Today we’d like to introduce you to Maureen Aruta.
Hi Maureen, 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?
From the time I was a child I was always a very deep thinker. I contemplated things most don’t, especially about my belief systems, what my truth was and how it was not reflected in the things I was learning and being told were supposed to be true. These were scary thoughts that at first made me very timid and withdrawn until I was about 10 years old. The first shift for me was when I was about 8 years old. I suddenly thought about death one afternoon and that my family and all the people I loved would one day die. I went to bed that night and slept deeply. I woke the next morning and the first thought in my head was “well, one day I’m going to die but today is not that day so get on with living.”
The next shift happened the summer I turned 10 years old. I was so shy and afraid that I would not speak up or participate in so many things at school. I was so afraid no one would like me or want to invite me in to be a part of whatever they were doing. Just like what happened when I was 8, I went to bed one night right before my 10th birthday and slept deeply. I woke the next morning and the first thought in my head was “well, not everyone is going to like me but if they don’t it’s their loss so don’t worry about it, just be you.” I started 5th grade that Fall and became the person everyone wanted to be with and invite in to whatever they were doing. I became the class clown and that year and made straight A’s.
These early experiences taught me that being open to new ideas and listening to insights from within and being myself would always steer me in the best directions. I wanted to be a veterinarian. I became a motion picture industry executive. I later became an animal communicator and pet medium, as well as a psychic and multi-dimensional Healer. This has been a life long processes, I am still evolving and I am grateful to be able to help others learn these things and put them into play for themselves.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
I was initially drawn into Energy work in 2001 when my father passed away. It really brought me to center, because the life that I built was not bringing me the balance and joy I really longed for. From the outside looking in, I was successful. I had a high paying career as a motion picture industry executive, lived in an amazing house in metropolitan Atlanta, GA, had a pretty solid marriage and participated in non- profit work. From the inside, it was a different story. Even though my career was something I enjoyed, the marriage was rocky due to my husbands battles with addiction. When my Mother, who I loved beyond measure, moved in with us after my Father passed in 2001 it all shifted. Especially after her Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis. It was a lot and I was overwhelmed. That’s when I found Energy Healing and began to experience the profound way it worked.
The Energy work I had done over 6 years helped me cope with my life but it also brought out the things I wanted to hide from. It all came crashing down in 2007 as my job of 21 years came to an end, my Mom’s situation became unmanageable at home after 5 years of living with me and my husbands addictions took over. This started a 15 month “healing crisis” where I moved my Mom into an assisted living facility in Jacksonville, FL, filed for divorce after almost 20 years with my husband and left Atlanta to take another job in Columbus, GA. I spent about 4 months at that job then turned in my resignation because all I wanted to be was my Mom’s Daughter.
I left Columbus, GA and moved to Jacksonville, FL so I could be with my Mom and visit her every day. I walked with her to the very end and loved her into her next phase as she stepped into the love she needed to heal her Spirit. My divorce was final as my Mom was in hospice, she waited until her Spirit knew it was over and then she left peacefully. I was bereft.
Right after she passed I was offered a job in my old industry but it required a move to Knoxville, TN. I took the job because I needed to rebuild my life again, not because I wanted to do it.
Spirit has a way of moving you once you give in to the idea of a Divine Plan and this was all part of that. I landed in a heap in Knoxville in the spring of 2008, started my job at Regal Cinemas, and was able to buy a house and create a home again. The move to Knoxville was never about the job. It was a Spirit led opportunity to connect with others that had decades of Metaphysical knowledge they were willing to share to help nurture and love me into who I am now. I am forever grateful for my time in Knoxville, as well as all those that helped Spirit drag me into becoming the Healer. Life changing does not even begin to cover what that time was for me.
I kept that job for 9 years. I left that job in 2017 and came back to my home in North East Florida. I began my Healing Practice in Saint Augustine which is my passion, and I’ve not looked back since. I am grateful everyday for this path that I walked and for each wound that I was able to heal to become me. Joy in now my constant companion.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Healing With Mo?
I specialize in helping people overcome the trauma that their lives and choices have created. I do this through intuitive consulting, integrate all of my various metaphysical gifts to help them. I always say wounded Healers make the best kind. Well my wounds went very deep, they almost destroyed me, but they did not. I’m still standing and you can stand too. I help my clients understand that they have everything they need inside to heal themselves, just like I did. To that end I teach them the practice of Reiki in addition to all the other things I teach. This gives them the road map that will help them manage their Energy and Emotions so they do not manage them.
What sets me apart I feel is my mission to not be the crutch but the conduit for change. I love to empower people to choose love over fear and to choose themselves first. Self love and self care is not selfish, it’s selfless.
I work with people from all walks of life. I never judge anyone’s path because it is the path they need to walk in order to become more. More of who they are and always have been. I work with clients in person or online, whichever they prefer. I also offer public speaking and educational workshops to help people understand themselves, learn to forgive and appreciate their life experiences and move forward in a better expression of self.
In terms of your work and the industry, what are some of the changes you are expecting to see over the next five to ten years?
The self help/healing industry is exploding. More and more people are looking deeper into themselves and there is not a single person on the planet that cannot benefit from reclaiming and loving themselves fully. The industry will continue to blossom and grow and from my perspective, there is no end in sight. Wounded Healers truely do make the best kind, and there are so many that need healing that there are not enough Healers to go around.
I do feel that so much that is being done intuitively now will be backed by science moving forward. There are already many hospitals around the country that offer Energy Healing services through practitioners of all modalities. This will continue to expand as more become aware of the options they have and how complementary they are with established protocols.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://healingwithmo.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healingwithmo/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-mo-aruta-752a9911/
- Other: https://www.meetup.com/saint-augustine-reiki-exchange-meetup/
