14 – When You Fall Off Your Reiki Practice (and Start Believing You’re Not Meant to Heal)
When You Fall Off Your Reiki Practice (and the Real Healing Can Begin)
If you’ve ever fallen off your Reiki practice and thought, maybe this was never meant for me, this episode is for you. Inge Broer dives into the tender shame and subconscious beliefs that surface when we stop doing what we know is good for us—and how we can return without perfection, only presence. This is a love letter to the messy return, the imperfect healer, and the deep rewiring of how we let ourselves receive. It’s in the return that we heal the deepest.
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Today’s Block
“I don’t deserve to heal unless I do my practices perfectly.”
Listen If…
🔹 You’ve ghosted your Reiki practice (again)
🔹 You feel ashamed for not being consistent
🔹 You’re craving a return but don’t know how to start
Three Takeaways
1️⃣ Falling off the path is part of the path
2️⃣ Reiki is a relationship, not a reward
3️⃣ Curiosity is more powerful than perfection
Today’s Key Action
Ask yourself:
Am I willing to receive healing right now, even if I feel unworthy?
Going Deeper
Episode 14 – Why We Feel Shame After Falling Off Our Reiki Practice (and How to Come Back Without Punishment)
Every healer knows the power of daily practice. But what happens when we stop?
Maybe you missed a day. Then another. Then a week. Suddenly, what once filled you with light now feels unreachable—and worse, you wonder if it was ever real to begin with.
This quiet shame is one of the most common blocks on the healing path. And it’s deeply human.
The Myth of the “Perfect Healer”
Many of us internalize the idea that unless we show up perfectly—daily, disciplined, drama-free—we don’t deserve to heal. That we must earn Reiki’s love. That if we falter, it proves we were never meant for this path.
But that’s not how Reiki works.
Reiki is unconditional love. It doesn’t punish, guilt-trip, or keep score. It waits, open-palmed, until you’re ready to return. The one withholding love is not Reiki—it’s often our own self-concept.
Reiki Is a Relationship, Not a Tool
What if we stopped thinking of Reiki as a self-care checkbox, and started relating to it as a sacred partnership?
Inge Broer shares in this episode that after 15 years of practice, she still sometimes doesn’t make it past day four. The shame, the “I’m not cut out for this” voice, still shows up. But instead of giving that voice the final say, she’s learned to ask: What if this is a relationship I’m learning to return to, again and again?
This shift—seeing Reiki not as a tool you master, but as a presence you commune with—softens the shame and reintroduces grace.
Returning Doesn’t Require Penance
You don’t need to punish yourself to return. You don’t need to perform a spiritual apology.
You can just begin again.
That’s the medicine. That’s the practice. And every time you do, you deepen your relationship with Reiki—not through perfection, but through presence.
Where we go this episode
00:00 Understanding the Resistance to Healing
11:07 The Importance of Community in Healing Practices
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What resonated most from today’s episode?
1. I withdraw my right to heal the moment I feel imperfect.
2. I keep trying to earn love that is already mine.
3. Reiki doesn’t need an apology to welcome me back.
4. My fear of receiving love runs deeper than I thought.
5. Healing begins the moment I’m honest with myself.
The time to do it all on our own is over.
This journey isn’t meant to be walked alone.
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