Are you a healer? If you're reading this, you probably are. With so much tumultuous change in the world, healers are needed more than ever. Many healers, however, are reluctant to step into their power and surrender to their gifts. It requires enormous trust in one's inner voice to head the call as well as the ability to not let the noise of "others" stop you from following your own truth.

1. YOU POSSESS THE 'MARK' OF THE GIFTED HEALER

In the world of hand analysis (non-predictive palmistry), the mark of the gifted healer is a series of vertical lines on the palm that appear in the area beneath the pinky and ring finger. If you have four or more of these vertical lines, you very likely possess a healer gift marking.

Also, the fingerprint on your left pinky finger tip could reveal your life purpose as that of the gifted healer!

2. YOU'VE HEARD THAT WORD 'HEALER' SO MANY TIMES...

To be a "healer" means that you possess the ability to help others hear their own inner voice. You can see the soul yearning of another and help that person connect back to their authentic truth and desire.

It is a gift of inspirational communication. Communication is both listening and speaking. You are a gifted communicator and when you communicate, either by listening, or by sharing your wise counsel, advice or brilliant questions, you create a feeling of inspiration. It is in this environment of inspiration that healing happens. To "heal" means to become whole and complete within one's own being.

3. YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF INTIMACY ISSUES (AND CHALLENGING RELATIONSHIPS)

Healers, more than any other group of people on the planet, want and need to have a deep, profound, 'love of a lifetime' intimate relationship. This is the ultimate place to communicate, yes? And to be intimate, according to Webster's dictionary, is to "communicate your innermost self to another."

Well, here's the secret - if you are a healer and you are NOT doing your healing work, you WILL have intimacy issues of the most baffling, painful, unruly sort: communication breakdown, brick walls between you and partner, isolation, stagnation, loneliness, lack of sufficient closeness and affection. So to remedy this, get on with your healing work. The relationships will take care of themselves. You are a master at intimacy. Ah! But with one caveat - the challenge is to first learn to be intimate with yourself.

Do you trust your intuition? Do you act on your inner guidance? Do you go against 'group think' and stand true to yourself?

4. YOU'RE AFRAID - OR HAVE BEEN AFRAID - TO TAKE THE PLUNGE

The question I hear most often from healers is, "But how can I make any money being a healer?" Well, if you are gifted healer and not using this gift, chances are you are facing some interesting financial challenges any way. There is no way around a gift - if you don't use it, you face the penalty. For the reluctant healer, it is loneliness, isolation, stagnation, and the fear of surrender. In other words, if not now, when? What will it take for you to trust yourself? How many more unsatisfactory relationships, or lack thereof, do you want to endure?

5. PEOPLE SAY TO YOU, "I'VE NEVER TOLD ANYONE THIS BEFORE"

If you possess this gift, it's tattooed on your forehead. You may not realize you have it, but everyone around you does. You are the go-to person for relationship dilemmas, power struggles, and cheerleading. You provide a safe haven for folks to pour out their troubles and, in the process, find a next step for their journey.

It doesn't matter what healing modality you choose or are currently working in - the questions are the same:

* Who do you most want to assist? (your ideal client)

* How do you want to assist them? (counseling, acupuncture, massage, astrology, financial coaching, etc.)

* Where do you want to be in one year with your healing gift?

What has stopped you in the past from using your innate talents?

If you are working as a healer, how can you step ever more fully into your gifts? (What's the next level for you as a healer?)

Copyright (c) 2008 Elizabeth Davis