What is an Empath?
The terms ‘empath’ and ‘highly sensitive person’ (HSP) relate to a type of neurodiversity, which includes approximately 15% of the population. Empaths have a unique ‘brain wiring’ which helps them ‘read’ subtle cues in body language and the environment. This makes them gifted in sensing how other people are feeling, so they can respond helpfully to what is most needed. While this is balanced with self care and awareness, empaths have much to contribute towards others, animals and our planetary healing. However, when it feels like a gift that can’t be switched off, or turned down, empaths can feel drained of energy quickly and need recovery time to re-charge their energy.
Over Giving as an Empath and the Impact on Their Energy
Empaths are some of the kindest, most giving people and their innate empathy brings many gifts, including a desire to help others and contribute towards a better world. However, it’s common for empaths to over empathise with the suffering of others, becoming confused about their own energetic boundaries and those of others. This is especially true when empaths are in survival trauma, as this impacts their sensitive nervous system and empathetic pathways.
Empaths can also unconsciously ‘take onboard’ the emotions of others, in an attempt to alleviate unease and try to process any discord through their own energy system. This impacts how their own energy flows, causing them to feel overwhelmed and depleted.
When we try to transform other people’s emotions for them in an attempt to make them feel better, we are essentially holding energy frequencies in our system that that don’t belong to us. We can’t change the choices of others and take away their learning and growth, no matter how much we desire harmony. When we have clear boundaries and look after our own resources, we are more effective and can help others from a balanced place of resilience within ourself.
If this resonates with you, you can find out more about how we can work together.
You may also be interested in my blog post “Empaths and Toxic Relationships”.
Why Energy Clearing and Protection is essential for Empaths
Everything that exists is made up of energy and interacts with the energies around it, so we all ‘pick up’ energy from people, places and objects. Cleansing our aura regularly helps to keep our energy clear so we feel energised, healthy and positive.
We all clean our bodies, shower, put on clean clothes etc, but most people aren’t aware that every aspects of our lives are reflected in our energy bodies, or Aura. Our aura also benefits from clearing and protection from the ‘elements’. This is similar to us putting on a coat before we go outside to protect us from the weather.
What is Energetic Protection?
It shields and clears the energy bodies from dense energies that can accumulate and drain our vital life force energy. There are many methods of actively using intention to protect, ground and clear our energy bodies.
If you feel this relates to you, we can look at more effective ways of clearing, grounding and protecting your energy field and explore deeper patterns that maybe contributing to any imbalance, so you can strengthen and maintain your energetic boundaries.
