A healer’s power stems not from any special ability, but from maintaining the courage and awareness to embody and express the universal healing power that every human being naturally possesses.
— E. Leventhal
At heart, we all have the capacity to heal ourselves and nurture others.
Spirit, energy, thought, intention, skillful practice, and empowered belief are available to all people.
Yet, as individual expressions of the Divine, we all have different paths, and not all of us feel called to healing practices.
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So, are you called to be a spiritual healer? Let’s find out!
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Spiritual Healing and Social Rejection
Let’s first briefly explore the ‘dark’ or difficult side of being called to be a spiritual healer.
Those of us who do feel “called” in some way to spiritual healing are often met with some resistance, either from our friends, our family members, or our culture.
This is because spiritual healing can often be frowned upon as a quasi, scientifically misguided, charlatan practice by a society that is built on the mind and ego.
While there are con artists in every practice, the genuinely beneficial aspects of spiritual healing are often ignored mainly because they can’t be quantified or reasoned with.
Unfortunately, this has led to a large percentage of us (particularly in Westernised societies) losing touch with traditional forms of healing.
In this modern world, very few of us were raised around shamans, medicine people, or traditional healers who could pass on ancient knowledge and holistic healing practices.
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Instead, as children, we were taken to GPs, physicians, and doctors who prescribed us medications and other allopathic medicines.
While some of these medications were indeed useful and helped to fix certain parts of us, they never aided us in healing our whole organism with its many layers.
Yet despite the way you were raised, you might still feel a strong pull towards spiritual healing, even if it “goes against the grain” of what you were taught or the model of healing you were raised to accept.
So, are you a spiritual healer? Let’s find out.
30 Signs You’re a Spiritual Healer
If you’re a spiritual healer, you will sense it deep down.
You might feel like an old soul who doesn’t quite belong in this time or place, an empath who feels everything too deeply, or quite simply an outsider or lone wolf who can’t seem to integrate into society properly.
On a personal level, I’ve always known in my blood and bones that I’m a healer.
As a child, I was thoughtful, inquisitive, dreamy, and extremely nurturing. I remember caring for the kids at school, caring excessively for my toys, ‘rescuing’ stranded insects that got caught in spider webs or snails about to get crushed on the pavement, and caring a whole lot about the “bigger picture” in life.
I also remember playing with energy, having precognitive dreams, being hyper-sensitive to the physical and emotional environments around me, and somehow always attracting wounded people into my life.
Spiritual healers come in many shapes and forms. For example, I fulfill my role as a spiritual healer through my writing. Other people fulfill their calling by practicing reiki, kinesiology, yoga, meditation, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, herbalism, acupuncture, EFT, and a whole range of other practices.
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Spiritual healers are shamans in their own right. They are people who allow the energy of Spirit to flow through them in a way that guides, rejuvenates, and empowers others.
The spiritual healer is also a wounded healer, meaning that by healing themselves, they also heal others. This is the best kind of education available.
Are you a spiritual healer? Here are 30 signs that I’ve compiled (some might surprise you):
- You are highly sensitive to energy.
- You feel other people’s emotions and physical ailments as your own (aka., you’re an empath).
- You’re incredibly intuitive and can ‘read’ others very easily.
- You are a “big picture” thinker (and don’t concern yourself too much with the details).
- You have gone through bouts of existential depression or existential anxiety.
- You’ve felt like an outcast for most of your life.
- You think differently from others.
- You get overwhelmed in public easily.
- You’ve struggled with anxiety or panic before.
- You’re the natural peacemaker between people.
- You’re the confidant that people turn to in times of need.
- You experience digestive issues, lower back pain, or gain weight around the stomach area (lower chakra imbalances).
- You feel drained after spending too much time around people
- Sensitive beings like animals and children gravitate towards you.
- Other people tend to “dump” their emotional baggage onto you to deal with.
- You think in shades of grey rather than in black and white.
- You’re very aware of the interconnectedness of life and deeply respect it.
- You believe in synchronicity more than coincidences.
- You have a history of healers in the family, e.g., nurses, psychologists, massage therapists, doctors, counselors, etc.
- You’ve experienced major trauma in your life, e.g., the loss of your family, a life-threatening illness, a near-death experience, physical/sexual/emotional abuse, war, mental illness, etc.
- You’ve gone through a spiritual awakening or kundalini awakening.
- You’ve experienced the dark night of the soul.
- You tend to be mostly a right-brain thinker rather than a left-brain thinker.
- You experience chronic low energy or pain in your body (e.g., chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, etc.).
- You are drawn to the archetypes of the shaman, wise man or woman, witch, wizard/warlock, and healer.
- You tend to attract people who need “fixing” but often get trapped in self-sacrificing roles.
- You’re an excellent and compassionate listener.
- You’re naturally drawn toward healing professions that help others experience balance and wholeness.
- You can feel, distinguish between, and alter the energy within and without yourself.
- You have had numerous mystical experiences.
How many signs in this list can you identify with? If you think I have missed any signs of being a spiritual healer, comment below and make a suggestion!
Spiritual Healer Q&A
Think you might be drawn toward the role of the spiritual healer but are still unsure? Here are some commonly asked questions that might help you out:
Spiritual healers come in many shapes, forms, and types. However, overall, a spiritual healer’s focus is on the non-physical realm: the Soul, Spirit, and energetic layers of a person. Most spiritual healers focus on helping a person reconnect with their Soul or Higher Self by clearing away old energy, identifying inner blockages, and channeling healing energy. Spiritual healers may choose to work with ancestral trauma, past life issues, chakra imbalances, soul loss, or anything that may be causing unhappiness, inner dis-ease, and disharmony.
There are many courses out there that can certify you and sharpen your skills as a spiritual healer. However, none of these are mandatory to becoming a spiritual healer (although, they can strengthen your skills and give you a strong theoretical/philosophical basis). Spiritual healing is an innate calling that comes from the Soul; it can’t be handed to you on a piece of paper. Many people study intensively by themselves. With that being said, formal study can help to hone these innate talents. To become a spiritual healer, focus on what subjects and topics you’re drawn to and seek out trustworthy and trained facilitators – that is your path.
Yes and no. Spiritual healing is an inborn gift. If you’re an empathic and naturally compassionate person, chances are you are a born healer. But spiritual healing doesn’t suit everyone – even those with the innate gift. To be a spiritual healer, you need to have done a lot of inner work (working through your own inner wounds), have a high level of integrity, and be a grounded person. Some people find spiritual healing too overwhelming and intense, so keep that in mind when pursuing this path.
How Can I Start Being a Spiritual Healer?
As a healer, the best possible place you could start is with yourself. As the proverb goes, “Physician, heal thyself!”
Starting from within first is the best way to ensure that you have enough energy, passion, and love to give to others. If you haven’t done the right inner work, you may struggle with issues such as:
- Low energy and chronic fatigue
- Poor personal boundaries
- Projecting your problems onto others
- Being a ‘savior’ rather than a facilitator
- Struggle to hold space
- Compassion fatigue
- Overwhelm and burnout
In the words of teacher Phil Good,
Doctos study medicine. Teachers study education. Healers study darkness.
Being a spiritual healer requires a profound, long-term, ongoing commitment to your own mental, emotional, and psychological healing (aka., working through your darkness) so that you can be a clear channel or mirror of Love for others.
There are three places to start. The first is with self-love. The second is with inner child work. And the third is with shadow work.
Here are some further guides that can support you on your journey:
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- Lush images with quotes
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- Oracle/tarot card spreads
- Book recommendations
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Spiritual healing occurs as we begin to consciously reconnect with our essential being – the wise, loving, powerful, creative entity that we are at our core.
May you reconnect with that wisdom within so that you can help others access their innate healing power.
Tell me, how many of the signs in this article can you relate to? What is the biggest struggle you’ve had as a healer, and what advice do you have to share? Please share below – you never know who you may help!
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I’ve been waiting up every night for week 3a-5a. I was asked if my grandmother was a healer by a medium years ago I had no idea what she meant. I take on people emotions in almost every interact that I have and I constantly say that everything happens for a reason. My heart aches when I watch the news tho going on in the world and I always say that every time I interact with others I never want to leave anyone with negative energy just positive. I’ve hug random people and I constantly talk to stranger that will pour there hearts out to me. I have said for many years that I want to leave here “earth” touching many souls in a positive way as I can. I am going to school to open group homes for young single mothers and fathers. I didn’t even know what I was majoring in till recently (Social Enterprise) after I selected it and I’ve said this since I had my first at 19 I’m now 26 . I felt like the universe is placing me where I need to be, I just met a man that is spiritual awake and he… Read more »
All the 30 signs listed, I experience it. How do I activate my journey of healing other people?
Giving love and kindness especially to those who are out of balance, without thought of being compensated or recognized and all the while feeling the energy of the great spiritual force from within attracting and guiding. Anybody can be a healer. You just have to have the desire, will power, intention, and faith. PEACE
Would love to make a huge difference in the world by energy , energetic, spiritual healer an always want to connect with the world that needs that touch of Healing from the heart. Also write, connect an could be the best thing we could have done open arms .connect we can make a difference an help each others.thank you
When I was little, I intended to be a nurse, my only reference to healing …. when I was 15, I was hit by a car, thrown 30 feet, landed on my face crumpled in roadway. Lady that hit me shoved me back into pavement after I jumped up, then lied in court about why she ran down a pedestrian while driving too fast with no lights on in a darklit street, while looking into backseat at her misbehaving children. I was found guilty by jury of idiots, accused of jumping into path of oncoming car off of a non-existent snowbank! No bills were paid by her insurance company, and I was forced to become my own seeker of true healing for the nonstop pain and nerve damage in my back, had to endure months of facial surgery to remove imbedded pavement and redo nasty scar. I became a part of the wounded healer club, paid my own way into massage school and found relief after almost a decade of crippling agony. Then got cancer. Prayed/demanded answer to recurring death threat of cancer microbe, received blessings, met living healing saint who taught me how to reverse most illnesses. Now thanks… Read more »
Thanks Luna. I got almost all of the items matching to who I am as a person and always have been. I don’t know about the spiritual awakening part but things and perspectives are changing. I still have a lot of stuff to clear and answers to look for so I will continue to do that.
I feel illnesses from people, I sometimes get so confused, sometimes I get attacked physically and I have to remind myself im gifted and not to stress about it, stress seems to make me open to more of the energy that is current either good or bad energy. Im so glad I happend to your site, I to had a bad experience that opened me, I keep praying that God will use me to please him, wow there just soo much though and I cant seem to take in the amount of things I see and feel, thank you for trusting to share for those of us who need to know were not alone in this.
I agree with all the signs that you mentioned for a healer. I was born to be a healer. I was 4 years old that I decided to become a physician. When I was much younger, I was not able to protect myself because of being a HSP and empath. I used to absorb the negative energy of my patients and others. Well, I have 40 years of knowledge and experiences in human psychology, personality disorders, human relationships and many other aspects of well being. I have healed myself and capable to have empathy, compassion and love myself FIRST, Then to EXTEND to others. It is beautiful that some people like us are to sensitive, respectful and caring in our world. But I am always surprised to see some people who are narcissist, sociopath and psychopath. I do not want to bother you with my story, but I saw 2 physicians myself as a patient, one for a minor fracture last year who turned out to be psychopath. One I saw this year who did not treated me properly and I went to another physician. My journey to my personal healing started first by reading the book of Sigmund Freud… Read more »
Yep, pretty damn true! I have practised healing both deliberately and incidentally throughout my life. I have always been horrified if I have caused pain to people or creatures. It can be hard to take your place in life if you can’t put yourself first / simply be assertive. Sorry about the (few), negative / critical comments. I’m sure you are beyond being bothered by such things though I imagine they are a bit irksome!