Clairaudience

         Clairaudience means clear hearing and refers to receiving intuitive information as words or sound.  Basically, it means hearing voices.  This was a hard one for me.  I grew up with two psychiatrists as parents, so hearing voices was unequivocally bad and could land you straight in the psych ward.  For a long time as I developed my clairaudient abilities, I would question whether I was losing my mind, going crazy, and having auditory hallucinations. 

         It was a lot.  I must have been a little crazy, because I stuck with it ;).  Over the years, as I got more and more validation from clients that my intuition was accurate and helpful, I started to feel more confident in my abilities and less crazy.  

         But there were still times, for years, where I would legitimately ask myself - am I losing my marbles?  I would have to sit down and really think about it.  The conclusion I would ultimately always come to is that hearing voices has benefitted me enormously.  It has helped me navigate challenging situations in my own life.  It has helped me understand my clients better and serve more effectively as an intuitive practitioner and coach.  

         So it's ok to have these questions as you go on your intuitive journey.  It's ok to ask for help.  Maybe find a good mentor who can guide and support you.  I've been meeting with my mentor, Karin, for an hour every week for the last 10 years.  I can't even tell you how much her support has helped me and been crucial for my success.   

         One of the things I learned on my journey is how important it is to be specific with who you are choosing to talk to.  I made the mistake more than once of just opening up and being like hey, whoever's around, let's have a chat.  Big oops.  I learned this particular lesson the hard way.  Just like on Earth, in other realms of being there are spirits who are kind and loving and then there are some meanies and tricksters.  

         I remember one time this spirit reached out to me and we started communicating.  Everything seemed fine, she was nice and a little playful, but seemed to be caring.  I would occasionally ask esoteric or philosophical questions and she would provide compelling answers.  You could say her knowledge started to earn my trust.  Then, out of the blue, she was started giving off this really odd creepy vibe.  I was like, what the fuck?  

         She became very pushy and the energy started to feel very strange, so fortunately I had the good sense to cutoff all communication.  It was sad though.  I had enjoyed our conversation.  I felt tricked, I felt like she had been pretending to be loving but then revealed her true colors.  I had made the mistake of not taking a moment and scanning her intuitively before we started interacting.  If I had, I'm sure I would have immediately picked up that she did not have my highest and best good at heart.  

         It's ok for these things to happen.  Sometimes we learn stuff the hard way.  It's not a big deal.  If something similar happened to you or is still happening, it's ok.  It's easy to feel dumb, stupid, embarrassed, or humiliated.  I certainly did.  Honestly, at times I've felt like the dumbest person alive.  I kept making the same mistake over and over again - I was too trusting.  I just couldn't fathom there were that many spirits out there who wanted to mess with me.  So I kept attracting them until I wizened up and implemented a personal rule of always scanning intuitively before interacting.