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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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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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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Hi, I’ve always felt very different from the rest of my family, I was the black sheep, I should say that I am still, none of them what to know me. I haven’t had an easy life, was abused as a child and all my Adult life. I have had two near death experiences. Animals always steam to love me always come up to me. I love nature. I feel pain of others, and want to heal them.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely
Caroline
I resonated with all 30. WOW!
I related to 23 and have questions about a few other
I have every sign posted in this article. In fact, everytime I go to my grandpat house I leave totally drained as if my life got sucked from my body. How do you stop this?
Thanks,
Dustin
Calling on Archangel
Michael and your team of light asking them to shield you up with source universal love and to place you in a bubble of protection to keep out all negative energy. You can also envision your protective shield as a mirror. This will send all back instead of attaching to you
Self care. You have to replenish your energy. Learn how to allow the energy to flow through and out. Use the parts in your body that expel energy, like your hands, top of your head and feet. Connect with nature and rest.
I think nearly all of them bar three. I distanced myself from healing due to practising family law. But life has ways of bringing it back into focus. Its now how do I integrate the two? Im a reiki master and witch but the last 12 months I’ve had thoughts of herbal medicine and writing….hmmmm
All but 2
The world has gone astray due to lack of knowledge, the world claims to worship the Almighty but they practice hypocrisy.
Let us return man to their spiritual form. The Almighty is not after the financial offerings but Spiritual offering. May Yah show you the way but don’t make money out of it.
Blessed work, glory to Yah and blessed Mother Earth
I have a lot of these signs..I think my kundalini is awake and I can kind of “control” it with my breathing and some movement I do with a muscle/nerve in the back of my neck. When I breath and “activate” that my body calms and I can feel some kind of goosebumps in the body and energy in the sides of my face and my hair “growing”. All these started to happen after I started to do kriya yoga to detox my body, but the feeling of my “hair growing” started since I was a kid. I think that maybe I can channel this energy and use it somehow to heal myself. Has anybody experienced something like this before? Sorry if I sound like crazy, its 100% true, I thought this could be a good place to speak about this :) please let me know if feel related to this.
Hey there. I identified with almost all of these. I recently had an experience where my spirit kind of “took over” and I started speaking to the spirit of the person I was with. Needless to say I ended up freaking them OUT and they told me that while I may be a healer, its important for me to undergo specific training for my healing abilities. Some kind of healing “initiation”, so as not to cause more harm to the individual. I’ve been trying to forgive myself for causing unintentional harm, and I’m wondering, what does initiation for a healer even looks like. I don’t really want to participate in the capitalistic side of healing ( although i know that there is a need for it and it is valid, it doesn’t really resonate with the kind of training I would want). If anyone has any suggestions for where i might look to find training, or even any articles I could read, I would be very appreciative. Thanks.
I have experience 29 of these signs and I also do have a prompt to save or heal. I usually have heated palms when I am in the midst of impotent and sick people
Do healers make a practice of charging a fee
Hi Blake! Would you mind sharing more into detail about your experience with the spirit of a person that ended up being a harmful event?… I’m learning about my own idk what you call them.. thoughts & feelings. My energy is really strong and idk why:.. I can tell people become defensive when I express to them…. I’ve learned to be quiet unless they ask or I feel they want to dig deeper. Many people only understand surface level perspectives…. if this makes sense! Please share more details!
My name is Stephanie and I believe I am a spiritual healer, I awakened in April 2020. All but 2 out of the 30 I resonate with. I’m just having issues with who to talk to about it so these articles help. Thank you