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.
Empath Tip #3: You are allowed to take care of yourself.
One thing I talk about a lot is what I call "hyper-responsibility syndrome," and it is something exclusive to empaths.
What's hyper-responsiblity syndrome, you ask?
Well, it's that sense that you are personally responsible for not only every bad thing that could every happen in the world, but that you are also responsible for fixing every bad thing in the world, and that you always have to be alert that some bad thing MIGHT happen at some point in the future that you might need to do something about because, if you don't you'll be responsible for not seeing that bad thing coming and not doing anything to stop it.
Whew.
Being sensitive is strong. Own that you are an empathic badass.
There isn't an empath that doesn't bear the scars of the many horrible things we've been called. Of course, because we truly DO feel everything and we truly DO take everything to heart, this can impact us at such a deep level that we take their perspective on who we are as truth. Because of that, we try to hide the depth of our feelings, and we shove the pain we are sensing deep down within. And, we often get sick from this - powerful emotions have a tendency to make us sick if we try to deny them after all.
It's time to stop feeling shame because you feel so much. It's time to stop feeling like you are weak because you care.
Are you an Empath? Take the empath test and find out now.
I always knew I was different in how deeply I felt emotions.
The Mind-Body Reason the Pandemic is Giving You SO Many Headaches
Have you had more headaches since this pandemic started? Have you wondered if there's a connection?
I can tell you that there definitely is! The specific type of headache pain you are experiencing can tell you a lot about what your body is trying to tell you in how you feel about the pandemic and any other stressors in your life.
Are you an empath with stomach pain? You probably need to shield.
If you are an empath and you're not shielding, you are walking around absorbing all the fear, happiness, pain, joy, anger, hope, and everything in-between.
It's A LOT.
If you get a lot of stomach aches, that's often because your empath core is unprotected.
Empath Tip #2: Sometimes you can't save the one you want to.
There is someone in my life that I would like to save. I'd like to pull this person out of their circumstances, show them how loved they are, and help them restart a life on their own.
I want them to believe in themselves like I believe in them.
I want them to have the kind of love in life that they truly deserve.
I want them to have things that make them happy, just for themselves, not for anyone else, and not because someone else told them that it was (or was not) okay to have them.
Your body is telling you what is off. Let me help you translate it.
I'll never forget the moment a doctor told me, "Well, now you've got chronic fatigue. It's incurable; you'll have to live with it."
It wasn't entirely surprising to me; I'd been working myself over 100 hour weeks even after being diagnosed with mono and told to take 6 weeks off. Instead, I'd taken only a half day off and just kept going.
And now, I'd finally hit a wall. I'd be able to do something for an hour, then I'd have to lay down for the rest of the day.
It. was. AWFUL.