In 2021 somebody asked me, if you found yourself on your deathbed tomorrow, what is the one thing you would be really proud of about your life up until this point? My answer was this ‘That I stayed true to myself, embraced my intuitive gifts and followed my souls calling, despite the judgements of others’.
At 28 years old I experienced a very rapid spiritual awakening. I had quit all my jobs in the UK and gone travelling with a friend, and within 3 weeks of being away from home, I started experiencing prophetic visions, I was suddenly able to see spirits, and I experienced tingling in my hands everytime I was around somebody who was unwell.
Over the next 5 years my abilities only got stronger and I started to discover my capacities as a healer. When I put my hands on people who were injured or unwell they told me that their pain went away, and it didn’t take long before I discovered I also had the ability to see other people’s past lives, and I could talk to animals telepathically.
This wasn’t an easy journey for me, I had no idea what was happening to me and there were very few people around me that could offer me any advice. During this time, I received hurtful comments from the people around me, “Why can’t you just be normal?”, “I think people like you should get locked up”, “It’s all in your head, you’re making it all up!” I was so overwhelmed by my gifts, I couldn’t control what was happening to me, and nobody else seemed to understand, I felt so alone.
In the end I turned to spiritual self-help books for guidance, and I attended any spiritual workshops that I could find in the hope that I could understand what was happening to me. I even visited a Shaman in South America who told me my path was to be a healer, and that there were spirits all around me who were waiting to speak with me!
Through the years I became more confident with my gifts, and I realised I could be of service to others. I decided to start working for myself offering healing sessions to people and animals, passing messages over from deceased loved ones to their family members, and offering channeled guidance to my clients.
Again the judgements came “Why can’t you just get a normal job?” “You will never make any money doing this for a living!” One family member was so disgusted by my chosen path that she called me a ‘perpetual parasite’ and now no longer speaks to me.
Yet despite all of this, I stayed true to myself, I followed my inner knowing and I am so proud of what I have achieved. I have helped so many people and animals move forward in their lives, and I now teach other people how to embrace their gifts. I absolutely love what I do, and I never feel like I work a day in my life. The feedback that I receive from my clients and students never ceases to amaze me and I am so grateful for the life I have created.
So to all those people that told me I was weird, or that I should try and fit in, or that I would never succeed at this, THANK YOU, because your comments and your judgements pushed me to stand in my power, to believe in myself, and only made me even more determined to succeed!
To be weird is to be ‘super-natural’, or to be ‘extra-ordinary’, I can live with that! I never wanted to be normal anyway!!
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