If you are here, you are probably raising a child who feels more than other children seem to. A child who absorbs the energy in a room, who knows things they shouldn’t, who asks questions about life and souls and why things happen the way they do. A child who is beautiful and may sometimes be overwhelming, and who is quietly asking something of you that you’re still trying to understand.
You are not imagining it. And you are not alone.
My name is Efrat Shokef. I am a mother, a writer, and a shamanic energy healing practitioner. I work with parents raising highly sensitive, intuitive, and spiritually aware children, and with the children and families themselves. My work sits beyond religion, is grounded in lived experience, and asks one central question: what if your child’s sensitivity is not a problem to solve, but an invitation to something deeper?
I came to this work the long way around.
For years, I was on an academic path in organizational psychology, a mother of three young daughters, living an ordinary life. And for years, I had been gently, quietly invited to acknowledge something about myself that I kept setting aside: that I was sensitive in ways I didn’t have language for, that I could sense and work with energy, that there was a layer of knowing underneath my everyday thinking that I hadn’t learned to trust.
I was good at ignoring the quiet invitations.
On January 6, 2011, the invitation stopped being quiet.
A car crash. Severe injuries. Months in the hospital, beginning in the ICU. And inside all of that, something that changed everything: a near-death experience in which I left my body, hovered in light, and was held in a love so complete and peaceful I had no frame for it. I came back. But not the same person who had left.
What followed was a long process of shedding, learning, and slowly walking toward who I actually am. I lost the ability to be the mother I had been, and then found my way back to my daughters as a different kind of mother. I studied shamanic energy healing. I began to write, first for myself, and then to share. And through all of it, my three spiritually aware daughters kept teaching me things I could not have learned any other way.
They still do.
What I believe about your child…
Many parents of highly sensitive or intuitive children eventually arrive at a feeling they can’t quite name: that their child did not come to them by accident. That the questions their child asks, the things they feel, the ways they struggle, are not just traits to manage but something more like an invitation. For the child, yes. And quietly, for the parent too.
This is the heart of my work.
I believe that children who feel everything, who sense things others don’t, who seem to know more than their years explain, are not broken or difficult. They are aware. And the parents of these children are often more aware than they give themselves credit for too. What they need is not a new parenting strategy. It is a way of understanding what is actually happening, a framework that goes beyond behavior into the deeper layer of who their child is, and who they are.
That is what I try to offer in everything I write and teach: a shared journey, not a program. An invitation to trust your own inner knowing, not a set of rules to follow.
What is here for you?
I have written two books, and a third is on its way.
The Promise We Made: Three Universal Soul Promises We Made to Our Children is where most readers begin. It holds my near-death experience story and the understanding of the parent-child relationship that came through it. It received a 2025 Silver Nautilus Award in Parenting and Family.
UniverSoul Promises: Foundations for Creating the Conditions Our Children Need to Thrive in Times of Transformation goes deeper, with nine shared soul promises and reflective practices for everyday family life. It won two categories in the 2025 Literary Global Book Awards: Parenting and Family Relationships, and Parenting and Family Spirituality.
Beyond the books, there are courses for parents who want to experience and embody this work actively, rather than only read about it. There are free resources: grounding practices, journaling tools, and simple energy tools you can use with your sensitive or intuitive child today. And when I am available, I offer personal shamanic energy healing sessions for children, teens, and families.
Everything here is meant to support you in the same direction: toward understanding yourself, understanding your child, and trusting the path you are already on.
Courses and healing sessions →
Free resources for sensitive children →
Want to know more?
If you’d like to read more about the story of the car crash, the near-death experience, and the path that followed, it’s here.
A few last things about me
I am a homeschooling mother to three spiritually aware teen daughters, and to four four-legged teachers who know more about love than I do. I write in English, which is not my first language. My grammar is not always perfect. I write anyway, because it is how I breathe.
I am not always available for individual healing sessions, as I work with a small number of families at a time. When I am, you’ll find those details here.
I am glad you found your way to this space.
With warmth, Efrat
A gentle first step…
If you are new here and not sure where to begin, these free guides are a grounded place to start.
Simple Energy Tools for Sensitive, Intuitive Children – Six short practices for everyday family life, including coloring pages that teach without words for your child.
