Empaths / Highly Sensitive People Archives

10 Secrets of Loving an Empath

Empaths often have special challenges in intimate relationships because of their intense sensitivities. Intimacy stretches our hearts so that we...
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Raising Empathic Children

Empathic children have nervous systems which react more quickly and strongly to external stimuli including stress. Sometimes they feel too...
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9 Strategies to Cure Emotional Hangovers

Even though empaths may set excellent limits with energy vampires, it’s common for us to experience “emotional hangovers,” an energetic...
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How the Sandwich Technique Can Transform Your Relationships

The Sandwich Technique is a mindful, sensitive communication strategy which everyone (including sensitive people) can use to transform the relationships...
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The Power of Doing a Life Review

Each year, I like to do a thorough life review. My goal is to learn from my mistakes and successes...
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Embodying the Power of Love

December not only heralds the holidays but for many of us also the coming of winter. Winter is the season...
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Are You a Physical Empath?

Empathic illnesses are those in which you manifest symptoms that are not your own. Many patients have come to me...
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6 Survival Tips for Empaths

Being in crowds and around energy vampires can be very challenging, almost overwhelming for empaths. During times of stress their...
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Are You Attracted to Unavailable People?

In my books, The Empath's Survival Guide and The Power of Surrender I discuss how a soul mate must be...
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Are You In an Obsessive Relationship? Take this Quiz

As a physician, I've seen many patients who felt trapped in obsessive relationships. They can't stop thinking of someone. They...
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