Meet Kelsey Crystal

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Kelsey Crystal a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Kelsey, thanks for sharing your insights with our community today. Part of your success, no doubt, is due to your work ethic and so we’d love if you could open up about where you got your work ethic from?
I get my work ethic from my inner child who wanted to see me succeed and accomplish big things and from my health issues. I lost the latter half of my twenties to both cancer and chronic illness. I wasn’t able to work or do much for an extended period of time due to these challenges. I now see it as a gift and I’m grateful to be able to both run my business and be in school for my doctorate.

I overcame these challenges through taking care of myself mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and only nurturing relationships that were healthy and conducive to and for myself. I did this through somatic therapy work and fostering healthy relationships with my body, myself, and my clients once I began my business. My clients have helped me more than they realize as watching them show up for and support themselves, helps keep me going and reminds me why I do what I do.

An essential habit I have now developed is as soon as I wake up every morning, I now journal and do bilateral stimulation to help rewire my brain instead of scrolling on social media first thing. I also do not respond to texts until I feel I have the capacity to do so. Responding to texts, emails, and scrolling social media first thing in the morning made me incredibly anxious and sent me in this dopamine-chasing cycle. Boundaries are essentially what I have now developed and have worked thoroughly to sustain with regard to my mental health and how this significantly impacts my business and how I operate and function on a daily basis.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
I’m both a Clairvoyant Medium and a Somatic Practitioner. Meaning, I do readings where I draw to pick up the energy of the client and channel the energy. Additionally, I offer Somatic Release Sessions. These sessions are geared for anyone wanting to help navigate deeper levels of trauma with a bottom-up processing approach. Meaning, we start from the body and work our way up and release stored emotions trapped within the body.

What I feel is most exciting about what I do is being able to work with clients around the world. I currently have clients in seven countries and am expanding. I love being able to learn about their culture and how they view my line of work as some cultures tend to prefer it over others. Learning through them has honestly been the most rewarding part of my business and I’m beyond proud of each of them for showing up for themselves.

Anything else I’d like people to know regarding my brand is that I am not love and light and I do not want to be put on a pedestal. I take a trauma-informed, realistic approach to my readings, line of work, and my outlook on life in general. Duality and nuance are key and love and light can tend to become a mask used in the spiritual community that I do not condone.

New services include my Somatic Release Sessions!

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Three skills that were most impactful in my journey include knowing how to talk to people and accept/receive what they’re saying without judgement and an open mind, not following trends on social media and instead, doing what works best for your client base and brand, and translating my personality from in person to online. I would say the most difficult one of these three is translating your personality from in person to online as this typically doesn’t always translate well and can sometimes translate very differently, giving people a different perspective on yourself and your brand. There is a fine line between wanting to reflect professionalism while maintaining relatability and remaining true to yourself. Advice I have for those who are on the same journey are to not follow trends, and to do what works best for your brand and your client base. Find a way to be relatable and share personal items without over sharing and finding a good balance in how you effectively portray this on your social media. I think sharing things about yourself and life are and can be, great, while running a business, and we must keep in mind the digital footprint this leaves behind and how protecting one’s anonymity is also imperative.

Before we go, maybe you can tell us a bit about your parents and what you feel was the most impactful thing they did for you?
The most impactful thing my parents did for me was name me Kelsey Crystal, LOL! That’s my actual name and its been a great name for my business and all my social media handles. It flows effortlessly, it’s catchy, and easy to remember!

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