This is a new series and my guides have shown me that we are going to be talking about what is it like to be an empath entrepreneur: an entrepreneur that happens to be highly empathic, or someone who is highly empathic, who happens to be an entrepreneur.

Over the next four weeks we're going to be journeying on this topic. And this week in particular, my guides asked us to shed some light on what are the unique challenges of being an empath and owning a business, being empathic and leading your team at your office. For those of us who are called to serve in a professional status of some sort, whether you are the manager of your shift or your office, whether you are the owner of your business or you are just getting started serving more clients as an entrepreneur, or even in the prelaunch stage – regardless of your current status, you are called to serve at a greater level. If that's you, then this one is to support you in particular. Make sure that you subscribe on YouTube so that you get your first notification every week of when these new love letters come out. Let's get to it. The pitfalls of being an empath entrepreneur.

If you've never really heard of the term being empathic, let me break it down for you really quick. It is not the same as being empathetic. When you have empathy for others, this is a choice that you make to see yourself walking in somebody else's shoes. That's a compassionate mental move that you make to better communicate with others around you, and that's awesome.

However, being empathic removes your choice. This is where whether you want to or not, you feel what it's like to be in another person's emotions or to be in another person's physical body. You can feel the pain sensations that are going through somebody's body while you're interacting with them, or even if they're far away. That's being empathic. You can also feel emotionally when someone may be suppressing or hiding more intense emotion such as anger or great big joy, as if they're sitting on it, hiding it underneath a performance of a different, more acceptable emotion. You may pick up on that, or even in a space where someone passed away and they're not even physically there anymore, but you are able to sense the sadness or sense the happiness in their home. That is a sign that you are empathic.

Now, for those of you who already know that you're empathic, it can be super challenging. Because you are an emotional sponge. And as an emotional sponge, this is extra tough if you work in retail, or you have to handle a high volume of people physically coming to you. Maybe if you work at a stadium, serving crowds or you work at a storefront serving walk-ins. Your job requires you serve whoever walks in; maybe as a salon owner, you don't know who's the next person that's going to walk in to want a haircut. Or as an artist. Who's the next person who is going to come around and take a look at your art and want to give you a commission. Especially in those types of vocations, you don't really know who you're going to get – being a massage therapist is another one.

Be kind to yourself because you, more than ever, have got to learn about how to protect your energy, as an empath entrepreneur, as a professional who happens to be empathic.Why? Because you're an emotional sponge. So, shall we take a look at what can happen when you’re like this? By the way, comment below or send me an email back at team@VictoriaWhitfield.com of your Empath Entrepreneur experiences. Ok?

See if some of the following challenges describe your previous situations. Maybe you've come in, you're juiced, you're ready to go, happy for the work day and a client, customer or prospect comes in and just derails all that good energy and sucks the life out of you. Have you ever had that? Those vampire clients and customers? Oh Man. Other pitfalls of being an empath and a professional person, or a business owner who's an empath is that you have so much love and so much passion for what you do, but unfortunately because of the emotions, the crappy emotions of the people that you work with, whether they're on your team or your clients, it just sucks the life out of you.

Perhaps you're at that point where you're feeling, “is this really what I should be even doing with my life? In the beginning it was so great, but now the people are just vultures.” Oh my goodness. Be kind to yourself, again if that's your situation. Other pitfalls of being an empath entrepreneur is that where some people are able to get so much done in a day and just be able to maintain their focus and, wow, smash through their goals, breakthrough, breakthrough, breakthrough... for some reason, something about the environment that you're sitting in or something about the people that you're interacting with just completely sucks the energy and the focus, the productivity out of you.
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Maybe it's your loved ones who derail you if you work at home, for example. This is another really tough situation that we're going to talk about over the next four weeks. Maybe your home life is not that supportive, and as you are still absorbing all of the frustration of your spouse and the anxiety of your kids into your body, you still have got to be on that client call. If you're a marketing coach or you're a life coach that does video coaching, you've got to be ready to be supportive while your energy is all funked up. As an empath entrepreneur, you sponged up, soaked up so much negativity, anxiety, anger, frustration from your environment that it's affecting your ability to perform at work. If any of that speaks to you, please stay tuned. Subscribe on YouTube so that you get these love letters first, and if it's bringing anyone to mind, make sure you hit that Share button and say, "you had better subscribed to this because she's talking to you, baby!"

Let's get to the oracle card of the week. We're going to be journeying with all month with Doreen Virtue's, Archangel Michael Oracle Cards deck, because Archangel Michael is a wonderful archetype for protection and covering. We have got to make sure that your energy feels nourished as you get out there and serve in a big way. You're called to it and you deserve to feel safe and sound and full of life and energy no matter who or what you are called to serve.

Okay, Angels, what do we as empath entrepreneurs need to know right now, especially when we're dealing with the challenges, the frustrations of being an empathic person who happens to own a business or who is a professional serving others? Whoa... We've got some pretty serious energy going here. What do we need to know? This card on top – hey! This is where we'll leave off for the week: Lean on God and the angels for support.

“Lean on God and the angels for support.My prayer: Dear God and the angels, I give you this situation now and completely. I step out of the way and allow divine miracles to shine through everyone and everything involved.”

As an empath more than anybody else in business, more than any other kind of person out there who is a professional and has a career and decides to participate professional activities, YOU have got to lean on Spirit, whatever that means to you. For those of you who are atheist, this means leaning on your human potential, your belief that life is going to have positive outcomes and is bringing you more good, rather than more bad. It’s about you committing to having more of a pronoia or a positive mindset rather than a paranoia or a negative mindset: give it all over to positive expectation.

Feed your faith, my dear, because you're going to be sponging up energy, anyway. You had better know that you've got someone or something watching your back - your power animals, your spirit guides, your angels, your fairies, whoever, your grandma. My grandma has got my back, in the energy. Lean on spirit when you feel depleted, that's what the angels want you to know this week in particular as we start owning it and opening up the conversation around what it means to be an empath in business.

Now, I want to hear from you. Make sure you comment below or send me an email back at team@VictoriaWhitfield.com. I am here to support you. If you want to know more about how you can shift your state in business so that you feel like you are glowing, rather than draining yourself out, as you grow your business, reach out. Let me know and I'd be so happy to schedule a session with you so that we could talk about how we can best turn your light back on.

All right, I'll see you in the next one.

May you feel loved and safe at work, and please: Enjoy the journey.

See you soon!

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Acknowledge the unique challenges you or your loved ones face as empaths at work.

Be kind to yourself, and be conscious of your need to lean on Spirit moreso than the average person.

Notice how you feel in that moment - you're already healing!

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Hello there. I am Sensei Victoria Whitfield, your business reiki master. And it's my joy to get to support empathic entrepreneurs and business owners like you in getting and staying grounded and clear in mind, body and business.

Welcome back to another installment of your weekly love letter from the dojo at naturalintuition.com and victoriawhitfield.com, my blog. These are your sources for channeled holistic stress management techniques and guidance for developing your natural intuition. Whether you're looking to improve the quality of your personal and professional life, let this love letter be your reminder that you are not alone and that together we can make that happen.

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Do you find pennies on the ground or have vivid dreams when you ask for a sign that you’re on the right path?

Or perhaps you see certain repeating numbers or kinds of animals right when you need assurance at work?

Wondering what’s the meaning behind the “coincidences” you’re experiencing?

There’s no such thing as coincidence.

Source works with Nature here on Earth to constantly communicate with you.

Watch this week’s 9-minute Love Letter video, the third of a 4-week series to Awaken your Shaman Within, to explore the shamanic perspective that all of life has wisdom!

"I keep seeing that animal everywhere."

We are on week three of our four-week journey, learning about awakening our inner shaman in business. And if you have not seen the past few videos, go ahead and hit pause and go back so that you can be all caught up.

But this week, week three in particular, the guides want you to know, and begin embracing and practicing, this concept of wisdom in everything. There is wisdom in everything. There is wisdom in everything. This week in particular, they're bringing that out.

Now, in the shamanic journey, meditation practice, there is the assumption and the philosophy that everything that you encounter during your meditative journey is conscious, and is there for you, for a reason. If you were to interact with it, such as asking the acorn, or asking the stone, or asking the mountain a question, it will respond to you, right, because there's wisdom in there.

This is part of the shamanic mindset, where we are open and receptive to interacting with our environment and our world, our universe, with love and respect, because we are all part of nature.

At the same time, this is the shamanic mindset, you can think of it as, this is my spirituality, or this is just my religion. It's not a religion. It's a set of beliefs. Or this is just something that's interesting, that I do in a meditative state.

However, this week in particular, we're going to take that shamanic philosophy, that visionary assumption of there is wisdom in everything, and apply it to your professional life. What the guides are telling me to relay to you, this week in particular, is be on the lookout for a bird or a deer that you may see driving to and from work. What animals do you encounter? The certain color of things. Stones, people.

Everything ... And this is a writer-downer.

Everything is happening for you, not to you.

‪Know this: Everything is happening FOR you, not to you. #mindsetiseverything @SenseiWhitfield

When we assume that everything is happening for me, or has wisdom for me, our receptivity to manifestations and abundance increases exponentially. And then secondly, our wisdom, our ability to expand our mindset, accelerates in its expansion, because it's not just a dependence on our own.

We're not just having a dependence on our own point of view, and our own experience. But instead, we are open, and constantly in search of the wisdom that is all around us.

Someone coming up to you and saying something that you may feel uncomfortable with at work, for example, is happening for you, this week in particular.

There is a bit of wisdom in there. There is a learning, a growth opportunity. There is something good. There is always a positive aspect. This is where we're going to leave off for the week.

One of my most famous videos, by the way, over the years, and the saying that I say all the time, we explained way back, a couple years ago, there's no such thing as coincidence. There's no such thing as coincidence. I highly recommend that video if you want even more on this topic. But in this week in particular, adopt the shamanic mindset of there is wisdom in everything.

I'm hearing miracle cards calling in the energy. Let me come a little bit closer, so we can get in on this together, a little bit more intimately. Again, Stephen D. Farmer's Earth Magic oracle cards. This is a shamanic deck that we've been journeying with all month.

And if you want to donate cards, I'm happy to receive them always. On my About Me page, now, there is donation and support information there, so go ahead and click on that. Thank you, team, for making that available to everyone.

Guides, what do we need to know this week, in particular about wisdom in everything? All right, full moon, completion. Full moon, completion.

What I'm hearing, and here's where we'll leave off in the teaching for this week, is that in the lunar manifesting, the full moon is where we have reached the apex of energy, and we are receiving what we have asked for in the new moon.

So, 13, 14 days before is usually when the new moon happens, and when you're doing new moon manifesting, lunar cycle manifesting, you ask during the new moon, and you receive what you asked for on the new moon during the full moon. And then afterward, release. You release ll of that energy.

Completion is, this week in particular, you have been asking for guidance. And it's going to come to you through your environment. Through the things, the people, the places, the animals, the plants, the experiences that you are having.

It's not going to be "bam!" Hitting you right over the head. It's soft. Instead, you want to be on the lookout for what wisdom is being sent to you.

I highly recommend, just as a resource, google any animal or plant that you encounter that kind of comes across your path. Not just anything that you see, but one that really interrupts your path, or stands out to you.

Google, insert the name of the animal, for example, let's say chipmunk. Insert the type of animal, and then put "spirit animal" or "spiritual meaning" into Google, and you can get wonderful readings on that.

This week in particular, the guides are sending this card in particular to say, your request is complete and ready for you to receive. There are signs in your environment for you to notice that, but you've got to be open to receiving them, noticing them, and of course, taking action on them.

So, go ahead, comment below. Type it in in YouTube, or if you're on the blog at VictoriaWhitfield.com, and NaturalIntuition.com. What comes up for you?

What's been crossing your path? What wisdom have you received from your experiences, and from nature around you?

Lastly, make sure that you subscribe on YouTube, so that you get these love letters first every week, and we will see you next week for the fourth and final installment of awakening your shaman within. Are you ready for it? It'll see you then. Bye-bye.

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Stuck in a rut lately?

Feeling your creativity is blocked or stifled?

Same old routine producing stale results?

Most people are creatures of habit; to deal with daily stressors we create a sense of comfort through predictability.

That's understandable, but routines can hold us back from achieving new levels of health, wealth and connection in life because they define, and in turn limit, our point of view.

Watch this week's 8-minute video to learn a technique for jump starting your perspective and your productivity: pattern interruption!

"I need help getting a fresh point of view."

This week Source spoke to me and said that she would like to send you a holistic stress management technique for the week, and in particular, she wants you to focus on "pattern interruption."

Pattern interruption -- this is also a lovely Google-ing point if you want to learn more about this technique in particular -- is really great for challenging perceptions and behavioral patterns simply through changing one tiny thing, especially if the thing is environmentally governed.

In the picture of me right now, do you notice anything that looks slightly different? Is there something different in the room or different about me that you're not exactly used to?

The pattern interruption that I'm demonstrating to you right now is wearing bright red lipstick.

That can really shift your perspective about what I'm saying or how you feel about listening to me, because I've changed one tiny aspect of an environment that you've been used to: "Yay, it's the dojo! Oh, it's Victoria, saying blah, blah, blah, blah. She's so cute and sweet, and ... red lips. Oh, my goodness!" LOL!

What kind of association does red lipstick have for you? Do you notice how you feel different about me seeing this?

This is just one example. For the ladies, wearing red lipstick is a pattern interruption that you can shift the way that your perceive yourself, you entire day, how you make decisions, or how you feel about a certain thing.

I've heard of one lady who always wears bright red lipstick whenever she's getting ready to pay her bills, because she feels more confident and sensuous and romantic in that stressful and boring situation, cutting checks and reviewing statements.

It's about shifting how you feel.

For the guys, it could be getting a straight razor shave with the hot towel at a proper barber shop. "Oh, it feels so amazing!"

Another one that's universal for pattern interruption is having an at least one minute dance break.

If you are studying for an exam or perhaps you're working hard at work you're just coding, coding. (I code in HTML. I know it's ancient, but it works.) If you get into the zone at work, periodically get up and give yourself at least 60 seconds of dancing.

It can shift the way that your perceive what is happening around you.

In fact, a pattern interruption can activate your creativity in a whole new way. It an bring up new solutions, because what was expected in the environment has shifted.

When you shift what is expected, everything changes.

Know this: Your #routine is holding you back right now.

I'm hearing the oracle cards calling in the energy this week right now.

The deck that came to use is Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards, so they are some lovely feminine energy.

I'm going to practice pattern interruption again and send you bright blue, so that we can have more stronger throat chakra energy communicating this with you.

Let's see. What do the guides have to say about shifting your environment to shift how you feel?

What matters most is how you feel, and one great way that you can manage that, even going into some feng shui: moving a chair across the room opposite from where it normally is, or moving your desk around, shifting where your computer normally is facing, or putting a scarf over your chair or your favorite t-shirt in where you have to sit very often.

It can completely change the way that you feel from a level of stress, anxiety and overwhelm to comfort, humor and curiosity.

Angels, what would you like us to know right now?

 

 

The oracle cards for this week are two Egyptian #goddess Maat and Bast, encouraging us to maintain our inner #balance and #independent point of view. Don't let work or people water down who you are this week. Full reading on #youtube at http://youtu.be/niRCR7XzHC8 ????????✨ #beyou #health #selflove #respect #inspiration

 

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Wow! Two cards of Egyptian goddesses came out: Maat and Bast.

Okay, Maat who is the Egyptian goddess of fairness, and Bast is strength and independence.

Okay, first off, Maat's message: "This situation will be handled in a fair and just manner."

When you're doing pattern interruption, it's balances a situation so that you are not solely externally focused; you're balanced because you're remembering how you show up, how you feel, and how you are framing the situation.

Health is a balancing act, so it's important to do things that inspire you to become a more balanced wholly integrated individual. Pattern interruption is a powerful tool for that.

Then Bast is saying, "You're independence is a foundation for your strength and success."

And here's where we're going to end. You'll want to practice pattern interruption to keep your point of view fresh and detached from what's going on around you.

It's important to not take things so seriously and not take things so personally.

If by moving your environment around or by wearing a loud lipstick or wearing your favorite pair of earrings or jewelry or a bright watch, or a tie that is fun or confident, it can really help assert your individuality, so that your energy doesn't get lost in the day.

Got it? Try it out!

Let me know what's coming up for you around pattern interruption.

Have your tried this, and what were your results? What did you start seeing differently? Was it weird seeing me with red lipstick? Tell me.

I love to see your comments, and I always respond.

That's this week's message. By all means, please go to victoriawhitfield.com/freegift and make sure that you subscribe so that you're getting your weekly Love Letters if you haven’t already.

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Sending you so much love 🙂

See you next time. Bye!

In Love and Light,

Victoria.

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Change something small about your environment or your appearance. 

Then go back to work or back to your routine and see it from this new perspective.

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Feeling scattered lately?

Can't seem to finish what you start?

Seduced by "shiny object syndrome" more often than not?

Being creative is a powerful gift, that comes with an infinite amount of inspiration and innovation.

The downside, however, is that we creative types end up with an abundance of half-done tasks, and not enough closure.

Watch this week's 7-minute Love Letter to learn what's more important: starting or finishing.

"I have a million ideas!"

This week Source wants to talk to you about starting versus finishing -- which one is more important in life, at least right now.

Then the energy, the message that I'm getting from the guides for you is:

Finishing is actually more important than getting started right now.

Let's explain and let's explore this for a little bit.

Chances are, if you've pressed play on this or are reading this article, you are a highly creative, intuitive and sensitive person.

Perhaps you bring that creativity and intuitive nature to your relationships or perhaps you even bring it to your business.

Either way, you're pretty good at getting inspired, feeling emotion, and really having things lift you up. You're comfortable following the energy, following intuitive guidance. 

Even if you don't follow it 100% of the time per se just yet, you do hear it; you hear that still, small voice that comes from down from above you or whispers in the back of your mind, wherever yours is, but it's quiet, and always tells you to do something really important.

It tells you to something important that you know that you should do, but then there's louder voices or louder impulses that say: "Hey, shiny object! Oh my God, look at this new initiative, new class, new certification. Look at this shiny new pretty purse, let me go talk to them instead!" 

Because we're creative and sensitive, sensual beings, that louder voice of impulse often gets the best of us.

But I've been told to tell you that this week in particular you have got to focus on finishing. It's not about getting started, it's about getting finished.

You are already working on 10 billion different things right now that are really wonderful ideas that you came up with before, or projects that you've started before, or relationships that you've began before. Right?

There's so many things that you've started momentum on and haven't finished.

With all due love and respect, I have to be the one to tell you: you've got to be a finisher.

High on the upstart, great with ideas, or when we come to meetings and masterminds you're the one that's, "Oh, we got a million ideas." But when it comes to implementation...crickets.

I feel you, I feel you on that.

This is also an entrepreneurial predicament. The issue here is the entrepreneur's wonderful journey of shiny object syndrome.

Know this: Let this be your mantra this week: "It's not about starting, it's about finishing."

Know this:Let this be your mantra this week: "It's not about starting, it's about finishing."

When we say that to you, finish what you've started already, what comes to mind?

What's coming up for you emotionally when you think about finishing?

This is a really powerful topic.

I'm hearing the Oracle cards coming forward in the energy.

I'm using Doreen Virtue's oracle cards deck "Angel Answers". Bright, rainbow, awesome. (It's as if they were designed by Lisa Frank except it's Radleigh Valentine and Doreen Virtue!)

Asking: Angels, what do we need to know right now about starting versus finishing? Do we really need to finish what we've started? What's going on?

This is a good one! Ask Your Angels. 

 

 

This weeks #oracle card is "Ask Your Angels" - in order for you to #achieve that next level or goal, you'll need to actively ask for #help this week. Watch the full readings on #YouTube at https://youtu.be/ELTktreJYYQ ???????? #empath #angels #doreenvirtue #spiritual #health #faith

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They're telling me to actually read to you what's written here:

"Your angels are always with you. However, you must ask for their assistance in order for them to provide you with the help that you're seeking because heaven respects your free will choices. State your questions to your angels clearly. You can do so either out loud or silently in your own mind.

Your angels will instantly help you according to God's will. Your angels may also have special messages for you about the situation you're asking about. Sit quietly in a peaceful place, indoors or out in nature, and ask for advice and guidance. Notice what messages come to you. It's possible the answers will come to you through your feelings, hearing or sight or perhaps you will just know the answer. You can also ask the angels for signs during the day to guide you onto the right path."

Here's where we're going to end.

In the energy, they're saying that at this point in time, in order for you to finish, you must honor the fact that you're going to have to ask for help.

Quit white knuckling! (I see white knuckles!)

Let it go. Let it go and offer it up for help. Open it up for receiving help.

Start by asking spiritually as a preparation for asking the energy.

Focus on finishing this week.

Comment below!

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Sending you so much love 🙂

See you next time. Bye!

In Love and Light,

Victoria.

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