 I grew up with a very normal family who had zero interest in anything yoga or esoteric, yet by the age of 18, I was at the first of many mediation courses.
By age 20, I had enrolled in a Transcendental Meditation course, and have been meditating on and off and off and on for that long. Now....don't get me wrong. I was a normal teen, and partied like only those who lived on the other side of this century used to. I certainly wasn't all ommmms. However, on and off I'd come back to meditation. It would pick me up from falling down and plant me back in my body. When I reflect on this now, nearly 30 years later, I just think how frickin weird that was. I mean seriously. Past life much. Why am I so passionate about sharing my love of meditation with you? I honestly believe that meditation is the best kept secret of our time. It is like pure gold and the best thing ...it's FREEE.....but its always been so curious to me - how people don't do it..... And guess what:
Even if you do 3 minutes 3 x a week (come on sister you have that time). Even if you do 3 minutes once a week.....please please please do it. Being a highly sensitive person and an Empath, meditation has been the foundation and the place where I can go, where no one else's energy can effect me, and where I can come back to me. The benefits are plentiful with so many health benefits being scientifically researched (science eventually catches up with what we soul sisters always knew!), as well as so many benefits for our state of mind. Benefits I personally feel from meditation:
It actually makes me a bit sad to think of how people struggle through life, when they could be dancing a little more... with this very simple practice. I write this blog, in the hope that it might make you over ride the power of your egos voice (the voice that wants you to remain stuck, in drama, and in pain) and tells you all the lies about:
There is a jewel inside of you, and it is so beautiful and so sacred, and yet we are often so afraid to reach in and touch it. I encourage you to touch it....reach for it. Like that song said in the 90s"If you buy this record your life will be better" Wellllll "if you meditate your life will be better....your life will be better...your life will be better yeahhhhh" Dances around room! See ya in the pace between the here and now! Loves Gilly p.s) I honestly am curious as to why people don't meditate, so please do feel free to comment below. There is never any judgement from me. Thank you.
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Many an Empath will know this one well:
Whilst on the face of it, this may look like a very noble, kind and loving thing to do, this is in fact a way that we abandon ourselves in order to help, heal or please others over and above ourselves. In the process of abandoning ourselves, we actually leave our energetic bodies and become so enmeshed in another persons energy, that we leave ourselves wide open for our energy to be filled. There are ways that we can help others without abandoning ourselves: 1) Be in your own physical body - When you are talking to someone , start to check in with yourself. You can do this by feeling in to your own physical body. Wiggle your toes or move any part of your body, rub your arm, rub your hands together. 2) Avert your eyes - Take a moment to close your eyes, blink, look away, and break eye contact. 3) Breathe - If in doubt breathe out.....long and strong and loud. 4) Keep checking in with yourself energetically - Ask yourself "how is this feeling for you". If you get a negative response...take heed and excuse yourself to the bathroom, or to make a call. 5) Take your time to respond - The 'people pleaser' within the Empath can make us strongly desire to make another feel good, at the detriment of ourselves. Rather then rushing in and agreeing with the person, take a moment to check in with your own truth. 6) Have a daily practice - Place your hand on your heart and say to yourself "(Your name) I will never abandon you ever again. I am always here for you" This creates a powerful energy within us so that we know that no matter what is occurring around us, we know that WE are safe! Once we begin to develop this relationship within our own hearts, and with our own inner child, letting her know that we will NEVER abandon her energetically, physically or emotionally, it sets up a strong inner trust within ourselves. Of course, just like everything, this will often feel like it is becoming tested as we become conscious of it. If you would like to book in for a complimentary 30 minute Soul Session please email [email protected]  For years I didn't really understand that I was an Empath and couldn't fathom why I could feel other peoples pain as if it was my own.
Why was I so emotional and so sensitive? Many times I rejected my true nature, and tried to hide it to fit in. In my 20's I would get drunk and give readings to random strangers in bars (thats a great use of your gift there Gilly). All I wanted was to be 'normal'. Like many of my clients, my journey has been about understanding and accepting my true nature, and working with the grain of what is our natural souls essence so that we become empowered and live a life that is authentic and joy-filled for us! I remember my cheeks actually burning with shame when I sent an email to a friend saying I could give her some healing. Unbeknown to me I had hit 'reply all' and the email went out to all of her friends. I giggle now - as if I was some terrible axe murderer! I'm sharing this because I know that my honesty here will help someone know that it is okay to be YOU. Whatever quirky, weird, and wonderful way that looks. The truth is that the more love and acceptance we have of ourselves the better this world is! How are you doing so far in 2021? I know a lot of my clients are feeling like things are changing rapidly for them. *What is feeling like it is being birthed for you this year? New ways of being? More peace? Greater joy? Deeping in to purpose? More intimacy? Stronger Boundaries...what has been coming up? *What roadblocks or clusterfks have been coming up for you? I would love to hear from you.... Gilly X  One of the biggest battles that I have personally faced, and that many of my clients also face is being 'too much'.
*Too Sensitive *Too emotional *Too intuitive (no one wants to know you know!) *Too crazy *Too woo-woo *Too much *Too intense *Too passionate *Too creative *Too different *Too 'out there' *Too radical *Too free *Too much of a dreamer *Too weird *Too deep *Too feeling *Too caring *Too unique *Too removed *Too 'drama' free *Too calm *Too different in perspective *Too truthful As I wrote that list, I thought of my some of my beautiful empathetic, intuitive, creative friends and clients that I know. I also thought of all of the shaming that I have 'heard' when people say these words. I for one, put my hand up, and say that I still battle with being 'too much'. A huge part of me would love to be more normal (whatever that actually is). I know it is such a big unspoken wound for so many of my beautiful clients. By naming these, and by digging these 'too much' shaming from the depths, it unleashes us to actually be all of that and more. I want to hold a candle in the darkness for this pain, and for the shame and the hurt and the subtle humiliation that you may have faced over the years. I know how hard it is to see things differently, to feel things intensely, to 'speak' energy, to 'read' energy, and to see more then what a lot of others do. If you are feeling this, please feel free to reach out. I am passionate about holding a beautiful hammock of love and gentle light around you as you feel safe to explore and be more of who you are on your 'big' and beautiful soul level. With so much love Gilly X ASKING FOR WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT
As Intuitives sometimes we (falsely) believe that others are like us and 'just know' what we need.
I've had clients say that without doing this work their marriages would have crumbled or soured, friendships would have become rotten or held on for far too long in the hope of repair. I love working with 'ASKING FOR WHAT YOU NEED' because this has been huge for me in my marriage, my beautiful sacred friendships, in parenting and in my business. It's literally been life-changing..... I'd love to hear any thoughts that come up for you as you read this. I have space for 30 minute Complimentary Soul Sessions to feel in to working together. Gilly X  When we are going through growth, something can happen which can be disconcerting and almost derail our self growth efforts.
I've seen this so much for myself, and for my clients that I wanted to call it out. This is when our energy becomes fragmented as we exist in two realities. One is the energy of our every increasing truth, and the other is our "old energy" For example = We've recognised a pattern where we over-care for others and we become conscious of this everywhere. We set out to now bring that care back in to our hearts. As we do this our new upgraded energy begins to become angry when we give away our energy willy-nilly. However our old energy feels guilty about this new way of being. This sets up a state of energetic fragmentation where we almost become at war with ourselves. The way to bring coherence in to our being is almost always the same. It requires: 1) Compassionate witnessing - "Okay I can now hear and see my old ways getting louder before they finally die". 2) Patience and support - a safe place to let all of this be heard and seen. Someone who is able to fully allow the 'cringe-factor' to be witnessed. 3) Energy work - embodiment is important. I love tapping to really move the energy in to new neural pathways, or anything that shifts the energy in the body. Yoga, intuitive dance, grounding, swimming, massage, energy body work. 4) Self love - Maybe this pattern has been a soul pain point for many life times. This is not a time to judge ourselves when we get the wobbles, or when our outer world suddenly seems discombobulated. This is a time to gently tend to the part of ourselves that needs care and attention. It WILL almost always be wobbly when we upgrade. It's not always dainty and graceful....sometimes it is downright painful. 5) Nuturing the pain - Gently loving our inner child and talking to her and letting her know that its okay to grow and to change (sometimes it is far more comfortable to hold on to uncomfortable emotions then to grow in to the unknown). I love providing this space to walk over the holy bridge towards more integration and energetic coherence for my clients. If you would like to book in for a complimentary 15 minute session please email [email protected] Loves Gilly  The Persecution Wound - and an AMAZING client story (shared with permission)
Many of you will resonate with the 'persecution wound'. This is the wounding that we carry inter-generationally in our D.N.A from past generations who were literally persecuted for 'speaking up', 'being different', 'being healers', 'visionaries', 'creativies' and 'wise people'. Myself and so many of my wise, beautiful clients carry this wounding in ways that are often deeply unconscious. The persecution wound plays out by: keeping us quiet, shuts down our intuition, makes us distrust our inner creativity, makes it hard for us to be in our soul biz if it requires being 'seen' 'heard' and putting our neck out. Why? Because deep within our being we believe it is not safe, that we may even be rejected, abandoned, run out of town or even killed. I worked with a truly magical client last week who is opening up beautifully to trusting her inner knowing. We had been working on helping her to access and trust her inner knowing (in her case - clear hearing or clairaudience). She specifically heard a message to contact someone regarding a job. Immediately things flowed and the person said "omg we were just talking about you and would like to give you the job". Boom! The only thing was that because of her deep persecution wounding, when her inner knowing voice became stronger she suddenly became terrified that her 'gifts wouldn't be valued' We went back to a past life where she was burnt to death(she could smell the fire). Burnt for being a wise woman, burnt for her gifts. As soon as she made the correlation with this life time, and we did some E.F.T tapping she could feel the emotion lift. After our session she turned on the radio and guess what song was playing??? "You can do magic. You can do anything that you desire. Magic....don't you know you're the one who can put out the fire" Wow - I am just blown away by the magic that is unfolding and the truly beautiful souls that are reclaiming their soul gifts to emerge even more fully in to this new earth. If this resonates, and you would like to book a complimentary 15 minute soul connect please email me [email protected] Building the foundation of a sacred and safe inner home within your heart, whilst navigating our sacred relationships.
*Honouring the sacred role of feminine friendships and sacred relationships, and how deeply we can grieve the changes that can happen within these. *Honouring how hurt, rejected, sad, fearful, competitive, jealous and all the other myriad of shadowed emotions that we can easily shame, shadow and push down within us. *Acknowledging the sweet nectar of these emotions and what they are here to show us. All of them having such beautiful contrast in them. *Validating our own feelings - having our own feelings and emotions recognised as valid. It is okay to feel hurt. It is okay to feel rejected. It is okay to feel angry. *As empaths we are amazing at validating everyone else's experiences but our own. This is part of the return home is allowing ourselves to honour our own hearts. *Tuning in to create and recognise our own sacred boundaries that feel fun, safe, like home, and that return us further to our own hearts. *Finding our sacred voice and knowing when to speak up, how to speak up in a way that nutures and nourishes us and that feels in alignment with who we are, knowing when to stay quiet, and when to turn inwards. *Learning to listen to the beat of our gentle guide within our heart as to how we navigate and communicate our soft fragile and vulnerable wobbly parts of ourselves in a way that is deeply resonant with our gentle hearts. This process often feels like a new foal taking its first few wobbly steps as we learn to really honour our hearts, hold our own feelings in as much love as we offer others, and begin to find our voice that allows us to feel heard, held and safe. Knowing that we have this safety within us, and a voice that we can use when we need to offers us a sacred home within ourselves that can never be taken away. To book a complimentary 15 minute Soul Session with Gilly email [email protected] Man alive! Life as an intuitive empath can be exhausting....if you don't know that you are an empath and if you don't know how to handle energy.
Here's a list of my TOP 10 Energy Truth bombs for all empaths out there. Can you relate gorgeous.....???? Empaths and Sensitives 1) Get drained easily by negative, dramatic people (and try at all costs to avoid them) 2) Avoid crowds 3) Find noisy places exhausting 4) Can't be doing shopping malls (even the food shopping can be an energy overwhelm) 5) Need a LOT of quiet time by yourself 6) Desperately need your own SPACE 7) Can't have anyone too close within your personal space 8) People always tell your their deepest secrets (if you had a dollar for every time some one said you are the only person that I've told this to....or I don't know why I'm telling you this) 9) Love nature, nature, nature 10)Have to refuel by being in your own energy. If any of these resonate you are not alone. Empaths and sensitives are becoming more and more common as we all shift and rise in consciousness. Tips to manage your energy 1) Frequent time to you - guilt free! Being an empath is the way that you are built - and your soul battery literally needs it. 2) Meditation - connect in with the one true endless ongoing power source of energy by connecting with the divine. 3) Cleansing - Sage your self, your space, let the windows be open. Ask your guides and angels to clear you and your space 4) "No" is a complete sentence. Ditch the guilt and put yourself first. 5) Commit to yourself and your energy - My biggest commitment is to me first and foremost. If my energy isn't right, I will cancel commitments without any guilt these days. Sorry but I am number one. 6) Guard your light - I don't care if they are your family, or your long term friends ......be totally fine with not answering the phone, walking away, saying "sorry I've got to go" and guarding your light. Dramatic energy vampires who are not prepared to look at themselves and do their own soul work are toxic to empaths and not your responsibility. 7) Get on to the earth and group, connect, ask the trees to clear your energy field. 8) Only be around people who uplift you, support you, encourage you and value and respect your time and your energy. 9) If a friendship is 'all about them'....walk away or tell them that you expect them to show equal interest in you and your life otherwise you are not interested (if that's too hard minimize all contact and have clear time frames around how much time you will talk on the phone or be around them) 10) Recognize that you are different from some people. That being an EMPATH is different. It is a very real thing to be drained by other peoples energy and that as an empath you must value and support your own energy field. Your energy is just too precious to be 'used' by other people. Every single soul on the planet has the ability to connect in with their own direct source to the divine. You are not here to rescue another person, be someone's toxic dumping ground, be emotionally manipulated or blackmailed by another, or to save anyone. The greatest, most wonderful gift, you give to the world, is to love yourself by taking care of you. Thank you precious, sensitive soul. I know how harsh the energies of this world at times are and fully and deeply respect your loving beautiful heart. Love Gilly XXXXX Gilly Godward is an Intuitive Soul Mentor and Energy healer who uses her soul gifts to help people be free of their old unconscious stories and energy and to become lighter, and free. YOUR SENSITIVITY IS A BEAUTIFUL THING
Short of living in a beautiful remote isolated spot away with just your pets (which sometimes appeals way too much to me) We empaths often need a few comforting tools to help us along the journey. These are some of the things that I use for myself and for my clients…. I hope you will find some comfort here knowing that you are one of the very special sensitive ones, that your empathy and sensitivity is exactly what the world needs and is an incredible soul-gift.
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