Welcome Empaths & Lightworkers who want to Create Magic!

Your soul tribe awaits you.....

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Welcome home empaths, sensitives, & lightworkers devoted to Service...

Welcome!  Thank you for following that inner soul call to develop and share your gifts with the world. I'm so glad to help you connect more strongly to all of your spiritual gifts - energy healing, mediumship, intuition, just to name a few. And to potentially explore indigenous spiritual traditions and medicine ceremonies.

My name is Michael R. Smith, I'm a doctoral trained therapist, spiritual guide, and healing practitioner of indigenous arts & ceremony.  It is my joy to serve all beautiful souls, including the LGBTQ+ community. I am grateful to welcome you to our online community of over 175,000 soul family - of which I have facilitated since 2007.


MEDICINE RETREATS WITH MICHAEL -  Experience a weekend (or day) of spiritual retreat & ceremony with Michael at his home at the top of a mountain in a redwood forest in Northern California near San Francisco.

Looking for your soul family? Join our twice monthly live playshops in, THE EMPATH SANCTUARY spiritual community.  Receive sustained mentoring, guidance, & support.  

❤️ Take the EMPATH TYPE Quiz ❤️ that over 200,000 have taken to discover which of the 10 empath types you are.

MEDICINE RETREATS with Michael - Summer 2025

Experience a weekend (or day) of spiritual retreat & ceremony, including a Native American vision quest, with Michael at his home at the top of a mountain in a redwood forest in Northern California near San Francisco.

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SOULPRENEUR STARTUP
Make a great living as a healing practitioner

I will show you, step by step, how to become a healer and lightworker, and make a great living sharing your spiritual gifts with the world. This is a mostly a self paced course - with LIVE coaching calls & a personal session with Michael.

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What Type of Empath am I? 
Take the ORIGINAL Empath Type Quiz

Over 200,000 empaths have taken this accurate quick 10-question self test that will reveal which of the 10 empath types you are - including heyoka empath.

Empath Type Quiz
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The Empath Sanctuary Spiritual Community

Step into your spiritual gifts and power with our TWICE monthly LIVE online playshop events. Receive personal mentoring & spiritual guidance from Michael - and support for your dreams & visions from kindred spirit soul family.

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Personal Spiritual Guidance & Mentoring with Michael R. Smith, Ph.D.

Open your connection to Source, move past challenges, & get clarity on your purpose in sacred space with Michael in one of his private session packages.

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NEW!  
2026 REDWOOD RENDEZVOUS 
& OCEAN JOURNEY:
A Spiritual Celebration
June 22-26, 2026

Commune with nature & the Divine along with your soul family!  Join in a radically transformative Spiritual retreat in pristine redwood forests and the Pacific ocean north of San Francisco, CA.  This event is limited to 10 individuals.  

Registration for 2026 is open with a very special EARLY BIRD rate until 12-31-25.

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Want to Connect with Kindred Empath Spirits?

Come join soul family in THE EMPATH SANCTUARY spiritual community and have fun with us! Monthly 'playshops,' and personal guidance.

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