"Fear is the absence of remembering
your connection to source!"
Rita Henry
2708 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312
Current Occupation: Living Life
Years of Experience: Forty Five
My job is to invite people to heal, to
feel good about themselves, and to live
their lives to the fullest. When it comes
right down to it, everyone’s job is to live life.
Everyone’s job is about walking their unique
path and accomplishing their life’s purpose.
In our culture, there’s a lot of confusion
between what a person does and who that person
really is. We are taught that a person is what they
do. So this means any person who happens to be
a heart surgeon is given great respect and
importance. On the flip side, any person who
happens to be a convenience store clerk is not
given much respect or importance.
When introducing themselves, adults don’t ask
each other what their favorite color is or if they
like the smell of wet grass in the spring. Instead
they ask, “what do you do?” and then make all
kinds of quick judgments based on the answer to
that one question.
We are also taught to define and value and
make judgments about ourselves by what we do.
Whoa! If your goal is to give your power away to
others, this is a great way to do it. (By the way,
this way of thinking also lets us hide behind what
we do so people won’t find out who we really are.)
But we are not what we do! We are not our
job or our career or our title. It is no more an
assessment of who we are than a jacket you slip
on or off. We are a collection of our life experiences,
feelings, emotions, beliefs, and ways of thinking.
What we do is merely one tiny aspect of who we
really are. For those who desire a more traditional
description of who I am, here it is:
(1999-Present) President and co-owner
of Inner Prosperity, Inc.
Duties include: Personal coaching, inviting and
helping people to heal themselves, organizing and
conducting workshops, and facilitating meditation.
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(May 2009) Advanced Spiritual Counselor
and Master Energy Healer certification from
Quantum Quest's International School of
Energy Healing and Enlightenment:
Completed the 8th Degree Class
in an Advanced Energy Healing & Intuitive Arts
Curriculum of 750 class hours.
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(July 2006) Completed the 7th Degree Class
in Advanced Energy Healing & Intuitive Arts
Curriculum.
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(October 2005) Completed class nine at
Quantum Quest's School of Energy Healing
and Enlightenment
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(October 2005) Attended Spiritual Response
Therapy review class with Robert Detzler
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(May 2005) Completed class eight at
Quantum Quest's School of Energy Healing
and Enlightenment
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(March 2005) Advanced Holistic Healer
certification from Quantum Quest's School of
Energy Healing and Enlightenment
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(January 2005) Completed Karuna
Reiki training
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(June 2004) Attended Spiritual Response
Therapy review class with Robert Detzler.
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(September 2004) Energy Healer Practitioner
certification from Quantum Quest's School of
Energy Healing and Enlightenment
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(November 2003) Completed Advanced
Spiritual Response Therapy training
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(March 2003) Completed Spiritual
Restructuring Training
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(April 2002) Completed practitioner's
training for Unlimited Breath
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(October 2001) Completed practitioner's
training for Unlimited Body
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(July 2001) Became a Reiki Master
(Usui Shiki Ryoko school).
(1998-1999) Self-Employed
Computer Consultant
Served as a project manager for the life
insurance business, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Successfully led teams of computer experts to
project goals. Handled all aspects of management:
Morale boosting, negotiations with vendors,
team building, facilitated prioritization of new
system functionality at a corporate level, aided
with project tracking, reporting, and installation
of $14 million computer system.
(1989-1998) Johnson & Higgins/KVI,
Des Moines, IA
(Third-party administrator in the life insurance business)
Worked up the ranks starting as a Programmer
Analyst, then Business Systems Analyst, and then
as a Supervisor and concurrently was Manager of
the Education Committee. Responsible for hiring,
compensation, performance appraisals, and training
of computer staff. Delegated work assignments,
managed conversion project and new system installation.
(1986-1989) McGinness Consulting,
Des Moines, IA
Responsible for program creation and
modification of county government applications,
software installation, and user training.
Let's see, what else is needed for a
resume? Oh yeah — I was born on June 2,
1964 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I lived in
Chicago, Illinois until I was eight years old and
then moved to Dubuque, Iowa. There I graduated
in 1982 from Wahlert High School. I graduated
from American Institute of Business (Des Moines,
Iowa) in 1984 with an associate's degree in
accounting and computer programming.I've
completed various classes from Drake University
(Des Moines, IA), and have the Fellow Life
Management Institute Designation in life insurance.
I love traveling and meeting people. For ten
years in a row I participated in RAGBRAI, the
annual bicycle ride across Iowa. My favorite color
is purple, and I absolutely adore the smell of
wet grass in the spring.
Several years ago I lost a very
small, precious gift.
This loss transformed my life.
On August 5, 1994, I gave birth to identical
twin girls, Julia and Amy. They were born 3½ months
prematurely. For babies born this soon, the chances
of their surviving and growing up strong and healthy
are slim.
Amy didn't make it. She fought for nine
courageous days before physically dying. Spiritually,
I've learned and continue to learn amazing things
from this little girl. I embrace her painful lessons
that have taught me how to live with passion. It is
true that in learning how to die, we learn how to live.
Julia's story was different. My husband, myself,
and our two sons lived through some very dark
times urgently caring for her, tearfully worrying
about her, and hoping against hope that she'd
make it. Well, she did, and we are eternally grateful
for this. She's our little miracle baby. Julia is
now a happy, healthy girl with her whole life ahead
of her.
There isn't a college course, a certification,
or a training program that could have taught me
what I learned about myself and life. No text book,
no college degree, no amount of titles before or
after my name can substitute for this experience
with my daughters. This experience has given me
the training and the insight needed to invite
people to heal, to feel good about themselves, and
to live their lives to the fullest.
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