Healing Through Heart-Centered Connection – Exclusive Interview with Alison Zeidler
As an adult child of an alcoholic, Alison Zeidler struggled with anger, depression, and an overwhelming need to please combined with an inability to express herself. Through trial and error, and hard work, she found the tools that shifted her life. Her mission is to empower others to transform their lives, discover balance, reconnect to their hearts and wisdom, and reclaim their joy for life.
Alison Zeidler, Founder / Owner
Can you tell us a bit about your background and what led you to where you are today?
I grew up in a rather chaotic household with an alcoholic mother who had minimal coping skills. By the time I was 15, she had been married five times, with many male “friends” in between marriages.
I had no voice, was shut down, and the only emotions I felt were anger and rage. The coping skills I had learned as a child stopped working in my 30s, and I fell apart. I couldn’t deal with life, I had no friends, and I was miserable.
I realized I had to find a way to shift my life and discover who I was, who I wanted to be, and who I didn’t want to be. I learned many different techniques and tools and did a lot of hard work. I discovered how to navigate my inner landscape to become a functioning member of society.
Some of the things that helped me included counseling, anger management classes, Al-Anon, energetic healing, and balancing. These allowed me to look at my life in a new way, focus on gratitude, shift my thoughts, and acknowledge and move through my emotions. I learned how to help others and was able to move from pain and misery into compassion, gratitude, love, and hope. Now, I want to share that path with others.
Can you go into more detail about what you do?
I teach people how to manage and eliminate the effects of overwhelm, anxiousness, and chronic stress. I help release past trauma and trapped emotions, uncover hidden stressors and blocks—physically, mentally, and emotionally—and much more.
I draw from the training I’ve received as a certified instructor in both Quantum-Touch® Energy Healing and Touch for Health®. I am also a HeartMath® Certified Practitioner and have additional training in Emotional Freedom Technique, Emotion Code, Access Consciousness® Bars, Rahanni Celestial Healing®, and many other modalities. I am a Stress and Well-Being Assessment Provider and have recently completed The Resilient Heart – Trauma-Sensitive course, both through HeartMath®.
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What are the core values or philosophies that guide your work?
There are many, but two of the most important are compassion and connection.
I can’t be effective as a guide if I’m not able to practice self-compassion, and if I don’t have self-compassion, then I certainly can’t have compassion for others. It all starts with me.
Being connected to my own heart allows me to connect with others from a place of peace and love. And that’s where the magic, the healing, and the love happen—in those connections.
How do you handle self-doubt or imposter syndrome, if you ever experience it?
I think this is a big one for almost everyone. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who hasn’t experienced self-doubt at some point in life.
What helps me is remembering that I am unique and that what I bring to the table, both personally and professionally, is different from what anyone else brings. The heart-centered connections I make with friends, family, and clients fuel my passion for living and bring me joy. If I can help others along the way, that’s the icing on the cake.
While I sometimes experience self-doubt, especially when faced with a new challenge, I remind myself that I will do my best with love and compassion, learn from that challenge, and understand that’s all anyone can do. I also remind myself to stop listening to the voice in my head that tells me I’m not good enough!
What’s one piece of advice you would give to someone looking to live a more peaceful life?
Connect to your own heart, and when you are ready, ask yourself what it is you truly want and who you want to be—then listen for the answers. Understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to guiding you through life and healing. There are many avenues to peace; the trick is to find the approaches that work for you.
I wish I had been able to connect to my heart much earlier in life, although I don’t think I would have learned the lessons I needed to in order to help others the way I do now.
What are your hopes for the future?
I want to live in a world that practices compassion and gratitude, where people connect to their hearts and those around them, and where we respect each other. I’d love to see a world where people get along, a world that has space for differences without hate and fear.
It would be so cool for teachers and parents to teach Quantum-Touch Energy Healing to their children—or any other heart-centered healing modality. If children could learn how to move through their emotions and reach a state of peace, ease, or calm, rather than getting stuck in anger, frustration, sadness, or despair, imagine how they could live their lives as they grow up! And what a way to help heal the world.
For myself, I want to continue to grow and learn so I can be the best person possible; I want to continue to help others with their pain - physical, mental, emotional, energetic, spiritual – so they can be their best version of themselves – life is easier that way.
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