Healers Speak, and Speaking to Healers
March 25th, 2008 by Rose Rosetree
Yesterday I received this comment from a physician:
“Since I have learned Rose’s method of turning empathy off I can even deal with psychiatric patients.”
The whole comment meant a lot to me, because I have HEARD many such comments before but not received any as quotable comments It’s important for M.D.s, psychologists, nurses, chiropractors, osteopaths, etc. to speak up. Even if you’re doing it anonymously.
Some of you have contacted me with personal messages by email or comments made one-on-one. Recently, several healers in a row have been commenting here. Well, I’m going to invite all of you to be really bold and speak up. And “all of you” includes those of you who KNOW health care professionals, not just those of you who ARE licensed health care professionals. Here are some ideas:
Next time you see your therapist or physician, maybe it’s time for a gift. You could have enormous impact on that healer’s practice by just giving one copy of Empowered by Empathy or Cut Cords of Attachment. Explain that these skill sets can be a powerful addition to a health professional’s knowledge.
Some psychologists recommend the book for empaths to their patients. They, or you, can actually receive the same discount as a bookstore, even if they order as few as five copies. For details, just call 800-345-6665. And mention code Q108.
If you have had any experience that might be interesting for a health profession, go ahead and type it as a comment here. (BTW, if you would like to be kept anonymous, just mention that at the start. I enable all comments here, and can edit away any contact information of yours. Trust me. I’m someone who reads moral development in auras — one of the more fascinating aspects of reading auras, actually.)
Or send a GUEST POST about any experience you have had related to being a better healer (or friend or family member) because you became skilled as an empath or had a cord of attachment removed. Email this to roserosetree[at]verizon.net. Again, you can be totally anonymous, so don’t be shy. Let your fingers do the talking!
If you’re involved in a blogging community, chat room, or forum, please let people know about cutting cords and being skilled as empaths. I regularly look on the Net for online conversations on these topics and most of them are, frankly, appalling. Many people know just enough to complain; many talk themselves into believing that they have skills when really they have beliefs or wishes. You can contribute real leadership.
Energy fields are no mere curiosity. They are involved in any depth healing. Doctors may not yet do spiritual reading or intuitive reading, but they can. Certainly they need to become aware of skill sets for empaths, not just the same-old advice that is fine for non-empaths but ineffective for empaths, “have strong boundaries.”
Be the change you wish to see in the world. And be the healer you wish to see, as well.
With all due respect, I do not recommend gifting health care professionals with a book that will most likely end up in the trash. That is a precious waste of one’s hard earned money, unfortunately, and could also potentially be seen as coercive. I would tell the health care provider about the books and nothing more. It’s up to the provider about what he/she wants to do.
I can’t say how many times I have received a book, only to be hounded about when I am going to read it. Often, I just pass the book on because I don’t have time to read it and because I read an article that a gift giver should never coerce a recipient about what to do with the gift.
I learned this the hard way. I had a close friend who I thought would be very excited if I had Rose read his aura. So I did that in a session - on my dime - than recorded that portion onto a DVR and translated that recording into an mp3 and put it on a CD for the person and gift wrapped it myself. It took me about two hours to do all of this. Not only did the recipient not appreciate this at all, I later found out that the recipient misplaced the CD and then threw it into the trash.
Unfortunately, I have learned that when people are given things for free, they don’t often appreciate them. Best to wait until they are ready and then have them earn or pay for what they want.
Is the person who made this comment someone who is actually a physician, a bona fide M.D., or merely someone who has studied medicine and worked in a hospital?
I have studied Ayurvedic medicine and even naturopathy but have no formal training or licensing in these areas. I even volunteered in a hospital when I was in high school, so technically I did “work” in a hospital environment when I was sixteen-years-old.
ANITA, you’re right about not giving books that would wind up in the trash. I meant to suggest having a conversation, asking if the person was interested and then, only, giving a copy.
I wouldn’t even recommend giving one of my books to your local library (which has been done by at least one of my sweet readers) unless you first talk to the acquisitions person and receive an assurance that it will become part of the library system. Otherwise, it just becames a throwaway book sold for a quarter, and not likely to be respected.
As for giving people all or part of a session, I would recommend doing this only if it is to be a face reading and if the person really would like it. Face reading is a great first step for someone who is just starting to be interested in mind-body-spirit (though not limited to such beginners) because it combines being physical, accessible,and accurate.
The general point I was trying to make was to encourage people who feel comfortable with the idea to have some conversations. Or even start some conversations.
And, hey, it looks as though I have started one!
Dear Blog Buddies,
I agree with Anita, and with Rose’s response. I would only suggest one of Rose’s, (or any other book of that type), if I first had a connection with that person and knew that they were open to it. I would tell them about it and they could get it on their own. I hang with people, in Lexington, who are open to that, and more. When I saw that a friend of mine could really benefit from one of Rose’s phone sessions and said I would gift them with it…nothing happened. If she is really interested she can get it herself, (she is really broke). I agree with Anita that people appreciate things if they pay for it, (or some of it themselves).
One has to be really careful who one talks to about the subjects we are discussing here as gossip is not uncommon at the hospital. People can think that you are doing something weird to your patients. That is likely why Anonymous..is well speaking anonymously (and I respect that).
One of the things that Carolyn Myss and Norm Shealy have helped with is bringing finely honed intuitive practices and research about it to other professionals (as Rose is doing). By the way, even though Caroline is good at what she does, when she did it as a medical intuitive, she still had to hone her gift. She studied anatomy etc. to put it into terms relevant to the client. Just because one has a gift does not mean one does not have to study and work with it, as has been pointed out here.
I agree that there may be others who are just as talented but less well known, though Myss’s accuracy rate was found to be quite high, 96%.
I mentioned synthesis before. There are wonderful technologies that we have available to us and some
wise professionals that are healers as well as doctors, (not all doctors and nurses are healers at the level I speak of). You are one such healer, Anita! Also you, Anonymous.
It is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater to get rid of one practice for another. Why not combine
both? This makes one only better, in my humble opinion.
I think things will take time, but they are changing. Until then, I will use my discernment in the workplace about it and use my
gifts to make it the best it can be (even though it can be frustrating to know things and not be able to say anything). I will learn and continue to grow and do some readings on my own time as it will thrill my soul to do so.
Hi Colleen,
Wise words. I’m sorry I haven’t had a chance to respond to your other comments yet but have read them and appreciate them. (I’ve just gotten back into town and am catching up.)
I apologize for being a bit grumpy about this issue.
What I have encountered in the metaphysical world is that some people, in their enthusiasm to bring their message to the mainstream, want others to speak about their work, to essentially do some advertising for them, I suppose.
While the motivations are often pure and good, I don’t often feel comfortable doing this unless I feel it is appropriate to do so, for all of the reasons that were just mentioned in the previous comments. It reminds me of the way that my apartment complex really does not appreciate all the free menu’s that get littered at our doors - some have even taken to putting up signs “No Soliciting.” Similarly, if I went to a doctor’s office with all kinds of books and business cards cluttering the lobby, I’m not sure how I would feel and what I would think. Most likely I would just ignore them, since I am already busy and anxious when I am flying in and out of a doctor’s office and not really thinking all that clearly.
Those working in the metaphysical community don’t realize the incredible politics that exist in mainstream health care, not having gone through medical school, internship, residency or through nursing school.
And yes, as Colleen aptly pointed out, people do talk and gossip at a hospital and the gossip could actually do more harm to the person working in the hospital and simultaneously discredit the person in the metaphysical world whose work is being promoted.
I respect everyone’s anonymity and right to remain anonymous, both on this blog and in the rest of their lives. I only point out that the difference between having contact with various patients through a hospital and being an actual licensed provider, such as a physician or nurse working in a hospital, is huge. Those of us who are licensed are legally responsible for a patient’s care and can be sued for negligence or inappropriate care. Those in the metaphysical world cannot. So I would say that the stakes are much higher for those who are licensed and accredited by medical boards.
That is not to say that the work that those in the metaphysical world do is not important or less valuable or anything like that - it is not work that I am knocking, by any means. But the threshold to hang a shingle on one’s door to do that work is much lower, the requirements less stringent.
As with anything in life, these conversations require discernment and appropriate judgment.
Incidentally, the friend who wanted the aura reading requested that CD from me…
Makes me doubly careful of not just giving things away, even out of generosity.
He later asked me to do something for him in one of my sessions with Rose. I politely declined and suggested that he could book his own appointment with her.