Crystals: How They Protect and Shield Your Energy as an Empath

Being an empath is a beautiful gift, but I know first-hand how overwhelming it can be. As empaths we have an innate ability to feel deeply and absorb the energies of others, which can lead to emotional exhaustion and a sense of being energetically scattered. In times like these, essential oils come to the rescue! These aromatic wonders from nature hold powerful healing properties that can cleanse, protect, and fortify an empath's sensitive energy field. In this blog post, we'll explore how essential oils benefit empaths and reveal the top five oils to help you on your empathic journey.

How Essential Oils Benefit Empaths:

  • Energetic Cleansing: Essential oils are known for their cleansing properties. Just as they purify physical spaces, they can also clear negative energies from your environment, leaving you with a harmonious and balanced energetic space.
  • Emotional Release: Empaths often hold onto emotions that don't belong to them. Essential oils like sage can facilitate emotional release, allowing empaths to let go of emotions they've absorbed from others.
  • Aromatherapy for Grounding: Certain oils like lavender and frankincense have grounding properties. They can anchor an empath's energy, providing a sense of stability and preventing feelings of overwhelm or disconnection.
  • Energetic Shielding: Intentionally using essential oils creates an energetic shield around your aura, protecting you from absorbing unwanted or harmful energies.
  • Emotional Release: Empaths often hold onto emotions that don't belong to them. Essential oils like sage can facilitate emotional release, allowing empaths to let go of emotions they've absorbed from others.


How Essential Oils Protect and Shield Energy:

  • Aromatic Boundary: Diffusing essential oils creates an aromatic boundary in your space, preventing negative energies from entering and uplifting the energy around you.
  • Energetic Alignment: Certain oils help align your energy centers, enhancing your ability to establish strong and clear boundaries.
  • Vibrational Resonance: Essential oils resonate at specific frequencies. When applied or diffused, these vibrations can harmonize with your own energy, offering an added layer of protection.
  • Intention Amplification: The intentional use of essential oils enhances their protective effects. Setting an intention while using oils amplifies their ability to shield your energy.


Top 5 Empathic Essential Oils:

  • Lavender: Known for its calming and soothing properties, lavender assists empaths in managing stress, promoting relaxation, and creating a serene energetic atmosphere.
  • Sage: Is revered for its purifying and cleansing abilities. It aids empaths in releasing unwanted energies and establishing a fresh, protective energy field.
  • Frankincense: This grounding oil helps empaths stay centered and connected to their own energy. It offers protection and supports emotional balance.
  • Rosemary: Enhances mental clarity and focus, assisting empaths in maintaining a clear and balanced mind amidst external energies.
  • Cedar Wood: Is a grounding oil that helps empaths establish a strong energetic foundation, and provide a sense of protection, wisdom and abundance.


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  • Lemongrass - I will make this into a spray and use it to cleanse my energy field as well as any space in my house or that I visit that I feel needs to be cleared energetically.
  • Essential Shield - I will make this into a rollerball and put over my chest during the change of seasons for protection.
  • Purity Refreshing - I love to diffuse this in the morning to get my day started with an uplifting citrus scent.
  • Relief Settling - Another one I love to diffuse, typically in the evening as I’m winding down for the day


As part of my energy healing practice, I provide customized recommendations for essential oils that will benefit you as part of your energy healing journey. I also customize recommendations for crystals and flower essences. Book a free discovery call to see if my energy healing modalities are a fit for you.

As an empath, your well-being is of utmost importance. Embrace the power of essential oils as tools to protect, cleanse, and support your sensitive energy field. Whether you diffuse them in your home, apply them topically, or carry them in a portable diffuser, these oils can be your companions on your empathic journey. Remember to set intentions and infuse your oil practices with mindfulness to amplify their effects. By incorporating essential oils into your daily routine, you'll create a sanctuary of positive energy and find greater peace and balance in your empathic soul.

My spiritual journey began with a curiosity for crystals—a fascination I couldn't wait to explore. I wanted to understand how these precious gems could enhance my life and provide support tailored to my needs.


As an empath I came to understand that I was gifted with the ability to absorb the emotions of those around me. I also realized I faced a unique blend of blessings and challenges as my heightened sensitivity often leads me to carry the emotional weight of the world, amplifying both joy and pain to an overwhelming degree.

Here is what I have learned about Crystals and how to utilize them for my Empathic self.


Crystals are nature's guardians, possessing distinct vibrational frequencies. When empaths align with these frequencies, something extraordinary occurs. Crystals become energetic sentinels, erecting a protective shield that filters out negativity and shields empaths from emotional turbulence.


Guardians of Protection:

Certain crystals, like Black Tourmaline, Obsidian, and Hematite, are renowned for their protective prowess. Black Tourmaline, is like a spiritual bodyguard, creates a shield against negative energies. Obsidian acts as a mirror, deflecting negativity, while Hematite provides stability amid emotional storms.

Healers Among Crystals:

Crystals aren't just protectors; they're healers too. Amethyst, with its regal purple hue, cleanses negative energies and calms an overactive mind. Rose Quartz, the stone of love, mend emotional wounds and reconnect empaths with their heart's center. These crystals act as gentle guides, leading empaths back to balance and self-love.

How Crystals Protect and Shield Energy:

The magic lies in their unique vibrations and their interaction with your energy field.

- Absorb negativity, shielding your core.

- Reflect or mirror negativity back to its source.

- Ground or anchor you to the Earth, preventing energy loss.

- Convert negativity into positivity, soothing your emotions.

- Energetic Boundary, creating a forcefield against unwanted energies.

- Intent and Visualization, your intention amplifies their protective properties.

From jewelry close to your heart to meditation companions, crystals offer diverse ways to

intergrate their energy into your life. Whether you carry Amethyst in your pocket or wear a Rose Quartz pendant, these gems become your allies, supporting you throughout your day.


Protective Crystals for Empaths:

Black Tourmaline: Grounding and absorbing negativity, promoting balance.

Amethyst: Calming and shielding, reducing emotional overwhelm.

Labradorite: Creates a protective barrier and enhances intuition.

Smoky Quartz: Shields against negative energies and electromagnetic smog.

Hematite: Absorbs and transforms negative energies, instilling strength.

Selenite: Purifies your energy field and provides protection.

Shungite: Guards against harmful energies, including EMFs.

Rose Quartz: Fosters self-love and emotional protection.

Apache Tear: Offers solace during emotional turmoil.

Some of my favorite ways to utilize crystals:

I have big chunks of Obsidian at my front door along with a Selenite to ward off negative energy and cleanse energy as it enters the front door.


I wear a number of different crystal bracelets to help protect and cleanse my energy throughout the day. I’m loving right now my Protection bracelet from Energy Muse, I wear Amazonite and Lepidolite to help with my stress and anxiety. I also love wearing pendants like Rose Quartz and Labradorite to help protect my heart and energy.


I will meditate with crystals; I have Celestite on my nightstand to help with protect my dreams and I love having Apatite next to me while I'm working to help me focus. At the end of the day I have Smokey Quartz near my favorite spot on the couch to help found me and releive stress from the day. Whenever I feel like I need a little extra help, I grab the crystal that draws my energy toward it.

As part of my energy healing practice, I provide customized recommendations for essential oils that will benefit you as part of your energy healing journey. I also customize recommendations for crystals and flower essences.


Book a free discovery call to see if my energy healing modalities are a fit for you.

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