What is the difference between having empathy and being an empath?
"Having empathy means our heart goes out to another person in joy or
pain," says Judith Orloff, MD. "But for empaths it goes much further. We
actually feel others' emotions, energy, and physical symptoms in our
own bodies, without the usual defenses that most people have." With The
Empath's Survival Guide, Dr. Orloff offers a practical tool set to help
sensitive people develop healthy coping mechanisms in our high-stimulus
world--while fully embracing the empath's gifts of intuition,
compassion, creativity, and spiritual connection.
This practical, empowering, and loving book was created to support
empaths and anyone who wants to develop their sensitivities to become
more caring people in an often-insensitive world. It helps empaths
through their unique challenges and gives loved ones a better
understanding of the needs and gifts of the sensitive people in their
lives. In this book Dr. Orloff offers crucial practices, including:
- Self-assessment exercises to help you identify your empath type
- Tools for protecting yourself from sensory overload, exhaustion,
addictions, and compassion fatigue while replenishing your vital
energy
- Simple and effective strategies to stop absorbing stress and physical
symptoms from others and protect yourself from narcissists and other
energy vampires
- How to find the right work and create relationships that nourish you
- How to navigate intimate relationships without feeling overwhelmed
- Guidance for parenting and raising empathic children
- Awakening the empath's gift of intuition and deepening your spiritual
connection to all living beings
For any sensitive person who's been told to "grow a thick skin," this
paperback edition of The Empath's Survival Guide is an invaluable
resource for staying fully open while building resilience, exploring
your gifts of depth and compassion, and feeling welcome and valued by a
world that desperately needs what you have to offer.
