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How to Develop Your Psychic Abilities | Gabrielle Bernstein

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Wellness and Self-Improvement

Key themes & wellness/self-care strategies

  • Ground your spirituality in safety (your “soul” over external chaos)

    • The world may feel unstable, but your soul is described as the solid, unchanging foundation.
    • Practicing intuition is framed as a way to find inner confidence and safety when external systems feel shaky.

  • Differentiate intuition from imagination

    • Intuition (“real psychic hit”)
      • Feels like an inner knowing that “lands.”
      • Keeps returning (keeps knocking) until you act on it.
      • You may get synchronicities that confirm it (e.g., the person you feel to contact was just thinking of you).
    • Imagination
      • Feels lighter/less settled and tends to flicker and fade.

  • A practical “do something with it” rule

    • When you get an intuitive nudge (call someone, send an email, be careful), pay attention and act thoughtfully, because confirmation often follows.

  • Meditation “minimum effective dose” + consistency

    • Quiet time matters even if you’re busy:
      • “If you’re scrolling, you have five minutes.”
    • The mindset is emphasized as training/unfoldment, not instant mastery.

  • Use the body as an “antenna” for psychic development

    • The body is described as naturally sensitive to intuition/psychic signals.
    • Suggested somatic approach:
      • Lie down to soften and “surrender” (palms up) to open energetic sensitivity.
      • Relax the body to reduce interference and allow sensitivity to emerge.

  • Reduce sensory/tech overload to strengthen inner perception

    • Technology and constant stimulation can be a form of distraction that “takes your energy out.”
    • Recommendations mentioned:
      • Turn off your phone ringer and keep the phone out of the room for a few hours.
      • Consider getting off social media / reducing tech or doing pauses like “No Tech Tuesday.”
      • Older guideline referenced: avoid TV/social stimulation for weeks to months to allow inner perception to grow.

  • Know your “claires” (types of intuition)

    • Common modes of receiving information:
      • Clair sentient = inner feeling (gut/solar plexus)
      • Clair cognizant = inner knowing
      • Clair audience = inner hearing (often like hearing your own thought with a “different quality”)
      • Clairvoyance = subtle inner seeing (symbols/words, not necessarily ghostly visuals)
    • Main coaching: start with what’s already strongest in you, then build.

  • Use energy boundaries to protect your sensitivity

    • Being “wide open” can make you absorb too much from crowds/others.
    • Protective concept:
      • You are a channel/vessel, not a sponge—you decide what you allow in.
    • After-care:
      • Grounding in nature (walk outdoors, barefoot on earth, especially near water/woods/beach).
      • Options mentioned by others: salt baths, salting, sage (John says he personally doesn’t require sage if nature grounding works; others may).
      • Imagined/intentional practice: “close/pull in” your aura after intense sessions or public exposure.

Productivity / mental habits embedded in the advice

  • Decision-support via sensation

    • Before important decisions (e.g., job interviews), check: “How do I feel about this in my gut?”

  • Attention control

    • Reduce interruptions (phone/ringer/notifications) so intuitive signals can be heard.

The “Raising the Power” meditation (practice)

Presented as a guided method to open psychic/intuition channels by moving energy through chakras and then grounding it back for daily use.

Meditation structure (high level)

  • Start with breath regulation (inhale/hold/exhale pattern described).
  • Imagine a sea/pool of light below you, then move it upward through:
    • Base chakra (red)
    • Solar plexus / clear sentience (yellow/orange tones described)
    • Heart (green)
    • Throat (sky blue) for clear audience
    • Third eye (indigo) for clairvoyance
    • Crown (violet) opening to soul/universe
  • Then pull energy back slightly:
    • So you stay open but grounded, keeping channels available for the day.

Presenter(s) / sources mentioned

  • Gabrielle Bernstein (host/presenter; “Dear Guides”)
  • John Holland (psychic medium; featured guest; author of Bridging Two Realms)
  • Wayne Dyer (deceased mentor energy invoked in discussion)
  • Louise (referenced as a mentor/guide presence in the room)
  • Lily (John’s personal guide mentioned)
  • Pete Sanders (taught the “soul shift” technique; referenced as source of naming/framework)
  • White Eagle (referenced as having taught “unfoldment”/slow development)
  • Radley Valentine (referenced regarding calling angels/energy sources for specific needs)
  • Jimmy Blue (cat used as part of Gabrielle’s meditation routine)
  • Coda (Gabrielle’s dog referenced)
  • Tao / “AI” / technology (discussed as influences; not as a specific person)

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