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Are you an empath? You’e not alone. There are techniques you can use to protect yourself against the onslaught of others’ energy. The key is in understanding exactly what is happening. 
Empathy, for an Empath, isn't simply about being sensitive to the emotions and emotional states of others and reaching out a helping hand to those people. It's about being hypersensitive to these things, sometimes to the point that other people's emotions can press in on the Empath so hard they want to shut themselves away from the world just to find some peace. Being an emotional sponge, that absorbs the emotional currents of those around them, positive and negative, can be a painful and debilitating experience. A Telesummit to Help Energy-sensitive People Understand Their Spiritual Role on Earth. The purpose of this telesummit is to explain the science of the earth's shift into higher consciousness and how this process is affecting empaths. A panel of eight experts will give you tips for getting free from detrimental energy and staying joyfully clear as you follow your spiritual path. 
This guided meditation was shared by an empath who wants to help other empaths learn how to shield themselves from absorbing unwanted energies.
This pink bubble of light guided meditation was shared by Nick, an empath who wants to help other empaths learn how to shield themselves from absorbing unwanted energies. Nicks says "As empaths, we can't cut ourselves off of ALL emotion from others. We need it. 
Empathy is being aware of and sensitive to the feelings of others. You can experience empathy with a person, an animal, a plant or even the earth. Using empathy as a psychic ability is an important part of being a healer. When you can resonate with what another person is feeling, you have compassion. Healthy empathy helps your rapport and ability to understand what someone is feeling or going through
Exercise: Using Empathy as a Psychic Ability. 
Empathy is the ability to feel the emotions or energy of other people. While everyone has the ability to feel other people, some are born a lot more sensitive than others. Generally, most light workers and starseeds are born with the ability of empathy. The ability of empathy can make the awakening process a lot more troublesome than it already is. Empathy can be troublesome because it makes it very easy for a person to fall into the energy or reality of others.
Some people feel they are overly empathic. They have difficulty discerning the difference between their own feelings and the feelings of others. They pick up on other people’s feelings even when they don’t want to. If you are having this kind of difficulty, it is important to learn how to ground and protect yourself. You might want to read my article called “Grounding” . It takes skill to be really empathic without going too far. Learning how to ground and protect yourself will help.
Exercise: Using Empathy as a Psychic Ability. 1. Imagine a friend is sitting across from you and your friend is feeling fine. You sense she is in a good space. 
If you’re an empath and work in an environment with other people, then this article is for you! For some background as to what an empath is, read these articles:
Being surrounded with stressed, anxious, angry, competitive or depressed co-workers can easily send empaths in a tailspin. Especially in cubicle-type environments. Some side effects you may experience include fatigue, periods of anger (and knowing it’s not your own) and depression. And sadly, feeling powerless in all of it. 
To whom it may inspire: I'd spent most of my life feeling a bit off. I was uncomfortable in crowds, more affected by emotion than others, afraid to sleep, and had an uncanny feeling of always knowing. Its amazing how the universe has a way of providing just what you need at the right time.
Recently I met Vanessa at April Glass during a mini psychic fair where she gave me an intuition reading and instantly I felt a connection. 
“I believe I am an empath,” she said. ” Can you help me?” I wasn’t sure I could, but I thought I could give it a try. She was, after all, my best friend. You might want to know what an empath is before I tell you the whole story. There was one on the original Star Trek series:
When the Enterprise stops by to pick up scientific staff Linke and Ozaba from the planet Menarian 2 (which is in orbit around a star which is about to supernova), Kirk, Bones, and Spock discover the station has been abandoned for three months. Here, they discover a timid, mute, woman and McCoy dubs her Gem. 
Empaths absorb the emotions and energy of others which can lead to emotional fatigue and physical symptoms of stress and exhaustion.
Empaths are considered to be those who possess the ability to feel the unspoken emotions of other people, often without conscious intent. Some empaths can also literally feel the symptoms of another person’s physical ailments as though they were their own. As a consequence, empaths can find themselves becoming emotionally overwhelmed and can begin to exhibit symptoms of depression, exhaustion, anxiety, and even chronic fatigue syndrome. |
Today I’ve decided to write an article about Empathy, which happens to be an ability that’s natural to me. It’s also one of the first abilities I have ever worked with and contrary to popular belief, empathy is an amazing tool when developed thoroughly!
Empathy is the art of feeling emotions, however, if developed thoroughly, it can grow and branch out into so much. You can learn about connections, and telepathy, those are usually the next two that happen, then you can move onto kinesis and other PSI and ESP abilities. The possibilities are endless and those who are blessed with this as a natural ability, not a power, are lucky in my opinion. Yes, it is possible to ignore your empathy, however, you can't simply just ignore it. Haha, huge contradiction there now!
by Srakaina 
There are two major ways that we feel empathy. Physical empathy is when we feel things that other people are feeling but we feel them in our bodies. That means when you are picking up something from someone you feel it in your body. Often, touch is required for this, but sometimes just physical proximity will do it....
Empaths who have strong physical empathy and don't learn how to release that energy often end up sick, with a string of health problems that don't really belong to them.
by Lisa Campion Pat and I discuss Empathy. This is the final episode in the Psychic Series.
Exercise: Using Empathy as a Psychic Ability. 1. Imagine a friend is sitting across from you and your friend is feeling fine. You sense she is in a good space. 
Catastrophic world events are affecting lightworkers--especially empaths--more and more as 2012 draws nigh. Many need help processing what they are experiencing. Help is on the way! Coming in September!
"Empaths Shifting into 2012: A Telesummit to Help Energy-sensitive People Understand Their Spiritual Role on Earth." 
Empaths have the ability to scan another's psyche for thoughts and feelings or for past, present, and future life occurrences. Many empaths are unaware of how this actually works, and have long accepted that they were sensitiveto others.
Empaths Sense Deep Emotions 
Empaths or hypersensitive persons are intune with vibrational frequencies. They are vulnerable to taking on emotional "gunk" belonging to others which can cause them to feel anxious, fatigued, overwhelmed, or hurt.
Below is a collection of flower remedies intended to help sensitive people release emotionally-charged energies and also shield themselves from picking up foreign energies in the future. 
To maintain it simple, Empathic Shock is very comparable to Medical Shock and frequently happens in comparable circumstances. A mundane human being experiences shock when they see, hear about or expertise a trauma in their lives, generally something Extremely traumatic has to occur to bring about shock.
With Empaths, it is more subtle and happens a lot more readily. The reason, Empaths find themselves far more avoidant and cautious towards actions that can trigger empathic shock. As any Empath who has experienced this form of shock will know, it can real life physical, mental and spiritual consequences and it is certainly some thing to be avoided whenever doable. 
Energy vamps gotcha down? Dr. Judith Orloff understands. The good doc (of the mind) has been featured on FinerMinds before, with great tips on how to avoid energy vampires. 
Empath means “becoming one”. Empaths have the ability to become one with something (humans, animals, crystals, environment, etc.) How would you describe the kind of empath you are?
Since childhood I’ve been able to connect with other people and feel what they are feeling, however animals seem to respond to my energy as well. I recall a particular incident when I was explaining to a rather high strung friend of mine that her energy was exhausting. To illustrate my point a puppy was jumping up and down next to her like it was on a trampoline (bing-bing-bing) yet when it crossed the room to me it settled down immediately putting its head on my lap and mellowing out. 
Empath means “becoming one”. Empaths have the ability to become one with something (humans, animals, crystals, environment, etc.) How would you describe the kind of empath you are?
In Emotional Freedom, I talk about an emotional type called an Emotional Empath. This is someone who is sensitive, loving, intuitive but they are an emotional sponge. They can absorb the stress and negative energy of the world into their own bodies and get exhausted. That’s why I’ve had to practice the strategies in the book in my own life to set clear limits and boundaries with people. How would you describe your most dominant empath skill? Sensing what people are feeling emotionally in my own body. 
On March 11, 2010, we posted our first piece about planetary empaths – those individuals who seem to have such a deep connection to the planet that they experience physical symptoms days and hours before a natural or manmade disaster. The day before, we had received emails from three women who didn’t know each other, but who commented on our blog, who were experiencing similar physical symptoms they believed were connected to an approaching disaster.
That’s how the term was born. Ever since, we’ve been trying to keep track of their symptoms and how close they occur to natural disasters. If you enter planetary empaths into the search box, you’ll get a list of the posts.
Symptoms of Empath Sickness:
The most common symptom of empath sickness is a fear of crowds, also known as agoraphobia. In the early stages of empath sickness will just be uncomfortable around crowds, and then later being noticeably agitated by them. As the agitation and discomfort get worse, th person may start actively trying to avoid crowded places, and this is the point where it really starts to affect their day to day life. At its worst a person may become terrified of crowds, and may be averse to any action that would put them into contact with a crowd. |
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