High Vibes Can Hurt

When spirituality feels like a slap in the face instead of a soft place to land

A free mini-book for anyone who has ever been told their trauma was a “story,” their pain was “low vibe,” or that they “created” their suffering with their thoughts.

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“This is for you if…”

You might love this if you have ever:

Sat in a spiritual or self help space while a part of you silently screamed, “But what about the trauma?”

Been told you “attracted” abuse, illness, heartbreak or chaos because of your thoughts, vibration or karma.

Felt shamed for being sad, angry or struggling, while everyone around you talked about alignment, abundance and gratitude.

Wondered if you were “bad at healing” because manifestation, affirmations and vision boards never seemed to touch the real pain.

If spiritual spaces have ever left you feeling defective instead of divine, this book is for you.

What you’ll find inside

In High Vibes Can Hurt you will explore:

Spiritual gaslighting 101

Why phrases like “you created this” and “it is just a story” can feel like violence in spiritual clothing when you have lived through trauma.

The truth about the Law of Attraction for trauma survivors

How “your thoughts create your reality” gets twisted into “your pain is your fault” and what a trauma-informed version of manifestation really looks like.

Unity consciousness without erasing your story

A gentle look at “there is no me” teachings, and why they can feel like abandonment, not liberation, if you grew up fragmented and dissociated.

Why you did not attract your trauma

A sacred reframe that names trauma responses as intelligent survival, not spiritual failure or low vibration.

This is not another “think positive” booklet.
It is a love letter to the part of you that always knew something felt off.

What this book will help you with

By the end, you will:

Feel less alone and less “mad” for side-eyeing some of the spiritual slogans that never sat right in your body.
Have language for what happened when spiritual spaces retraumatised you, so you can trust your own discernment again.
Understand why you could not “manifest” your way out of survival states, and why that is not a failing, but evidence of how hard your system has been working for you.
Begin to imagine a spirituality that is trauma-literate, nervous system aware and deeply kind to the parts of you that are still healing.

About the author

Lou Lebentz is an international trauma educator, therapist and founder of The Voyage® – a nervous system and soul-based framework for healing beyond trauma. She has spent decades working with trauma survivors, clinicians and spiritual seekers who have been hurt by bypassing teachings and is passionate about bringing compassion, nuance and safety back into the healing world.

You do not need another book that tells you to “raise your vibration.”
You need something that says: