Are You in Your Ego? How to Tell and Why It’s Sabotaging Your Spiritual Growth
Recently, I had a conversation with a beautiful client who has a growing healing business. She loves helping others and feels called to learn how to read angel oracle cards to deepen her service. However, during our chat, she confessed something that struck me: she worried about appearing egotistical.
This fear was holding her back from fully embracing her gifts. She noticed she was quite intuitive but hesitated to develop her abilities and promote her business because she didn’t want to be perceived as being “in her ego.”
I see this pattern often in the spiritual community. Many gifted, heart-centered souls resist stepping into their light because they fear being judged or labeled as egotistical. But here’s the truth: acknowledging your gifts, sharing them with others, and building a business that allows you to shine is not ego—it’s alignment with your Higher Self.
What Does Ego Really Look Like?
The word “ego” often gets a bad rap, especially in spiritual circles. It can be used to gas-light people. But it’s important to understand what ego truly is.
Ego isn’t about embracing your gifts or stepping into your light—it’s simply a part of being human. The ego becomes problematic only when it takes the form of:
- Judgment: Harshly criticizing yourself or others. Putting people down.
- Superiority: Claiming you’re the “most gifted” or the sole source of truth and answers.
- Abuse of Power: Creating dependency, crossing boundaries, harming people, and being dishonest.
- Division: Creating disconnection, or separation rather than fostering unity.
A genuine desire to serve, share your gifts, and support others isn’t ego. In fact, these intentions come from your Higher Self, guided by the angels. When you feel inspired to help, create, or lead, it’s likely your angels whispering, nudging you toward your soul purpose.
How Ego Sabotages You
One of the sneakiest ways ego can sabotage you is by convincing you that you’re “in your ego.” It plants seeds of self-doubt, whispering:
- “What will people think of me?”
- “Who am I to offer this service or share my gifts?”
- “Am I being too full of myself?”
These thoughts can stop you from taking the steps you’re divinely guided to take. They can make you dim your light, self compare, shy away from opportunities, and ultimately keep you from fulfilling your purpose.
Signs of True Guidance
On the flip side, true guidance feels different. It’s expansive, gentle, and supportive. It encourages you to move forward with confidence and reminds you that your gifts are needed in the world.
True intuitive guidance is repetitive, and keeps going until you act on it. It uplifts and empowers you, and helps you to grow.
Your angels don’t want you to shrink; they want you to shine. They know that by stepping into your purpose, you’ll not only fulfill your soul’s calling but also positively impact the lives of others.
Here are is a simple guide to true guidance versus ego guidance read here
Let’s Rewrite the Narrative
Being visible, sharing your gifts, charging appropriately, and even marketing yourself are acts of service, not ego. They allow you to reach the people who need your light the most. If you’re holding back out of fear of judgment, remind yourself that your work is about humbly uplifting and serving others—not performing, being the most gifted, or other judgments.
You have a gift, and it’s your divine responsibility to use it.
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Rachel Scoltock is an Angel Medium, Spiritual Teacher, Healer and Author
Rachel Scoltock is an Angel Medium and Spiritual Teacher who has been sharing the angels messages and healing for more than 20 years. She can help you to connect with your angels, and develop your intuition and healing gifts so you can bring through the messages and healing, wisdom, and love for yourself and others.