Look inside of yourself and find your inner vision. If you want to connect with your spirit guides and get guidance from them, you need to find a way to make yourself stronger. Many people want to have spiritual guidance, but they are afraid, and this is something that we can all change by working and exercising our own psychic abilities.

You can develop your clairvoyance and have the natural ability to get messages through your intuition and to have clarity in things you want to do in your life.

Holding You back

What are things that are holding you back? Do you have a hard time getting messages or believing that they are real because you are always questioning yourself? You have to learn to interpret the signs in front of you and sometimes this can be hard.

If you are saying yes to these things, chances are that you need to take time to increase your giftings and to find your inner gifts. You can increase your clairvoyance and visualization so that you can get messages and you can sense things. You can do this with tarot cards or oracle cards, or you can do this just by meditating and not needing any tools.

Clair Gifts

There are four major clair gifts including:

• clairsentience which is clear feeling and a time where you will get messages through your emotions or through a feelings
• clairaudience which is clear hearing and where you get messages through sounds
• claircognizant, which is clear knowing, you just seem to know things
• clairvoyance which is clear seeing and getting messages through visions.

We all get messages through your intuition and it is up to you to develop this.

Is Everyone Clairvoyant?

Many people are born to be clairvoyant, but some psychic gifts can be learned. If you never grew up believing in these gifts, you have to find them on your own and this can be unexplainable to many people. If you work hard, you can develop your psychic gifts and see how they work for you.

Developing Your Gifts

You can practice developing your gifts such as Clairvoyance. You can do this and practice this until you get good at it and then you will see results.

Anyone can practice their psychic giftings and you can do this on your own or with a friend. Find people that you trust to share your feelings with and see where this takes you in your life.

Use your gifts to share the world with others and to trust yourself and your abilities. When you increase these gifts, you can see that your life can be better and that you can find your real purpose and figure out what you want in your life.

We all have the ability to become better, we just have to find it.

Fall can be a quiet and eerie time. Some believe that this is a time between the Equinox and the Halloween veil that allows the spiritual world to come alive.

This is a time where spirits can come through and it is important that you know how to protect your soul and be strong.

Understanding Spells

A spell is giving something out to the universe that you want to have. This can happen if you are positive and if you are meditative. This can help you to have good intentions.

You can use things such as candles or crystals to help make your spell stronger. Make sure that you have good intentions when you cast your spell and that you are thankful to the universe for helping you.

Crystal Protection

Crystals are great for protection such as the Labradorite. You can find protection crystals at crystal shop and online.

These crystals are not only beautiful to look at, but they are there to keep you safe and grounded.

The Labradorite for example is one that is easy to find and cheaper. When you have this crystal, you can cleanse it by letting water run over it. Make sure that you ask the universe to cleanse it.

The crystal can be put in a drawer or on a desk and it can even be worn on your body as jewelry or use around your house to keep you safe. You can cleanse your area by smudging it with sage and by getting rid of negativity.

Imagine that the crystal is protecting you and putting good energy around you. The crystal can help you with your magic and help you to get rid of anything that is negative in your life.

Touch your crystal and allow it to absorb any negative thought or energy in your body and carry it with you when you feel you will need it.

Herbs

Herbs have special power and will keep you grounded and strong. You can use basil or other herbs in your rooms and you only need a handful. You can also grow herbs and use them to keep your home safe or eat them.

These plants have high vibrations, and they will leave your home smelling good. Keep your herbs healthy and know that the universe has given you these to grow.

Put basil in each of your rooms so that you can have good health and make sure they are in the sun so you can be protected.

Evil Spirits

There can be evil spirits that come into your home and body and you need to get rid of your negative thoughts and emotions to keep yourself safe. You may feel unfriendly spirits in your home, and you might feel that your home is cold or strange.

You need to get a bell or a singing bowl and make sure that you put a protective light around your house. Let the vibration fill your home and make your energy strong. The vibration can help you to have light and to be safe.

Make sounds and dance around your house and sing. Doing this can affirm your space and take-out negative energies in your home.

Removing negative energies through a room cleansing can improve the quality of life. This article will focus on cleansing a space through higher vibrations and healing therapies so the room can be an enjoyable spot for rest or work. We all have energy fields that our chakras generate and within those are fears, frustrations, and thoughts. We also carry within these fields, the energies from outside that have attached during the day. Caring for this situation properly means we can keep our homes healthy and clean because our homes can only be as cleansed as we are overall. We bring the influence into our home. This is helped by keeping a tidy home and a cleansed body to bring good energy. Read on to learn how to cleanse your space from a spiritual and energetical viewpoint. Several options are shared.

Reiki

Reiki is efficient when it comes to cleansing a person or room from negative or residual energies. This is channeling a universal life force at high vibrations and using Reiki symbols to amplify the effects of the life force. This can take away negative energy in a room, though the result is dependent upon the strength of the energies and the practitioner’s ability to channel the actual life force. Below, a method using Reiki will be shared. It is valid for any activity for the room, whether sleep, work, or even therapy.

Before starting, activate your palms and energy centers to increase your channeling abilities and provide self-protection. In the room, there are five areas of focus: walls, ceiling, floor, corners, and center. If Reiki attuned to the first degree, send energy for 2-3 minutes for each area and visualize cleansing them. For those attuned to the 2^nd and 3^rd degree, symbols can help as well. Those using Usui Reiki should use the following sequence: Cho-Ku-Rei and Sei-He-Ki on all areas while adding Skika-Sei-Ki, Shika-So, and Dai-Ko-Myo for the center.

Using Karuna Reiki, try Zonar and Halu on all 5 areas, adding Harth, Rama, Krya, Iava, Shanti, and OM for the center. Using Shamballa Reiki, use Cho-Ku-Rei and Sei-He-Ki for all five areas with Amsui in the center in addition. You can also call on Mahatma Energy, Violet Flame Energy, and Christ Consciousness Energy if desired. Reiki, once activated, brings love, light, and peace.

Music

Music is one of the oldest methods of promoting tranquility and peace, even joy. It can change a person’s mood instantly. Each instrument and tune create a specific vibration, so with each tune a corresponding energy arrives. We will resonate with different tunes depending on our own moods and intentions. Some tunes can carry positive or negative vibrations, but we already know and feel this. To use music to remove energy that is negative, we need to play high vibrational tunes that allow these energies to dissolve. Choose what resonates most with you, but focusing on songs with vibration levels of 432, 528, 728, and 741Hz are best. This will include many mantras and chants. Music can change the vibration of both the room and yourself.

Incense

Incense is used around the world in different forms of therapy. This comes in a variety of sizes, shapes, and fragrances. Incense can also be used as a method in cleansing. It can easily dissipate negative energies from a person or room. It has a calming effect on the brain and produces a tranquil state of mind. Some fragrances have a higher vibration than others. These include frankincense, darshan, sandal, myrrh, and sai baba. It depends on what truly resonates with you as some prefer strong, but a fresh fragrance is usually best. Either way, incense is useful in cleansing.

Start by lighting the incense and hold it between your fingers, forming small counterclockwise circles around the room. Imagine it an extension of your hand. Focus on the corners and center, but also above furniture that others have used. You may also use the incense to draw Reiki symbols for a deeper cleansing. If using something like frankincense, put it in the burner and hold the burner in your hands to do the same. If necessary, use one incense stick per corner, but not to the point it becomes overwhelming.

Oils

Oils are a more modern approach to cleansing a space or aura. They are used to relax and refresh someone, but can also raise vibration. They can disperse unwanted energies and bring peace to you and your surroundings. Each scent resonates with a specific chakra and will work at different levels. Some examples include:

• Lavender – Crown and third eye
• Peppermint – Solar plexus and heart
• Juniper berry – Solar plexus
• Cedarwood – Heart and throat chakra

Crystals and Stones

Crystals and gemstones have long been used for healing purposes. These are powerful, yet expensive options for room cleansing. Before starting, we need to cleanse and activate each crystal which can be done through Reiki. Most crystals and stones are to amplify beneficial energy or absorb the negative. Things like amethyst or rose quartz amplifies with larger crystals holding more power. On the other side, smoky quartz and black onyx can absorb negative energies.

Some of the most common crystals and stones are jade, lapis lazuli, and pink quartz. They are easy to find and popular as they both amplify the positive and absorb the negative energy. Jade is specifically great at emotional and physical healing, but can also remove negative energy from people or rooms. The more cleansed and activated crystals in your home, the stronger the healing.

Candles

Candles have been around for centuries and used in meditation, therapies, and rituals. Candles can ease the process of opening the gateways to other dimensions. To use candles in cleansing, place one candle in each corner of the room and one in the middle. Draw Reiki symbols around each to activate the light at all levels, including Rama. Use a simple intention to create an aura of energy around each and it will act according to your intention and vibration. If you place 5 to 9 candles in the cross shape, you can better connect to the high dimensions of the archangels. Add prayers for more power.

Prayers

Depending on your religious preference, choosing to use a prayer can be helpful. Pray from the heart and visualize your mind as it descends to the heart. Pray from the soul out loud if possible, to amplify the effect. The prayer can manifest in four main ways: spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical. This aides in cleansing.

The energy center in your body is called the chakras. There are seven different chakras and each of them have a different function. These chakras are there to keep you safe in your mind, body, and soul and to keep you strong.

Light will go to all of the chakras, when they are balanced, and will go from your feet all the way to your head. There are colors that are associated with each of the chakras and the chakras are known to have their own color. The location of the chakras will help you to know where your energy is and if it is balanced or blocked.

Root Chakra

The Muladhara or the Root Chakra is located at the bottom of the spine. This chakra can help you to feel happy, trusting, comfortable and can help your needs to be met. The Root chakra goes from your body and into the ground and it forms a root to keep you safe.

If you have an unbalanced Root chakra then you will feel that you are unhappy, sick or that you are not able to trust people and you are fearful.

Sacral Chakra

The Svadhisthana or the Sacral Charka is found in the bottom of the stomach and is where your sexual energy and your creativity lays. This is associated with the color orange and helps you to be strong and healthy.

If your Sacral chakra is blocked, you will be uncreative, and you will not want to have sex. You might feel that you have no passion for anything at the time.

Solar Plexus Chakra

The Solar Plexus chakra is at the top of your stomach and helps you to be balanced and to have self-esteem. This chakra also gives you confidence and help you to be motivated to do things.

When the Solar Plexus is blocked, it can make you feel sick, unhappy with who you are and afraid.

Heart Chakra

The Heart chakra is located in the center of the chest where the heart is. This is associated with the color green and is the place where you have love and compassion. This chakra can help you to understand and forgive others.

When this chakra is blocked, it can make you unforgiving and make you lack compassion for others or even hate people.

Throat Chakra

The throat chakra is located in the throat and helps you to communicate and to be truthful. This is also called the Vishuddha and is associated with the color blue.

When this chakra is blocked, it can make it hard for you to talk to others or to speak truth.

Third Eye Chakra

The Third Eye chakra is also called the Anja and is associated with the color purple. This is where your intuition and your imagination sit. This is where you will see visions and connect with the spiritual world.

When the Third Eye is blocked, you will feel that you are unable to reach the spirit world and that you are not able to hear your guides.

Crown Chakra

The Crown chakra is located at the top of your head. This is where your center of your spiritual world is. This is where you can get wisdom and where you can enter the spirit world.

This is where enlightenment sits and is represented with the color purples. This chakra can bring you peace and wisdom.

When the chakra is blocked, it can make you feel sad, depressed, and unloved.

Unblocking Your Chakras

There are many ways that you can unblock your chakras. One way is through meditation. Meditation can help you to heal your mind, body and soul and it can help you to know where your blockages are.

Learn to notice the way that your life is living and if you are sad or if you are hurting, chances are your chakra is blocked. There can be blockages in any of your chakras and you can pay attention to what you are feeling so that you know what chakras are blocked.

Another way to unblock your chakra is with a salt bath. Do this when you are feeling depressed, angry, sick, or other things. This can help you with your chakras and with your spiritual life.

When you need to clear out blockages out of your chakras, you need to pay attention to what you are doing. You can wear the color of the chakra or eat foods that are the color of the chakra that is blocked.

Learn to speak positively in your life and chant so that you can focus on your healing.

When you work hard and you try to ground yourself, you will be able to do this and you will remain balanced and safe in your psychic journey.

Using positive affirmations can help you to be more confident and happier in your life. If you need to change your beliefs or you need to attract love, money or joy then saying affirmations can help you to change your negative thoughts to positive thinking.

These different phrases can be said over and over until you believe them. You need to practice these affirmations every day if you want them to change your life and help you reach you goals of peace and happiness.

It is best to come up with your own affirmations to say but some examples would be, “I am worthy of love,” or “Everything that happens to me is mean to be.” Here are some ideas that you can use to make your own affirmations.

Negative Qualities

Write down your negative qualities in a list. You might wonder how this is helpful, but the truth is that we all have negative things that we have attached to ourselves. Maybe we were made fun of when we were young or maybe we were talked about because we weren’t the smartest in the class. Write these things down and pay attention to how they make you feel.

When you write them what happens with your stomach? Does it make you have butterflies or make your body tense?

Negative to Positive

Take these negative things that you have written down and change them to something positive. Your affirmations do not have to be complicated, but they can be simple such as, “I am worthy to be loved.”

Life Situation

Create affirmations that can help you with what you are dealing with right now. Create positive sayings about your job, your relationships, and your health. You can even use these to bring money and finances to you.

You can say things such as “I am able to impress people at work because I work hard, and I am smart.” These things can make you feel that you are in control of your life.

Repeat the Affirmations

Take time each day to repeat these affirmations. The more you say them the more you will believe them. Just like everything else that you want to do, saying these affirmations can be practice making your life better.

Do these affirmations while you are doing other things such as walking, fixing your makeup, shaving, gardening, resting on the couch or whenever you have the chance to say them.

If you are uncomfortable saying these things out loud, record yourself saying them and play it over and over until it really sticks.

Fix Your Affirmations

Make your affirmations make you to feel happy and to get rid of stress and tension in your life. Just like how your negative affirmations made you feel bad is the same way that your positive affirmations will make you feel happy and free in your body.

Many people have had something happen to them and they did not understand what was going on. Maybe they needed time to think things through and wonder what to say or what to do. Then, it seems that out of nowhere, their answer comes. This is a great example of when your spirit guide is there to help you.

There are different types of spirit guides that are there to help you. Some are there to give you advice and others are there to assist you in what you are doing. The spirit guide will be there at the right time to help you and to allow you to make good decisions.

Some people call spirit guides different things and here are some of their names:

• Archangels
• Guardian Angels
• Ascended Masters
• Enlightened Ones
• Ancestors
• Angels
• Goddesses
• Spirit Animals
• Elemental Beings
• Gnomes
• Fairies
• Nature
• Water
• Earth
• Trees
• Mountains

A spirit guide can be anything that has energy and can bring you feelings and healing. Spirit guide is a reference to the energies that are around you and something that is there to help you in some way or another.

The guides are always there for you to help you through anything you are going through. They want to keep you safe and they want to be part of your life.

Archangels

The Archangels are the highest spirit guides and are made of pure love. They can give you messages and are there to help protect you. Here are some of the Archangels:

• Ariel-Nature’s protector. Helps you connect with the earth.
• Chamuel-nurtures and teaches, brings self-love.
• Gabriel-gives you clear messages.
• Michael-helps with all things.
• Rafael-Heals the mind, body, and spirit.
• Uriel-brings truth.
• Zadkiel-forgives and gives compassion.

Angels and Guardian Angels

Angels and guardian angels are there to give you messages, communicate with you, protect you and rescue you. They are always there for you.

Guides

Spiritual guides can be called upon at any time, even just in a stressful situation.

Goddesses

Goddesses are there to help you deal with things and here are some examples:

• Amaterasu-Sun goddess.
• Durga-Divine Mother.
• Fortuna-Roman goddess
• Freya-goddess of fertility.
• Gaia-Earth Mother
• Isis-nature and magic.
• Quan Yin-mercy and compassion.
• Pele-destroyer and creator.
• Sedna-sea and queen of underworld.
• Shekina-compassion

Ascended Masters

The ascended masters are the beings that have been enlightened and went from the earth to the spirit world. They ascended and they are there to guide you and help you to grow and become the best spiritual self you can be.

They have a goal to help you enlightened and here are some that have ascended from the earth to the spirit world:

• Babaji
• Confucius
• Gautama Buddha
• Maitreyan
• Mother Mary
• Melchizedek
• Ramtha
• St. Germain

Shamans

The Shamans, elders and wisdom women all have the spirit guide energies and knowledge. They are there to share their ideas and their teachings through stories and information.

Ancestors

The ancestors are spirit guides that have a genetic tie with you. They will protect you and guard you and keep you safe. They can help to heal your past and help you through your present and future.

Spirit Animals

Spirit animals help to balance you and help to enhance your life. They will bring out your talents and help you to grow.

Elemental Spirits

The elemental spirits abide in nature and they help you by increasing your vibrations and allowing the law of energy to be on your side. People that are close to nature will get messages from the elemental spirits to help them.

Connecting with Spirit Guides

Learning to connect with your spirit guide is easy. You just have to take time to invest in them and be interested in them. You can talk to them each day and you can speak to them normally or even mediate. Always talk to your spirit guides and meet them. Thank them for helping you. Communicate with them by hugging a tree or by listening for signs.

Animal

When you want to communicate with your spirit animal, do not talk to them like a human. Learn to think like an animal and use your behaviors to act like them. Once you become familiar with animals, you will be able to give them messages and to get messages telepathically.

Human being is also part of the spirit animals and so they share the same kinds of gifts and powers.

Dedicate

If you want to be serious with your spirit guides, then you have to show them that you are serious. Show them how you are growing as a person, communicate with them all the time and listen to the messages that they want to give you.

Your guides will communicate with you telepathically, through dreams, through visions and sometimes will actually appear to you. Be aware of their messages and always talk to them.

Build It

Look at information on spirit guides and learn about them. Think about them when you are meditating and concentrate on their powers. Be present with them and make an effort. They are not there to entertain you and they want to give you messages and to interact and trust you.

Journal

Write down all of the signs and sensations that you feel. Write down what you experience so that you do not forget things. The longer you spend talking and communicating with your guides, the better chance you will have of messages that they give you. Write them down.

If you have specific questions for them, ask them and then write down what they say to you. They can help you in your present and your future.

Asking Questions

When you talk to your guides, you can start asking specific questions to them. They can assist you in your life and give you answers to things you have been looking for.

Do not question their answers. Learn to trust yourself and the methods that you are using to speak to your guides. Always keep your journal close so that you can write things down. If you have a dream, write it down right when you wake up so that you do not forget.

Your guides are there to show you themselves and remember that you have guides around you at all times. Your guides want to help you to be better and to grow. Even if you are not aware that they are there, they are. You have to trust that they are there to help you and have faith to ask them for help.

Spiritual awakenings are not always easy and as a matter of fact, they can be harder to deal with than anyone ever really expects or talks about. There can be highs and lows when you are going through a spiritual awakening and some people have a hard time with it.

There are people that experience strong panic attacks when going through their awakening. These can be full blown, full of fear, full hearted panic attacks. Not something that is small or meaningless, but a full-blown attack. This can happen to people that are going through change and transformation.

Sometimes, you might even find out that your panic attacks make you feel that something is wrong with you or that you are unlucky in your life.

The truth is some people experience these kinds of strong emotions when they are going through their attacks. They can come from those that have strong psychic giftings and those that are full of intuition. They can see these things happen when they are on the right spiritual path, even though it does not feel like it.

Spiritual Awakenings

Spiritual awakenings are not always fun and good. Some will experience things in their life such as panic attacks, sickness and more.

In order to be awakened and to be strong in the spirit world, there are things that we have to get rid of. Even though there are great things connected to being spiritually awakened, such as light, love, kindness, forgiveness and more, there can also be things that are negative.

Our souls want us to be awakened and to learn as many lessons as it can while on Earth. Our wisdom and our enlightenment are what can help us to reach the ultimate phase of our life. This is where we learn a lesson and we learn to live the best we can live.

This path is never easy, and it is often times not very peaceful either. This is a hard journey, but the vibrations will increase, and it will be an experience like none other.

When the soul, body and mind go through awakening, it is when you are reaching your higher self and becoming aware of the energies that are inside of you, outside of you and of the universe. These energies go into your mind and body and the more you reach your enlightenment, the more aware you are of the energies around you.

Your soul will teach you what you need to learn. You will have new lessons come to you and it will open up your mind and your body and help you to be strong in your physical and spiritual world, as well as your emotions.

You will learn to react to things better and you will see that there are things in the earth that have caused you to become more sensitive and to be more understanding of the feelings around you.

The experience will manifest differently for different people and some of the things you might experience during your awakening are:

• Colds
• Flu
• Sickness
• Panic Attacks
• Being Spacey
• Going to the hospital
• Tiredness

If you end up in the hospital, this is a very drastic sign of a spiritual awakening, but your spirit guides will get you there so that you can be safe and protected by medical doctors and medical equipment. This will only last for a season and will be there to help you through that season of your life.

When you go through your awakening, it is very important that you learn to ground yourself. You can do that through meditation or using crystals such as Black Obsidian, Black Tourmaline and other black or even brown crystals. These can help you if you are over stimulated or ungrounded.

You can also go out in nature, eat root vegetables, and talk to a psychic. Whatever happens during your awakening, the thing you have to remember is the end result.

Once you go through these experiences, you will reach a point where you will find your awakening and you will be ready for whatever else life has to offer you. Be thankful for your journey and always thank your angels and guides for your guidance.

Empaths have been blessed to deeply experience the feelings of others, but can be a gift that is tough to manage.  Having a high sensitivity to emotions and energy fluctuations allow empaths to be nurturing, caring and kind to those in need.  They are the first person someone will turn to for either advice or a shoulder to lean on.  It seems like they truly understand a person’s problems because the due through their ability to feel another being’s perspective.

However, empaths must work hard at managing their experience.  Society frequently doesn’t value their unique skills and as such empaths can feel lost in the system as well as overwhelm easily due to stimulation overload.  We have compiled a list of 14 issues that empaths face and some helpful tips on how to deal with each one.

1. People emotions quickly alters yours

A day might start out great, but upon interacting with a friend dealing with some heavy pain can bring your mood crashing down.  It might seem like instantly your smile has vanished and feelings of frustration or lost crop up almost immediately.  Realize this pain is not yours to carry.  Set boundaries for both your friend and yourself to ensure the proper emotions remain with the owner.  Sure, you can be compassionate to their struggles, but not at your own expense.

2. Persistent fatigue

When you carry an excess of emotions it can quickly drain your energy.  This includes both abundance of sadness or joy.  Work to mindfully manage your emotions and practice ample self-care.  It can be helpful to practice energetic cleansing rituals when you take a bath or shower.

3. Being seen as “overly” …

Does it seem like daily you are told that you are “too much” or “overly sensitive?”  To empaths this gets frustrating because we don’t understand why people aren’t on our levels of caring.  Realize you need to live life on your terms and discover what level of compassion for others is healthiest for you.  Sure, you want to save the world, but not if puts your wellbeing in jeopardy.

4. Feeling caught between two worlds

Although to the outside world it might seem like you are an extrovert, empaths need a lot of restorative alone time to defrag their emotions and energy levels.  Also, at times they might seem like introvert because empaths avoid high energy places like shopping centers, noisy establishments or public transportation.  Without some “me time,” empath risk absorbing too much stimuli from other people and putting their health at risk.  By committing to maintain healthy relationship you can ensure you be a rock-solid support system for anyone or any cause that matters to you.  If you want to interact with loved one consider more low-key environments like a home, walking in nature or going to quaint and cozy café.

5. Needing alone time regardless of what people might think

It can’t be said enough the importance of time by yourself.  It will help you recharge, filter the various emotions or energies, and tune into your inner wisdom.  People may or may not understand this need of yours.  This is okay.  Feel free to have conversations with people about why time alone is essential to your self-care and how it helps you be a better supporter of theirs.

6. Issues with transitions

It can quite difficult for an empath to switch environments or suddenly adjust to a person entering a room.  Pay attention to if you feel off after leaving a loud gathering or quickly entering a noiseless room.  Allow yourself to release any judgments you might have about difficulty with transitions and any assorted emotions that arise, you aren’t alone in this situation.

7. History of anxiety or depression

Empaths can have trouble managing their mental health due to their highly sensitive nature.  This includes persistent self-doubt, stress, anxiety and even physical manifestation.  This is because empaths must process not just their emotions, but the emotions and energies of other beings.  When not managed properly it can feel so exhausting and even debilitating.  It can be especially difficult to process negative feedback from anyone person because it feels so personal.  Furthermore, empaths frequently report feeling unlike anyone else in their life, which can promote a sense of isolation.  Realize there are other empaths out there, your experience matters and you must advocate for you needs and wellbeing.

8. You sense subtle shifts

Empaths can easily sense a shift in mood, often even before that person has time to voice their issue.  This can be both a blessing and a hinderance.  You can provide immediate attention, but it can also make it hard for you to enjoy a causal time out.  Set boundaries within yourself so you can provide care, but allow experience some joy and fun.

9. Getting manipulated

Intuition is essential for an empath.  Gut reactions can protect them from people will malevolent intentions.  However, people can take advantage of an empath’s skills whether consciously or subconsciously.  Be aware of signs that people may be unhealthy for you.

10. Minor things can feel major to you

Caring is a cornerstone of any empath.  There is no small or big issue, everything matters.  Pay no attention to the people that don’t understand and want you to get “over it.”  Do what feels healthy and fulfilling to you.

11. Prioritizing other’s needs ahead of your own

Empaths want to be of service to others.  Whether its helping people heal, or being there to listen or strategize with them, empaths are giving people.  However, it does you no good if you spend all your energy and leave little to none left for your benefit.  Instead, choose to include self-care as one of your prioritizations.  Remember the adage of the oxygen mask.  You have to put it on yourself before you can place it on anyone else.

12. Trouble saying “no”

Saying “no” can make an empath feel guilty.  They fear letting a person down or causing them any distress.  In the moment, saying “yes” feeling vital to helping someone else feel good.  Be careful because by not occasionally saying “no” you risk getting overwhelmed and exhausted.

13. Violence and tragedy are profoundly disturbing

Some, but not all empaths are confused by people’s fascination with horror, violence and tragedy.  Whether fictional or reality, negative scenes can rattle an empaths core for hours or days after exposure.

14. Difficulty with ownership of emotions

This is the key challenge for empaths.  When you constantly assume emotions and energy, it hard to know from whom you are feeling this sensation.  This can complicate decision making and could lead to potential misunderstandings if not handled with care.

You may see the word “intuitive” to describe psychics online or in-person these days. More and more with psychic abilities are changing the language to call themselves intuitive instead. There may be those who wonder why.

Modern Approaches

Psychics use much more than natural mental abilities to answer questions. They also have tools such as tarot cards, angel cards, or even the Runes. These things help them channel energy to create a path for guidance. The guidance given through these methods is then practically applied by the psychic to apply it to real-life thoughts, feelings, and experiences.

Psychics are changing their image to those on the internet to include more than just claims of a higher mental power to reach those who are more skeptical in the digital age. The word intuitive works better to include all these methods.

The History of Words

One reason psychics want to rebrand their abilities is simply how the world has changed in its views of spiritual aspects. The term “psychic” tends to conjecture up images of a fortune-teller or some other sketchy person in a backwoods home providing readings by candlelight.

In actually, many psychics have their own business and operate on the internet and with remote readings as much as in person.

The word psychic is one in a long line of retired words in their realm. Words like a seer, soothsayer, oracle, prophetess, and others are not used as they once word.

Seer and soothsayer refer to those who see the truth or the future of reality but stem from the 14th to 17th centuries. Oracle and prophetess date back to ancient times. The Latin term of oracle goes back to before Christ when Greeks traveled to the Delphic Oracle to seek guidance. There they would make animal sacrifices to seek grace from the Oracle to provoke them to answer their questions.

Fortune-teller was used in the late 16th century but is now reserved for those providing entertainment along a boardwalk.

The Rise of Self Empowerment

It used to be that psychics were considered gifted with special powers. Their abilities were a gift from the gods. Today, most psychics and spiritualists believe that everyone has these powers but they remain latent because humans aren’t trained to awaken and use them.

So, psychic powers are now seen as more normal. Updating it to modern society, they are rebranded as intuitive or empathic. Changing the terminology to remove true psychics from past perceptions and imagery helps move universal energy positively into the future.

Making it more comfortable for people to explore these gifts will allow seekers to get the answers and healing they need. It will also empower them to use their latent abilities to move through the future.