Haunted houses aren't typically associated with life-changing career paths, but for West Coons, a harrowing experience with the supernatural opened the door to a journey of spiritual enlightenment and healing. The Real Estate Habits podcast is thrilled to bring you an episode where West, a former Marine and now an esteemed real estate broker, delves into his extraordinary pivot to becoming a spiritual healer. Abby, his loyal German Shepherd, occasionally chimes in, adding a touch of canine charm to our heart-to-heart.
Our conversation traverses the mysterious origins of Reiki, the Japanese healing technique that Master Asui established, drawing inspiration from the healing powers of Jesus. West, who has conducted over a thousand professional healing sessions, shares the profound impact this practice has had on veterans and others seeking solace and recovery. In a poignant reflection on personal loss, we also touch on the profound bond with our four-legged friends, and how they shape our lives and legacies. With West gearing up for his own podcast, focusing on community work and his healing practice, this episode is an invitation to be inspired by the transformative journey of self-discovery that is one part real estate acumen, one part spiritual adventure.
Speaker 1:
Hey guys, welcome to real estate habits. I'm here today with a great friend of mine, west Coons. It is so awesome to have in the studio today. We also have another special guest, abby, a little German Shepherd. She's hanging out with us, west, great to have you on the show.
Speaker 2:
Tell us a little bit about yourself. Hey, thanks for having us and thanks for having Abby as well. You know been real estate 30 years and just coming over to your real estate firm and checking out and how you do podcasts, I really appreciate that.
Speaker 1:
Thank you so much Well you know I'm super excited about this because you have a podcast, vb Healer. I know you do a lot of Reiki and a lot of really, really great stuff. You work with a lot of veterans on getting those people healed and getting those people squared away. So it's amazing to me that you're able to be a full-time broker and run a very successful Century 21 office but then also do this. Tell us a little bit about how you got into that and kind of what it's meant to you and kind of where all that's going.
Speaker 2:
Sure, I appreciate it. You know, my spiritual awakening started about five years ago with an incredibly haunted house, and I kind of remember that. Yeah, it was crazy. It put me in a place I wasn't used to being. As a former Marine, we're comfortable walking towards gunfire. However, when there's something picking you up and throwing you across the room that you can't see, it's going to wake you up a little bit. So I ended up meeting these healers and finding out there is just lots of things that I didn't understand, and when it was all said and done, now I needed to do something different, and that was rebuild my life, and so I took my first Reiki class and in short order, I realized I had some gifts that maybe not everybody does, and I started healing people, and so far I've done over a thousand professional healing sessions.
Speaker 1:
So tell us a little bit more for the people in the eyes that don't know or don't understand what is Reiki and kind of what's the history behind that habit came to be.
Speaker 2:
Sure Reiki is the Japanese version of the Catholic Church hands-on healing. Master Asui wanted to know how Jesus healed people back in the day, so he went on a pilgrimage and when he came back, jesus had showed him how to do it. So he created the Reiki program. You know we connect with the Holy, sacred Spirit. That energy flows through our crown chakra, as my German Shepherd's biting me right now yeah, she's trying to heal you so it flows through your crown chakra and you end up healing yourself for the person that you're working on.
Speaker 1:
That's amazing, and you know, and how long ago was it that you started this?
Speaker 2:
About four years.
Speaker 1:
About four years now, well, I mean, when you actually about four years, you actually started seeing, seeing, seeing patients, correct?
Speaker 2:
The working doing it professionally about two and a half years ago. That's amazing.
Speaker 1:
Well, I'm really happy that you're here today. I know you and I have in the last couple years we've had some losses in our lives. You know for those of you don't know I love my dogs and you know, and Sodas, west, and I know West lost Kennedy earlier this year and that was very sad. We got Kennedy's little mad demon replacement here and then I know you just lost sugar the other day. So our heart goes out to you on that, thank, you.
Speaker 2:
I appreciate it. It's always hard losing the ones we love.
Speaker 1:
It really is. I tell you, I'm watching her. It'll alligate her over there and Nemi is the same way. She was like choose on you all the time. So well, guys, I just wanted to take a short time here, kind of introduce West and let you know that West is going to be having a podcast coming up here real soon and it's going to be about what the work that he's doing within the community and the work that he's doing with people, and we're just really excited to see that come to fruition. Anything else you'd like to add?
Speaker 2:
Yeah, that podcast is going to be called Enlightenment Unknown and the first 10 or 15 episodes is going to go through the entire Spiritual Awakening going through that haunted house, going through connecting with Native American medicine, woman to help fix things, exorcisms, you name it. It's going to be real, it's going to be raw and it's going to be available for the public.
Speaker 1:
It's going to be great, so we're looking forward to it, guys. Until next time this is Real Estate Happens and we'll see you soon Get out there and sell a house.