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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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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Faith and the Empath
“Oh, but I need some time off from that emotion Time to pick my heart up off the floor Oh, when that love comes down without devotion Well, it takes a strong man, baby But I’m showin’ you the door ‘Cause I gotta have faith I gotta’ have faith” -George Michael Even to the devout,…
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Looking for the Signs
Yesterday, my friend showed me something. Two weeks ago her mother-in-law passed away. My friend has been grappling with mourning her death because she struggled with dementia for twelve years. The last six years, her mother-in-law has been unresponsive. She has been unable to swallow properly for the last year. Everyone prayed for her to…
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Satisfied Saturday
When I see the word “satisfied”, I think of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. In Baz Luhrmann’s version of the Shakespeare classic, Leonardo DeCaprio (aka Romeo) stands against Tybalt. Juliet’s fiery cousin feels as if Romeo has dishonored the Capulet family by entering their big bash the night before uninvited. Only Romeo knows that hours before…
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Fortuitous Friday
Ah…alliteration. It was not easy to come up with an “F” word that could carry me through this last day of the work week. There were a few words that start with “F” for today, but I wanted to remain positive. I finally settled on this one. The definition of fortuitous is “happening by a…
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Thankful Thursday
My intention for this Thursday is to be thankful. Thankful for the big things. Thankful for the little ones too. I am currently sitting at the dentist. My 12 year old is getting his braces off today. I am thankful for a nice day off to spend time with him and just catch up. I…
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Monday, Monday…Can’t Trust that Day…
I have always loved this song by the Mamas and the Papas. What a great band with such troubled lives. As I sit here and write this, I am by a window that is letting in the first new rays of sunlight. The sky is streaked with blues and pinks and salmon colored clouds. On…
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Filling the Silence
Much of the time, I am trying to fill the silence. There has been a lack of silence in my life. My family growing up consisted of three male siblings. My father is a very loud man. We used to joke that to be heard in our house, we had to yell. Noise was a…
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The Wandering Empath 