Exploring the link between personal healing, the earth’s wounds, and our soul purpose.
Introduction
Ancient stories, sacred sites, and the resilience of the human spirit are themes that continue to arise in conversations around collective healing. In a recent discussion with spiritual storyteller and earth healer Alan Dempsey, we explored how connecting with the land and the Spirit world may offer insight into our shared past and illuminate our future.
The Land as a Keeper of Memory
Alan believes that the stories held in our landscape — in ancestral fields, stone circles, ancient pathways, and sacred sites — are not mere historical accounts. They are living memories. When these memories are acknowledged, they can help heal both the earth and humanity.
His work involves listening to what the land remembers, challenging conventional versions of history and opening space for narratives that feel more interconnected, spiritual, and culturally rooted than the ones found in traditional textbooks.
Connecting with Spirit to Reveal the Past
Like me, Alan connects with the Spirit world as part of his work. Guided intuitively, he travels to places in Ireland and around the world where stories emerge through energy, sensation, and spiritual communication. These stories often reveal forgotten aspects of our history, reminding us that the past is alive beneath our feet.
Through this process, healing occurs not only for the land itself but for our collective consciousness. The more we remember, the more we understand who we truly are.
Healing as a Personal and Collective Journey
One theme that echoed throughout our conversation was healing — both the beauty of it and the difficulty of it. Healing is rarely linear. It can be uncomfortable and confronting, yet it is also deeply transformative.
For many of us, this journey does not feel optional. It feels like a soul directive. As we follow it, our awareness deepens, our purpose clarifies, and the interconnected nature of inner and outer worlds becomes harder to ignore.
Restoring Integrity to the Earth and Ourselves
When Alan works with sacred sites, he is not only gathering historical insight. He is restoring integrity to places that carry wounds from conflict, colonization, trauma, neglect, or suppression. As these energies release, the stories they guarded begin to rise.
This process suggests that healing the land and healing ourselves may not be separate tasks but two expressions of the same purpose. As we re-story our past, we re-shape our future.
Why Remembering Matters Now
Our conversation revealed a key insight: the past is not static. The stories we carry inwardly and the stories the land carries outwardly continue to influence our present reality. When these stories are acknowledged, they loosen fear, expand compassion, and invite us into a future that feels more conscious and heart-centred.
This perspective reframes our soul’s purpose. It becomes less about a destination and more about how we awaken — through challenge, synchronicity, intuition, and remembrance.
Listen to the Full Conversation
To go deeper, you can listen to our full podcast conversation, where Alan shares more about sacred sites, ancestral stories, and the healing of our collective past.
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About the Author
Sharon Fitzmaurice is a Holistic Wellness Coach, Reiki Master Teacher & Practitioner, Clinical Hypnotherapist, and host of The Sharon Fitzmaurice Podcast, a space that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit. She is the author of Someone Please Help Me, So I Did and Awaken Your Wellbeing, and a passionate advocate for mental health awareness and survivors of childhood trauma. Sharon supports individuals in reconnecting with their soul’s purpose, awakening inner wisdom, and creating meaningful change. She is also the founder of the Soulful Journeys Online Community.