Friday, November 20, 2020

10 Traits of an Empath


A beautiful quality of humans is empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Humans need empathy in order to relate and learn from each other. Empathy develops as we age and experience life.

But there are some people that FEEL life a bit more deeply and absorb the energy of people and places easily. This can affect how they relate to others, how they feel emotionally and physically, how they behave, and, in some cases, can even be debilitating. These people are called empaths.

The 10 major traits of an empath are:

  1. You feel other people's emotions before you even talk to them.
  2. You feel the energy of a place like it's got "good or bad energy".
  3. You find yourself happy, angry, sad, etc. for no reason.
  4. You get overwhelmed emotionally in crowded settings.
  5. You dread parties because it feels like it's too much and too draining.
  6. You feel like you absorb other people's feelings easily and then have a hard time distinguishing them from your own.
  7. You are highly intuitive, especially when it comes to receiving information through your body (like headaches, goosebumps, feeling physical symptoms that someone else is feeling).
  8. Your energy gets depleted when you're around certain people, especially narcissists.
  9. You feel energized when you are out in nature, especially around water or lost of greenery.
  10. You get frazzled by lots of noise, smells, etc. Too much input to your senses!

If you answered yes to more than 5 of these questions, then you're probably an empath!

Being an empath is a beautiful thing as long as you take care of yourself energetically. Knowing what energy and emotions are yours is key to being happy, healthy, and having great relationships. Empaths are highly sensitive people, but not highly sensitive people are empaths. Empaths are natural healers and are drawn to helping others because they can deeply empathize with them.


Monday, September 14, 2020

3am Conversation with God

 

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Last week I shared a story to my email list about weighing anchor and setting sail toward a new project or plan.

That was a bit derailed this past week by the Oregon wildfires.  My figurative ship stayed in port.

I’ve been doing my darndest to keep my mind focused, but I’ve been a bit preoccupied with worry around possible evacuation.  Not productive but it does get your adrenaline going.  My house is very clean now…

Dreams of fire and evacuation have been waking me up.  

My conversation with God went like this last Friday morning at 3am after yet another dream: 

Me: “Dear God, I don’t know what to do.”

God: “Yes, you do. What you mean is that you don’t know what the outcome will be.”

Bam! 🤯

Besides being gently reminded that I have all the answers available to me (You do, too, thanks to your intuition!), God also pointed out that I was letting fear run the show.

Some things in life you just have no control over.  Like wildfires.  And that’s ok.

But what you do have control over is how you respond to the chaos and what you do next. 

I needed that reminder.  🙏🏻  And I got good with it.  

I can always access divine guidance and take the next best step, make the next best decision.  That’s what I’ve been doing over the past few days.  Next best step by next best step. 👟👟👟


Your intuition knows what to do next.  What's yours telling you?

I'm pausing and getting present, paying attention to my intuition, and then playing big.  The three P's.  

And right now, playing big means staying positive, preparing to evacuate from wildfires if necessary, and managing my stress level with some self TLC (sea salt baths are miraculous). That's what I'm able to handle right now.

You're so connected to your divine source.  What would your Three P's look like?  Feel like? Sound like?  Be like?

I’m practicing not being attached to any outcome but being fully present and directed by divine guidance.  I’m taking it easy.  And my go-bag is sitting by the door.

A sea salt bath is as close as I’m getting to setting sail.  So anchors aweigh…next week. 

Monday, August 31, 2020

Three Steps Closer to Knowing What to Do


 Are you like me, going down the gloom and doom rabbit hole sometimes, with all the craziness going on in the world?

I want to share some angelic guidance I received around this a few days ago:

“Awareness removes power from the issue and moves you into a space to make a choice.  To choose the better thought, the right next step.  Honor the shadow, but don’t be held prisoner by it.”

They’re so smart.

Acknowledging sadness, loneliness, helplessness, etc. is the first step in moving into a more positive energy.  Awareness brings us back into the headspace to make a choice.  It empowers us.

The angels advise us to ask ourselves 3 questions from that place of awareness:

1)    Are you willing to give up your sadness, fear, etc.? When you say yes, go to number 2.  

2)    How do you want to feel?

3)    What can you do right now to move toward that feeling?

Then do that.  Right now. Then do it again and again until you reach the desired result. 

I said yes to giving up the blahs and took a step toward happier by binge-watching “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.”  

Worked like a charm.

What feeling do you want to move towards today?

What will you choose to do to get there?

Your mission today: take baby steps toward the next best feeling. Go! ❤️

Monday, August 3, 2020

Leggo (of) Your Ego - Part 3

 Time to Level Up Your Life by Thwarting Your Ego


It's time to master the art of ego taming because it's time for you to level up how you live.  No more fear of moving forward because your ego is being a Negative Nelly and sabotaging your progress.  Tuning into your intuition instead of listening to your ego is key.  

Your intuition gives you the insider info to creating a life that you love.

You can do this in 3 simple steps:


1) Name it.  My Ego's name is Veruca.  She's sometimes very naughty and needs a time out from the negativity. Giving it a name removes the real you from the ego so you can more easily deal with the negativity it brings.

2) Give it a time out when it starts to press your buttons and get out of control. Telling you crazy things like: "No one likes you,"  "You have no idea what you're doing. You aren't an expert," and the classic "Why bother doing it? You're just going to fail like you did last time."  I literally tell my Veruca self something like this: "Veruca, while I appreciate your input, I need for you to stop talking and go find something else to do.  NOW."  Very similar to talking to an 8-year-old.  Loving but firm.

3) Get on with the business of creating a life you love by listening to your intuition.  Your ego will probably pipe up now and again from the corner, but just give it a pat on the head and keep on going.  

You're unstoppable when you're tuned into and following your intuition.  It's time to level up your life.  

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Send your ego to time out this week and play BIG!

Monday, July 27, 2020

Leggo (of) Your Ego - Part 2

 

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My ego was a sneaky little bastard this past week.  I found myself fighting with it A LOT about next steps and even fundamental things like "What should I be doing with my life?"  

Has your Ego been roughing you up, too? Ego sure does know what buttons to push to get me doubting! 

Read on to discover the Ego's "why:"

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Ego - Part 2

When we are very young, the Ego makes sure, first and foremost, that we are safe. “Are you sure that’s a good idea?” and “What if this happens? then, what will you do?” These are common thoughts that Ego plants in our heads to get us to think. 

Because Ego is focused on keeping you, the human being, safe and productive within society, maintaining a behavioral homeostasis is imperative. Not too far to the right, not too far to the left. Maintain current course. No deviation. 

For example, if you are in a job that sucks your very soul from your body each and every day and you see no end in sight to the misery, your Ego will try to “help” you keep “safe” by telling you to stay put! “Don’t quit!,” the Ego protests. You will be out of work and that will make you even more miserable than you already are, Ego argues. Even though you hate getting up in the morning every day, if you didn’t have this job, you would be homeless and living in a van down by the river, Ego rationalizes. Your friends will abandon you; your family will disown you and society will laugh at you for being a failure. So stay in your job. After all, it isn’t that bad, says Ego. You do get free coffee and pens. And don’t forget, someday when you win the lottery, you will get a lot of satisfaction telling your boss how terrible he/she is and then you will be able to travel the world, doing what you want to do. 

A-ha! Now you see where Someday comes in. You’re your Ego’s bargaining chip. Just do this or that, then you will be rewarded when Someday comes around. Ego is so desperate to keep the status quo that it sells you false hope with Someday. Ego will always encourage you to take the path of least resistance, even if the path is sad or hurtful. It is easier to stay with what you know, even if what you know sucks, than it is to venture outside of your comfort zone to pursue your dreams. 

I said easier, but not best. The Ego is invested in you maintaining the way things are and in surviving. It is not invested in you going above and beyond mere survival because there are too many variables. Too many variables lead to too many unknowns. And in Ego’s world, too many unknowns are not acceptable. 

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Ego has little value to those who are focused on leveling up their life. Once we become adults, we have the basic behaviors in place to keep us comfortable and productive in the world. BUT comfortable and productive don't always equate to happy and motivated to create a life of our choosing. 

This is where intuition comes in. Leveling up means following our intuition. 

Are you ready to let go of what your Ego deems "safe" in order to live your dreams? If so, part 3 has some solutions to silencing Ego once and for all!

Leggo your ego and Play BIG!

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