Spiritual - Who, Me? (Excerpt from My New Book)

Hello, LinkedIn Community!

Today, I’m sharing an excerpt from chapter one of my new book Radical Self-Trust: Practices to Overcome Doubt & Finally Live Your Purpose (release date: May 15, 2025).

Enjoy, Amy

Spiritual - Who, Me?

Anytime transformation is involved, mystery is too, at least in my experience. After a few years of dedicated inner work and personal growth, I was browsing amazon.com for self-help books and stumbled across a book about the human energy system, a.k.a. the chakras. I’d heard of the chakras before, but had never worked with them because . . . how would you even go about it? I had some idea of what they were, at least in theory, but no experience working with them directly.

But I came across the book (I forget which one) and clicked the icon to read a sample of it. As I casually read a paragraph in the introduction that described where each chakra was located in the human body, I could feel each area in my body . . . activate. I felt energy moving one-by-one through my root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown. There was no mistaking it. I was experiencing my chakras in real time as I was reading about them.

This had never happened before, and I don’t think it’s from lack of trying. I’d tried meditating plenty of times, and with a guided audio meditation, I could listen to the end and often even felt emotionally uplifted by the words of the narrator. But transformed? Not necessarily. Not until now, that is.

I went Barnes & Noble a few days later and saw a title in the personal growth section that jumped out at me: Becoming an Empowered Empath by Wendy De Rosa. I’d always identified as an empath, but I thought that just meant that I was really sensitive to other people’s feelings. Perhaps I was even overly sensitive, since I’d often felt completely overwhelmed by the world around me even if there didn’t appear to be much happening on the surface. I bought the book, took it home, and started reading.

It talked about the chakras, and about how being an empath meant I was sensitive to energy and that this sensitivity is actually a spiritual gift. Suddenly the concept of an empath being equivalent to a psychic popped up everywhere in my reading. “Psychic?” I thought, “no way!” I was excited and also a bit skeptical. I’d certainly never considered myself to be a psychic, although recognizing my ability to pick up on other people’s energy as a spiritual gift came easily to me.

Other spiritual breakthroughs were happening too. Namely, that I suddenly felt like I had faith in all of the spiritual concepts I’d read about for years, like that the universe has my back, the law of attraction and manifesting are real processes that create real results, and that I was in fact, a soul walking around this earthly realm in a human body. In other words, there was more to my experience than met the eye.

And can I tell you, it felt amazing! I was so happy to finally feel like I had faith in something larger than myself. I had faith in the divine. I knew that I wasn’t alone in the world, and that I never would be, because I had a team of spiritual support (angels, spirit guides, and other beings whose names I didn’t even know of) who were there to guide me every step of the way.

And I developed a deep connection with my own higher self, so much so that I was finally able to write my first book Sacred Journaling, about connecting with your higher self through writing, which was a book I’d dreamed of writing for decades. I also started my coaching practice, my podcast, and am loving the process of creating content for my newsletter. It feels amazing to express myself creatively on topics like spirituality and personal growth, and to get to share my voice with the world. Every day, my intention is to allow my expressions to serve the greater good and show people how powerful they are as creators of their reality. It’s a lesson I’m continually learning, for sure. I’m no expert. I’m just a fellow traveler, excited to share my journey in community with other travelers so we can shine our lights together and make the world a brighter place for everyone.

Share in the comments about a moment that defined your personal growth journey - did it surprise you? Was there a clear “before” and “after” moment of transformation, or was there a shift that happened over time? (Or both!)