“To thine own self be true.”
Name: Jane Elizabeth Foody
Age: 25
Occupation: Healer
Did you go to college? Where?
Yes. Undergraduate: University of Central Florida; Graduate: Mercy College
What did you study?
Undergrad: Psychology Graduate: Doctor of Physical Therapy
Where do you work?
I’m all over the place. I work in NY and in Orlando, Florida. I see some clients in my space and for other clients I go to them. My profession can take me anywhere from a beautiful beach to an office space to a nursing home.
Where are you from?
Westchester County, New York (30-50 minutes north of Manhattan)
Why did you pick this career?
Because I want to help millions of people heal and discover the inner light that I know is in every single human being. I enjoy having a profession in which my success depends upon making another person feel healthy and well.
What are your future plans for your career?
Because I am a certified hypnotist, an experienced registered yoga teacher (E-RYT), and in December of 2011, I’ll be a Doctor of Physical Therapy, within the next ten years I intend to open a one-of-a- kind healing, health and education center. I want to have all sorts of healers work and educate in the center. I want to travel and teach workshops bridging yoga, hypnosis and physical therapy. I want to write more books and make more DVDs and CDs and simply spread love and light to people’s mind, bodies and spirits.
How did you get involved in this career?
I don’t know anyone else with my particular skill set. Yoga brought me to hypnosis and physical therapy. It all started with yoga. All the pieces and learning that I received along the way just seem to fit together. Since I was a little girl selling chocolate bars for my school, I understood business and entrepreneurship and so the business aspect comes naturally to me. I also have always loved to write and when I was ten years old I thought I would be a journalist or a writer. Now I see how it all comes together! There was a period of my childhood when I begged my mom to take me on auditions for plays and movies. I am simply following my unique makeup and listening to my inner heart.
How did you prepare yourself for this career?
I will never be fully prepared for this career! I will always be learning. I do tons of reading, studying, networking, writing, researching, goal setting, out sourcing, visualizing, meditating, memorizing, and practicing with lots of trial and error.
What are the downsides to this profession?
I can often strongly feel other people’s pain sometimes it will zap me or I’ll struggle with letting it go.
What is a typical workday for you?
Everyday is new and different and there are no repeats. This spring I am doing my clinical affiliation internship and I’m working in the Bronx at three public schools providing physical therapy to children 8-3 PM. Afterwards I see private clients in the evenings. When this internship is over I’ll get back to my usual schedule which is seeing private clients throughout the day. I have clients that I’m training to teach yoga, hypnosis clients and clients I personally train in the gym. On the weekends I am a full time student.
How might this job be a stepping stone to other professions?
I don’t really see this job being a stepping stone to other professions it’s really a profession that I’ve created for myself that involves using different healing modalities. Teaching yoga has definitely become a stepping stone to physical therapy and hypnosis.
What is the single-most important piece of advice you can offer a person pursuing this career?
If you can match your passion and your purpose every day with motivated action and a positive mental attitude, you will be unstoppable.
What steps do you recommend to someone who is planning to pursue this career?
Set goals and ways you can achieve those goals every single day, financially plan and problem solve, network, intern and study. Study psychology. Anticipate possible road blocks and working solutions to them.
What professional or community volunteer organizations are you currently a member of?
American Physical Therapy Association, International Association of Yoga Therapists, American Association of Clinical Anatomists, Yoga Alliance, New York Yoga Teachers Association, National Guild of Hypnotists, and National Association of Health and Fitness.
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