Serena James - Author of Vibe Higher, Holistic Healer and Founder at Just Be

Serena James

Serena James is a certified holistic healer tasked with the exciting life mission of raising the vibration of Mother Earth. She provides energy healing services and workshops to help people overcome energetic barriers to experience more joy, wellness, and abundance in their lives. James is the founder of Just Be and makes her home in the beautiful state of Montana with her family.

After blogging about holistic healing to bring love and light to each and every reader, James was spiritually guided to write Vibe Higher to share healing energy all over the world.

Everything is energy, and when you are tuned into your energy and the energy around you, you have the power to take control and experience what you truly desire. Discover exactly how energy affects you. Explore practical methods for raising your vibration. Increase your self-awareness to better care for your mind, body, and spirit. Absorb the healing energy in each and every page as you follow your path to Vibe Higher.

I’m so excited for you to connect with Serena, check out her work, and follow along as she continues to help people experiencing discord and imbalance in their lives to overcome these challenges to experience joy, wellness, and prosperity as they were meant to.

I'd love it if you'd introduce yourself, what you do, and what you're working on.

I’m Serena James, holistic healer, owner of Just Be, and author of Vibe Higher. There are many different types of holistic healers, and my specialty is working with energy through pendulum dowsing. Everything is energy, and when you are struggling physically, emotionally, or spiritually, a great place to look is at the energy surrounding these circumstances. I use my pendulum and a variety of dowsing programs to help me identify where energy is blocked or non-beneficial energy is present and shift that energy into something more beneficial for people, places, and things. 

Right now people can work with me one-on-one through virtual appointments, phone, Zoom, or email. For those that like to do things on their own first (like me), my book Vibe Higher is perfect for that. It helps you build the foundation of your knowledge of energy and provides you with tried and true ways to raise your vibration that can be referenced over and over again. 

I have a few wellness events scheduled for this year which is really exciting because almost everything was canceled last year. I’m so ready to see and connect with people again.

How did you get started?

I didn’t always identify myself as a holistic healer. In fact, I didn’t really know anything about energy until I was in my own difficult situation. I tried to improve the situation with traditional methods working with many different experts only to see things get worse, not better. At rock bottom, a friend finally told me about a holistic healer, and I made an appointment right away. 

Working with her, I noticed immediate positive change. In just a couple months, my situation did a 180 in the right direction. What she was doing with energy was logical to me, not “woo woo”, like people like to say these days! If energy within us was stuck or low vibrating, it made sense to me we would experience issues with our minds, bodies, and spirits. 

I was amazed and incredibly grateful for the quick and long-lasting results. I wondered why nobody was talking about this, why I had to hit rock bottom for someone to finally mention holistic healing. Why was it such a secret?? Well it wasn’t a secret; I just wasn’t talking to the right people.

I do realize the professionals I was working with prior to my holistic healer were experts in their fields, so of course they wouldn’t mention alternative wellness options for me. And I think that is what’s really important for people to understand- that when you are working with a professional, they are an expert in their field, not everyone else’s fields. The recommendations and care you receive is in their area of expertise. You don’t go to a dentist to get your eyes checked and you don’t go to a mechanic to get your hair done, right? And just because something works well for many, doesn’t necessarily mean it works well for you. Just know that there are many options to help you, sometimes you have to think outside the box. 

So many people around me were struggling with their own issues and also sharing everything they were doing to make things better, except things weren’t getting better. It sounded so familiar to me, so I excitedly shared my experiences with holistic healing. Some people tried it for themselves and loved it, and others thought I was weird. Regardless, I was a huge believer in this work and desired to be able to do it for myself.

The opportunity to learn a holistic healing modality came to me. My own holistic healer invited me to an upcoming class for pendulum dowsing, so I attended the 3-day training. During that experience, I immediately realized this was what I was supposed to be doing with my life.

Several months after becoming certified in the Trailblazing Communications pendulum dowsing program, I made the decision to leave my cozy day-job to pursue holistic healing full-time and started my business, Just Be. 

What inspired the work that you're doing?

It’s difficult for me to see people struggle and hurting. Sometimes these hurts are temporary, and sometimes they are the effects of deep-seated issues. It’s not always obvious the cause of the struggle, but working with energy can help us find out, make the appropriate shifts, and the clear the path for moving forward. My work is inspired by the desire to help others overcome obstacles to live a life full of joy, wellness, and prosperity.

What is your biggest passion? Do you feel like you're living your passion and purpose?

My biggest passion is helping people to understand the significance of energy in their lives and empower them to take control of their energy to experience more of what they desire. Joy, wellness, and prosperity isn’t reserved for certain people- it is for all of us. And if that’s not happening for someone, I hope they can find the resources and solutions they seek.

I am definitely living my passion and purpose. There have been times when I’ve tried to do things in addition to my energy work and the Universe quickly nudges me to refocus and get back on track.

What is your joy blueprint? What lights you up, brings you joy, and makes you feel the most alive?

Can I pick a few things?? It doesn’t take a lot to humor or please me, but my number one source for joy is spending time with my family. They’re always a space for love, comfort, encouragement, acceptance, and fun. Speaking of fun, laughing is one of my favorites. I love to laugh and it makes me feel alive. 

And of course, working with clients is always rewarding. I’ve moved to offering only virtual appointments in the past year and have had many new clients who choose to have email readings with me. We haven’t met in person, we haven’t spoken on the phone, and, in most cases, we’ve never seen each other. It always brings me joy and validation when a client reads a recap of their session and tells me how accurate and helpful it was. That definitely lights me up.

How do you live intentionally? Are there tools/resources/practices that you rely on to help you stay mindful and grounded?

I have a tendency to get distracted or I have so many ideas running through my mind that I’m too overwhelmed to take action. There are a few things I do to overcome this. First, I’ve asked for an energetic filter to only let the ideas in that I need to work on and keep out the ones that are distracting me or not in alignment with my path. Another thing is I’ve found a spot in my community where my thoughts are 100% clear. I go to this spot and do a quick meditation asking what I need to know or what I need to work on. Sometimes people think meditation is this hour-long process, but it doesn’t always have to be. Another thing I do on most mornings is check in with my energy to see if there’s anything I need to address, and if so, I dowse on it with my pendulum. Lastly, I recently discovered I’m a type of person who needs a lot of rest, so I’m working on honoring that.

What would your younger self think about what you're doing now?

I think my younger self would think, finally you figured out what you’re here to do. As a child, I had a very strong connection to my Christian faith and was obsessed with Astrology. Looking back on my childhood, I felt like a powerful manifestor and my intuition was spot on. I used to just know things, even without any prior experiences to cultivate that knowledge.

I definitely experienced a disconnect from my natural abilities during high school and much of my early 20s. I believe my rock bottom situation I mentioned earlier was necessary to bring me back to my path.

Do you have a go-to mantra or affirmation? 

I typically meditate a few minutes each day asking for spirit messages, and I pray every night. My usual go-to affirmation is I am happy, I am healthy, I am wealthy, I am beautiful. I feel all parts of this affirmation applies to my mind, body, and spirit.

What is your biggest dream?

My biggest dream is for all people to vibrate at the frequency of love or higher. Big dream, I know! But it starts at the individual level and people should know that their energy not only affects them, but everyone else, too. Taking care of yourself, your energy, is perhaps the most humanitarian thing you can do.

To learn more and connect with Serena visit her website www.thejustbelifestyle.com and on Instagram @authorserenajames and @thejustbelifestyle and Facebook @authorserenajames you can find Vibe Higher at Balboa Press, Amazon Prime, or Barnes and Noble and connect with her via email authorserenajames@gmail.com

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