“The first time I met Joy I had no idea what to expect. In that session and every session since, I’ve felt cherished and safe. Joy brings with her a sense that — profoundly, fully, without reservation — everything is just fine. It’s an amazing experience. This experience of complete acceptance provides the space in which to grow and explore, address and resolve imbalances, examine new possibilities.
In a way, Joy heals as Florence Nightingale would have. Miss Nightingale operated on the assumption that the human experience is characterized by the drive toward health. To her, the healer’s job was to create an environment, in which that drive can operate without impediment. The healer managed light, ventilation, sound, hygiene, nutrition and hydration. Healing environments were light and airy, calm and interesting. People in the healing process were kept clean and given nourishing food and fresh water. What a healer like Joy brings to such an environment is a sense of confidence and competence — that the universe is unfolding as it should — that no one is alone because no one is separate — that no one is overwhelmed because no one is intruding — that all of us, singly and collectively, are beloved.”
Louanne Lawson, PhD, RN, FAAN, DF-IAFN
I’m not sure, exactly, how to explain what it is that Joy does. I’ve tried several times to describe her work to patients, in recommending that they see her, and each time all I can come up with is that she’s a healer, a true healer.
Given what I was taught in medical school nothing I learned there prepared me for what I’ve received in Joy’s healing room. My seminary studies did more to help me understand the power of Joy’s work.
Joy moves within a sacred space, whether it be at her place in Fayetteville or a borrowed office in Little Rock, or simply within the air around her as she walks down the street. She carries with her a sense of centeredness which is as palpable yet comes as easy as taking a breath.
Joy approaches her clients with grace and dignity and wholly without judgement. She listens very well, and not just to words spoken, but to what the individual’s heart’s saying. She has a remarkable ability to quite literally be in touch with her clients’ energy. In return she offers a refreshingly full image of each individual’s wholeness, the physical aspect we see as well as the energetic aspect she sees so very well.
I feel blessed knowing Joy.