As an empath I don’t consider myself a fortune teller, as in: telling things about someone’s future. Or what kind of decision should be made, ’cause of something I had sensed. I can read people’s energy, and I believe it’s all about awareness. Becoming aware of something deep down inside of you, because it might wanna tell you something. Sometimes though I do get glimpses of someone’s future. I take it more as funny ‘coincidences’, or every now and then as beautiful messages from Souls that are coming to our world. Like when one of my language students wanted to share a secret with me.

Lucid Dream

I had been teaching her for more than a year (online). She was living in the States, and she had plans of moving to The Netherlands. After six months or so she did move to my home country, together with her husband. From then on we were having the classes still online, but both living in The Netherlands. We had them on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And I remember – one day, on a Tuesday – I was having this dream at night. As you might know: there are the typical dreamy dreams, and the ones that are more lucid, in which you are more aware that you are dreaming – you can navigate more consciously. This one was more like the latter.

Baby

In my dream I was suddenly holding this baby in my arms. And I thought: what am I doing with this baby? Is it mine? Remember, I was more aware – almost awake – of the whole situation, so I was able to ask myself questions like these. Did it mean I would get a baby in the future? I was really surprised. And then I fell deeper asleep, and woke up the next morning. Having no idea what it actually meant.

So I just let it sink in, and I did my usual stuff during the day. Just a normal day. The following day I had my student from the States again. And I always start with some chit-chat, so that people can get out of their daily routine. We were just talking for some minutes, when she told me that she wanted to ‘share a secret with me’. Well, I love secrets, but more importantly: apparently she felt comfortable with me. So she told me she got to the doctor, and he told her that she was pregnant. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised. It was her baby, the one I was holding in my dream, so I thought.

Sofia Loren

Of course I was delighted for her. And I felt really honoured when she told me that not even her family knew about it, yet. Can you imagine? She didn’t tell me much more than that she was delighted herself, because they were trying to get pregnant since a little while. So it was planned, and very welcomed.

We continued with our classes, and at some point I got the idea that it was a girl that was growing in her belly. She hadn’t told me anything about the gender, nor the name, but if it was a girl – I wondered – then what would her name be? So I asked myself, tuned a bit in, and then I got a name: Sofia, like the actress Sofia Loren. Didn’t ask anything to her (to confirm), by the way, I was just curious.

International name

At some point during her pregnancy she did reveal the gender of the baby, and it was a girl indeed. She also shared the name: Amanda (which is not the real name, but I changed it to keep it more anonymous). So I thought: ok, a girl indeed, but no ‘Sofia’ – I was wrong about that, fair enough. But then, immediately after revealing the name, she said: “We actually wanted to call her ‘Sofia’, also because of her roots, but we are living abroad, and it’s likely that we will stay abroad, so we chose ‘Amanda’. That’s a more international name.”

Hassle

Surprised as I was, and ‘convinced’ that it was ‘Sofia’ who had revealed herself to me, I told my student in a playful way: “You could call her Amanda Sofia.” Since it’s common to have more than one name; some people have multiple initials. But she wasn’t convinced. “Too much hassle when you need to fill out official documents. One name will be easier.” Well, at least I tried, I told baby ‘Sofia’ in my mind, with a smile on my face. Nothing else that I could do, right? And there the story ends.

Signs

On the note of predicting things: some people with ESP-experiences are convinced that they could sense future baby’s – Souls that are ‘on their way’ to our world, to someone. I am positive that they can; let’s say, I am not an expert on it. But sometimes I do get signs that could easily be taken as ‘this Soul is coming our way’, like when I suddenly have to think strongly about a certain name. And lately this particular name is drawing my attention. Not sure if someone close to me is getting pregnant any time soon, but if she does I already know that I will love that name.