I was wondering what you guys do when you're reading for someone who is skeptical or maybe doesn't even WANT you to be accurate. Even if they don't have bad intentions, but the vibes coming off of them are inhibiting your flow as a reader.
**I always ground myself before a reading, but is there anything else I can do to keep their vibes from affecting me?**
Also, when I'm reading for someone I know well, I tend to get overly self-conscious about not doing a good job or being wrong, and it interferes with my ability to read. Even if the person is totally friendly and is not skeptical.
**Is there anything I can do to stop myself from being affected by this worry?**
I have a suggestion that has worked for me. Become aware of the pictures and thoughts that are coming to you as you continue to be sure you are well grounded. Grounding is vita to me, but it can sometimes be so strong that I feel the protection actually helps to block the flow. That's when I take an audible deep breath, even in front of my client, and proceed. I pretend if necessary that they are receptive, and while calling silently on my guides and the angels for help, I begin to force myself into relaxation(oxy-moron), and continue, using the slightest thought to propel me past their negativity. I'm skeptical myself until something is prove, but when I seek someone to assist me in a reading, I show the respect and make the effort to relax my guard and allow the other person to do what I came to them to do. If being friendly doesn't help enough and you just feel those daggers coming at you, focus on the first object you see, relax into the thought of it, the dimensions, the roundness or squareness of it, overall features, and just let the thoughts that now will tend to free up, become your focus and roll with that a few minutes until the person releases you from the strangulation of negativity and skepticism. I have had to ask a client to take a breath and just relax in order to allow me to "get in". After that and sometimes a gentle reminder that I am attempting to bring them a wonderful, kind, helpful and enlightening experience, they tend to relax a little or a lot. It is in that moment, "in between those breaths", so to speak, that I feel the nitch I am able to get into and revert back to the cards and their meanings and allow the holy spirit of feeling, the highest self to begin to flow more easily and bypass the skepticism. The part where you refocus on another object, breaking the eye contact as well as some tension, is often the point where you will physically feel the other persons energy shift and allow you to stop worrying. I hope this helps you.