My name is Lisa Balzer and I am a nationally board-certified licensed massage therapist & intuitive healer as well as a licensed private detective with an Associates in Criminal Justice degree. I have been in massage private practice for 10 years, performed over 10,000 sessions, and graduated from Body Therapy Institute out of Siler City,…
requiem
Per Article 33 of the Geneva Convention regarding collective punishment states the following: Individual responsibility, collective penalties, pillage, reprisals No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. Pillage is prohibited. Reprisals against protected persons…
she painted the walls
I read something on social media where some expert stated that the reason for boredom is that the brain finally feels safe, recognizes no immediate threat and has nothing to focus on. In the moment of boredom, it doesn’t have an assignment or purpose and will seek out stimuli. I know these moments personally and…
The Know: Ode to mourning; death, doves & detaching.
It’s 3:41 am and my Sunday. My corporate America work week is 7-4 Friday, 7-7 Saturday & Sunday, and Monday 7-4; all closed office holidays are mandatory as well. I get three days that consist of working with clients and personal time. I fell asleep watching Expedition Unknown and woke up to a feeling of…
The Era of Corrosive Exploitation
If we are taught of eras in our collective history, with names like modern and classical; we are in the era of corrosive exploitation. By definition, corrosion is the gnawing away at something and exploitation is the action of making use of or benefitting from resources. We think of corrosives as being substances that when…
The Toothpick
“You are like the Swiss Army Knife of the spiritual realm.” I was once compared to tool/weapon that I wished to own as a kid. I did not want some thrift store knock off, I wanted the REAL one. The one that was made by the Swiss Army. I was a young girl who loved…
Holding the bag
Ouch! This statement makes my brain yell, “Damn, Gina!” Here is why this statement is brutally accurate but might feel like a cheese grater to your emotions, you are reading it behind a trauma filter. Whether or not you consciously believe there is a filter or not your knee jerk reaction to such a bold…
The Know: Patterns
pat·tern [ˈpadərn] NOUN patterns (plural noun) VERB patterns (third person present) I saw the similarities after the fact. As a person who is consistently in a state of feeling and experiencing the world around me, via emotions, I am terrified. I push the utter definition of being terrified to the pit of my gut, inhale and hold…
The Know: Volume 1.5
I have been on every social media site since Myspace was a thing. I was living in Montana at the time in the middle of what would be a 7-year relationship that ended and landed me back in Des Moines in my late twenties. I had started this blog called The Know. I had subscribers…
Into the Dark
Into the Dark – An introductory level workshop on navigating shadow work into everyday living. Facilitated by Lisa Balzer – Licensed Massage Therapist, Medium & Intuitive Healer. Lisa has been active in the healing arts field for over a decade and an intuitive since childhood. She is a domestic violence and sexual assault survivor that…