The cure to the HSP’s psychic sponge syndrome: Laugh!!!!!

I’m back today with another bit of down-to-earth spirituality. Today’s topic? Spiritual irreverence.

Can you handle the fallout if you’ve forgotten how to laugh?

It’s not every day that you find yourself doing something that causes an uproar of divergent opinions—and resultant advice. Well, at least it hasn’t been that way for me.

I mean, it’s true that “coming out” as a medium caused quite a stir. There I was, Harvard Girl, the writer, editor, book designing, publishing consultant of Harvard Girl Word Services, suddenly saying I was talking to dead people. So, I guess you could say that I know something about strong reactions. And we won’t even get into family. Telling your mother you’re hearing from good ol’ Dad? Mmm, turns out, not the best convo starter ever….

Anyway….

When I started writing books (with my dear departed husband) and talking about us all being Vacationing Angels, I learned pretty fast how to spot the dedicated, true-blue skeptics from the “well, I might be willing to hear more” type. I also learned, really really fast that it didn’t matter. That the only thing that mattered was being true to myself.

• Which brings me to today’s down-to-earth spiritual subject matter [slide of CP animation]
• When you’re true to yourself, you attract other people who are true to themselves.
• When you’re true to yourself, it doesn’t matter if other people agree with you or not.
• When you’re true to yourself, most of the people you attract are willing to listen to what you have to say, even if they end up disagreeing with it.
• When you’re true to yourself, you feel good.

Which…leads me to the title of my new book, Elevating Your HSP-ness….

I can hear you….

Go ahead. Say it out loud. Reading the words just doesn’t do it. When I spoke the title aloud for the first time, I couldn’t stop giggling. Naturally, I discounted its use. I mean, right? Who’d willingly, knowingly, use a word for a spiritual book about being a high sensitive that sounds like penis?  Not me!

After that, the title went through months of iterations. “The HSP’s Owners Manual.” “The HSP’s Roadmap to Greatness.” “Embracing your High Sensitivity.” The problem was that no matter how much these titles described what I was trying to convey, none of them made me FEEL GOOD. None of them resonated, vibrated with the frequency of YES!!! THIS MAKES ME WANT TO GIGGLE AND LAUGH AND FEEL JOYFUL!!!

My psychic sponge was picking up everyone’s opinion but my own.

I didn’t know what to do. I kept going back and forth, back and forth, buying domain after domain and reworking my potential book covers. What to do?

Ultimately? I did exactly what I talk about doing in this book: I let it go. I worked on other things—the writing, the blogs, the vlogs, all that stuff. And then, one day, I was talking to a friend and colleague (who just happens to be in my video Summit linked below), Jill Lebeau. When I mentioned all my potential names, she thought they were “fine.” Which we all know is code for BORING. Then, I said, “I wanted to name it Elevating Your HSP-ness, but you know, that would just be crazy. Too irreverent. What would people think?”

The reality is that my psychic sponge was too darn overloaded to check in with my own guidance–that Intuitive Guidance System we all have!

There was a moment of silence. Then Jill got it—and cracked up. She laughed and laughed and kept on laughing. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. But, finally, when she got herself under control, she said, “There’s nothing irreverent about bliss and joy in spirituality! We need to laugh to raise our frequency. And that’s what you’re talking about—living a high-frequency life! I think it’s perfect.”

It took me a while, but I couldn’t ignore the high vibration of what she said—and what I felt. So, yes. The name of my book is ELEVATING YOUR HSP-NESS. After all, I’m talking about “down-to-earth spirituality” here. And that means applying spirituality to everyday life as an Angel on Vacation. Celebrating those qualities of you that are the absolute highest frequency. Because we can’t spend our time “way up in the clouds” and live “down here” without some kind of mechanism that invites us to stay present. To use all our “up in the clouds”-ness for the express purpose of enjoying the earthly aspects of our being.

So I say go for it. I’ll be right there, laughing along with you in loving irreverence.

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Ugh.  Traveling. It’s one of those love-hate things. You really want to be there, but you really don’t want to have to go through everything it takes to get there. Oh, if only we could beam up like Captain Kirk.

I’ve been in Los Angeles once and by it several times, but it’s never been my destination until now. Suddenly, thinking about how a week from today I’ll be there, in the city of cars and smog and heat and rabid attention to all things superficial, is giving me agita. Like, major agita.  It’s very clear that I am being offered another perfect whopper-tunity to step into conscious awareness. Thanks a lot.

I’m exaggerating to make a point here, of course, but not by much. Traveling and HSPs go together like oil and water: They swim around each other a lot, but try to avoid, and hardly ever manage, to fully engage.

I’ve travelled quite a bit in my life. Short trips from NY to Boston and back on the bus for flute lessons when I was in college. Long, intense flights by air to places like Bali and Europe. Regular jaunts across the country to see family and friends. Yet every single time, my very first reaction to the plan is, “Ugh. Please don’t make me go.”

It’s such an odd feeling, to want to see people and be with them because you love them and miss them, and yet, more than anything else, want to stay cocooned in your own home, your own space, your own comfort zone. I’ve literally gone so outside my comfort zone so many times that there’s a part of me that simply wants to say, “Okay. Been there. Done that. I’m finished.” And this, while the world spins around me with people getting on and off planes coming and going to far-off places with relative ease and grace. Or at least with the attitude that whatever incongruities they might suffer, it’s all worth it.

So, still, the only thing that keeps me going, traveling to places I’ve never been or old haunts of the past, is knowing that I have my HSP tools to save me.

I start by using my IGS. My Intuitive Guidance System firmly in place ensures I make my plans only when it feels right, no matter how/when/if it appears that way to others. Reeling in my psychic octopus ensures I take my own energy with me wherever I go.

Staying in my UES, my Unique Energetic Signature, ensures I don’t need to freak out while thinking about making plans in the future, actually making the plans—the whole online thing, etc.—packing (the what-am-I-going-to-wear thing), transportation, house plans, and so on.

Knowing how to pull in my psychic octopus and zipping myself up inside it as soon as I lock my door and hit the road is the pièce de resistance. It’s what, in the final analysis, makes it all okay. Instead of taking in everything around me and losing my sense of self, I focus as much as possible on my octopus, on my intuitive guidance, and on staying in my own energy.

Yes, it does take focus. But no, it’s not the kind that is a struggle. Because when you stay wrapped in your innate comfort zone you get to take it with you everywhere you go—which is the opposite of difficult. Not only that, it’s what keeps you sane.

If you are an HSP with travel concerns, take it from me. There’s a way to move through the world with a grace you could never have imagined. And, though might not able be to beam up quite yet, we can all learn how to beam in to our higher selves’ to get where we’re going smoothly, easy, and in perfect alignment.

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Check out my posts on the Psychic Octopus (globbing onto other people’s energy); your UES (how to identify and stay in your Unique Energetic Signature); and your IGS (how to confidently and consistently tap into your Intuitive Guidance System.

Thank you for shining your light into the world!

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