Shifting from
self criticism to self love By Kerryn Slater
Photo by Tania Seaton
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, I HAVE BEEN HIGHLY SENSITIVE, EMPATHIC AND INTUITIVE.
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eing bought up Catholic and growing up in the'70s these things were not discussed and on the few occasions when I shared my insights or what I was seeing, the response was one of fear. I learned very early on to keep what I was hearing, seeing, feeling and knowing to myself. The words intuitive, psychic and empath were not words that I had ever heard. My life changed at the
To do this I learned that I would need to rewire the neuro pathways in my brain and this soon became my quest or my obsession.
age of 21 when I was invited to join a group at my local Spiritualist church. When I arrived to the first class I discovered that I was the youngest person in the group by about 20 years or more. I had no idea what I was doing and I certainly did not understand the language that they were speaking. Words such as guides, spirit, psychometry, meditation and the Universe were completely foreign to me. What I quickly discovered however was how easy it was for me to do what they did, it felt amazing and I finally felt as though for the first time in my life that I "fitted" somewhere. I was no longer the freak in the group, I was just like everyone else. The self judgement and comparison I experienced throughout this time was crippling. Each time that I did a reading or a demonstration I would walk away filled with self doubt and over anylise everything that I had said and done. I eventually decided that the stress and anxiety of doing this work was too much and I stopped.
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