Rhodonite clears away emotional wounds and scars from the past. It eases doubts about personal abilities and helps in achieving one’s highest potential. As a healing stone, it helps express confidence and a loving nature. It also assists in placing other’s influence in perspective and calms the soul through the heart. In antiquity, rhodonite was given to travelers as a protective stone, it was said to warn them of imminent danger by causing the heartbeat to accelerate suddenly.