So often intuitives and healers are here to do spiritual work involving the loss of others, relationships and/or overcoming financial, health or career setbacks. These can be poignant readings, full of emotion. You will often naturally fall into the emotions felt by the client —especially if you are strongly empathic. It is okay to feel what their emotion—in fact sometimes it is absolutely necessary! But it is usually not a good idea to get very involved in the emotional experiences of the client or let it overwhelm you. This can be difficult but keep in mind that when this happens you will often get confused or unclear and lose the connection or fail to get really important evidential information. In these situations you need to be objective and clear so you can get the information that will being healing and relief to the client.

Homework:

In your journal do the following exercise:

1. Close your eyes and think of someone you loved very deeply who has passed—tune into the emotions you felt when they passed or at their funeral or when you got the news. Feel deeply into those emotions. After a few minutes open your eyes and write about the feelings and emotions you experienced and use as much detail about your feelings as you can;

2. Now write about this person’s passing as if you were the obituary writer for the newspaper. Report the facts, tell the story but without emotion;

3. Make a few notes about the different present feelings you experienced when writing about this loved one from those two different perspectives.

This exercise will assist you in maintaining neutrality and disengaging emotionally so that you can provide clear, accurate and grounded support.