For the Season 3 finale of What’s The Tea with Sarah E, we’re going somewhere we haven’t gone before.

My guest is Laura Agresta — Registered Nurse, psychotherapist, Reiki Master and founder of Healing With Love — and, fun fact, the woman responsible for my very first Reiki experience! And yes... I had questions. 😂

Laura spent more than a decade working across healthcare — including prenatal and postpartum care, NICU, mental health and palliative care — before reaching a point where the limitations of the system no longer aligned with how she believed people needed to be supported. Eventually, she bet on herself and began building a practice that brings together psychotherapy, Reiki, somatic work, Brainspotting and more.

In this conversation, we get curious about the space between understanding what happened to us and actually healing from it.

We spill the tea on:

• What the hell Reiki actually is — including Laura’s brilliant “it’s like Wi-Fi” explanation
• How trauma and stress can show up in the body even when our brains think we’ve “dealt with it”
• Somatic healing, Brainspotting and why talking isn’t always enough
• Laura’s journey from nurse to entrepreneur — and why she walked away from a secure career
• The stigma around energy work and navigating the “woo-woo” factor
• What it really means to hold space for someone instead of trying to “fix” them
• And, of course, we unpack my first Reiki session with Laura — including the anger, physical sensations and eventual deep calm and clarity I experienced.

Laura also offers an important reminder: Reiki isn’t a magic wand or one-size-fits-all answer. Different modalities work for different people, and the training, ethics and fit of the practitioner matter. Whether you’re fully into energy work, Reiki-curious, or sitting there thinking “Sarah, girl, this sounds woo-woo” - this episode is for you.

Come curious. I certainly did!

🎙️ Season 3, Episode 10 — Beyond the Woo-Woo: Laura Agresta on Reiki, Trauma & What the Body Remembers is streaming now on What’s The Tea with Sarah E.

Connect with Laura: Find Laura and learn more about psychotherapy, Reiki, somatic work, Brainspotting and her services through Healing With Love at healingwithlovetherapy.ca or find her on Instagram @healingwithlovetherapy. You can also connect with Laura by e-mail at healingwithlovebylaura@gmail.com

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