What Is Your Higher Self Trying to Tell You? Discover the Power of Intuitive Channeling

When I conduct an intuitive reading and energy healing session, I connect directly to your higher self—your innermost source of wisdom and truth. But what exactly is the higher self, and how can connecting with it bring clarity, peace, and guidance to your life? In this blog post, I’ll dive deep into the nature of the higher self and explore how intuitive readings can be transformative for those seeking insight, healing, and alignment.

What is the higher self?

The higher self is an aspect of consciousness that helps direct the course of our lives according to our soul’s plan. It is a bridge between our human self and the larger soul entity and has the ability to see and communicate the “bigger picture.” When we align to the wisdom of the higher self, we ultimately end up embodying our truest self, leading to feelings of contentment, wholeness and enthusiasm for being alive.

What is the higher self’s purpose?

The higher self’s purpose is to provide us with guard rails that keep us on the soul’s intended path for this lifetime. Guidance from the higher self most often comes in the form of emotions, gut feelings, intuition, signs and synchronicities, like the perfect song coming on at just the right time. While the higher self will often offer guidance and perspective, they will not usually offer “yes” or “no,” “should” or “shouldn’t” directives when it comes to difficult decisions you’re facing. They leave that to you and your free will.

What is the difference between the higher self and the soul?

The higher self is a messenger of the soul.

What is the difference between the higher self and a spirit guide?

The higher self is a composite of the human and the soul combined. A spirit guide is likely a fractal of another soul entity or consciousness. The higher self has the most intimate view of your current state, beliefs and feelings.

What is the difference between the ego and the higher self?

The ego is an aspect of consciousness that resides within the human experience exclusively. It is highly programmable and conditioned by the experiences of the human. It forms the basic human identity and experience of feeling separate from the unity consciousness field. It is limited in its scope and vision, able only to see what the human experiences through its main senses. The higher self can work with the ego and/or be overridden by the will of the ego. However, neither the higher self nor the ego can be completely eradicated from the consciousness. Generally speaking, the ego serves the mind, while the higher self serves the heart.

How can we better access the wisdom of the higher self?

The higher self will play a more pivotal role in a person’s life when they set that intention. Each person will have their own way of connecting to the wisdom of the higher self. You can start by paying more attention to any signs, symbols, synchronicities and other metaphysical phenomenon—this will automatically increase the presence of the higher self in your life. There are also more direct ways to access the wisdom of your higher self like hypnosis, deep mediation, dream analysis, cartomancy, and other forms of divination. Additionally, you can book an Intuitive Channeling reading with me, in which I will tap into the wisdom of the higher self. Anytime you are in a state of flow, you are embodying the higher self.

Why does the higher self communicate via signs, symbols and synchronicities?

Primarily, because that is simply the mechanism by which they can communicate. But also, if they just came right in and told you what to do, they would rob you of your free will. Your soul and higher self knows there is much more to be gained by experiencing the meandering quality of life and finding your own way to alignment. If you consciously and actively choose to live according to the higher self’s wisdom based on you first experiencing of the converse, the higher self knows there will be more wisdom and staying power in it. Its kind of like learning the hard way—experiencing the natural consequences of touching fire, for example, is more powerful than believing someone else when they say, “fire will burn you if you touch it.”

Why would I want to connect with the higher self?

If you are seeking support, healing and help, there’s really no one better to guide you than your higher self. They know you, they know your thoughts, they know where your belief systems are out of alignment—they are you. And yet, they speak from the perspective of the soul, communicating messages, options and beliefs that perhaps your conscious mind and ego have not considered.

Aligning to the higher self is a process and happens in stages and layers, like peeling off the layers of an onion. The layers represent faulty beliefs and conditioning that are covering up the core of who you are. But if you can start to remove the layers of conditioning, one by one, in coordination with the guidance of your higher self, you will eventually be able to integrate and embody your higher self…your truest self. This is THE work of any individual who has sought to “know thyself.”

What are some challenges of working with the higher self?

Sometimes, and especially at first, advice from the higher self may feel not feasible for the human in a modern world. Or it may not immediately make sense. The higher self will usually offer new perspectives or “homework” to challenge your belief systems, rather than a course of supplements. Of course, in my experience, the higher self knows best, even if their advice seems looney tunes and undoable. It can also take hearing their message multiple times, perhaps from different angles, and a period of integration before we can fully align to the higher self’s wisdom. Sometimes it requires quite the leap of faith to do what the higher self suggests, but when you start to see the results in your life—when you start to feel more content, more aligned and whole—the proof will be in the pudding.

Who can benefit from intuitive readings and energy healing sessions?

When I was trying to get pregnant with my second child, I went to see an energy healer who did an intuitive reading with me. It was very powerful and I left buzzing with energy from head to toe. After a year of trying to conceive, we finally got pregnant the next cycle after that reading. I am a firm believer in the power of energy healing.

I would recommend an intuitive reading to anyone who is looking for guidance and new perspectives regarding any difficult situation they find themselves in. They are particularly great for those who have exhausted most traditional forms of therapy and are seeking support of an alternative nature. Perhaps you feel you have “stale” energy stuck in your system or just need to turn over every stone on your healing journey. Or you may simply be curious. All of these are very valid reasons to seek an intuitive reading.

How do you, Kristin, perform an intuitive reading and energy healing?

The session begins with a brief discussion about what it is you’re facing in life, seeking to heal or better understand. We will, together, finalize and set an intention and perhaps, establish a few questions you’d like to ask your higher self and spirit guide team during the reading. Then, I will lead you in a short invocation meditation to drop us into the heart center, open our third eye and invite in our combined higher self and spirit guide teams. Once sufficiently “tapped in,” I will begin relaying messages that I intuitively hear or see. I utilize a combination of “clairs” including clairvoyance (inner sight or visions), clairaudience (hearing words), claircognizance (inner knowing), and clairsentience (inner feeling). These messages will be a combination of answers to your questions and general insight from your higher self and guides as well as spiritual guidance from me. Then you will have the opportunity to ask questions directly of the higher self and spirit guides for in-the-moment guidance. We will close with a reflection of gratitude for their support and service.

After a reading, you could feel quite emotional, energized or exhausted—it depends on you and what comes through. I highly recommend booking an appointment when you will have a few hours after the session to attend to your own self care, be it a walk in nature, a good two-hour crying session, a salt bath or whatever else feels right.

Do you have questions about an intuitive reading? Email me at info@kristinmadding.com.