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Rising Stars: Meet Jean Atman

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jean Atman.

Hi Jean, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I grew up in an extremely abusive and toxic environment where I developed many limiting beliefs about how life worked. I ended up carrying those belief systems with me into adulthood and was finding that I was continuing to draw in narcissistic relationships, struggle, hardship, chronic fatigue, and pain. When I finally got to a breaking point and hit rock bottom, I had no choice but to make a radical change. The beliefs stemming from my past were keeping me stuck. I had to change if I was going to survive.

I took a deep dive into everything that was not working in my life. I learned to translate the past pain, limiting beliefs, triggers, and my defeatist inner dialogue, and finally began to understand how to heal.

Since I have always gravitated towards helping professions, I was already working with people in their healing journey. As my own personal work continued to deepen, my abilities in my professional one also continued to evolve and grow with me. Now, I can happily say that I change people’s lives in very deep and profound ways. I see how they are in their own way, where they are blocked, and how to cross the threshold into a better way of being. I now teach not only how to survive but how to thrive.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Heck no! I wondered on many occasions if I was going to make it through! I needed to unpack all the ways that I have felt dishonored, disrespected, lacked boundaries, had been abused, neglected, and rejected. It was a bit intimidating at first to get into those places and look to see what had been lurking in the shadows. I took time to unearth all that had been hidden and explore what I was still carrying forward. But as I progressed, I saw how that work served me and how my life began to change. I learned that the shadow work was the most productive time I had ever spent. I learned not to fear it but to embrace it. Once I realized there was nothing to fear inside, but only pieces of me that needed to be taught how to be loved, I dedicated my life to that process. I still continuously practice how to show up for myself in the most loving and compassionate ways possible.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
My work is different than most as I not only help people heal, but I teach and empower them also to heal themselves. They begin to see why they are stuck and how to free themselves from the looping thoughts, triggered emotions, and their current challenges. People tend to focus on things they cannot change, then wonder why life feels so hard. I guide them to easier ways of being and teach them to focus on where real change can be made.

What makes this work so potent is gaining awareness of where they are stuck and learning how to energetically and permanently clear it. When people experience trauma, that wound settles into the energetic system as an imprint. Each time the person talks about that trauma, it begins to stir within the system. If there is no outlet, it simply stirs, then settles back in without actually exiting the body or energy system. This is why energy clearing is so vital to permanent healing. If you are never clearing through the origin of the wound, you continue to carry that baggage with you – stirring and settling on repeat. I help clear the deep and stuck energetic trauma, which leaves people feeling lighter, freer, and less depressed because they are able to drop off the past pain and heavy energy. They then notice life begins to function easier.

They not only have me to do the heavy lifting of deep energetic clearing work that is keeping them stuck, but they get a front-row seat to see and learn exactly what has been blocking them. Because I am an open channel, I can easily see deep within the layers of what keeps people stuck. When they gain that information about where it began, it is much easier to heal and clear it. When they can see it, they do not have to be it.

We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you?
I guess what one may call luck, I call blessings and gifts. I have been blessed with the ability to see what is hidden from most. As a young child, this felt like a curse. But, as I grew and learned how to let it serve me, I also saw the potential in applying these gifts to help others. I believe everything is an opportunity to learn and grow. If we have a “bad” experience, typically, there is a hidden gem of growth inside of it. The key is always to extract the wisdom of the experience.

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