Every human on this earth has needs. Maslow developed a whole hierarchy of them. We have a need for a certain amount of space in relationships, for emotional validation, for how we want to be treated and loved. We have a need to feel expressed, heard, understood by another and physically and emotionally free. Empaths…
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Projection is something that all empaths need to learn about. Many people argue all empathy is projection. Because we can never truly feel another person’s feelings, we can only feel our version of their feelings. Regardless of what we believe about empathy, understanding the role of projection is vital for every empath. What is psychological projection?…
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Our relationships can be beautiful or a mess, but one thing is for sure—we can’t get through life without engaging in them. It wasn’t until I experienced an unhealthy relationship that I realized the extent of its destruction. It wasn’t until I experienced a beautiful relationship that I realized how deeply it could change me for…
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In order to get anywhere in life, first, we have to understand exactly where we are. And that’s easier said than done because most of the time we either want to skip right ahead or avoid what’s true for us all together. I call it life reconnaissance and I like to do it every month—stop…
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I’ve been on a conscious journey as an empath towards wholeness for around five years now. At first, I dealt with all the big things—the traumas and triggers and healing the wounds of the past. Only recently have I dropped into the more subtle layers of unraveling my inner world and what I’ve found is…
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To truly meet ourselves is a beautiful thing. It’s when we can acknowledge our whole selves fully—our shadow and our light, our layers of conscious and unconscious thoughts and behavior, our compulsions, habits, traumas, crutches, needs, desires, fantasies—it’s when we have awareness of all these in ourselves and can meet (and love) our truth without running…
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A few weeks back, I wrote a post called The Empath & The Drama Triangle. After publishing it, people reached to me wondering what they could do about it. Luckily for us, a follow up to the drama triangle was developed and it was aptly named ‘The Winner’s Triangle.’ Here is my answer: The world of…
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The plethora of human drama in our world spans from conflict with ourselves to interpersonal relationships to all-out war. Drama grips all of us—it’s an undeniable part of the human condition we deal with in those around us. It’s best to learn as much as we possibly can about it, so save unnecessary confusion and…
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The greatest thing I ever did was to become empowered. It changed my life completely. I turned into a conscious, self-determining person who was able to empathize and share in another’s experience while knowing, cherishing and honoring myself and being fiercely committed to my own sustenance and growth. Since realizing my power, I no longer get…
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If you identify as an empath, then empathy is probably the way in which you relate to the world—the thing you ‘lead’ with. But I realized something interesting recently, after a big fight with my husband, about empaths and conflict: during conflict, which is an inherent part of all human relationships, I cant see to…
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