Welcome to Inner Work, a spiritual growth podcast.

I'm your host, Josephine Hartman.

I'm an intuitive healer and certified Akashik Records reader and teacher,

driven by the purpose of helping others become more powerful by reconnecting to the healer within.

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I so appreciate your presence here, and I'm honored to serve as a guide or companion on your path for a little while.

Now, on to the episode. Today I am answering a listener email.

This came in from Caitlin, who has shared so generously and openly with me about a challenge

that she is experiencing.

So first of all, a huge thank you to Caitlin for writing in and allowing me to use her words in this episode.

This is what Caitlin shared in her own words.

I've been more aware of my energy ever since I woke up, meaning spiritually, when she woke up spiritually.

Every room I enter, person I interact with,

everything I see and feel, I've noticed I've become more sensitive to now. I've realized that

throughout my life, my childhood especially, I've had several moments, months, even some years

spent in survival mode. I feel as though I've been

in situations where I have lowered my energy or vibration to survive certain situations. This all

makes sense to me and I believe is fairly common, especially when you are still sleeping, so meaning still spiritually

asleep. I've come to the conclusion that this has been a coping mechanism for me, and naively,

I thought that it would just stop now that I've connected to my higher self, but unfortunately,

it's not that easy. Do you have any advice

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