Why Traditional Therapy May No Longer Work?
Joanne Angel Barry Colon has 30+ years in the health, fitness, and wellness industry. She is the Wholistic Fitness owner located in NY Queens, certified holistic personal trainer, intuitive healer, cosmic energy reader, student of Astrology, Master of Numerology, and Creator of Chakra Balance Numerology Cosmic Energy Forecast Deck.
Did you know that we are spiritual beings having a multitude of human experiences? Every experience leads us to where we are meant to be. Sadly, some of these experiences may not be pleasant and may cause grief, sadness, worry, overwhelm, and, for some, a feeling of being lost.
Many people were impacted by the pandemic, spiritually speaking. We were encouraged to quiet down and limit our interaction with others. Due to this experience, many people started noticing that they were more sensitive to other people's energies. For some, the feelings were unexplainable, weird, and even nauseating. What most people did not know was that they were unwrapping a metaphysical gift.
Fast forward to 2025: in the last seven months, we have experienced five planets switching zodiac signs.
Why is this so significant?
Pluto takes 248 years to travel from one zodiac sign to another. Pluto spent the last 18 years in Capricorn, which represents corporations, business, and capitalism. On November 19, 2024, Pluto entered Aquarius, where it will stay until March 8, 2043. Aquarius represents technology, futurism, leadership, innovation, collaborations, and humanity. Pluto represents endings, completion, death, and transformation.
Neptune takes 168 years to transit all the zodiac signs and has just completed its 14-year cycle in Pisces, helping us spiritually evolve and bring our lives into flow. On March 30, 2025, Neptune began its new cycle in Aries, marking a new 168-year astrological cycle. Neptune represents higher consciousness and wisdom, spiritual evolution, and traveling between worlds (heaven and earth).
Uranus takes about 96 years to travel through each zodiac sign and has spent the last 8 years in Taurus, causing chaos, changes, and disruptions in our relationships with self, others, the physical body, and money. On July 7, 2025, Uranus began its transit in Gemini, where it will stay until May 22, 2033. Uranus represents technology, radical change, disruption, innovation, chaos, and unpredictability.
Saturn is known as a bridge planet and travels a little quicker through each zodiac sign. It takes Saturn 29.5 years to travel through all 12 signs. On May 25, 2025, Saturn began its transit in Aries. Saturn represents restructuring, restrictions, foundation, boundaries, and karmic reset.
Jupiter takes 12 years to travel through all 12 signs. Jupiter entered Cancer on June 9, 2025, and will stay there until June 30, 2026. Jupiter represents expansion, luck, good fortune, and spiritual growth. Jupiter is exalted in Cancer. During this transit, many may experience unexpected physical symptoms leading to a spiritual or kundalini awakening.
In addition to the five planets switching signs within 7 months, retrograde season begins. Pluto, Neptune, and Saturn will be retrograde for the remaining part of 2025. Mercury entered Leo on June 26, 2025, and will retrograde from July 18, 2025, through August 11, 2025, and move out of Leo on September 2, 2025, after spending 83 days in Leo. This is an unusual transit for Mercury.
Leo represents big changes in creativity, expression, communication, and there may be more drama in situations than usual. This energy is known for the expression “Go big or go home.”
Mercury's retrograde may invite you to experience something impactful while spending time revisiting, reviewing, and then preparing for the big release. The big release could be about letting go of something or announcing something big. Either way, it will be impactful.
This energy isn't only coming from our planets. From January through December 2025, we are in a "9 Universal Energy Year," according to Numerology. This is a year of endings, completion, transformation, and letting go of what no longer serves you. This year is also known for reflecting on the last nine years. As of January 2026, we begin a new nine-year cycle.
Over the past five years, I have met with many new clients for “Reiki Talk Therapy” after many of them sat in traditional therapy and came to the conclusion that their situation wasn’t just logical, but spiritual. Some even referred to it as a “rite of passage,” so they knew they needed something more.
Like most people, I started with traditional therapy, and after weeks of talking about the same situation week after week, my husband and I looked for a therapist with a spiritual background. We were blessed to find one, considering there aren’t many, which is what led me to offer Reiki Talk Therapy.
What is Reiki talk therapy?
Reiki Talk Therapy consists of a blend of venting or talking about one or a series of events that took place over a period of time. Once the client is finished speaking, we move into a Chakra Balance clearing and alignment, then finish off with Reiki energy healing. At the end of every session, I pull a card that provides additional insight into our session and a word that is implemented as an affirmation.
It is unusual for a client to return for their next session venting or talking about the same issues from the last session. An average session lasts 30 to 45 minutes, and most clients commit to weekly sessions. I also encourage clients to get a Level 1 attunement, which helps them perform Reiki self-healing between sessions. Reiki is more than a healing technique – it’s a transformational journey that opens doors to inner light and limitless possibilities.
Every session begins with the following:
What is new
What is different
What has stayed the same
At the end of most sessions, clients are given “homework” to do between sessions, which may include:
Journaling
Crystal chakra alignment
Earthing
Change of diet
Strength training
Rev. Joanne Angel BarryColon is a Reiki Master with over 15 years of experience. She has administered over three dozen Reiki Circles and attuned over a dozen students as practitioners and masters. Rev. Joanne is also a self-published author of six self-help books, a medical astrologer, a master of numerology, a card creator and reader, and has over four decades of experience in the health, fitness, nutrition, and wellness industry. She is the founder of Wholistic Fitness NY and Wholistic Healing Magazine and the host of Joanne’s Healing Within TV Show.
For comments, questions, readings, or to schedule a Reiki Talk Therapy session, email healingwithin76@gmail.com.
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Joanne Angel Barry Colon, Certified Wholistic Personal Trainer, Intuitive Healer & Cosmic Energy Reader Joanne Angel Barry Colon has 30+ years in the health, fitness, and wellness industry. She is the Wholistic Fitness owner located in NY Queens, certified holistic personal trainer, intuitive healer, cosmic energy reader, student of Astrology, Master of Numerology, and Creator of Chakra Balance Numerology Cosmic Energy Forecast Deck. She is the Host of Joanne's Healing Within T.V Show and Joanne's Cosmic Energy Radio Show and Author/Self-Publisher.
Joanne's mission: To help women (men by referral) release issues from their tissues as they release emotional weight and fall in love with themselves while witnessing their transformation of being the best version of themselves.
