What have been your obstacles?

I mean like, here, right now, this week?

Part of why I have creates so much content on Instagram is because there are real obstacles that get in the way of your healing, every single day. Some of them we notice & others we've been taught to overlook or ignore.

Here are 10 things that I see (and some I've been through!) that can get in the way of your own healing...

1. YOU DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY

Healing doesn't happen in a vacuum & when you have trauma that stems from the relationships in your life (family or otherwise) you have to heal through new, safe & loving relationships.

This means finding the "places of belonging" that help you feel supported & seen. This helps you rebuild trust.

2. YOU EXPECT PERFECTION FROM YOURSELF

If your healing looks like a massive to-do list that is way too time consuming & triggers guilt when you don't do it all... it's not helping you heal. It's an old pattern of...

As an empath, we are naturally more sensitive to our own feelings & what's happening around us. It doesn't mean we are weak or overly sensitive but as kids, we naturally just feel things more deeply and read into the experiences we have & what other people are doing, more intensely.

Sometimes we get it right and we sense the things not spoken. 

And sometimes we get it wrong because after all, we were kids. 

But nonetheless, when we as empaths go through traumatic, stressful or painful experiences, the impact can weigh differently on us because we are so emotionally tuned into our experiences. Because we are so tuned in, we can also carry the weight of our Childhood Wounds in different ways, creating coping mechanisms, beliefs about the world & holding onto the emotional pain because we can't seem to understand WHY they happened. 

So, I want to share with you the 4 major Childhood Wounds and how they specifically can impact you as an empath and what you...

It can be really hard to show up in the world in a vulnerable way...

& not be afraid that you are going to get hurt & that others won't let you down.

For most of us, this happens because we have some past experiences with being hurt or judged when we did show others a part of our truest selves. So little by little we learn to guard it and keep it tucked away where it will be safe but eventually we notice that it also keeps us from having the rich moments we long for or the connection we really want.

So the question is "how do we live unguarded and vulnerable, but feel safe at the same time?"

In this video I'm sharing what I've seen in working with my clients and my own life. It's not rocket science to show up this way but it does take faith and a whole lot of trust. It's a practice. It takes time to re-learn how to be safe showing up authentically.

I would love to know... where are you wanting to let your own guards down and show up more...

If you've been feeling Stressed or Anxious lately it could be because your Nervous System is overwhelmed. When you are holding onto the stress and overwhelm in your Nervous System it can be hard to calm down enough to rest & move forward in your life. In this video I share how things "add up" in the Nervous System and why it's so important to release them in order to move forward in your life.

Did you know that there are multiple ways you can take on and hold Emotional Energies?

As Empaths & Intuitives it can be really easy to confuse the source of the emotions we are holding onto because we are so sensitive to what other people are feeling.

In this video I share the 4 (ok, really 5!) ways we experience Emotional Energies.