A few years ago, I was faced with a great deal of sexual trauma. It got triggered while trying to deal with unrequited love (you can listen to my podcast episode talking about it here), and I had no idea how to deal with it…
I’d tried all my usual tools and practices but nothing had worked. Eventually, I worked with a therapist who helped me get the process started, but then it was up to me to keep the healing going.
What helped me massively during that time was journaling about my experiences. As part of my Trauma Specialist training, I’d learned about the benefits of Narrative Exposure Therapy. This is a science-backed journaling practice during which you’re guided to write about, and subsequently heal, past traumatic memories.
Guiding myself through the process I journaled my heart out, and word after word, page after page, I felt my sexual hurt and shame dissolve. A few weeks of dedicated journaling later, I was finally free from my past traumas.
Although I’d always known that journaling was a powerful healing practice, that’s when I realized that it was an essential one, too.
In this week’s episode of The Lit Up Lightworker Podcast, I chat with journaling expert Kari Owens. Kari shares her journaling philosophy and powerful practices to help you get started with, and deepen, your journaling practice.
Specifically, in this episode you’ll learn:
- How to process your emotions using journaling
- Ways of journaling for manifestation
- Journal prompts to get you started
- How to process trauma through journaling
- Using journaling to get to the root cause of your limiting beliefs
Click here to learn Kari’s journaling practices for healing, manifestation, and more.
Let’s talk about energy protection for empaths.
The other day, I found out that my ex had been talking badly about me to a mutual friend. I had a calm conversation, shared my side, and thought that was the end of it.
But that night, I woke up with a panic attack.
Intrusive thoughts. Intense dreams. My nervous system completely on edge.
I could have told myself I was being “too sensitive.” I could have journaled about it or tried to think my way through it. But I’ve done this work long enough to know when something isn’t just psychological.
This felt energetic.
So instead of spiralling, I tuned into my energy field. I sensed the disturbance immediately — a charge, a connection, something still active. Strong emotion creates energetic exchange. And when you’re empathic, you feel it.
I cleared it, and within minutes, my body softened. The panic stopped. The thoughts quieted. The dreams didn’t return.
Nothing outside of me changed. But my internal state completely shifted.
This is what most empaths are never taught.
You’re not too sensitive. You’re energetically open.
If you can walk into a room and feel tension before anyone speaks, you already know energy is real. And if energy can affect you unconsciously, then learning how to protect your field is necessary.
Click here to listen to this week’s episode on the Energy Work podcast and learn how to protect your energy as a sensitive empath. [LINK]
You will learn:
• What’s actually happening when you feel drained around certain people
• Why emotional boundaries aren’t always enough
• The difference between anxiety and energetic overwhelm
• How energetic cords are formed (and why they linger)
• Practical ways to protect and clear your energy
If you’ve ever wondered why certain interactions linger in your body long after they’re over, this episode will make things click.
Click here to listen to the episode. [LINK]
It’s also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast platform.
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