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Are You Having Challenges With Awakening Your Psychic Powers?
When you first start delving into psychic development, you may run into blocks in controlling them. These blocks are whether one or more of the 22 types of psychic abilities you were born with unfold without any warning or you choose to develop them. These types include clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairaudience (clear hearing), clairsentience (clear feeling), claircognizance (clear knowing), as well as abilities like psychometry, telepathy, mediumship, and healing. Each person typically has one or two natural strengths among them, and all of them can be developed with practice. These types include clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairaudience (clear hearing), clairsentience (clear feeling), claircognizance (clear knowing), mediumship, telepathy, precognition, and energy healing. Each of these psychic abilities can surface differently, so recognizing which ones are strongest for you is an important early step. The first thing you need to understand when experiencing awakening your psychic powers is that there is absolutely no need to panic or go into fear mode. These abilities are spiritual gifts, and you can overcome any blocks to your psychic development.
Here is a list of the psychic abilities and definitions:
- Claircognizance – clear knowing
- Trance Mediumship – channeling spiritual energy and information
- Clairvoyance – clear seeing
- Abstract intuition – translating symbols and mathematical formulae
- Inner voice- listen to the voice of your personal higher being
- Clairaudience – clear hearing
- Broadband Telepathy – non-verbal spiritual communication with groups
- Narrow Band Telepathy -non-verbal spiritual communication with individuals
- Pragmatic Intuition – practical everyday intuition
- Affinity- magnetic attraction based on resonance
- Oneness- the interconnectiveness of all things
- Energy Distribution- how you use your energy in physical and nonphysical reality
- Out of Body Experience– astral travel, your consciousness leaving your body
- Out of Body Memory – remembering dreams and out-of-body experiences
- Clairsentience – clear feeling
- Survival Instinct – innate ability to survive in a physical body on Earth
- Precognition- knowing before things occur
- Psychometry- sensing the energy in material objects
- Healing- healing negative energy causing unease or disease
- Telekinesis- altering the molecular structure of physical matter
- Manifestation – ability to create your reality
- Earth Energy – ability to access stored information in the earth
The first thing you need to understand when experiencing awakening your psychic powers is that there is absolutely no need to panic or go into fear mode. These abilities are spiritual gifts, and you can overcome any blocks to your psychic development.
Find Out What Is Blocking Your Psychic Development.
Psychic Development For Beginners And Veterans
Let’s examine some of the blocks to developing psychic abilities. Many of these blocks are pretty standard for both beginners and those who have already awakened. The first block you may encounter is discipline. Follow this numbered, step-by-step progression to build your abilities:
- Commit to a dedicated practice schedule. The number one block to your psychic development may be that you cannot sufficiently dedicate yourself to your psychic expansion. Set aside time, focus, and energy for your psychic education before anything else. Psychic development is like going to the gym — you need to exercise it and build your psychic muscle, so show a certain
level of dedication. - Establish a regular meditation practice. The best way to develop your psychic abilities is through meditation. Without regular practice you may only get fleeting glimpses and brief insights; to genuinely understand what you’re doing, you still need to practice.
- Learn the specific Mystery School meditation techniques. These meditations were taught in the ancient Mystery Schools and will expand your conscious awareness of your abilities.
- Connect with your true nature, Spirit. These specific meditations are the path to that connection, which helps you control your psychic energy and access your third eye, your pineal gland — the center of psychic awareness. Spirit is not limited by the boundaries of this reality, such as time or space; as Spirit, you can travel anywhere, anytime.
- Practice consistently to strengthen and control your gifts. Having this regular discipline will determine the strength and control of your gifts. Psychic abilities are the ability to overcome the limits of this reality — keep practicing to master them.
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How To Tap Into Your Psychic Abilities
The next major block to learning how to tap into your psychic development is mind chatter. Many of you have this constant mind chatter. No matter what you are doing or how well you are doing it, your mind mostly has a will of its own. It can tend to sabotage your efforts if not controlled. This form of sabotage holds for psychic expansion as well.
Your intuition doesn’t happen in your mind. Your mind chatter comes from your logical mind, which is like a mechanical device that thinks. It is not who you are. You are Spirit in a human body with this fantastic computer, the mind, that helps you do all the things necessary to live in this reality. But it is bound by the limits of time and space. Spirit is your higher being, which has the reins of your psychic abilities. Controlling your Monkey Mind is crucial. Again, meditation is the perfect tool for you.
You also have to contend with your monkey mind and its random thoughts. However, these very thoughts can come from other people and interfere with your psychic development. You may be picking them up telepathically from other people. But that still won’t help you with your psychic development. These thoughts are random and not relevant to you.
Getting a handle on your disjointed thinking and getting that monkey mind under control is critical to your psychic progression. Learn to control your own mind space so other people aren’t interfering with it.
Here are some practical exercises you can practice daily to develop specific abilities:
- Grounding: Sit quietly and imagine roots growing from your body deep into the earth. This steadies your energy and creates a safe foundation for psychic work.
- Running energy: Visualize earth energy flowing up from the ground and cosmic energy flowing down from above, moving through your body. This raises your vibration and sharpens sensitivity to psychic signals.
- Clairvoyance practice: With eyes closed, study an object in your mind’s eye — notice its color, shape, and texture. Then try mentally creating and dissolving simple images (a rose, a color) to strengthen your third eye.
- Telepathy exercise: With a partner, have them focus on a simple image or word while you quiet your mind and record the first impression that comes to you, without judging it. Compare answers and repeat over time to build accuracy.
- Psychic grounding of others’ thoughts: When random thoughts intrude, name them as “not mine” and release them down a grounding cord, keeping your mind space clear for your own intuition.
Practicing these techniques consistently — even ten minutes a day — trains your awareness the same way meditation does, and you will find your psychic abilities growing steadily stronger.
Learning How To Develop Psychic Abilities Includes Emotional Self-Control
Personal emotional drama can often hinder your psychic development. So if you
constantly have emotional ups and downs, it can distract from your psychic growth. This is similar to the monkey mind discussed earlier, but it centers in your emotional body.
Another common occurrence is being battered by other people’s emotions. Other people’s emotions and feelings can invade us. Someone may throw their emotional energy at you, leaving you feeling overwhelmed. You can even be channeling someone else’s emotions, being under emotional attack. Again, these emotions are not part of your intuitive body. They do not enhance your psychic ability. They hinder it.
Getting seniority over the emotions doesn’t mean you should ignore them. They are essential to listen to. But if you let them dominate, then they will keep you from your psychic abilities.
Give Up Effort And Learn How To Use Psychic Abilities
Another common block to your psychic advancement is excess effort. If you’re putting in too much effort and trying too hard, you’re approaching your psychic development from your body’s perspective. There is a difference between the physical body you are in and the spiritual being you are. One significant difference is that everything your body does requires effort. Nothing you do as spirit takes any effort at all.
Everything the body does takes effort because it exists in time and space, a dense material form. It takes energy to walk, talk, move, and do stuff. As Spirit, you are not in time and space. You are not in physical form. And operating as Spirit is effortless. Again, your psychic abilities are part of who you are, Spirit. They are how you communicate as Spirit, and they are effortless. So if you find yourself struggling, straining, and trying really hard to get your psychic guidance, you are not approaching it as Spirit. You are coming at it from the body.
And it’s a common thing for people to do. Because we’re so used to being in our bodies and doing things with them, it’s a bit of a transition to do it differently.
Other Things That May Be Blocking Your Psychic Abilities
Fear is a big block. You may be worried about what will happen if you can see the unseen. Fear is not real. When you understand that you are in total control of your abilities, your fear dissipates quickly.
Expectations can hold you back. If you have grand expectations and they don’t happen, you may be disappointed. Disappointment is the enemy of growth in anything you do. One thing you can learn is a short phrase from a Julie Blue song: “don’t get attached to the outcome.”
Doubt can block you as well. Once you begin doubting, you drop back into your body. Again, your psychic gifts come from Spirit. If you are in your body, you are bound by time and space.
There are more psychic blocks, but the ones mentioned earlier are the most common. If you’re facing real challenges, psychic development classes can help. A mentor like me can help you overcome your barriers.
Key Takeaways and Next Steps
Consolidating what we’ve covered: developing your psychic abilities means identifying and working through the common blocks — fear, doubt, inconsistency, lack of grounding, and unmanaged emotions. Each of these can mute your intuitive signal, but each can be overcome with deliberate practice.
Your action plan:
- Establish a daily meditation practice — even 10 minutes a day quiets mental noise and strengthens your connection to intuitive impressions.
- Build discipline and routine — consistent practice, journaling your impressions, and tracking small validations train your abilities like a muscle.
- Practice emotional control — learn to observe your feelings without being ruled by them, since anxiety and strong emotions distort psychic perception.
- Ground and protect yourself regularly —
so you can explore your abilities from a stable, balanced state. Simple grounding techniques include visualizing roots growing from your feet deep into the earth, holding a grounding stone like hematite or black tourmaline, or simply placing your bare feet on grass and breathing slowly for a few minutes. Grounding before and after any intuitive work keeps your energy clear and prevents you from absorbing vibrations that aren’t yours.
By recognizing your blocks and applying these practices step by step, you create the conditions for your abilities to open naturally. To move forward on your path, discover which abilities may already be active in you:
Key Takeaways And Your Next Steps
Developing psychic abilities is less about mysterious gifts and more about consistent, disciplined practice. As we’ve explored, the most common blocks on this path are a scattered mind, emotional turbulence, and self-doubt — and each one can be worked through with deliberate daily effort.
Here’s a quick recap of what moves you forward:
- Meditation: Practice daily, even for just 10 minutes, to quiet mental noise and sharpen your intuitive perception.
- Discipline: Stick to a regular routine — psychic senses develop through repetition, not sporadic effort.
- Emotional control: Learn to observe your feelings without being overwhelmed by them, since strong emotions cloud intuitive signals.
- Self-assessment: Take a psychic ability quiz to identify your strongest senses and tailor your practice accordingly.
Join us on this episode of Unlocking Your Truth: Find Out What Is Blocking Your Psychic Development. If you want to learn how to become psychic or even expand your psychic abilities but are having challenges, you are on the right path. Listen in as we discuss how to unlock your psychic powers and eliminate blocks.
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Questions and comments from listeners during the broadcast of Find Out What Is Blocking Your Psychic Development:
- Hi Dr. Lesley! Sometimes when I meditate, I try to connect energetically with loved ones who have passed over. I’ve been trying to connect with my mother-in-law, who has Alzheimer’s, but I can’t make a connection. Can you offer advice on how I can overcome this blockage? Or is she perhaps unreachable in this state? Thank you so much.
- I think that happened to me. I believe I encountered a ghost as a kid. According to what my brother told me. This confirmation coincides with some missing memories and dreams afterward. And I closed down that part of my ‘seeing’. I remember my mom telling me I was afraid of things, shadows, and shapes in the dark. I wonder if you can tell me anything more about this, what you see. My intuition is getting stronger, as are my other abilities. Not sure. I don’t remember; I have had dreams about this ghost for years. Not sure. I don’t remember. I have had dreams about this ghost for years.
- I enjoyed the class I did with you several years ago. I feel alone in my interest in exploring my
- Please read my energy to see if I’m blocked. I’ve been doing your week-one grounding daily meditation practice from the Unlocking Your Intuition course.
- Which chakra is most likely blocking my claircognizance? Do you see what could be blocking me specifically?
- That can feel lonely when you are in the midst of transitioning from your “old” self and your friends and family to who you are becoming. I’m in that as well. My abilities are starting to really come through, but I know I still have some intuition blocks to overcome. Can you offer some guidance?
- Hi, thank you for the broadcast as always. I am making progress but still feeling a sincere blockage. Can you help me to isolate where to focus or what to do? Thank you.
- If it’s not too much to ask, could you check in on my energy? This weekend, I had a weird, spooky experience that felt almost like a psychic attack. Maybe I just freaked myself out, but there were some odd goings-on in my apartment followed by a series of terrifying nightmares.
- Is there a correlation between psychic abilities and the moon cycle? With a new moon today, are psychic energies heightened, and/or are they heightened during a full moon?
- Hi Dr. Lesley, someone hit my car today. It was a hit-and-run. Did I do something to cause this? Am I blocked or ungrounded? I was also rear-ended late last year. Appreciate any insights.
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