The Founder’s Journal
Reflections on building a methodology, developing extraordinary practitioners, reducing unnecessary suffering, stewarding a movement, being authentic and courageous, and staying true to your mission.
As an empath, you feel the emotions of the world as your own.
One of the most difficult and debilitating things about being an empath is that you feel other's emotions as your own; it can be extremely difficult to be able to tell whether it's your emotion you're feeling or others emotions from around you.
You'll also notice that there are times when you wake up and just feel amped, worried, anxious, and on high alert. There won't be anything in your immediate world that's particularly disturbing, so it's hard to figure out why in the world you feel so "off."
Even strong people need support sometimes.
I remember a time when I was going through so much that I truly thought I would break. We had gone through our 4th or 5th failed adoption, and we had to put our beloved dog of 16 years to sleep due to an extremely fast-growing cancer that gave us just days to figure out what to do (and there was no treatment possible).
I am a person who tries to always see the bright side of things. I always look for the lesson. I always believe that even bad things are leading me to something better.
But, in that moment, I hit rock bottom. My faith shattered. My heart was broken in a way I felt was permanent. I had picked myself up and brushed myself off so many times, and I truly felt in that moment that I could not do it again. The weight of the sorrow of all of that loss was overwhelming.
Life is rough sometimes. You can still find happiness.
Let's just be real; choosing happiness can seem like a tall order, given the state of the world right now. So, when I talk about choosing happiness, let me be clear: what I mean is that you are choosing to find moments of joy, love, acceptance, and peace inside yourself, even with everything going on.
Believe me, I get myself in knots over all the pain in the world. I speak up on injustice when I see it. I worry over the wellbeing of literally everyone in the whole world. I bet you do, too.
It's seriously overwhelming. And, if I didn't take a moment to pull back, to disconnect, to recenter myself into my own reality, I would be completely burnt out (and I know of what I speak, because I've done it).
You are already connected to all you desire.
It's so hard to not get pulled into the world of comparing yourself, you life, and your success to others, particularly in the social media world. We look and all we see are the ways in which our lives are lacking, connecting ourselves with a constant stream of sadness, fear, and even self-loathing.
The truth is that we are connected to all we desire in this world, if only we look within and connect with that creative power within ourselves.
Why Setting Healthy Boundaries is SO Hard for Empaths - and How to FINALLY Get Some!
It's time to stop believing everything you've been told about you having to ALWAYS be there to constantly for anything anyone could possibly need. It's time to understand how to feel the discomfort of putting up a healthy boundary, and to put it up anyway.
Toxic Spirituality: Why "Forgive and Forget" Can be the Worst Kind of Gaslighting
Have you been told that you should just “be nicer” to someone who was abusive to you? Or that you are a bad person if you don’t want to accept someone back into your life after they’ve made decisions that were hurtful to you?
I’m over it. You should have healthy boundaries. People should be held accountable for the harm they have done. You are a good person if you can’t forgive someone.