by Helen | March 5, 2021 | empathy, energy, self care
I discovered that being able to manage my energy is the key to coping with the effects of being an empath. The better you are at managing your energy, the better you will be at managing your empathy. One of the effects of absorbing other people’s emotions and taking...
by Helen | February 28, 2021 | Boundaries, empathy
So, you’re an empath. Hi, me too! I spent my earliest years taking on everyone else’s problems, feeling their pain and sadness and worrying about fixing it for them. Not just friends or family members but random people I’d stand next to on the bus or in a shopping...
by Helen | February 21, 2021 | empathy
As women, there are times when we nurture and nourish and protect. We see things from other people’s perspectives. We are referees between warring parties. We play devil’s advocate. But there are other times when we just can’t be done with it and we want to walk away....
by Helen | February 13, 2021 | empathy
I know I have Empathy, But Am I An Empath? Being an empath typically refers to those who have a very high level of empathy. They are like emotional sponges, taking on the feelings of others’ and often feeling them viscerally within themselves. This is called somatic...
by Helen | February 7, 2021 | empathy
There’s a lot of talk about being an empath, but what is empathy and why is it important? Both the Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries define empathy as: “the ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imagining what is would be like in that...
