MEET CAROL

Carol Tietjen's interview on "Talk of the Town"
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I have always been an avid reader of literature, religion, philosophy, psychology and metaphysics.  Raised in the Congregational Church, I am an active member of Unity Church, and have also been a regular practitioner of yoga and meditation for forty years.  My interest in healing was sparked in my teens by the work of Edgar Cayce and I am a lifetime member of the Association for Research and Enlightenment. I am now an ordained minister of the Universal Brotherhood Movement.

I attended Northfield School for Girls, (founded by D.L. Moody to train young women to be the wives of missionaries) and the University of Pennsylvania, an English major specializing in T. S. Eliot, but also taking a business minor.  Actuarial work, market research and three children kept me occupied until my husband’s career took us outside the US for eighteen years.  

In England, I had surgery for colon cancer, followed by a pulmonary embolism and a life-changing near-death experience.  In gratitude for my new healthy life,   I completed my MA at the University of Puerto Rico, writing on the behind-the-scenes political power of women in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels.  While based in Germany, I trained as a learning disabilities specialist at the Helen Arkell Institute, Surrey, UK.  I had the joy of teaching gifted, learning-disabled, multi-lingual children in Puerto Rico, Germany and the US for fourteen years. 

Shamanism came to me as I moved into the wise woman time of life. It was an instant, exciting match and I enrolled in Foundation for Shamanic Studies trainings one after another, eventually completing the Advanced Three Year Course in 2001, as well as Medicine for the Earth with Sandra Ingerman.  I completed Shamanic Teacher Training with Sandra in 2006. 

Early in my shamanic training, at my local New Age bookstore, Barbara Brennan’s book Hands of Light literally fell into my hands.   I was launched into my quest for that rich training as well.  The five-faceted Barbara Brennan School of Healing program includes not only a wide range of energy healing protocols, but also personal growth, psychology, creative arts and professional practices.  It even gives all of its students the gift of requiring us to have regular therapy sessions.  I graduated from the four year certification program in 1998, and did some post-graduate teacher training.

Trainings with the Sevenoaks Pathwork Center, the Monroe Institute, Pat Fields,PhD, and Perelandra Flower Essences add to what I offer.  Most recently, I completed a three year program with the Center for Intentional Living.  Judith Schmidt, PhD and Alexis Johnson PhD have blessed me with developing the skills of Deep Listening and Deep Presence to be of help in healing pre-verbal trauma, those entrenched woundings of early childhood.

My most recent area of study has been Reiki. I can now offer you not only Reiki healing, but also attunement as a Reiki I and Reiki II healer.

I cannot say enough about the gifts these modalities have brought me: not only vibrant health and joy in myself as I am; but also ease, grace and peace of mind in all the complex relationships of marriage, children, in-laws, grandchildren, associates, allies and clients.  Truly, the more we heal ourselves, the more that healing spreads out around us.

When my husband John retired in 2000, we moved to beautiful Daufuskie Island, SC. We also enjoy golf, beach walks, visits to our children and eight grandchildren, and international travel.