Episode 5 – Spiritual Dismissal, Discernment, and Setting Intentions

What happens when you finally share something sacred from your awakening journey and the person you trust the most dismisses it as your imagination?

In this episode of This Side of Knowing, I talk about spiritual dismissal: those moments when you open up about your experience, only to be met with confusion, judgment, or outright rejection. I share two powerful stories from my own path: one in small-town Ohio, the other in London and the lessons they taught me about discernment, vulnerability, and choosing the right people to trust.

This isn’t just about rejection. It’s about how spiritual dismissal can actually become a teacher. How those painful “door slamming in your face” moments can refine your intuition, sharpen your boundaries, and even guide you toward the people who are meant to walk with you.

I also share the exact method I use for setting intentions — the same practice that led me directly to my first energetic teacher. It’s practical, simple, and something you can try yourself if you’re searching for the next guide, mentor, or companion on your own journey.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• What spiritual dismissal is and why it feels so painful when you’re already doubting yourself.
• How my first two attempts to share my awakening (in Ohio and London) ended in rejection.
• Why discernment is the hidden gift inside rejection.
• The story of how I set a simple energetic intention and was led to my teacher the very next day.
• Why asking once, believing, and letting go is key to manifestation.
• How rejection, intention, and synchronicity all work together to bring the right people into your life.

Takeaway

Here’s the takeaway from today’s story: not everyone will understand your journey and that’s okay. Spiritual rejection can hurt, but it also teaches discernment. It helps you clarify who is safe to share with, and who isn’t. And it’s often only when you know exactly what you don’t want that you can set the clearest, most powerful intention for what you do want.

That’s when the magic happens. That’s when the right people show up at the right time.

👉 If you’ve ever felt dismissed, judged, or misunderstood in your spiritual awakening, this episode will remind you that your experiences are real and that you don’t need anyone else’s approval to walk your path.

Next week, I’ll share how I first stepped into meditation: what worked, what didn’t, and how it became a turning point that accelerated everything I was experiencing.

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