What do you do with special gifts?

Have you ever received a gift so precious, you put it aside for later? Then one day, you went searching and couldn’t find it?

Thirty years ago, while doing energy healing, I discovered I could read auras, see psychic cords and remove them.

One client arrived with a sinus infection. When I pulled a cord from her 3rd eye, her sinuses instantly healed. In another case, an older woman who had endured 3 unsuccessful surgeries on her feet was on my table at the Houstonian health spa. Her feet brought her constant pain.

I was cradling her feet in my hands, when they began to glow a bright, neon-green light. I “saw” her in a past life, a Chinese woman with her feet bound. Her feet seemed to shimmer under my hands. She lay still, seeming to be asleep, but lucid. A healing grace filled the room.

She cleared her throat. I leaned in to hear her speak. In a husky voice, she said, “The bones in my feet moved! They are where they need to be now.” Later, her doctor confirmed that her feet were healed.

I was 28 years old in 1980. I had no words for what was happening. I knew it wasn’t “me” doing these things. I needed to understand who, or what, was working through me.

I had never heard of things like this even being possible. Healing that wasn’t “mainstream” was scorned in the press and by people I respected.

I was afraid I would be ridiculed, or even worse, put on a pedestal. Too much might be expected of me. I would be overwhelmed by needy people. On top of that, I didn’t feel worthy.

I stopped doing what I was doing and went back to using the techniques I’d learned in classes I’d taken. I put my gift on a shelf.

Over the years, I reflected on those past experiences longingly. I knew something special had happened, and I felt bad about not stepping up to the plate. But something was missing for me. I need to feel worthy. And I needed to feel safe, before I would be willing to use this gift in a professional setting.

Energetic Boundaries

That something was boundaries. My boundaries were fractured. I came from a family with non-existent boundaries. My own aura looked like Swiss cheese. I absorbed other peoples’ stuff like a sponge. It left me exhausted. My health suffered.

I worked on my recovery process. I prayed and meditated, asking God, how can I be made ready to receive these gifts? What do I need, to use them safely and skillfully?

In time, the solution appeared. I read the book Highly Sensitive People, and understood unequivocally that the more sensitive we are, the stronger our boundaries need to be.

For psychics, our boundaries need to be even stronger. I began learning to create energetic boundaries that honor my spiritual essence. As my boundaries improved, my skills returned. I am introducing this work to my clients and students, and using my gifts during sessions, as needed. A whole new world is opening up to me. I invite you to join me in a new class Chakras, Auras and Boundaries, coming up this fall.

Is it time for you to learn some new skills, so you can use your special gifts?