Lately I’ve grown quite irritated when hearing or reading a certain term being tossed around in the spiritual, personal development, coaching community.
That term is “Woo Woo.”
Woo woo is used to often describe the lifestyle and practices of what the Western world likes to deem “alternative therapies” such as intuitive or psychic arts, energy healing, acupuncture, herbal remedies, meditation, and even down to one’s ability to be more in touch with themselves emotionally.
This is where I disagree and have found the word to be disempowering in many ways.
When I hear someone use it in the context of…
“Oh I’m an energy healer, it’s totally a woo woo thing (nervous chuckle).”
“I know it’s kinda woo but I started to meditate.”
“It’s a bit woo woo but have you heard of mercury retrograde?”
It becomes a subtle apology being disguised through humor about who you are.
Who you are is magnificent and if you love to delve into the realms of spirit, talking to your Angels, astrology, or whatever ways you connect with your own Soul, there’s no apologizing necessary for that.
If you find yourself using the term to describe your services, your spiritual practices, or being emotional or sensitive then I invite you to watch this video.
I share with you why I’m over the term woo woo and how it disempowers and disconnects us from our intuition, spirituality, and ancient wisdom.
There’s nothing “woo” or alternative about being in touch with your intuition, heart and soul. Tweet this!
Let’s continue the conversation. I would love to hear your thoughts about the “woo woo” in the comments below.
Thank you so much for watching!
To your innate intuitive power,
Great post and a really great point! I have done this myself quite a bit….didnt even think of it from this perspective but is so obvious now. No more woo-woo excuses for me!!!
Thanks for sharing Michelle! YAY to no more woo excuses <3 XO!
Loved the “woo woo” video. I’ve not used this term but have heard it used before & I just didn’t get it?? I felt it was a bit degrading as well. Good for you to let everyone know we don’t need to apologize for our beliefs.
Hi Margaret! Yes, I never got it at first either… then I started to understand what people were saying. Thank for watching!
About a month ago I was ready to come out of the spiritual closet and purchased the domain “theworldneedswoo.com” to be my platform. I hosted an event with some likeminded spiritual babes and one cautioned me about the disempowerment in that phrase. I tried to shake it off and justify but ultimately realized how right she was and then came this video as confirmation. Great video! Thanks.