Sue spent more than 30 years helping other people tell their stories while feeling invisible in her own. After divorce, a visit to a crystal booth led her toward Angelic Reiki, sound meditation, and a growing collection of instruments she never expected to own.

In this episode, I talk with Sue about returning to music without the pressure to play perfectly, what happens during her sound meditations, and how her spiritual practice helped her become more comfortable being seen.

We also get into the everyday side of finding yourself: wanting more alone time, learning to pause before reacting, and following an interest without knowing where it will lead. Along the way, there’s a skeptical dog, my unexpected motorcycle story, and a message Sue believes came from her late brother.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Starting over after divorce and exploring unfamiliar interests
• Angelic Reiki and Sue’s relationship with spiritual guidance
• Sound bowls, intuitive playing, and music without perfection
• Becoming visible after years of supporting other people
• Finding community when you genuinely enjoy being alone
• Boundaries, grief, and personal experiences of connection

CHAPTERS
00:00 “I was invisible for a really long time”
00:24 Welcome to Fate, Forty & Beyond
01:46 Meet Sue
03:37 A crystal booth and an unexpected new direction
05:54 Returning to music without perfection
07:33 Exploring Angelic Reiki
11:25 Why being still can feel difficult
13:07 Ask Your Guides by Sonia Choquette
13:46 Sue’s first Reiki experience
18:37 Bringing sound, meditation, and Reiki together
22:04 Personal accounts from sound meditation sessions
25:41 Ocean drums and trying sound bowls
26:39 A sound bath, a date, and a motorcycle
28:32 Intuitive playing and responding to the room
32:48 Dogs have opinions about sound bowls
33:54 Resonance and spiritual interpretations
37:34 Becoming visible and putting yourself out there
40:17 Alone time and finding your people
43:25 Responding differently to conflict
44:54 How Sue prepares a sound meditation
47:32 Grounding and spiritual practice
48:20 Sue’s story about her late brother
51:00 Closing thoughts
52:34 Where to find Sue

MENTIONED
Ask Your Guides by Sonia Choquette

Content note: This conversation includes divorce, sibling bereavement, and personal accounts involving pain, fear, and spiritual experiences. These stories reflect individual experiences, not established treatment outcomes. Reiki and sound meditation are not substitutes for medical or mental health care.

If you love warm, real midlife conversations with humor and heart, you'll feel right at home here.

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Gen's Website: https://www.soulfulexistence.com

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CONNECT WITH SUE

Sue Huss is the practitioner behind Pure Works Energy. With a background in journalism and more than 30 years of corporate experience, she shares how Angelic Reiki and sound meditation became part of her life. She also co-hosts Sounds for the Soul with Bob and Sue.

Website: https://www.pureworksenergy.com/

Podcast: Sounds for the Soul with Bob and Sue — available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, as shared in this episode.

What happens when the beliefs you've held your entire life no longer make sense for the person you're becoming? This week, I'm chatting with Sam, whose spiritual journey has taken her from Catholic school to a convent, a Hare Krishna temple, and eventually into Reiki, reflexology, massage therapy, and end-of-life care. And somehow, with all the different paths she's explored, I found myself relating to so much of her story.

We get into what it's like to question the religion you grew up with, let go of beliefs rooted in fear, and figure out what spirituality looks like on your own terms. We also talk about manifestation, parallel realities, the idea that we're all connected, and how unexpected life changes can lead us toward work that actually feels right. And because neither of us can resist going a little deeper, we explore grief, the signs we sometimes experience after losing someone, and how our experiences with death can change the way we look at life.

• [02:28] – Sam's spiritual journey begins with Catholic school, an interest in the paranormal, and an unexpected introduction to Buddhism.
• [06:21] – What led Sam to enter a convent, why she eventually left, and how she found herself exploring Hare Krishna traditions.
• [12:03] – How 15 years working in the Catholic Church affected her relationship with religion and her sense of purpose.
• [20:32] – Getting laid off, returning to massage therapy, and finding opportunities in Reiki and reflexology when she least expected them.
• [23:47] – I share my own Catholic upbringing and how divorce gave me the freedom to explore spirituality differently.
• [34:03] – Our conversation takes a turn toward collective consciousness, manifestation, parallel realities, and the possibility that there's more to existence than what we see.
• [40:32] – Sam shares how losing her parents shaped her understanding of grief, spiritual connection, forgiveness, and end-of-life care.

Sam offers massage therapy, Reiki, and reflexology in Roswell, Georgia, and is continuing to explore birth and end-of-life doula work.

Book a Session with Sam

• Radiant Physique – Massage therapy, Reiki, and reflexology
  https://www.radiantphysiqueinc.com/
• Many Paths Wellness – Reiki and reflexology
  https://www.manypathswellness.com/

Follow Sam

• TikTok: @thetaoofsam
• YouTube: @thetaoofsam

Sam is also working on launching her own website, so be sure to follow her social channels for updates!

• Soulful Existence – www.soulfulexistence.com
• The Cosmic Brief – www.thecosmicbrief.app

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What happens when you've spent years doing the inner work, but life still doesn't seem to get any easier? Sometimes the biggest shift in our healing journey comes from changing what we expect healing to actually look like.

In this episode of Fate, Forty & Beyond, I'm talking with Sheila Doerfler, a certified Biofield Tuning practitioner, about the reality of personal growth, the challenges of midlife, and what happens when we stop expecting our healing work to fix everything.

Sheila shares how decades of exploring alternative healing practices, astrology, and Human Design have helped her make sense of a life that hasn't always followed the path she imagined.

We get into the fascinating world of biofield tuning, a sound healing practice that uses tuning forks to work with the body's energy field. Sheila explains how practitioners approach emotional patterns and unresolved experiences through this modality, along with her own experiences as both a client and practitioner.

But the conversation goes well beyond sound healing.

We talk about Saturn returns, spiritual bypassing, the pressure to constantly improve ourselves, and how Human Design can offer a different perspective on our experiences.

One of my favorite parts of this conversation is our discussion about uncomfortable emotions and why we don't necessarily need to label everything we feel as good or bad.

Because maybe healing isn't about making every difficult experience disappear. Maybe it's about learning how to experience life differently.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How biofield tuning works and Sheila's experiences with tuning forks, energy healing, and emotional patterns.
• Using astrology and Human Design to understand life's unexpected turns, especially during midlife.
• Why doing years of inner work doesn't guarantee an easier life.
• Recognizing spiritual bypassing and the expectation that healing practices should fix everything.
• Understanding Human Design centers, gates, and planetary transits through personal observation.
• Learning to accept uncomfortable emotions instead of constantly trying to change them.

EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 | Introducing Sheila Doerfler
07:00 | What is biofield tuning?
17:57 | Spiritual awakening, healing, and Saturn returns
21:18 | Why inner work doesn't always make life easier
37:51 | Experiencing biofield tuning firsthand
48:02 | Spiritual bypassing and looking for external fixes
51:26 | Human Design, daily energy, and self-awareness
1:01:49 | Why there are no negative emotions

CONNECT WITH SHEILA DOERFLER

Sheila is a certified Biofield Tuning practitioner who incorporates her knowledge of energy work and Human Design into her approach to personal growth.

Website: https://souldeepjourney.com
Social Media: @SheilaDoerfler

CONNECT WITH GEN

Soulful Existence: https://soulfulexistence.com

The Cosmic Brief: www.thecosmicbrief.app

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this conversation. Have you ever felt frustrated because you've done so much inner work, but life still feels just as challenging? Let me know what your experience has been.