5 Hidden Blocks That Keep Healers & Spiritual Teachers from Showing Up
Walking the path of a healer, space holder, guide, or spiritual teacher is so beautiful. AND also wildly confronting. I would say in my own experience, my business + my relationships have been the greatest mirrors on my path 🪞 Specifically with our soul work, over the years, I observed several core blockages that tend to pop up again and again in myself and other healers.
1. Perfectionism
This has been one of my biggest growth edges. Every time I wanted to put something out there (a new offering, a circle, a 1:1 program), I would suddenly feel the urge to take another course, read another book, or offer free practice sessions instead.
Sometimes, yes, we genuinely need more integration time or training — if you know me, you know I DEEPLY believe in integrity and devotion to our mastering our crafts. But more often than not, perfectionism is the subconscious in disguise. What it’s saying is:
“You’re not ready yet. Just wait. One more training, one more skill…”
Here’s the truth though: you’ll never be “perfect.” You’ll stumble. You’ll get asked questions you don’t yet know the answer to. And that’s exactly how we learn + grow.
I believe that as long as you stay in integrity, your right intention will call in the right people. People who aren’t exactly looking for a flawless teacher, cos they’re looking for YOU.
2. Not-Enoughness
Closely tied to perfectionism, this voice says: “Who am I to guide others?”
What I’ve learnt is this: the universe brings us the people that we are already equipped to serve, whether through your lived experience or your training so far. And as you grow, the people who show up to work with you WILL evolve too.
So trust your ability. Trust that the all-knowing universe (❤️) is not making a mistake by placing these souls in your path.
3. (Fear of) High Sensitivity
Many healers are naturally highly sensitive. We can absorb other people’s energy as if it were our own. This often stems from early life — maybe holding our parents’ pain, or being overwhelmed by the suffering of the world.
It makes sense that part of you might hesitate to fully step into your gifts, fearing it will be “too much.” That you’ll feel too much and not be able to hold it.
But sensitivity is not your weakness, it’s a profound gift. It means you’re awake in a world that numbs. When harnessed, your sensitivity becomes the very channel for your power. Through the art of alchemy, you can transform what feels overwhelming into the unique medicine you’re here to offer.
And if your soul contract holds the role of healer? My perspective is that you’ll never feel fully at peace / dharmically fulfilled until you step into it.
4. Fear of Being Seen & Judged
This one runs deepppp. It connects to the witch wound, past lifetimes, ancestral memories — where being visible often meant persecution. And in this lifetime, judgment still stings, because our primal instincts believes belonging and community = love and safety.
Personally, I protect my creations in their seed form. Oftentimes, I won’t share them with anyone until those seeds had time to root. This keeps them sacred, like it’s some magical plan just between me and God :)
And when I do share ~ I remind myself that the fear of judgment isn’t something we need to erase completely. (I don’t believe that’s possible). What I DO believe is that this fear is something we can expand our capacity to hold. By:
Protecting what feels sacred.
Building resilience in the face of disagreement i.e. more emotional capacity.
Source our deepest support from Source itself i.e. the eternal source.
5. Fear of Owning Your Power
This one doesn’t get talked about enough. Sometimes the scariest thing isn’t failure — it’s success. It’s the fear of what might happen if I fully own my gifts.
Because deep down, you already know: once you claim your power, life will change. You can’t keep playing small. You can’t keep pretending you’re not who you are. Realistically, there might be an old life that needs to collapse. Relationships that need to die. Lifestyles that need to be upleveled.
And that’s CONFRONTING. (And also wildly liberating.)
Does this resonate?
I wanted to share this blog post, not as a “I’m pointing out your wounds that need fixing”, but as a permission slip! Because if you see yourself in these core blocks, you’re so not alone.
These edges are part of the ✨ healer initiation ✨ a thresholds to walk through.
Every healer I know (myself included hehe) has met some of these growth edges. And each time we lean in, we reclaim another piece of our true Self to step into our deeper divine purpose <3