I am an Empath/Intuitive, amongst other things, that I have yet to figure out.  I joined this group seeking knowledge and guidance, but most of all, to find others like me.

All of my life I had been different, never fitting in.  But, it was not until the last year or so, I've come to slowly realize why.  I still did not know to what capacity what I was, until I met another Empath, and it still took me 2 months to figure out  what was wrong with me, as I was "feeling" his feelings and not mine. I did not realize it, until one day, it hit me like a ton of bricks.  I was not an unhappy person.  I am a positive person, but was unhappy the entire time he was here.  It was then I realized he had to leave.  As soon as he walked stepped out of the vehicle and left, it was like a weight lifted, and I was free from the overwhelming burden I felt.

I have seen spirits, mostly as a child then as an adult, but did not know was I was seeing at the time.  Then I started "feeling" things as they occurred, or before they occurred, even across the U.S., to others that I had a connection with, which would send me into a complete sheer panic, but not knowing what was happening; just knowing "something", and sometimes to who, but not what specifically.  Sometimes I will know in advance something is/was about to happen to a specific person or me, or an "occurrence" is coming on, and I would see it or feel it before it happened/happens.  With no coping mechanisms, I didn't know where to turn, so I turned inside, becoming an extreme introvert, when my "other personality" the extreme extrovert was not going rampant and acting out.  This is the "contradictory" side of my HSS, which causes me even more extreme problems and makes me need even additional more down-time.

These instances have come to grow stronger, and like I said, with no coping mechanisms, they had come to feel like a "curse".  It was not until I found this group, that all changed for me. This group has become my family, my healing.  I am no longer an outsider, one who does not "fit in" anymore, as these people are just like me, some more even gifted than me, which is awesome.  These "curses" have become gifts that I am now exploring, nurture, and grow, and with the help of those more gifted than me, and others in this group, I am working to develop them in order to also eventually help others in the future.  I am also learning blocking mechanisms, against "emotional vampires" and negatives that I pick up on more than positives, projection, and energy healing, amongst many other things.

Now, how I became Organizer of this group: October 31,2009, Staysee Yod (who will always be the founder of the meetup.com group and we will always be in his debt), had to step down, due to moving across country).  This group was way to important to me to let it close down.  So, although I am still a "baby", seeking knowledge myself, and still growing, I took on this group, in order to hopefully carry on what he began here, bringing in new members in order to help them, like they have ever so much helped me.  We intend to reach out in ways we never did in the past, offering more to our members, as we have so many possibilities, that we have yet to even touch on or yet explore. And together, we gain strength, and we build our family. 

We are NOT alone, as so many of us have come to feel like.  There are SO many of us out there, we hope to reach and help those, we intend to help each and every one of those that want or need our help that reach back.  As like me, if you didn't fit in anywhere else before, now you do, you have found your home here with us.  You now have somewhere to turn for someone to talk to, for knowledge and learning, and for strength.  You now have a new family here with US!

One of the biggest things with this site, as we hope to pull as much information together in one place, which helps all of us together.

It is for all of these things, that we are here.

Reiki Master/Teacher- for a decade

Certified Tarot Card Reader- reading professionally for over 2 decades

Previously: Licensed Massage Therapist in MA, ME, NH.  Currently completing forms for North Carolina Massage Therapist Licensure.  Had a thriving private practice in NH called Paradise Massage, named "Person of the Year" for NHCLF.  Featured in a MicroCreditNH promotional DVD and interviewed by Parade Magazine for successful entrepreneur article.  Was Certified Personal Trainer for over a decade and won "Strongest Woman on Campus" at UMASS for Middle Weight Division and more recently was nominated "Woman of the Year" by Audley Construction Corp for New England Construction Guide.

Have been seeing spirits since I was a child and am currently working toward a Bachelor's in Spiritual Studies in the College of Metaphysical Arts (correspondence) in Florida.  Got Certified in Massage Therapy by New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic Arts in Maine.  Have a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from UMASS at Amherst.  Hobbies include all forms of divination and song writing.

Proud Mama to two very special and creative "old souls" who also see spirits, astral travel, read tarot cards and are also empaths. 

lisa_wlsgirl@yahoo.com