Going live! New site is up

The new-look Empathic Guidance site is up and running – you can check it out at www.empathicguidance.co.uk

I’m really excited about the changes and I hope you like the new design. It’s clean and simple and designed to put more focus on the content, which will be updated regularly on the homepage

The Empathic Guidance services I offer will be taking a back seat for a little while whilst I concentrate on producing top quality content for the site. I’m also working on an ebook based on my work which will be available for a ludicrously small fee in a couple of months.

If you’ve enjoyed this blog then do please subscribe to the new site. You will also find links to my new Facebook page on there which will be updated constantly and my Twitter account, which I do hope you will follow.

Thank you so much for your support and interest in this blog and I look forward to sharing so much more with you on the new site.

Warmest wishes

Sharon

 

Exciting news about this blog for readers old and new!

Hi folks,

You may have noticed that this blog has been inactive for a few months now. The reason for this is that as promised some time ago, I’m about to relaunch both the blog and the website in a new format for 2012.

The relaunch date is Friday 27 January so I will report back then to share the new blog address with you. I do hope that my current subscribers will follow me there and that you’ll continue to enjoy the posts I publish.

More soon – watch this space!

Warmest wishes

Sharon

Support The Animal Sanctuary!

If you’re ever in Cheshire and you or your loved ones are fond of animals and care about animal welfare, then I would highly recommend a visit to the Animal Sanctuary in Wilmslow.

As part of the Humane Education Society,  a charitable organisation working for a more compassionate society through education and practical work with children and animals, the Sanctuary offers permanent and temporary homes to animals in need of some loving care, including cats, horses, hens, rabbits, ferrets and pigs.

We were shown round the sanctuary by a lovely woman called Jenny (thanks, Jenny!) who is clearly devoted to all the animals and had a tale to tell about each and every one, telling us how they ended up in the sanctuary in the first place and sharing little details about each animal’s individual personality.

All the animals are extremely well cared for and well loved by the staff. Whilst I would love to work in a sanctuary like this,  I think it would break my heart to say goodbye the animals which are rehoused, even though I knew they were going to a good home.*

Not all of the animals are rehoused though, and some – like the pigs Erica and Babe, and Flea, the office cat – remain permanent residents of the sanctuary. It was wonderful to wander around and be followed by little black cats, some hens and a duck – and my partner was particularly taken with Daisy, the resident donkey!

Of course, sanctuaries like this cost money to run and as a charity, the Animal Sanctuary at Wilmslow is reliant on public support. Having spent some time in its wonderful warm and welcoming atmosphere, I can assure you that any donation you give will be money well spent. I’ve personally signed up to make a regular direct debit payment each month and plan on doing some fundraising too.

If you’d like to find out more about the Animal Sanctuary, then please check out their website here.  And do pop in if you’re ever nearby – you will always be guaranteed a warm welcome by both humans and animals alike The Sanctuary also welcome group visits so if you run any kind of group which you feel will benefit from a visit the sanctuary, then drop them a line via the website.

*As an empath and HSP, I was bracing myself for the floods of tears I thought I would be reduced to – in the past, I’ve visited other animal rescue units and I’ve ended up sobbing the whole time and left feeling desperate to adopt all the animals. However, the vibes I picked up at the Animal Sanctuary were so loving and compassionate, and the animals were so well-cared for that I left the centre with a warm glow in my heart and a feeling of joy that there were such places in the world (although I did still want to adopt all the animals!). There was only one heartbreaking and tearful moment – we visited a little pony who hadn’t been there long and had been the victim of a cruel former owner. The terror in this little chap’s eyes, despite the gentle reassurance and kindness he was being shown by the staff, was something which will haunt me forever. I do hope that when we visit again, he is much happier and has learned that not all humans are bad.

2012 and the Black Swan

In my previous post, I predicted that a Black Swan event was imminent. Since then I have received further signs that this is the case so I will now briefly explain a little more about what a Black Swan event is and what this means for humanity.

A Black Swan event is something which is extremely rare and prior to its occurrence, considered improbable, but which leaves profound changes in its wake,  radically altering the status quo forever. Examples of Black Swan events are described in more detail in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book about Black Swan theory, including the rise of the Internet, the 9/11 attacks, the invention of the personal computer and World War I.

Black Swan events can also occur on a personal level but I believe that the signs that I’ve been getting imply a more global change which is connected to 2012. My daughter was recently reading about 2012 on the internet and asked me with some anxiety what it meant and whether the world was going to end. I reassured her that planet Earth was not going to cease to exist – but that life as we know it would go through some radical and much needed changes. We’re already seeing the beginnings of this with the revolutions which are occurring around the world and the riots which have occurred here in the UK. People everywhere have had enough of the lack of empathy shown by the powers-that- be regarding their circumstances and the inequality which this fosters  (and vice versa) and are beginning to rise up and make their voices heard.

I believe that the impending Black Swan event will be the turning point for humanity and will lead us into a new era – an era where people wake up and recognise that the foundations on which our society are built are too precarious and imbalanced to last ; where people wake up and realise that they’ve been sold a lie by the powers-that-be, who have abused that power to feather their own nests at the expense of the majority. We’ve been led to believe that consumerism is the key to happiness – that we should all work hard to buy stuff to validate our existence  – but as the economic systems built on these principles collapse, and people are left with nothing whilst the people at the top of these systems carry on as normal, more and more people are beginning to reflect on the truth of this and look for more authentic and empathic paths to inner peace.

I’m still not sure what the Black Swan will be, but I do know that it will be soon and will be something which will wake a lot of people up very quickly, with the result eventually being lasting positive change for humanity, kicking off in 2012 when the dust from the Black Swan event has settled. (Please note that this change will of course not occur overnight (changes of this magnitude never do), but we will see a positive movement towards change starting in 2012 which will be tangible and the beginning of something very wonderful.) So yes, I suppose you could say that the world will end – but only in its current  form.

‘Black Swan’ event imminent..

Recently I’ve been getting a lot of signs that a black swan event is imminent. If you’ve never heard of Black Swan theory then you can read more here. One thing is for sure – it will be life-changing for many, many people and will hopefully be something which will ultimately lead us onto the right path, however it may manifest itself initially.

Will write more about this soon.

UK riots – remember this?

Regular readers will remember that I predicted what would happen this year here: http://empathicguidance.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/talkin-bout-a-revolution-a-prediction-for-2011-and-beyond/

All I’ve heard for the last few months is how there’s no chance of social mobility for today’s youth – priced out of the housing market, made to pay through the nose for an education, widespread unemployment and the  only decent jobs going to the kids whose parents can afford to pay for them to do internships. The government cuts have also affected youth workers and services which made a difference in young people’s lives and the poor have been constantly vilified in our national press as scroungers and layabouts. Our right to protest has also been thwarted with techniques such as kettling and disproportionate prison sentences and lives ruined for young people who attend the marches.

 So what on earth did the powers-that-be think was going to happen? I don’t condone violence but this was always on the cards. The ‘haves’ have the power of wealth, status, media and the law behind them and constantly push a materialist/consumer agenda whilst simultaneously ensuring that this is out of reach for too many members of our society.We’ve sat back and watched as they’ve robbed the poor to feather the nests of the rich and even when they’re proven to have behaved in criminal ways to achieve this, they manage to escape justice. So why the surprise when the ‘have nots’ rise up and use the only power they have – physical power – and go out and take the baubles which are tantalisingly waved in front of them but always just out of reach? Surely what they’re doing is exactly the same as the example which has been set for them by the ‘haves’, by using their power to take what they want, without thought or feeling for the people who are affected by their actions.

In the same way that a parent who abuses their child for years cannot be surprised when that child ends up with severe behavioural issues, so the powers-that-be should have lead by example and shown compassion for all of the citizens of this country instead of simply abusing their power to line the pockets of themselves, their families and their cronies. There is only one solution to this issue and that is empathy. This country is being destroyed by self-serving greed and it’s a behavioural pattern which is being passed down from the top to the bottom.  If the haves begin to show compassion for the have nots instead of using their power to diminish their lifestyles even further for their own benefit, then perhaps we’ll begin to see some lasting change.

We’re not even halfway through the troubles I predicted. Expect to see more of this until a real change takes place.

Cosmic Ordering and The Law of Attraction

These days, most people have heard of ‘The Law of Attraction’ and ‘Cosmic Ordering’. However, if you have any knowledge of how energy works and how it affects us, then you’ve probably been using these particular techniques for years anyway, albeit called by a different name. My personal favourite has always been ‘Sending a Message to the Universe’ and I initially discovered its effectiveness when I was struggling to cope with difficult situations and needed clarity. On more than one occasion, I would look at the sky in despair and say ‘Please – I need to know what is happening here – just give me an answer!’ and sure enough, within a short space of time, the answer would appear in one form or another.

It eventually dawned on me that perhaps I could use this technique under less stressful circumstances and that maybe a more positive attitude would attract more positive things. I called this ‘Keeping the Faith’ and would happily hand over things to the Universe knowing that the best outcome for all would occur. Using this technique, not only have seemingly irresolvable situations taken a turn for the better, I’ve also found the perfect partner and work that I love, and I even recently managed to manifest us the perfect home. In fact, this last message to the universe was so successful that I manifested us TWO potential homes in one day – I requested a house of a particular size in a particular area of a local market town ‘ and could we please be moved in by April as I’d really like to be settled before the summer’. I then resolved to stop worrying about it and to wait and see what the Universe would provide for us. A couple of days later, the local estate agent  who we’d registered with came up with not one but two fabulous houses within my specified location, and after a day of umm-ing and aah-ing over which one to choose, we finally decided and moved in – on 26th March.

Anyway, all this is simply pre-amble to the main event which is actually a wonderful true story which illustrates this concept beautifully. It was emailed to me today by a very dear friend of mine who has recently discovered the magic and joy of engaging with the Universe using these techniques, resulting in all manner of delightful things happening for him. This anecdote which he kindly shared with me (and is now allowing me to share with you)demonstrates the power of our thoughts and how the Universal energy connects everyone and everything. Enjoy

A couple of weeks ago,  Jane and I went to a comedy night. My mum, dad, brother and sister-in-law were there as well as quite a few family friends.
Laughter, happy happy, joy joy, love… All the multipliers of attraction in abundance (which was my aim in going).
Now, after the comedians had finished, we were all chatting, and laughing and having fun, when David, (my brother) brought something up from my teenage years in the name of “a joke”.
It was something that caused me a lot of grief back then and still played on my mind. I’d ended up being accused of something really horrible after trying to do the right thing. I won’t go into details, but I was arrested, interviewed and effectively run out of town completely over the next couple of years.
Anyway, I instantly started feeling pissed off. Annoyed that he’d brought it up after I’d spent 18 years trying to forget about it and annoyed for my 17 year old self as I was always the one who got accused, always the fall guy. The police were always at my house first, whether I knew anything about it or not…
Knock Knock = plod, “Can you tell me your whereabouts on…etc” Which instantly lead to some form of harsh punishment either from the law, my parents or both whether I was guilty or not.
So, driving home from the comedy night I was really chewing my gums over it and talking to Jane as it was something I’d never told her about (which made me feel guilty).
“It’s not fair, I always got accused”
“I always got pulled over on my bike”
“The police were always having a go at me for nothing, trying to get me on something”
“It’s not fair” “I’m pissed off” “Anger” “Resentment” “Ra ra ra”
Driving out of Village A , I noticed headlights coming down the Village B road, thought little of it.
Then, I noticed those lights turn RIGHT behind me, back up towards Village C. I thought “Why would anyone go THAT way, surely if you were going in this direction, you’d have come out of Village B at the other end.”
The headlights got closer up my rear as I got to the ‘S’ bend, where I cut the corner  a little (naturally). They were blinding me all the way down the road. No matter, I’ll be turning off soon.
Indicate left to my house, surely he’ll overtake now.
Nope. Right up behind me and on come the blue lights.
“I’ve stopped you because you have a bulb out on your reg plate. Have you been drinking sir?”
“I had a pint 3 hours ago”
“Step out of the car please sir. Blow down this.”
And I swear to everything good that I saw actual, measurable disappointment in his face when the breathaliser came up “ZERO”.
“Make sure you get that bulb fixed.”
“Before you go, Officer, why did you pull me over?”
“You had a bulb out”
“Yes, you said that, but it’s not an offence to only have one bulb out on a number plate that has two bulbs, what attracted you to me?”
“You came out of Village A too fast”
“Ah, but really, I had 100 yards of acceleration out of Village A before you would have seen me. I could have got from 30 to 60 easily without speeding. What attracted you to me?”
“You cut that corner back there a little.”
“Yes, I admit that, but it was safe and legal to do so, and you were already behind me. Why did you stop me?”
“Officially, for the bulb, unofficially, everything combined, the speed, the cutting the corner, the bulb, the time of night. I just thought I should check you out.”
He THOUGHT he should check me out.
I laughed my arse off for the rest of the night and I was glad I’d been pulled over for the revelation I got.

The story goes on slightly…

This Sunday, I saw our kid for the first time since the comedy night at the Rugby match. For ages I’ve been trying to impress on him that all his whinging and whining about York Knights is the reason they were losing. He must say “we’re gonna lose this” about 10 times each match.
Positive thoughts, think “Win” and win will be. “Don’t talk shite” he’d say, “We’re crap, that’s why we lose.”
So, before the match, while he’s beer in hand, I told him about the Police thing. He said:
“Sorry, it was only a joke, dont let it get to you.”
“No, David, you misunderstand what I’m saying to you. You did me a favour. I left you lot pissed off and attracted more things to piss me off. In fact I attracted the exact same things that pissed me off all those years ago, the things you brought up. It’s not a coincidence, thoughts become things.”
“Oh, I see what you mean now. You were thinking about the Police always having you for nothing, and they come and have you for nothing.”
“Yep.”
“So what you’re saying is because you thought it, they just ‘appeared’ behind you? Bullshit!”
“No, when you brought it up and I started thinking about it, the Police’s course set them on a path where they would be behind me and THINK THEY SHOULD CHECK ME OUT. My thoughts became them being behind me, their thoughts became them pulling me over.”
“Oh.”
“So, positive thoughts, our kid, and we’ll win this match. It’ll be the best match of the season so far, you’ll see.”
He didn’t whine once, he didn’t whinge once.
Final score – York 30 Dewsbury 26. First home win and best game of the season so far!

What goes on in an Empathic Guidance session? Pt 2: A dream is interpreted

In part two of ‘What goes on in an Empathic Guidance session?’,  (part one here) Matt reveals in detail the empathic dream interpretation I did for him which proved very enlightening for him with regards to his personal development and potential stumbling blocks within his psyche…

Inner Simplicity with Empathic Guidance

by Matthew Fry

http://www.pixelsforpeace.com/Other/Empathic_Guidance.html

http://inspirationhub.net/2011/03/inner-simplicity-with-empathic-guidance/

So, let me introduce you to Sharon, the brilliant, the fabulous, the very insightful Empathic Guide….

“Here are some notes for you from our session on Monday which may be useful for you to look back on. I’ve particularly concentrated on the dream which we discussed as I think there was a lot of useful insights into your psyche in there, which I hope you’ll find useful.

In the dream, you are sitting by an indoor swimming pool, practicing yoga. You are aware of a man being there who you have a flirtatious interaction with, and you know there’s a sexual attraction between you, but you cannot remember any details about him. You are also concerned because you think you haven’t got enough money to pay for the yoga session. However, a song is played and this helps you to relax and recognize that actually everything will be fine.

The dream then cuts to you being chased by a man – again, a shadowy figure who you can’t actually describe, other than you feel that he’s about your age. As you’re running from him, you jump over some people who are giving out yoga leaflets, before rushing into a house. Your dad and younger brother (aged about 5 or 6) are in the house, and you say that your dad either ignores you or doesn’t see you. You go into a room – which has a dog in it – and you hide in the room. Once in the room you feel safe.

I feel that the first part of the dream is about your spiritual self (the yoga) – maybe something about you successfully integrating it with your emotional self? Water in dreams represent emotions and though the water in the dream is ‘safe’ (an indoor pool) and calm, suggesting serenity, it is also in a manmade environment, which implies perhaps that emotionally you are still being influenced by society to some extent – feeling how you think you should feel rather than allowing your authentic feelings to show? You’re also sitting by the pool rather than diving in so maybe there’s also a fear of taking the plunge in terms of integrating the spiritual and emotional aspects of your self. Do you also maybe have concerns that a sexual partner may struggle to accept your spiritual self? That a superficial relationship would be ok but that anything deeper – more emotional – might lead to rejection? (hence the flirting at the side of the pool but not in it).

The man who you have a flirtation with is also interesting, as you were unable to describe the ‘shadowy’ male figure who was chasing you. You said in our session that you are nervous about speaking to men – that you’ve chosen to work with women as you are wary about speaking to a man. I think this perhaps signifies an ambivalent relationship with men, perhaps due to your distant relationship with your father and maybe also related to your feelings about your sexuality.

The concern about having enough money to pay could signify two things – 1) your concerns about being able to pay your way if you follow a spiritual path and 2) your concerns about actually paying for things which will help you progress on your spiritual path. However, when a song is played (did you know what the song was?) you relax and you realise that everything will be ok, which correlates to something I said to you in our first session about  ‘the money will come’. And of course, you have resolved the problem about paying for mentors to help you on your spiritual path

It’s also interesting that it’s a song which relaxes you – this could relate to your dream of being a DJ or could mean that it’s through creativity that you make your living. It would be great to know what the song actually was, as this could reveal even more about this!

The dream then skips to you being chased by an unknown man – you do know that he’s your age though, so I wonder if he’s your ‘masculine’ self which you feel uncomfortable with and are trying to flee from? You have to jump over the people giving out the yoga leaflets, which ties this in with the first part of the dream. Again, perhaps something about a struggle integrating the masculine side of your self with the more feminine spiritual aspects of your self? Male figures are a dominant feature of this dream so there seems to be a strong message that this is about your masculine side fighting for attention, despite your attempts to avoid it.

Houses represent you and different rooms represent different aspects of yourself. I’m not sure if you specified any rooms, though I think maybe you said you hid in a bedroom? When you ran into the house your father and younger brother were there. You say that your father either ignored or didn’t see you, which reflects the ambivalent – and mostly absent – relationship you have had with him. Your internalised father (we all have internalised versions of our parents who offer judgments on us – for example, many people have a ‘critical parent’ voice offering negative judgements on their actions) seems to be a distant figure, similar to the other shadowy male figures, showing a disconnection with your masculine side.

If we look, then, at how you relate to the men in this dream, they reflect how you relate to different men in the waking world – sexually, with fear and feeling invisible around them.  However the positive aspect is the appearance of your younger brother. I feel that he represents your masculine self in its burgeoning form – that this side of you is beginning to develop. As I said on the phone, the masculine side of yourself is the ‘doing’ side, the side which interacts with the world in an assertive, active way, and the logical, analytical side whereas your feminine side is the nurturing, creative, spiritual side. In other words, as an example, your feminine side dreams up the ideas but you need to have an active masculine side to get them out there!

In the last part of the dream, you run into a room where you say you hide and feel safe. You’re hiding from a man yet you’re doing this in a house which clearly already contains men – so you feel safe with some aspects of your masculinity, just not enough to put them out there yet, perhaps? I think you mentioned that there was a dog in the room too, which represents loyalty, friendship and is therefore possibly another symbol of feeling safe, welcome, reassured (although I don’t think we discussed much about the dog and what type of dog it was, whether it was a dog you knew etc).

Was it a bedroom you hid in? And did you go upstairs? Downstairs represents your baser urges, the more animal aspects of yourself, and also aspects of the unconscious (the ‘unconscious’ parts of your masculine self, perhaps) but upstairs represents your higher self (no prizes for guessing that!) so if you felt safer upstairs, this is of course because you feel more comfortable with the more spiritual aspects of yourself. A bedroom could also represent the fact that you do feel reasonably comfortable with your sexuality but still feel the need to hide parts of yourself relating to this from the outside world. (I know you said that you went to Australia to feel completely free about your sexuality in a non-judgemental environment).

So I think that perhaps due to the ambivalent relationship you have with your dad, who you described as very masculine and mostly absent from your life, and because you were brought up by your mother, a very independent woman who manifests a number of traits usually (unfairly) associated with men (eg she’s the breadwinner, lives alone and does not need to live with a partner, very assertive), and because you are a sensitive, spiritual person who is sexually attracted to men (all traits traditionally(but again unfairly) associated with women and the opposite of your dad), you have become confused as to how to express the masculine aspects of yourself. I think this dream is representative of that struggle. Your inner ‘man’ is still in ‘child’ form – but he’s still there and just waiting for you to give him the chance to grow up!

When we spoke about your father, there was a lot of vagueness around his role in your life and your understanding of how he feels about you, and why you didn’t see much of him.  As I said, this correlates with the shadowy, unclear and distant male figures (including your dad) in your dream. So maybe we could do some work around healing your feelings towards your father – or perhaps uncovering them, as I’m wondering if your positive spiritual outlook on life is preventing you from accepting or acknowledging any negative feelings you may have? It’s really important to be aware of and embrace our shadow side as otherwise it will manifest itself in other ways, perhaps in other people’s attitude towards us or our own negative behaviors. If we embrace it, we can then change the bits we don’t like and channel the bits we do in positive directions – for example, anger can be used as fuel to achieve all kinds of things, or grief can be used to make positive changes in the world (I wrote more about this in my meaning of life blog). Ultimately, though, I think for us to live an authentic life, it’s really important for us to deal with our past emotional and psychological ‘baggage’ as we can then see ourselves and the world much more clearly, without the influence of parents, peers or society. (more on this in my de-cluttering blogs – link is to final part of this series as I feel this is most pertinent, but might be worth reading the other parts too.)

I’ll leave it there for now – I hope these notes have been helpful for you, Matt, and I hope they make sense, there’s quite a bit of ‘stream of consciousness’ stuff in there! But lots to reflect on too, I think

*WOW!!* I was speechless!!! Yes, LOTS to reflect on. Phenomenal!
Sharon’s analysis of my dream is heartfelt, all-embracing, perceptive and meticulously detailed. It offered me the invaluable gifts of an immense dose of clarity triggering profound and far-reaching expansion of my consciousness and awareness, inevitably leading to a greater freedom, deeper healing and a heightened sense of Inner Simplicity.

You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.

~ Maxwell Maltz

As she writes on her charming website www.empathicguidance.co.uk “Never before has there been a better opportunity for you as an individual and us as a society to embrace a simpler and ultimately more positive way of life. Inner Simplicity is about freeing yourself from all your internal and external baggage – the way you feel you should be, those things you feel you should have – and living the life you were truly born to live.”

Sharon is the Empathic Guide, being the developer of the Empathic Guidance approach. She has over eleven years experience as a qualified counsellor (BACP), certified dream analyst and advice worker, with over two decades of accumulated personal development knowledge. She is also the owner of the wise and wonderful Inner Simplicity blog, ‘Soulful Musings’, a soulful yet grounded blog which offers a variety of personal development and emotional healing tips, advice on how to improve your relationships and live a simpler and more fulfilling life, insightful quotes and anecdotes to revitalise mind, body and spirit, reviews of useful books, websites, services and much, MUCH more. I highly recommend bookmarking it now for your regular dose of Inner Simplicity inspiration – Sharon is simply a fountain of knowledge and wisdom.

If, like myself, you are yearning for greater clarity in your life, or perhaps have a dream that is calling out to you for deeper interpretation, then sincerely I encourage empowering yourself with Empathic Guidance by beginning the journey of transformational, lasting and positive change with Sharon. She is amazing, fabulous, and a pure joy to connect with. As you can see she is incredibly gifted and her services are also very affordable. I truly believe you would come to view the experience as a miracle and an extraordinary blessing in your life, as I have ) I’m honoured to be in this circle of love, this resonant field of beauty and joyous co-creation!! I love you! ♡

Live the life you love, love the life you live!

~ Bob Marley

If this has inspired you to book an Empathic Guidance session yourself, check out the details on my main site here

What goes on in an Empathic Guidance session? Pt.1: A client reveals all…

Recently I’ve been working with a wonderful young man called Matt who I first encountered on Twitter. Matt went through an awakening experience back in July 2006 and after going through the ‘dark night of the soul’ which so often follows an awakening, he transitioned quite naturally to a more authentic and positive place. However, he still felt that there were a couple of areas which he needed to gain clarity in and so to this end, he put out a request to the Universe for a coach or mentor who might be able to assist him on his journey of discovery.

I was more than happy to oblige and have been working with Matt now for several weeks. I have to say that his positivity and enthusiasm for the work we do is infectious and I really enjoy our weekly Skype conversations. And as is always the way of these things, I feel I’m probably learning as much through him as he is through me!

As part of his learning curve, Matt is documenting his progress and part of this involves writing about our Empathic Guidance sessions. Here is the first of these which he published on his own website (links below) and which I thought may be of interest to anyone considering investing in a few Empathic Guidance sessions themselves. This particular session focussed on a dream which Matt had – we discussed this during the hour then I added further insights in the follow-up notes which I always send after the session has taken place, as I feel they’re a positive additional aid to the client’s personal development.

In this post, Matt talks about our introduction and in part two, he reproduces the notes which I sent him containing a detailed dream interpretation.

Inner Simplicity with Empathic Guidance

by Matthew Fry

http://www.pixelsforpeace.com/Other/Empathic_Guidance.html

http://inspirationhub.net/2011/03/inner-simplicity-with-empathic-guidance/

For anyone who has joined me on this awesome adventure of awakening and has been following my journey thus far, you would have been aware that in January, around the time I celebrated my 24th birthday, I wrote a post titled “Infinite Possibilities” exploring the idea that there might be someone within my amazing social network whom would like to coach, guide or mentor me. The response to that post was astounding and I am deeply humbled that so many people came forward showing interest. One of those incredible people was Sharon Simpson “The Empathic Guide” and WOW, to say that Sharon has been a blessing in my life is a massive understatement…

As Sharon writes on her Twitter bio: “Empathic Guidance creates empathy and equality in our lives through increased self- and other-awareness. Join me and help to make our world a better place.”

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
~ Henry David Thoreau

In my first chat with Sharon I experienced the great miracle that Thoreau proposed. We seemingly picked up from where we had left off in some other lifetime, because the openness, sharing and deep sense of connection was so profound it truly felt to me as though we had known each other for a very, very long time. There was a high level of resonance and intuitive intimacy between us as well as a recognition of many parallels between our lives and awakening experiences which allowed for an exciting and thoroughly enjoyable unfolding. As our conversation came to a close I will never forget the Skype call-time clocking in at 44:44 – a synchronistic shout-out from the universe that there was something magical brewing. I was ecstatic when Sharon shared her mutual delight and recounted her own experiences with number sequences, at which point we both felt the tickling shiver that comes with goosebumps – or godbumps as I like to call them hehe – another awesome confirmation that we were at the right place at the right time. I came away from our first conversation literally bouncing around the house bursting with energy and enthusiasm. In an email the next day Sharon pointed me to a wonderful post she had written about number sequences, adding that:

“444 can relate to mastery and empowerment and there’s also this explanation by Doreen Virtue:

444 — Thousands of angels surround you at this moment, loving and supporting you. You have a very strong and clear connection with the angelic realm, and are an Earth angel yourself. You have nothing to fear—all is well.”

And so with universal blessings, we adventured on together, holding hands in the heart, setting out on a deep and wonderful healing voyage of discovery for which I am eternally grateful…

Empathic Guidance is a unique intuitive healing approach which can transform your life and empower you, leading to lasting positive change. As an empath, Sharon is very sensitive to energy, giving her the ability to intuit thoughts and feelings, and allowing her to fully experience, support and understand each person she works with. When she works with you, she tunes into your energy directly and guides you using the empathic feelings and thoughts which arise from the connection.

My first empathic guidance session with Sharon was in early February. During our previous connection Sharon had asked me whether I dreamed, to which I responded that I do dream, but not very often, and that I hardly ever remember my dreams upon waking. She then assured me that after becoming conscious of this and discussing dreams with her, it was highly likely that I would now begin to remember my dreams. The seed was planted in my consciousness and it was a prophetic moment; ever since I have been waking up each morning remembering many more details about my dreams and on one occasion, still half-asleep, I tapped in a dream-stream of ‘unconsciousness’ saving it as a note on my phone. Unbeknownst to me at the time, that dream was going to form the basis of our first session. Sharon is a phenomenal dream interpreter, just one of the many gifts that she has to share, and after a thorough and inspiring dialogue I had uncovered many aspects of myself and was able to elevate my awareness and to shine light into some areas of darkness, recognizing imbalances in my energy field, discovering much about my psyche, meeting some inner orphans who want to be loved and given a chance to grow up, as well as many other personal insights and awakenings, which I hadn’t previously been aware of – it was incredibly liberating to explore my dream with such an aware and empowering guiding light. A few days later I was completely in awe when the notes from our session arrived in my inbox. I’m going to share those notes with you now because I feel they serve several important purposes: one, I am able to reveal what an amazing guide Sharon is! two – it presents me with an opportunity to be totally authentic and share some deeper aspects of my self, my psyche, and other awarenesses and personal revelations and also, someone else reading this post might have had similar life experiences and thus, the healing potential in sharing the notes I feel is quite profound ♡

So, let me introduce you to Sharon, the brilliant, the fabulous, the very insightful Empathic Guide….

Part two tomorrow

Empathic Guidance for schools – raising self-worth, one child at a time

Above and below you can see the wonderful posters designed to promote my Empathic Guidance school service by my fabulous friend Donna Hall.

I decided to offer Empathic Guidance sessions to schoolchildren after discussions with my daughter and her friends about many of the usual issues which affect young people such as bullying, body image and sexuality. The support and guidance which I gave them seemed to make a huge difference to their self-esteem and what I found particularly heartening was the fact that the coping techniques which they learned soon became second nature to them. This resulted in a positive increase in their intrinsic self-worth and in their ability to deal with difficult situations and ultimately (and delightfully),  in significantly happier children.

I strongly believe that it really doesn’t matter how gifted and talented or academically successful someone is – if their emotional well-being has been eroded and consequently their  core sense of self is significantly diminished then chances are they’ll end up leading dysfunctional lives. I also feel that the emotional well-being of our young people isn’t given enough attention within our current educational system, so I thought it might be a positive contribution to our society to offer a service which might redress the balance a little.

A school Empathic Guidance session will offer support, insight and guidance to the pupils  and will hopefully be a safe place for them to share any issues which they feel they cannot discuss with parents, teachers or peers. Initially I’ll be working on a one-to-one basis but I hope to offer group workshops covering topics such as assertiveness and confidence-building alongside Panda, the school’s youth worker. Panda is a really lovely, warm and caring woman with some really innovative ideas who has clearly won (and deservedly so)the trust and respect of the young people in the school, so I’m really looking forward to working with her on this project.

My dream is that Empathic Guidance will prove popular enough for us to offer sessions and workshops to other schools and that eventually emotional well-being will be recognised as an important part of our children’s upbringing and education. A youth “Self-Worth” revolution – now that really would be something worth fighting for.