Information pours into our psyches daily from the internet, social media, family, friends, books and other media. There is a lot to take in, especially now. So much of it is based in fear – by that I mean everything that isn’t capital L type Love info with vibes of happiness, hope, compassion, love, truth, service and authenticity.

Fear-based information or thoughts brings stress, worry, concerns, feelings of being scared or angry, depression, victim mentality, hopelessness, fatigue, addiction, procrastination, inactivity and, over time, illness. Couple this with our own day to day thoughts and concerns and it’s easy to see how we can feel confused and/or overwhelmed with life.

 Because we are energy beings we are always affected by energies , whether we are sensitive or not.

Sensitive empathic types are more prone to feeling the weight of collective stress. Regardless of whether you’re aware of this or not I suggest you practice cleaning up your energy field often and being mindful of what you allow into your psyche.

Here’s what I find helpful:

Cleaning Up your Vibration

• Get grounded. Breathe to your body, coming away from your busy mind. Feel your feet as they walk. Touch the earth. Connect with the natural world.
• Come back to present time – with what is right in front of you. Concentrate, focus and be right here, right now.
• Boost your immune system in times of excess collective stress in your favourite ways (I like vitamin c, b, tonics, clean food and water) Take calming magnesium – it’s a game changer for feeling better.
• Let water cleanse you – imagine that which isn’t yours washing away in the shower or the rain. You can even imagine water or a colour cleansing your field. Where your thoughts go is where your energy goes – think yourself clean.
• Use Palo Santo to clean your field. This sacred Amazonian wood clears negative energy, and it feels and smells lovely too.
• Bathe yourself in sunshine, imagine it lightening up dense energy. This life-giving energy is a magical healer.
• Keep powerful crystals close – their vibration will enhance your own.
• Disconnect energetic ties with particularly heavy people, ideas or situations. Lovingly cut the ties and imagine that energy leaving your system.
• Connect with your team in Spirit for healing and guidance.
• Breathe – any yogic breath practice is powerful and cleansing.
• Meditate – clear your mind and rest in the essence of your authentic self.
• Be mindful of what you consume mentally, physically and psychically.
• Affirm you are safe and loved.
• Observe your thinking, choose higher thoughts when you can.
• Turn off media at least an hour before bed.
• Journal out any angst.
• Take more time out for rest and sleep – it makes sense we would need more of this when collective stress is high.

These times mean we need to be extra mindful of self-care.

Be kind and compassionate with your precious self. It’s not a time for pushing and striving. Gently does it.

Wishing you ease and grace.
 
With light
Dawn



Image by  Danie Franco on Unsplash

We come into this human package as wise souls on a mission to learn, grow and serve. Our life-plan WILL include trauma. Trauma isn’t always the obvious. Depending on our sensitivity levels and our past experiences we will have varying degrees of distress and dissociation due to an array of experiences. An ice cream falling off its cone when you’re 4yo could bring sadness, anger, shame, shock or something else – depending on the person, players and scenario.

Everything that happens to us is part of our plan. On a soul level we want the difficult stuff – the feelings of loneliness, the parents who weren’t present, the bullying, the addictions etc. so we can learn about self-love and acceptance, as well as develop compassion for others via our own experiences. There are opportunities to grow from everything that happens to us.

Our past shapes how we function in the world today. When we have made peace with our past challenges, we experience greater happiness, easier relating, more success and greater freedom in our lives. Lessons are being learnt!

Knowing, from a spiritual perspective, that we are in an earth play doesn’t heal our history. It certainly helps our mental understanding yet it doesn’t heal the physical or emotional body. It also doesn’t ‘fix’ rigid beliefs we’ve taken on in the name of protection.

To truly heal we must allow ourselves to feel our suppressed emotions, to make peace with the feeling of shame that tells us there is something wrong with or very nature and we must forgive ourselves and others. These are the lessons our spirits want to learn. Spiritual savvy is a must for real healing. Without faith in Divine Intelligence it’s hard to forgive some stuff. If you don’t already, consider the idea that there's a greater intelligence than your own. 

Here are some ways we can tell that we haven’t made peace with old hurts:

• Feeling superior or inferior
• Difficult relationships
• Judging others
• Inability to empathise
• Codependancy (psychological reliance and over-care within a dysfunctional relationship)
• Dumping your anger on others
• Repetitive unhealthy behaviour
• Disregarding others boundaries
• Allowing others to invade your boundaries.
• Passive aggression
• Being a victim
• Blaming others
• Procrastinating
• Isolating
• Addiction issues

If you’re feeling stuck with any of the above consider going deeper to discover what isn’t conscious that might be holding you back. Our traumas need our loving attention so we can release:

1. The charge they have on our body (yes, they often bring pain and dis-ease).
2. Frozen emotions.
3. Thought patterns that are unhelpful in our adult life.

By listening to our younger self, our body, our intuition and by following our emotions we can discover new information about our physical and psychological world. We can be brave and allow our self to feel the deep hurts. This will bring greater space for our love nature to reside, enriching our lives in wonderful ways. We can love and understand our younger self, rather than leaving her to be because it’s ‘just the past’.

Bringing harmony to discordancy will always affect us in positive ways. Loving our traumatised younger self is profound in how it changes our lives. Relationships become easier, we attract greater successes, we are more creative and we become healthier on every level.
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Listen to your inner knowing, hear your spiritual guidance, seek out wise and experienced healers/friends/therapists, dialogue with younger aspects of yourself, journal and pray for help. There is so much seen and unseen support for us to grow, evolve and learn to truly love ourselves.
 


 
Wishing you peace
 
With light
Dawn
 
 Image by Nine Köpfer 
 

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