TONI FED
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Hi, I'm Toni
My favorite subject in school was art, so much so that I made it my career as a photographer for about 25 years. I was privileged to experience many cool things, including hundreds of weddings, tons of families, and interesting places that the general public doesn't often get to see, like photographing from the roof of a mall, being hoisted up in the bucket of a firetruck, or even photographing many celebrities. It was fun and interesting, but I often wondered how important it was. Was I making a meaningful contribution to the world? Occasionally, I felt that I was, especially when it related to a charity event helping to capture memories of someone who was sick and dying
or when a client expressed how grateful they were for a photo I had taken of a loved one they had recently lost. It was hard not to compare the impact of my work to that of my therapist husband. He helps people make sense of their world, guides them through grief, anxiety, depression, addictions, and mental health crises, helps parents raise their kids, helps people reach goals they thought were unattainable, and creates ripples in a pond that will carry on through many generations. I took pictures.
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So, how did I end up here? Burned out on the rapidly changing pace of digital photography, I closed my studio and began working at a hospital, on the oncology and palliative care floor. Death was a daily occurrence, and so were grieving families. Which reopened an old door I had almost forgotten about, especially after losing my best friend. I was now literally in a place where I experienced death and grief every time I went to work, while also working through my own grief. It opened a wider portal of compassion and magnified my natural intuitive side that I had leaned into my whole life. Together, the two made it impossible for me to ignore the ‘other’ things happening, like knowing things, hearing things, and feeling things that weren’t necessarily obvious to those around me. It became unbearable, and I began searching for a way to turn it off. The more I searched, the more I learned that it was not possible to turn “it” off. ​​
Once I started leaning into it, I realized I could actually make a meaningful contribution to this world and possibly help the spirit world, too! My intentions for my clients are always the same: to help them heal by providing the messages or guidance they need to hear. Often it's from a parent or another deceased loved one. Sometimes it's about their relationship and the words that may have been left unspoken; other times, it's a confirmation that they are on the right path, or sometimes not at all. I've had clients tell me months later that I helped them "stay alive", "forgive", "get closure", "feel better about death," "find their love," and even "not skip the doctor appointment that diagnosed breast cancer early." It is my privilege and honor to deliver messages and make connections in a way that I hope will make a difference.
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