Occasionally, a client will voice a concern over what their spouse or family will think if they were to start openly meditating, or doing the short “homework” I usually give after a session. More frequently, clients will tell me that their friends wouldn’t understand their spiritual beliefs, and that they fear they are leaving their loved ones behind on their path of spiritual growth.

I’m well familiar with what I call “coming out of the spiritual closet.” While I came out of that particular closet many years ago, coming out of the “psychic closet” took a little longer. Whatever closet we’re coming out of – it’s not easy. Until we do it. Then we realize that authenticity takes far less work and energy than fear. We also realize that, while we felt all alone in our closet, we’re actually in good company!

Six years ago, I would have told you that I’m a massage therapist, and I “also do intuitive readings.” Four years ago I would have told that I’m an “intuitive consultant?” Yes, with a question mark behind it, as if I was asking for approval and understanding. I’ve cycled through the terms “professional intuitive” or simply “intuitive” only to have 95% of people say “What’s that?” Just over the course of the last year, I’ve finally surrendered. If you were to ask me what I do for a living today, I’ll tell you very simply “I’m a psychic.” Granted, that term doesn’t begin to encompass the spiritual healing aspect of my work. But it gives people an excellent idea of what I do. It’s as authentic as I can get in a single sentence.

Beautiful things have started happening since I’ve begun announcing myself as a psychic. People in all kinds of situations, from all kinds of background have started “coming out” to me. On airplanes and in coffee shops, they tell me about their own psychic or intuitive flashes. They tell me about their precognitive dreams. They tell me about their dead mother’s Spirit hovering about. They know I’m the last person to ever consider them weird or crazy.

At a recent business networking conference, I found a staggering number of healers and spiritual seekers right below their entrepreneurial surface. I met a wonderful woman who makes light bulbs that mimic natural sunlight. After I told her what I did for a living, she revealed that her light bulbs were imprinted with sacred geometry which she had intuitively received. This was the real impact of her product – but not one she openly advertised. Throughout the conference, I connected with highly spiritual people in this unlikely business setting. It seems to me that the spiritual closet is a very crowded place!

When we openly step into our authenticity, we give everyone around us permission to step into their own. We find that there are many, many like-minded people in our lives who are very concerned about what WE might think if we knew THEIR spiritual beliefs! We may find that, while some of our loved ones disagree with our perspective, they love us just as much as before. They may even share themselves in new and courageous ways because we are willing to reveal ourselves with greater honesty. We realize that the people who think we’re “nuts” or “weird” don’t really add much to our lives, anyway. Through our authenticity, we attract like-minded people that support and encourage us on our path.

I promise you that you are not alone in the “closet,” and that “coming out” is less lonely than staying in hiding.

Are you willing to make 2009 a year of stepping into your authenticity?

Blessings,
Andrea

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