I have been aware of healing since I was a child. It was my party trick to administer small static shocks from my hands to my school friends, which they found this highly amusing! It is my belief now that this was a transfer of healing energy from me to them.

It wasn’t until my late teens that I actively started healing. My story starts a little like a popular sci-fi film, I was working on Britannia Pier in Great Yarmouth when a colleague suggested out of blue that she could see that I had a gift and that I should visit her friend Charles for guidance. I took some persuading as quite frankly, I had not considered the idea and, at the time, I was wrapped in the frenetic heady world of seaside summer seasons of the era.

Eventually I did visit Charles as curiosity got the better of me. Charles turned out to be a very frail old man who was nearing the end of life. He was well known in the area for giving healing and tarot readings. He soon took me under his wing and once a week he would teach me all he knew about healing, he introduced me to auras and how to attune to healing energies - and much more! Charles was a fantastic mentor. This association with Charles was life-changing for me and sent me on a new path, giving healing sessions to people with what turned out to be amazing results.

Jump forward a decade and I decided to make the healing a little more official, so I joined The National Federation Of Spiritual Healers, now more commonly known as The Healing Trust. They have a comprehensive training criteria that is for a minimum of two years before you can qualify as a full healer. It is a worldwide organisation and well-known and respected. My training went on a lot longer than the required two years as I enjoyed it so much. I met some wonderful people through the Trust and I consider myself very lucky to have trained under the watchful eye of Pam and Jenny, two very experienced and knowledgeable tutors and healers in Norfolk. I have now become a Trustee for the organisation, a mentor for trainee healers, as well as a committee member for the Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire regions.

Another turning point for my healing was when I met the world renowned healer and author Matthew Manning in Biggleswade. Matthew has written many books on the subject and has regularly appeared on television. You may remember the series Beyond Belief that he presented alongside Sir David Frost.

Matthew is a lovely man and we hit it off straight away. I enjoyed watching him work and I benefited from the energies of his healing circles. Eventually I went on to arrange and run his fantastic healing weekends in Norwich. He was very encouraging to me in moving on with healing, so here I am today.

Healing is now a way of life for me, perhaps it always has been, and I still find it fascinating.