I wasn’t sure if I’d make it home in time. I had passed a woman at OfficeMax and my insides liquified. “Trust your gut” had taken on new meaning.
There have been times when I knew that I had to extricate myself from a situation immediately. Once, when I didn’t listen, I ended up in a dangerous spot. Another time I did pay attention and kicked a man out of my flat for what didn’t seem to him like a good reason. “My intuition told me to” was a good enough reason for me.
But I had never before experienced something like the woman in OfficeMax. Her energy was strong and literally turned my stomach.
It’s natural for us to pick up the energy of people we’re close to. I was working with a client this morning and I clutched my forehead and asked about her daughter. “She does that all the time!” my client told me. “She gets stress headaches there.”
A little later in the session I put my hand on the top of my head. It seems her boyfriend gets headaches as well. And since she cares for these people, their pain is in her energy.
We may or may not feel the pain of others. It’s easy to confuse empathy and sympathy, thinking we can take someone’s emotions, and if we’re experiencing them, they won’t have to feel the pain.
It’s a loving gesture. But it doesn’t work like that, of course. We end up hurting as well as, not instead of, them.
Energy clearing is an excellent way to rid ourselves of the energy we pick up from others, whether a family member, friend, lover or even a stranger.
But does all the energy we pick up need to be cleared? Is it all bad?
The answer is a simple, short no.
We carry love, happiness, pride, amusement, gratitude and other positive emotions in our energy fields. These connections are constructive and strengthen our bonds to others as well as give us hope, inspiration, and encouragement.
When I encounter these joyful feelings while doing an energy clearing, I leave them where they are. I may ask about them and emphasize their importance, but I would never remove them. I can only imagine the resulting feelings of isolation and loneliness.
These positive emotions are also conduits for loved ones who have passed to come through in a reading. I have never encountered anything other than love from a dead person. They come to say, “I’m with you,” “I love you,” I’m sorry,” or to tell what signs they bring to show they’re there.
Just this morning a grandmother came through to say that she leaves coins for her granddaughter to find. She was a real character. I told her granddaughter that her grandmother was leaving pennies. The grandmother corrected me in a heavy German accent. “Not just pennies!”
An energy clearing is like unkinking a garden hose. It helps energy to flow freely, opening us up to all the wonderful things the Universe has in store for us.
I’d be delighted to show you how it can help you by offering a free fifteen-minute mini session. Contact me to set one up.
Hi Toni…
Here’s the deal. I have a very negative person in my home… his negativity is drowning me. I’m hoping for him to move on soon. The tightness in my chest in getting to the point of unbearable.
Would it be better to clear what I can now and then again when he leaves… or get rid of it after he’s gone?
Hi Stacy,
I’m sorry I didn’t see this sooner. If it is causing you physical and emotional pain now, then that’s the best time to clear. We can always go back in and clear out the residual energy later. Why don’t you PM or text me? In the meantime… sending you angels of strength