30 Signs You’re Born to Be a Spiritual Healer

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.

So, are you called to be a spiritual healer? Let’s find out!

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.

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.

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):

1. You are highly sensitive to energy.
2. You feel other people’s emotions and physical ailments as your own (aka., you’re an empath).
3. You’re incredibly intuitive and can ‘read’ others very easily.
4. You are a “big picture” thinker (and don’t concern yourself too much with the details).
5. You have gone through bouts of existential depression or existential anxiety.
6. You’ve felt like an outcast for most of your life.
7. You think differently from others.
8. You get overwhelmed in public easily.
9. You’ve struggled with anxiety or panic before.
10. You’re the natural peacemaker between people.
11. You’re the confidant that people turn to in times of need.
12. You experience digestive issues, lower back pain, or gain weight around the stomach area (lower chakra imbalances).
13. You feel drained after spending too much time around people
14. Sensitive beings like animals and children gravitate towards you.
15. Other people tend to “dump” their emotional baggage onto you to deal with.
16. You think in shades of grey rather than in black and white.
17. You’re very aware of the interconnectedness of life and deeply respect it.
18. You believe in synchronicity more than coincidences.
19. You have a history of healers in the family, e.g., nurses, psychologists, massage therapists, doctors, counselors, etc.
20. 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.
21. You’ve gone through a spiritual awakening or kundalini awakening.
22. You’ve experienced the dark night of the soul.
23. You tend to be mostly a right-brain thinker rather than a left-brain thinker.
24. You experience chronic low energy or pain in your body (e.g., chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, etc.).
25. You are drawn to the archetypes of the shaman, wise man or woman, witch, wizard/warlock, and healer.
26. You tend to attract people who need “fixing” but often get trapped in self-sacrificing roles.
27. You’re an excellent and compassionate listener.
28. You’re naturally drawn toward healing professions that help others experience balance and wholeness.
29. You can feel, distinguish between, and alter the energy within and without yourself.
30. 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:

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:

• How to love yourself
• Inner child work
• Shadow Work

I have also created a Spiritual Healer Journal specifically to help guide you on your path. If you feel called to be a spiritual healer but don’t know where to start and need a helping hand, begin here:

If you’re a sensitive, empathetic, and intuitive person who feels called to be of service to others, this journal can help you awaken the ancient wisdom within you. 

The journal includes:

• 40+ journaling prompts exploring the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of spiritual healing 
• Lush images with quotes
• Healing mantras
• Oracle/tarot card spreads
• Book recommendations 
• 100% editable & printable format 

You can download it as a permanent bonus in our Shadow & Light Membership. May it serve you well. ♡

As healer Shakti Gawain writes,

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!