be more resistant to healing that people with other ailments.
So... yeah. I think Nani is likely quite a powerful healer with a good heart, but this book just didn't quite work for me as a whole.
June 6, 2010
The medical community is coming to see the importance of using intuition, or simply trusting your feelings, when assisting others to health. This book tells about Christel's sojourn into the world of energy work while she is a practicing RN at a busy emergency room. It also tells how she allows her inner voice to tell her how to aid the physically traumatized patients brought in for treatment. After she leaves her position at the hospital, she documents many healings accomplished by her and her clients: all without the use of drugs or invasive surgery. This book is a great way to introduce alternative healing to the public.
February 25, 2011
Amazing and clear view of how energy and illness are related. My teacher Caroline Myss was a medical intuitive and she was very successful in her readings. I beleive Christel is also. Shamanism deals with this also. If you want to heal, reallyl heal, you need to know the energetic origin of the illness.
Well written, and easy for a lay person to understand.
Well written, and easy for a lay person to understand.
January 21, 2013
Ms. Nani, a nurse, talks about her journey to becoming an intuitive through her work in the ER, an illness, and her own self-discovery into her own healing process. Very enlightening book with exercises to increase our own awareness into the metaphysical arts and to expand our own vision of healing.
August 16, 2011
The ideas in this book resonated with me! I love that she talks about how important it is to have a spiritual connection in your life, and how to listen to what God is trying to tell you. This is one of the best books I've read.
July 29, 2012
This was an amazing book about Christel's personal journey to becoming a medical intuitive. Her information and advice about the mind/body connection to disease and health is eye-opening. Well worth the read.
March 12, 2015
I can not express my fascination and love for this book enough. Christel Nani is an inspiring woman with an amazing gift. I feel like any open minded individual would benefit from Christel's story. After reading this amazing book which is now added to my favorites I hope to meet Christel someday.
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March 31, 2008This book changed my beliefs about healing
August 1, 2008
This is a wonderful book to learn more about the language of energy! Learn new skills to read your own energy and understand your health from an energetic wholistic perspective. Love it!
March 4, 2009
Loved this...
April 29, 2012
The first few chapters were excellent, sort of a biography as promised, but then the book evolved to a self-help theme and I lost interest. Didn't actually finish.
July 28, 2015
Highly recommended, compelling read that will open your eyes to the true causes of illness and disease, and how a medical intuitive works.
June 17, 2017
Very good and educational on many levels.
October 24, 2016
Interesting insight on Christel's personal journey to becoming a Medical Intuitive.
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