From Engineer To Therapist: Walking The Path Less Taken

From Engineer To Therapist: Walking The Path Less Taken

Written by

Hello Iโ€™m Eugene the holistic healer! I want to share with you my journey into therapy work.

For nearly 30 years, my life had been about computers and coding. I was formerly a cybersecurity professional and following that, a systems engineer. How did I land myself in a healing profession?

Eugene
Meet Eugene the computer geek. That is me working on tasks at a local competition.

In childhood, I frequently fell ill due to a weak immune system. No amount of medicine or treatment did me any good.

Things went downhill in the first 2 months of army training when I came down with a bad flu for 7 weeks. My mind was never the same afterwards. Over the years, I developed dementia symptoms such as forgetfulness, confusion and psychomotor issues that rivalled my 90-year-old neighbour. Among the 30+ symptoms that I suffered, dementia, sinusitis and food allergies were the worst. It felt like my body had given up on me.

Worse still, no one believed that I was sick because I looked physically fit. Inside, I felt rotten to the bone.

Eugene
Two and a half years in the army toughened me up and also pushed my immune system over the edge

Being the stereotypical left-brainer, I would only entertain healing protocols that were โ€œbacked by scienceโ€. Yet years later, there I was sick to the bone and science had failed to heal my broken mind and body.

In sheer desperation, I crept out of my comfort zone. After all, I had nothing left to lose! To my surprise, my problems quickly flaked away after my first foray into the โ€œpseudoscientificโ€ healing modalities! Every modality that I practice today has had an enormous impact on my life: Medical Medium, EFT tapping, hypnotherapy and reiki.

Out of curiosity, I went on to study these modalities and it dawned on me that I had powerful tools in my healing arsenal. What I knew could help others quickly recover from their ailments.

Eugene
I pursue my studies in therapy

In an ultimate test of my faith, I leapt across the 100-foot gap from an engineer of computer systems to an engineer of human systems.

Walking on a path less taken was hands-down the scariest thing Iโ€™ve done in my life! Thankfully along the way, I have received much loving support from friends and loved ones. The universe conspired to nudge me down this path by punctuating my journey with many synchronicities (Iโ€™ll share them soon). The intense fear melted and gave way to courage and determination.

Helping clients heal themselves and hearing their glowing feedback is far more gratifying than anything Iโ€™ve done before, not to mention life-changing. If I had the chance to talk to my younger self, I wouldโ€™ve told him to worry less and walk down this path earlier.

  • I write about client healing stories and my adventures as Radiant Flow's founder and principal therapist. Subscribe to stay tuned!

    View all posts