Question of the Day: “How does being an Empath make me a better teacher?”

The answer here is simple. It makes me a better teacher in every way. Being able to feel other people’s emotions makes me better at navigating through a lesson. I can feel when I lose my class during a discussion. Or, even better, I can feel when I have their undivided attention. Their attention is…

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Question of the Day: “Are there different types of Empaths”

There are various types of Empaths. An Empath is a person who intuitively picks on various vibrations from people, objects, plants, animals, and places. Though most people don’t even know they are Empaths, the ones who do can be separated into three types. These types were created based on various strengths in specific areas, though…

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Question of the Day: “How can I be emotionally healthy when I’m an Empath?”

The current state of things makes it difficult to be an Empath. I struggle constantly with other people’s emotions. Many Empaths want to check out on their gift because it is just too much. The constant influx of other people’s fear and confusion really amps up my own. It often becomes difficult to tell where…

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Question of the Day: “What does it feel like when I do a reading of a person who is in denial?”

The people I read always give me permission to read them. Most of the time, they are not sure what to expect. Almost all of them end up crying. I often end up crying. Sadness is such a powerful emotion, and many people go out of their way to not feel their sadness. They bury…

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Question of the Day: “How do I even know I am an empath?”

My husband is my biggest skeptic. He believes I have an uncanny and amazing ability to read people and pick up the often imperceptible thoughts and feelings of others, but he refuses to believe there is anything special about that. “You are incredibly perceptive, Kelly,” he retorts. “But to date, you have not done anything…

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Friendship #101: How to create space like an Empath

My entire life has been filled with friendships. Many of my friendships are more than two decades old. The number of people I hold dear and consider my closest of friends is considerable. I am also aware of how rare this is. My friends are placed in various groups: high school friends, work friends, college…

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Question of the Day: “What can you take away from Don Miguel Ruiz’s four agreements?”

Today I am thinking heavily about the third agreement: “Don’t make assumptions.” Ruiz writes that we are living in a dream, and we turn this dream into a nightmare every time we assume what others are thinking or feeling about us. Oh, is this so true for me. My empathic abilities, which always enable me…

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Musing of an Empath: Feeling the Love

Today, I have decided to show up with love. Today, I made the conscious decision to reflect and radiate love as opposed to vacillate in anger and hate. Today, love and loving actions are my goal and these two things guide me through today. “I am willing to see things differently. I am willing to…

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Another Reading and the Empath

I really enjoy reading people. I like to have their feelings coursing through me like an electrified metal. It is a weird mix of pleasure and pain. My shoulder feels like it is catching fire and my left arm heats up with such intensity. I can also feel it in my eyes. I feel like…

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Gender Differences: An Empath’s Perspective

It’s been about ten years that I have been reading people and feeling their feelings.  I’ve felt the pain of losing a child, the fear of losing the ability to hear, and the happiness of a new love.  It has all taught me so many things. It feels like women and men do have the…

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