07/16/2023
Being an Empath is a gift and you can learn how to cultivate this ability and protect your own energy in the process.
Through my own experience as an Empath, I find that if I don’t protect myself around others I can often feel tired, drained and even at times irritable when I didn’t feel that way to begin with. Empaths tend to attract others who recognize (usually not conciously) an Empath’s ability to really listen and care. Empaths can literally feel what another is feeling and take it on as their own relieving the other of their pain. If an Empath is open, unprotected and doesn’t understand what’s happening they will absorb this energy. This will change the way the Empath feels. They will feel denser, their mood will change, their energy will shift and decrease. The other person will be grateful to the Empath for listening because they feel so much better, so much lighter. They may begin to seek out the Empath to share more of their hurts. Saying such things as “you are such a good listener” or “ I feel so much better when I talk to you”. Understand this isn’t usually intentional. The other person is not out to hurt the Empath. They just know they feel better when they talk to them.
As Empaths, we need to recognize when this is occurring, to learn to set boundaries and protect our energy. We don’t need to take on the energies of others. We can listen and empathize without taking on that person’s energy but it takes awareness and practice.
Empaths have a hard time setting boundaries because they don’t want to hurt another’s feelings (because they can feel them!) but it’s important for their our own well being or they will become dis-eased, tired and unable to help themselves or anyone else.
A few things I have learned is to always protect myself before I go out of the house. I smudge myself with Sage or Palo Santo, visualize the white light of protection around me, then zip myself up. My energy is secure and protected. Did you know an Empath can absorb someone’s energy just by walking by them? This is why this step is so important!
Another practice I do is when someone is sharing their hurts, I visualize pushing that energy to the light, to Source, not absorbing it. Other times I may set boundaries and not allow another to “dump” these energies in our conversations.
I have come to the understanding that Empaths have the ability to absorb and transmute these energies naturally and automatically to the light without the energies affecting them at all. We become like a conduit and transform the lower energies we experience to the light, to our Source. How beautiful is that!! ❤️
If you are an Empath, please share your experiences and insights so others can learn and develop this beautiful gift they’ve been blessed with. 🙏🏻