Successes
The work I do is not about me. It has never been about me. It is about what happens when a person finally hears what their body has been trying to say, and trusts it enough to act. Some people heal a symptom they had given up on. Some transform their relationship with their own body for the first time. Some carry the work forward into their families, across distance and time. And some go on to become healers and teachers themselves, offering their own gifts to the world. These are some of their stories.
When Healing Reaches Beyond One Person
"When I connected with Miriam, it was a feeling of trust. Her care and compassion made me feel like I was talking with a friend, and over time I knew we were. She educated me, supported me, and shared things that no one else knew about me, including things I didn't know needed to be healed.
She gave me exercises that were unique to my needs, and as I used them, things changed. When the work turned to clearing old patterns connected to my son, who is incarcerated, I began sharing the clearing practices with him. He started doing them every day, just as I was. We were healing together, across distance, using the same words and tools.
That clearing time helped me see myself more clearly, and the things I needed to heal in my own life. And my son is becoming who he wants to be. He is taking college classes, one at a time, building skills for his future. Miriam has been the best thing that has happened for me in dealing with the challenges of life. She was brought into our lives as part of a divine plan."
— Gloria C., Ohio, 2022
A Glowing Woman in the Co-op
"Twenty-eight years ago, I ran into an older woman at the Putney Co-op. She had just come from a session with Miriam. I did not know her well, but she was literally glowing with health, shopping confidently for black walnut seed tincture. There I was, twenty years younger than she, feeling tired and fatigued from poor lifestyle choices. I wanted to feel the way she looked. Glowing with health, happy, and empowered. She happened to have Miriam's business card, and she gave it to me.
I remember first meeting Miriam. I could see and feel that she was a Wise Woman. I was fascinated that our bodies know the answers. I came in like a death star and left feeling like our radiant sun star. She gave me the empowerment to help myself, and I was ready to do the work.
I was 18 when this path started, and now I am 46. I learned that we have the power to change our lives and manifest our dreams, that being alive in this body is a gift, and that we can access our own intuition and our guides. Miriam helped me heal childhood trauma, release old patterns of guilt and shame from my body, and return to the path of remembering who I am. She helped me learn to love myself more, to respect myself more, to have more compassion for myself. In this way I have a greater capacity to love others.
It is humbling to witness oneself stuck in patterns, but also liberating to feel the momentum that builds when we make choices that bring joy, peace, new energy, light, and harmony."
— Kim M.B., Vermont, 2022
Clients Who Became Healers and Teachers
Several of the people I have worked with over the years have gone on to develop their own healing practices, write their own books, and teach in their own right. I consider this the highest possible affirmation of what I do. The whole point of this work is to hand authority back to the person. When that person then turns around and offers their gifts to others, the ripple keeps moving. I am proud of each of them, and grateful that our paths crossed when they did.
Hilary Crowley
Hilary came to me as a client and became a gifted energy healer and teacher with a powerful intuitive connection of her own. She is the author of The Power of Energy Medicine: Your Natural Prescription for Resilient Health, published in 2021. She has presented at the Kripalu Center, hosts the podcast The Good Energy Healing Show, offers a free morning meditation, and leads her Good Energy Healing Club membership community. I am thrilled to still be considered her teacher.
"My greatest lesson from Miriam is her unflinching belief that the body is always healing, and that the resources for healing are always available. There is no scarcity when it comes to healing. Only more resources, more insights, and more soul growth." — Hilary C., New Hampshire, 2022
Dagny St. John
Dagny began as a client and has become a skilled Soul Intuitive and Energy Healer, working with CranioSacral Therapy, Reiki, Emotional Freedom Technique, Quantum Healing Hypnosis, and Past Life Regression. She is the author of Soul Fragments: Healing Through Soul Journeys, and the inspiration behind the collaborative book Soul Sisters: A Collection of Sacred Soul Journeys, published in April 2026, to which I contributed a chapter. It is a joy to still offer some teaching to her.
"You are a great teacher. It was delightful working with you. You opened the doors for me to learn about what I don't understand, about the mystery of intuition and synchronicity and how to access my gifts and abilities."
Soul Fragments is available on Amazon.
Karin Edgett
Karin is a long-term client and student who has published books of photographs of flowers, capturing the spiritual energies she perceives in them. Her work spans cards, paintings, poetry books, and calendars. She has also been essential to the construction of this website and to the editing of many of my blog posts. It has been a joy to work with someone who truly understands my work from the inside.
Alyssa Holmes
Alyssa started working with me when she was 15 years old. She went on to co-author The Medicinal Gardening Handbook: A Complete Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Using Healing Herbs with Dede Cummings, published in 2014. To watch someone grow from a teenager in my office into a published author sharing her knowledge of herbal medicine with the world has been one of the quiet joys of this work.
Karen Custer
"What I value most about my work with Miriam is that she has given me a deep respect for my body and a strong belief in its capacity to heal. Her profound confidence in the body underlies all of her work. As Miriam addressed issues that mainstream medicine had been unable to adequately treat, I saw the results, and my own confidence grew. She helped me cultivate a wonderful, healthy relationship with this part of myself. Miriam started me on what have become lifelong practices: intuitively listening for what will support my mind, body, and spirit, and using muscle checking with my vitamins and supplements." — Karen, Maryland, 2026
If you are curious about working with me, visit my [Testimonials page] to hear from clients in their own words about the experience, or [contact me] to explore what might be right for you.
A few notes on this draft:
For Hilary and Dagny, I'd encourage you to check whether the details about their current offerings are still accurate, since some may have shifted since the information was gathered. A quick visit to their websites before publishing would catch anything outdated.
For Karin and Alyssa, if you'd like to add a short quote from either of them, the page has room for it. Karin's Q&A response had lovely things in it, but nothing that was structured as a testimonial about you specifically. If she's willing to write a sentence or two, it would complete her section beautifully.
The page flows from the emotional (Gloria and Kim's stories) to the professional (the four practitioners), and closes by directing visitors back into your site. It tells a single story: this work moves outward from one person to many.
Books and Podcasts by My Clients, Offering Their Expertise
A deep bow of gratitude goes to these women, all clients who became students, then friends, and now co-creators of the new reality to come!
Hilary Crowley
Hilary Crowley. Hilary’s book The Power of Energy Medicine: Your Natural Prescription for Resilient Health was published in 2021. Buy it and read it! Hilary will be presenting at The Kripalu Center, March 22-24, 2024, with a workshop about “Your Inner Energy Healer: The Joyful Language of Intuition”. She offers sessions both in-person and remotely, has a podcast (The Good Energy Healing Show), a free morning meditation, and a paid membership for her Good Energy Healing Club. www.hilarycrowley.com. Hilary is a wonderful healer and person, and I’m thrilled to still be considered her ’teacher’.
Dagny St. John
Dagny first came to see me in 1996, after the death of her beloved husband. She became a student of mine, and became involved in healing thereafter. Dagny’s first book Soul Fragments: Healing Through Soul Journeys is available through Amazon. Here is a link to read more, and another to place your order, https://a.co/d/aBS3XzE . Dagny works as a Soul Intuitive and Energy Healer, utilizing CranioSacral Therapy, Reiki, Emotional Freedom Technique, Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique, Hypnosis, and Past Life Regression. Dagny is also a wonderful healer and person, and again, I am thrilled to be able to still offer some teaching to her.
Karin Edgett
Karin started sessions with me in 2007, and we still do sessions as needed. She also took many of my class offerings, and expanded what she learned into her favorite fields. She has since published books of photographs of flowers, highlighting the spiritual energies of the flowers. See her website with a variety of offerings, from cards to paintings to poetry books to calendars. www.karinedgett.art. Karin has been essential to the initial construction of this website, as well as to the editing of a number of my early blog posts. It’s been a joy to collaborate with someone who really understands my work!
Alyssa Holmes
Alyssa started seeing me when she was 18 years old, one month after her mother’s first visit to my office. We have continued working together ever since. She co-authored a book on herbal medicine, published in 2014. The Medicinal Gardening Handbook: A Complete Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Using Healing Herbs , by Dede Cummings (Author), and Alyssa Holmes (Author).