The last few years have been incredibly difficult to deal with if you are an empath, which all of you are.

Why is this so? It’s not about which political side you’re on. or what belief system you have, or even about the immense challenges we've all faced.

What it’s really about, is the overwhelm that comes from our connection. The internet and social media have made us aware of our interconnection.

In the past, we didn’t know what everyone was thinking every moment of the day. Now, it’s in the comments section.

The thing is, our interconnection has always been there.
We’re just becoming conscious of it.

This can be very hard to manage emotionally, when collective soul is doing such vigorous shadow work, as it is now.

Right now, if you are feeling everything, it can be confusing and overwhelming to sort out how to respond. 
Should you be angry and enraged?
Compassionate and peaceful?
Hopeless and depressed?
Something else?

What is the spiritual response to everything that’s going on?
Is there a way to stop this sensitivity?
If you can accept that you are part of One, and that we are all together—even the people who you might feel challenged by—it can open an escape hatch out of overwhelm. 
We are One, and we are growing.
Growing pains can be very hard.
Shadow work is very hard.

We must do this, personally and collectively, in order to evolve.

If you've been born a woman in this lifetime, you’ve probably experienced:
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• Unequal pay
• Unequal opportunities
• Misogyny
• Patriarchy
• Rape culture
• Incest
• Violence
• Blaming the victim
• Shaming the victim
• And the list goes on

I know that many of you reading this right now have experienced sexual violence in your life. 
I have too. 

If you haven’t experienced this, consider yourself extraordinarily fortunate. I invite you to open your heart to hold compassion for those who have. 

So, what happens now?

If you’ve been or are being victimized, maybe you’re ready to tell someone. You can tell a friend or a sympathetic family member. If you fear you might be in danger, you might be ready to ask for help.

To be spiritual does not mean to be passive.
We are meant to be active participants in our lives.
We are meant to stand up for each other.
​We are meant to stand up for ourselves. 

Finally, although this post is about women, all kinds of people in this world have been marginalized. We are all part of collective soul. We are all learning to see our value and to take care of each other, no matter who we are.

Many psychic people, such as you, have dreams about natural disasters.

I've been having these for decades, When there are earthquakes and fires, I feel a spiral of anxiety. But when there are tsunamis and hurricanes and rain and floods, my dreams are water-filled.

I dream of trying to cross flooded fields on thin wooden sticks.
I dream of bridges with water rushing below until the bridges give way.
I dream of water everywhere, pouring over streets and paths.

The thing is, water is all about our emotions. As a soul collective, we have reached a state of emotional overload that has no recourse but to flood.

Water, the emotional medium, allows Nature to release the collective emotion that we ourselves are creating as souls. 
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Nothing is separate, remember? What we feel, affects the natural forces, including weather. Yes, of course it is also climate change. 

But, in addition, it is spiritual and energetic—we have reached a point where we can hold no more emotion, no more overwhelm. And so Nature, and we, are flooding. 

The solution is, as always, to connect with the Divine. When we connect with the Divine, we are lifted into a state of higher vibration where we can detach from drama and trauma, and experience peace.

If  you are a Highly Sensitive Person—as almost all of you are—you may find the world is not an easy place right now.

You may be personally safe, but you know that others are in danger.
You may be personally happy, but you know that others are suffering.
You may be personally at peace, but you know the world’s anger is real.

This superb sensitivity to the emotions of others—one of your best gifts—may be causing you a lot of anxiety.

What is helpful to know is that collective anxiety is what happens as the world wakes up.

It doesn’t matter what "side" you’re on, or how evolved you are—we’re all experiencing collective anxiety, because we are One soul, and what affects the least of us affects the All of us. 

Whenever someone is suffering—no matter if they are suffering because they have been persecuted or if they are suffering because they are not conscious—it is still suffering. 

As you consider your own anxiety right now, recall that we are One soul. We have to evolve for things to get better. 

We are in the process of this evolution. You, me, all of us together.

Many of you are HSPs—highly sensitive people.
Many of you are introverts—you don’t like clamor and chaos.
Most of you are empaths—you feel everything, always.
All of you are psychic—you “just know” things, because you are spiritually awake and you pay attention.

And right now in this world, you may find that you are overwhelmed. You have reached a limit as to what you can deal with. And you may be feeling anxious.

It used to be that the HSPs, introverts, empaths and psychics of the world could just hide out a bit, and things would be better. But that’s not working so great, is?

Because now, when you come back out of your shell, it’s all still there: the chaos, drama, and unbelievable dysfunction.

If it helps at all, you aren’t alone.
This is happening to everyone. 
We are experiencing anxiety in the collective soul, during the process of evolution. 

You notice I said evolution. 
Not revolution.

Because what we are feeling isn’t really caused by the news feeds or politics. It’s actually about our inner selves, and how we’re changing there. 

If you are feeling anxious, please know there are spiritual ways to manage your anxiety, so that you can feel better. 
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Our collective anxiety won’t last forever. Sooner or later, we will break through.