I just added the scented version of Yellow Star Tulip Flower Essence spray to my Etsy shop. This flower essence is for when you need help feeling empathy and compassion for other people or being more attuned to other people’s feelings. I describe it on Etsy as being helpful for people in helping roles such as teachers, people in the healing arts, social workers, but I changed the listing today to add that it’s, actually, useful for anyone who could benefit from greater sensitivity and empathy in their relationships, both personal and professional. I don’t typically think of this one as appropriate to me as I tend to be a little over-attuned and sensitive. But because I was writing this post today, I thought I would try it in regards to a long-standing difficulty I’ve had at work.
What an interesting experience that turned out to be! What this flower essence did for me energetically was, first, clear my head, and then connect deeply to the ground. And then, one memory after another came bubbling up to be acknowledged and grieved. It became VERY obvious why I haven’t been feeling compassionate in this situation. That’s hard to do when you feel like your physical and emotional safety has been disrupted over and over. If you feel like you have to protect yourself from someone, it’s going to feel pretty damn hard to have compassion and empathy for them!
Emotional resilience is required in a situation like that if you can’t find a healthy way to leave. I happen to have a combo I call Emotional Resilience on my shelf. It contains Larch (for more confidence about the outcome of your actions) and Yarrow (for a deep feeling of inner protection. Actually, aura strength to be specific.) It’s for emotional backbone— strengthening your ability to weather the storm—especially if you are feeling depleted, over-sensitive or find yourself despairing or becoming pessimistic. In the past, when I’ve used it I found it strengthening and calming. It seems appropriate to be using again!
Back to Yellow Star Tulip (here’s the unscented spray and dropper version)! This isn’t a flower essence I will continue to use—Emotional Resilience is more appropriate for me. But it was VERY useful for me in coming to that realization. Flower essences often take you on a journey of self-discovery. Don’t be afraid of that. It’s actually an essential step along the way. One step at a time, you’ll find your way forward.
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Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner.
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