The Empath Enchiridion
1. Be you Generally, empaths experienced something traumatic or shame-inducing during their childhood. Even if they did not personally experience trauma, they felt it through someone else. Any darkness you have ever experienced that you hold within yourself becomes the light you carry that guides others. Don’t ever try to...
9 Ways to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Negative Emotions
by Judith Orloff MD Emotions such as fear, anger, frustration, and immobility are energies. And you can potentially ‘catch’ these energies from people without realizing it. If you tend to be an emotional sponge, it’s vital to know how to avoid taking on an individual’s negative emotions, or even...
Surviving Thanksgiving dinner with your family as an empath (it CAN be done!)
by Lindsay Curtis of The Daily Awe (Original posted Nov 5, 2012) As I am gearing up to travel down to the US for the Thanksgiving holiday next week, my thoughts waver between looking forward to spending time with my family, to then wondering how I’ll maintain sanity with so...
An empath’s self-care guide
by Nancy Hausauer Energy field self care is a lot like caring for our physical bodies. Most of us put a lot of effort into that on a regular basis. We bathe, we brush and floss our teeth, we try to eat healthy foods. But it’s at least as...
Keeping score
Empaths may be tempted to keep score. Yes, we are still human, but keeping score is not what we should be doing. It’s so difficult, helping other people, making a difference, giving so much of ourselves and getting nothing in return. So often in life, we keep score of...
Beware, the Foreign Relationship Scammer
Guys, if you aren’t telling your wife or girlfriend that they are beautiful, chances are, foreign relationship scammers are. Relationship scammers very busy infitlrating social media. I have already been contacted by two, and now I am skeptical of every white, middle-aged, attractive, successful man whose profile I see....
7 Tips on How to Cope with being an Empath
Originally by Jade Small – The Open Mind — but no longer found on the site Empaths: They feel everything, sometimes to an extreme. Empaths are naturally giving, spiritually attuned, and good listeners. If you want heart, empaths have got it. Through thick and thin, they’re there for you,...
Difference between fake empaths and real ones
You’ve probably heard someone calling themselves an Empath and describing themselves as over sensitive. But most people who use this term are just hiding behind the terminology. They have been hurt at some point in their life (like we all have) and they try to justify their weakness by...
Eight musts for an empath
Once you have clarified that you are indeed an empath, then you have accepted that you are a little “different”. There are different rules that you should abide by to prevent yourself from harm and to learn how to harness your gifts towards your higher purpose. Chances are if...
The Empath’s Guide to Clearing and Shielding Your Energy
by DV As an empath, you feel everyone else’s emotions. Your body functions like a vibrational instrument, like a drum vibrating in tune to other people’s thoughts and emotions. As an empath, you also absorb other people’s thoughts and feelings. This is why after you have a conversation with...