# Psychic Abilities Don't Protect You. They Make You More Vulnerable

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Podcast: [The Skeptic Metaphysicians | A Pragmatic Guide to Spiritual Awakening, Metaphysics & Enlightenment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-skeptic-metaphysicians-a-pragmatic-guide-to-spiritual-awakening-metaphysics-enlightenment-1382483)
Published: 2026-06-10T06:00:02+00:00
Episode link: https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/business-of-woo
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Duration seconds: 3600

## Resource

The deeper you go into psychic and energy work, the more sensitive you become, not less. If you're building a spiritual practice or just trying to understand why doing this work keeps leaving you wrecked, this episode is the one you didn't know you needed. About This Episode Rachel White spent nearly two decades as a Senior Vice President at a global corporation, quietly doing tarot readings out of her Chicago apartment on weekends. Today she runs TOTEM Readings in Austin, TX, serves thousands of clients worldwide, and just published The Business of Woo , a pragmatic field guide for anyone trying to build a legitimate, client-facing spiritual practice without the toxic positivity or the grift. What makes Rachel's perspective genuinely rare is this: she doesn't just practice energy healing and psychic work at a high level... she spent 20 years in corporate strategy before doing it full time. The result is one of the sharpest, funniest, and most grounded conversations we've had about the intersection of psychic abilities, modern spirituality, and what it actually costs to build something real around both. What You'll Hear in This Episode Why developing your psychic abilities doesn't make you more protected over time. it makes you more permeable, and what that means for your daily life, your sleep, and your practice The single biggest mistake new practitioners make before they ever take a first paying client, and why your enthusiastic friends are not a market validation strategy Why the Business of Woo is a $38 billion industry that is actively maturing, and what that means for anyone with a spiritual side hustle right now The pricing framework Rachel uses with her own mentoring clients, including why charging too much is often a red flag, not a signal of quality What Rac…

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