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BeFriend the Inner Critic

February 26, 2024 by Elaina Geltner

It is possible to BeFriend the inner critic! I love this tool. It’s saved me lots of angst over the years. I’d like to share a recent “incidence” and what happened; My Inner Critic is having a re-surgence!

From my Journal: “I’m feeling discouraged. I’ve been posting my Glyphs for #the100DayProject and the interactions have been really fun. But over the last few days, I noticed there are less comments.

I created my glyph of the day, and then heard “BeFriend the Inner Critic” as the purpose of the Glyph.”

Of course, I have a tool for that! It’s always so helpful to use the tools I teach in my classes and sessions, but easy to forget when I’m in the thick of it (duh!!). It worked really well, so I thought I’d share the process:

BeFriend Your Inner Critic Alchemy

Use the “BeFriend the Inner Critic” Glyph
Listen: what is it saying
Thank it for sharing
Ask: “What do you want; what are you really trying to do for me?”
Listen and thank it
Work together to create a more effective strategy

Here’s our dialog. (Unedited; see notes at the bottom)

[Listen]

InnerCritic: Don’t make a fool of yourself. You need to make these glyphs more interesting. No one cares about them. They’re not very profound. They’re not very good either; not your best work.

Me: thank you for sharing. I appreciate you wanting to help. What do you really want?

InnerCritic: To protect you.

Me: From?

InnerCritic: criticism & feeling stupid & getting hurt

Me. Hmmm. I don’t really want to get hurt. But the intention of this project was to create a practice that I do for 100 days straight. The sharing of them was a bonus. But I’m wondering if you could help me bring more light and energy, cuz when you criticize me, it shuts down the Light.

InnerCritic: oops. Then the glyphs WON’T be useful. I want yo to do things that are useful.

Me: So maybe what you’re really saying is that I was not letting in enough light and love? Or that I could let in more and I’d have more fun?!

Inner Critic: yep. That’s a good way to put it. Ok so my new job is to alert you (kindly!) when there’s more light available than you are receiving?

Me: Thank you. I love when we co-create a solution.

InnerCritic. Me too.

Me: I notice you often pipe up when I start playing it safe by controlling the flow. And I’m happiest when I’m a clear and open channel for the Light! Thank you!

Notes: Because I have been doing this dialoguing for years, my Inner Critic is quick to come around. He’s been in “re-training” for a very long time! If it takes you longer, give yourself a break! And if you are feeling you’d like some additional support, reach out for a 1 to 1 session with me. I’d love to help!

Or, join our monthly Healing Sound Circle online. It’s our gift to assist you in your transformation, and there’s a great community of like-hearted beings there too!

Love and Light,

Other Resources:

Check the SoulPath Alchemy portal where you will find our online courses and other offerings, including free stuff.

Find out more about my Glyphs here

Send Them to the Light

October 25, 2022 by Elaina Geltner

Love + Light Glyph

At this time of the year, with the thinning veils, lost souls looking for the light might be following you around. If that happens, take heart! That means you are the brightest “LIGHT” they can find. And here’s what you can do….

We have established a portal where lost souls can head for the light. The physical location is above our office space in San Luis Obispo, but all you have to show them the glyph at the top of this (the heart with emanations). It has been encoded to guide them to the portal. Be sure to center and ground yourself first and clear your energy fields after.

Send them to the Light! Here’s how:

Center yourself by doing your invocation or use the universal invocation pinned at the top of the CTR feed
Say hi; acknowledge them and their quest for the light.
Tell them you are actually not what they are looking for, but you have the map to the portal. (see #5)
Connect to them, HigherSelf to HigherSelf
Show them this glyph. It is the map to the portal.
Love + Light

Download it here: Radiating light QS logo IGP
Invite them to head for the light whenever they are ready
Come back to your own core column of light and ground into the earth.
If they seem “sticky”, you can repeat.
Anytime you feel out of sorts, go back to your own centered place and connect with your HigherSelf.

Additional tip: If you continue to find yourself thinking about a deceased love one, it might mean they are reaching out for help.

Read more about creating good boundaries and the thinning of the veils, check out this blog: https://elainageltner.com/connect-safely-with-the-higher-realms/

If you have questions, post them here in the Cosmic Tea Room and tag me!

Join our mailing list to stay up to date here: https://elainageltner.com/newsletter-optin

Resources:

Cosmic Tea Room: Bring your questions to us here!
Schedule a 1 to 1 session here
If you want to connect to your guides, do this first (blogpost)
Healing Sound on our YouTube Channel
Thinning of the Veils-Safe Connection blogpost
PDF of The Glyph for sending them to the light (downloadable)

Halloween Season-The Thinning of the Veils-Safety tips

October 19, 2022 by Elaina Geltner

Hallowe’en is approaching. The veils between the worlds continue to thin.

The other dimensions are so much more accessible to us. And our empathic abilities are stronger than ever. I recently heard that each year the veils thin, they don’t go back to where they were before. Although they do thicken after each season, we are more aware of other dimensions this December than we were last December. This is a good thing, but it also requires more awareness for Sensitives to feel clear and safe. If you’ve been feeling a pull to connect with Spirit Guides, the angelic realm or other non-physical consciousness, it’s so important to create energetic boundaries so you are connecting only with beings of the highest vibration.

How to connect safely:

I’ve been consciously connecting with the other dimensions for over 40 years now. Before that it was a big mish-mash….confusing, blissful and sometimes alarming. One of the things I’ve learned is that it’s really important not to just throw open your crown chakra and invite “them” in. Trust me…you don’t wanna go there! There are lots of energies out there that would like to work through/with you, but you want to be selective. I give lots of details in my blog here: https://elainageltner.com/do-this-first/

One of my favorite ways to create safe and sacred space is to listen to a sound meditation or podcast from someone I trust. You can check out our YouTube channel here.

Get Support in Community

Hang out in the Cosmic Tea Room (our private FB Group). We will be posting tips for creating safe and sacred space during these times of thinner veils. Be sure and join us there. Imagine you can walk into your favorite bookstore/healing center/crystal store/yoga studio and find like-minded people to connect with. When we created the Cosmic Tea Room, we saw it as a virtual manifestation of the Healing Center we had in the physical in San Luis Obispo, California. We were guided in 2014 to shift from a physical location to an online presence in order to gather people from a larger area. Please join us…all you have to do is BYOT (bring your own tea) and cozy up to the energy there. We have posted a universal invocation there that you are invited to use to drop in and connect to the energies of the highest vibration. Once you’ve done that, you can meditate or dance or journal in the vibration of safety and sacred space.

Find out about working with us here.

Happy Hallowe’en!

Resources:

Cosmic Tea Room
If you want to connect to your guides, do this first (blogpost)
Atlantean Love Song (Sound Meditation on our YouTube Channel)
SoulPath Alchemy™ 101: Find free meditations, receive our “Hints for Highly Sensitive Empaths” newsletter and learn about our courses!
Enter our learning portal here.

Embracing Elderhood with my Glyphs™

September 13, 2022 by Elaina Geltner

I’m embracing my “ElderHood”…a phase of life that is full of amazing opportunities (that can also be pitfalls if you’re not paying attention). One of my key words is Simplicity. Per a suggestion from my coach that I create a glyph (use my own tools!!!) of my new “elderhood” ideal scenario, it felt good to create first the glyph of the Journey and then the glyph of the destination. I was surprised to see so much “representational art” in the 2nd one, as my usual glyph style is very abstract. I’d love to hear what you “see” in these…

Love and Light,

What do you Want for Others? Cultivate it inside YOU-HFBYS #27

June 23, 2021 by Elaina Geltner

As a Highly Sensitive Person, you can feel everything. This only increases your desire to “help”. Although I grew up with the idea that this was the “thing to do”, I’ve discovered that this is a problem, cuz you really only can bring these qualities in for yourself.

However, there is a way to use this desire for the highest good. Start with this inquiry:

Grab your journal and take a little journey with us:

-Ponder: What do you want for others? Happiness, security, vibrant health, prosperity? Make notes in your journal.

–Ponder deeper: Here’s a little secret: you probably want that same thing (happiness, prosperity, joy) for yourself. So many LightKeepers are looking to change the world. Yet, until you have activated those vibrations within, you are unable to reflect them to others. So, go ahead, be “selfish”! Know that when you gather those vibrations for you, you are amplifying them out into the world at the same time!

Want a “done for you” formula for this process?

Activate what you want for the world in your own core column of light: A SoulPath Alchemy Formula

As a Highly Sensitive Empath*, you can feel everything. This only increases your desire to “help”. Although I grew up with the idea that this was the “thing to do”, I’ve discovered that this is a problem, cuz you really only can bring these qualities in for yourself.

However, there is a way to use this desire for the highest good.

Find a place where you are free to breathe, relax, and let go of the outer world.
We invite you to drop into a quiet, centered space. Use your personal invocation, or this universal one:
I affirm the oneness of All that Is.
I surround myself with Love and Light.
I call in my HigherSelf and Angelic helpers to create a safe and sacred space.
In the highest good of all.
So it is!
Take a moment to imagine what you want for others (or the world). Use your journal to jot it down.
We invite you to begin to cultivate this energy or intention in your core column of light. Imagine your core column of light connecting your chakras, expanding all the way from the heart of earth to the heart of source. Now ask your HigherSelf to activate the energy of ________(what you are desiring for others, but now are cultivating within) in your core column of light.
Take a moment, or a few minutes. Wait for it.Allow yourself to FEEL it. Really take the time to embody it. Know that when you feel it, you can reflect it to others. But let it really permeate YOU.
Now from this place, ask your HigherSelf to reflect this energy to all those who need it/want it at the level of their HigherSelves, where and when they can receive it. And then LET GO! It is none of your business how (or even IF) they receive it.
Grab your journal and doodle or write the answer(s).
Imagine this feeling of support filling and surrounding you.

We challenge you:

Practice these tools daily and watch the outer reflection begin to shift. Let us know in the Cosmic Tea Room how this unfolds for you. Or go there and get some support!

*Curious if you are a Highly Sensitive Empath? Take our quiz HERE

Love and Light,

P.S. You might also enjoy these ideas for Cultivating what you want:

Retrieve Your Power + Re-Calibrate

Cultivate Support: Start at Home

Hold Space: Support 2.0

Summer Solstice Alchemy – The Fire

May 17, 2021 by Elaina Geltner

Summer Solstice Alchemy is very powerful. This is an auspicious time to “fire your dreams”. The sun is at its zenith so it’s an opportunity to solidify and stabilize what we’ve “planted” in the spring. Plants are bearing fruit, using the long days to set fruits. This time can also be likened to the final firing of pottery-which makes it strong, solid and long-lasting.

Preparation

Note: you can make this as complex or simple as you like. Find what is #JustRight for you!

Pick a time and place to do the alchemy

Time: determine the time/date of the Solstice where you will do your Alchemy. (google “Solstice Time” or go here). The most powerful time is high noon preceding the actual time of the Solstice. Second best is any time before the actual moment of Solstice.

Where? It’s best in nature, where you can see into the distance, where you can be un-disturbed. Or your meditation chair. Follow your heart.

What will you “Fire”? It could be a project you launched in the spring. It could be a partnership that’s ready to go to the next level. It could be your heart’s desire. It could be support for ______. Anything you want to stabilize and solidify.

Gather your journal, perhaps a gift (like some sage)

The SoulPath Alchemy™ Summer Solstice Formula

-Create a safe and sacred space. Use your personal invocation (or this universal one) to establish your connection, ground and create a safe container for transformation. Ask the local nature spirits and Devas to join with you in firing _______.

Universal Invocation:
I affirm the oneness of All that Is.
I surround myself with Love and Light.
I call in my HigherSelf and Angelic helpers to create a safe and sacred space.
In the highest good of all.
So it is!

-Imagine your core column of light connecting your chakras, expanding all the way from the heart of earth to the heart of source. Now ask your HigherSelf and the cosmic energies of the Solstice to fire the energy of _____ in your reality.

-Take a moment, or a few minutes. Wait for it. Allow yourself to FEEL it.

-Now from this place, ask yourself what you need, what would be helpful, what the next steps are.

Grab your journal and doodle or write the answer(s). Record your experience. Express Gratitude. Drink water. Watch your dreams.

P.S. For the other seasons of the year, you might like:

Winter

Spring

Mercury Retrograde

Get started-SoulPath Alchemy™ 101

May 15, 2021 by Elaina Geltner

Welcome! We have created a beautiful new portal where we gather resources (including free ones) to help you along your SoulPath. Ready for transformation? Just register with your name and email address. Then you will have access to guided meditations, Collage Alchemy™, journal prompts, videos and more. You will receive our monthly e-zine, Tools for Transformation, and have the opportunity to join our private Facebook group. Happy Journeying!

Get started here: https://elainageltner.activehosted.com/f/1

Cultivate Support: Start at Home-HFBYS #26

May 14, 2021 by Elaina Geltner

Ponder this: Are you programmed to take outer action before you mind your own core column of light? It’s very challenging (maybe impossible) to attract support if you are not cultivating it inside of yourself. However, if you are emanating the energy of support, the Law of Attraction has to match it.

In order to be YourSelf, you need support for living the life you imagine, for sharing your gifts, and for expressing your creativity. How supported do you feel? Where does support really come from? What is real support?

Often “support” is seen as “how do others look at me?” or “Do I have friends and colleagues who really get me and support me?”

What about your support for yourself? What about getting it “directly”?! The law of attraction (`a la SoulPath Alchemy) states that you attract that which you vibrate and emanate. So if you are always looking for support from others, but are not cultivating support in your own core….well, you get it.

The direct and efficient way to have more support is to invite your HigherSelf and your Guides to activate the energy of support in your core column of light. Your core column of light is that energetic pathway that connects from your crown chakra to your root chakra, encompassing your spine. When you are grounded and connected, it flows harmoniously in both directions, all the way from the heart of Earth to the heart of Source. It is a vast support system!

Here is our formula:

The SoulPath Alchemy™ Formula to Cultivate Support in Your Core Column of Light:

Create a safe and sacred space. Use your personal invocation (or this universal one) to establish your connection, ground and create a safe container for transformation.
Universal Invocation:
I affirm the oneness of All that Is.
I surround myself with Love and Light.
I call in my HigherSelf and Angelic helpers to create a safe and sacred space.
In the highest good of all.
So it is!
Imagine your core column of light connecting your chakras, expanding all the way from the heart of earth to the heart of source. Now ask your HigherSelf to activate the energy of support in your core column of light.
Take a moment, or a few minutes. Wait for it.
Allow yourself to FEEL it.
Now from this place of “inner support” ask yourself what you need; what would be helpful.
Grab your journal and doodle or write the answer(s).
Imagine this feeling of support filling and surrounding you.

We challenge you to practice these tools daily and watch the outer reflection begin to shift.

Let us know in the Cosmic Tea Room how this unfolds for you. Or go there and get some support!

Are You a Highly Sensitive Empath? Do you sometimes feel like this is a curse instead of a blessing? Truthfully, being a Highly Sensitive Empath can be your greatest gift. It may not always feel that way to you, but you can learn how to use this gift in service to the highest good of all!

Your journey begins with taking our quiz: Are You a Highly Sensitive Empath?

Love & Light,

P.S. You might also enjoy these:

Retrieve Your Power + Recalibrate

Hold Space: Support 2.0

What do you want for others? Cultivate it inside you!

The Highly Sensitive Empath Quiz™

April 13, 2021 by Elaina Geltner

Ready to take the Highly Sensitive Empath Quiz? Are you a Highly Sensitive Empath? Let’s talk about what that means. Then I’ll invite you to take the Highly Sensitive Empath Quiz™.

We’ve coined a new term: The Highly Sensitive Empath. Are you one of those? I surely am! We created a quiz so you can find out….but first I’d like to share a bit about my journey: It’s been quite a journey learning how to navigate in a world that is often too loud, too overwhelming and “doesn’t get me”. My estimate is that less than 15% of humans have this set of traits. I grew up with “imaginary friends”; knowing things and feeling things that the adults around me didn’t.

As a teenager, I was blessed to find mentors who could see and cultivate my ability to sense what was going on with people and situations. It’s been a challenge, a hoot and everything in between. Learning to discern my feelings from others’ is a work in progress. I’ve spent a lifetime experimenting, learning, and developing ways to ground myself, clear my energy and know what to do with all this.

There are days and weeks that I wonder how I’ll ever get to fully express what’s trying to burst forth from inside. The frustration of creating clear pathways can be daunting. And then when I’m in the flow, creating sacred space for transformation, it’s the best feeling ever. One thing I know is that this is a deep, connected and ever-changing path.

I’ve been helping people to connect with their SoulPath forever, it seems. I have spent the last 50+ years discovering how to take deep care of myself, manage my own energy, and then use that knowing and those gifts to create the life of my dreams. Grounding all this energy is a daily challenge; so I have lots of tricks up my sleeve! I love teaching people to connect consciously with their gifts and learn to integrate them into their lives. I promise it can be a lot of fun! And I promise that when it isn’t, we’ve got you!

Are you ready to take the Highly Sensitive Empath Quiz™… and gain a peek into your sensitivity and empathy?

Take the quiz here.

After you take the quiz, we’ll share our recommendations for your next step and you will have some fun options for further exploration.

And, as always, hope to see you in The Cosmic Tea Room! *

Love and Light,

*The Cosmic Tea Room is our private Facebook Community. You will find like-hearted journeyers, SoulPath Alchemy Facilitators™, and fun meditation and writing prompts there. It’s free to join…all you need to do is participate! Ask to join here: The Cosmic Tea Room

Give YourSelf a Break! Hints for Being YourSelf #24

March 11, 2021 by Elaina Geltner

Sometimes it’s hard to give yourself a break-play with the Dolphins!

quote: I'm so good at making lemonade out of lemons; but some days I cnan't even find the lemons" by Elaina Geltner — Can you relate?

These times we’re in can be really challenging. I want to share some of my personal challenges, insights and some tools I find useful.

I was walking with a friend and she said, “I had an ‘ahah’! last night. As I was trying to relax, I realized just how tightly wrapped I am. The only thing that saves me is remembering that under it all, I’m really a laid-back, relaxed person. I need to learn to relax again.”

And my story: I tend to be a little more type A, but over the years, as a Highly Sensitive Empath, I’ve learned many ways to channel my energy. I meditate, walk in nature, take salt baths. I journal, play crystal bowls, and I do my best to focus my attention on what I want more of. Generally, I have perfected the path of excellent self-care. I even teach classes and write blogs about how to do this!

But as we approached the year mark of the pandemic, I realized that I had “lost it”. It became so much harder to stay positive and focused. Each bit of “bad news” seemed to have a greater impact on me. It took more and more determination to stay positive and connected.

I was so determined not to be deterred by world events that I missed the impact it was all having on me. I ignored my own angst and pushing. A good friend told me, “Stop pushing”! I knew I needed to trust the Universe. But….I am a stubborn Airies. I think if I just keep ramming my head into that wall ahead, it’ll open up. Never mind that 6 feet to the right is a big opening..

My AHA:

In spite of this outer world negativity moving into my inner world, I was still holding myself to the same standard of perfection, even though our world has been turned on its head. And my human self…OMGoddess! She’s taken a hit.

What it’s really hard for me to do is to give myself a break. Even the talk show hosts are wearing hoodies these days, not suits. But I’m going to keep a guise of perfection if it’s the last thing I do…News flash: Not working!

I’m so good at making lemonade out of lemons, but some days I can’t even FIND the lemons!

Can you resonate with this?

So I’m gonna give myself a break.

I’m gonna let the tears fall, I’m gonna tell people I miss them, I’m gonna admit how much I miss hugs and visiting loved ones as we journey in “Serendipity”, our van. I’m gonna go play with the dolphins in the Higher Realms instead of cleaning my studio. I’m gonna listen to my body and my inner child a little more. And I’m gonna put more energy into “silly” diversions: like dancing and playing mermaid.

Wanna join me? Ready to give YourSelf a break?

Take a moment to feel into your body, mind, spirit. Take a moment to imagine playing with the dolphins. If you like, tune into this clip from the dolphins channeling their love through me:

What do you feel? Journal about your experience. Share it in our community: Cosmic Tea Room.

Here is my personal dolphin friend. His name is “Shark!”. (Shhh, we all can see he’s a dolphin, and he knows that, but he is a fierce protector!). You’re welcome to call him to join you as you play with the dolphins!

Every time I go through a big shift or expansion, I feel wobbly. It seems to be a natural part of the re-calibration process as we move into higher vibrational levels. As I recover my balance and my authenticity, my desire to work becomes more intense. From this year’s experience, my passion to share these tools with other Highly Sensitive Empaths continues to grow. My deep desire is to share with other journeyers what I learn about working with my energy. In order to be a clear and open channel for the Light, and to be of service, it takes more self-care than I ever imagined.

The Spirit World is steady, there to support, guide and love. Right now it seems we’re all anxious and immobile, but my own experience during this time has made me even more passionate about sharing the tools I’ve figured out over the years.

As we refine and expand our online course offerings, we are discovering fun new ways to teach and share these fun experiences. Just this morning, the Guides offered the beginnings of a new meditation: “The Sacred Dolphin Healing Chamber”, which will be rolled out for you soon.

If you are resonating with these musings, we invite you to join in. Our HigherSelf~Spirit Guides Courses (link: https://elainageltner.com/higherself-1-course/) offer a safe and sacred space to be yourself and transform your life into one that fits you perfectly!