Something soul nourishing is coming very soon for sensitive women... ✨
"Because the truth is, these fears are not signs that you're not meant to be a healer, teacher or guide; they are signs that you're *absolutely* meant to be a healer.”
~ Nicole Barton
I remember the feelings that came up when I first truly began to feel and let myself acknowledge the call to becoming a healer, teacher and guide.
I remember the terrifying fear of not being 'good enough', of feeling like if I stepped in, I'd surely fail. I remember the fear of judgement - the anxiety that if I honoured this strange call to more magic (which I couldn't even really trust myself to know if it was even real), people would think I was mad.
I remember feeling trapped in my mundane life, feeling too sensitive to cope with the harsh, chaos of the world, yet simultaneously feeling like there was something "more" I was here for. I was even told I had gifts by others, but I'd shove that down, feeling burned out and exhausted at the idea of taking on healing the world when I couldn't even create my own life to be healed.
And so often, women think that these fears and their sensitivities mean they're not cut out for the journey of becoming a healer, and this fear keeps them staying feeling trapped on the hamster wheel of life, living in chaos and drama, feeling overwhelmed, people pleasing and numbing their bodies to cope.
These are the women who shame the fact they "feel more" than others, criticise themselves for their ‘stupid’ overwhelm and ‘annoying’ deep sensitivity - those who feel the pain of their ‘openness,’ pushing it down, feeling like they could explode with anxiety. The ones wondering if they're the ‘only ones’ who feel this way (hint; you're not).
It's these women, who are where I once was, that I feel the hearts of so deeply.
Because the truth is, these fears are not signs that you're not meant to be a healer, teacher or guide; they are signs that you're *absolutely* meant to be a healer.
Because the healers of the world are the sensitive women who are open to other worlds, to knowings that others don't know, and seeings that others can't see.
You see, the true healers of the world are the magical souls who are so open, and yet the real challenge is they don't know (yet) how to harness that open sensitivity from soul alignment. They just don't know how to harness their gifts in a way that suits their souls, that is soft and nurturing and means they can hold themselves through the fear that naturally arises in the journey.
In other words, there's still HEALING to do.
This messy transition period of fear for women who long for a life of more is *why* I've created the path of Archetypal Apothecary - to help sensitive women journey, at their pace, into the depths of their hearts and souls and learn to heal themselves, discover their unique gifts and learn to embody and express them into the world.
Becoming a healer, teacher or guide is just that: a *becoming*.
And that *becoming* begins tenderly by learning to open to your possibility, and heal the parts of you that don't yet believe you can do this. It begins with learning the skills to have compassion for the parts of you that feel the fear, learn to open to loving yourself, tending your nervous system and body to be able to give yourself what you need to navigate this transition.
I'm being called to share another opportunity soon for you to take the tender first steps to begin that journey… And it’s going to be deeply soul-nourishing.
Watch this space, sensitive ones...
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All my love,
if you've any questions, send me an email.
Nicole x
