Showing posts with label Empath. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Avoid the News

Avoid the News

A Message from The Collective

Channel: Caroline Oceana Ryan
Posted on January 30, 2025

 

 

Avoid the News, Empath! Keep your energies higher than that!
Especially if you’re an empath, it’s crucial now to release the habit of being over-informed.
It’s easy to be manipulated by the lower energies of most news reports.
So let the news cycle go, and open to receive the Love and support shared from the beautiful beings of the Collective in their latest Message to Lightworkers:

This week’s guidance from the Ascended Masters, Archangels, Star Nations families, Earth elements, Fae elders, Angelic legions, Dragon tribes, and other Light Beings known as the Collective.

THE COLLECTIVE: Greetings, dear ones! We are very pleased to speak with you today.

And so, our writer has asked that we speak to the current situation on the Earth, as so much is happening now that feels to be disturbing or difficult as it reaches you in news reports, or online discussions or interpretations of what is going on now.

Many are online offering insights of one kind or another.

Much of it is the strictly “left-brain” viewpoint of modern journalism, which it must be said, is often a kind of storytelling based on false information or supposition, much of it based on “official statements” from the old power structure.

Some of what one hears online are messages received from psychics or intuitives. Some of it, very spiritually aware in essence.

And some of what reaches you is a combination of these.

And we would say, listen to your inner nudges, and respect the leanings of your own heart-space, friends, regarding what or how much to take in of this ongoing torrent of information.

Take in only that which flows positively with your energies and outlook, and leave the rest.

You will still receive enough information to know what is basically happening, yet will not be overwhelmed, or manipulated into feeling bad about life.

You may choose not to watch the mainstream or even the alternative news reports anymore, for example, if you feel your energetic vibration lowering as you do so.

This does not mean that you no longer care about other people, and what is happening in the world.

Most assuredly, you do care! You care greatly.

We see that in your heart-space.

And that sensitivity is a very great reason to guard your emotions and your mental focus from manipulation of any kind.

You may be aware of the spells that were long ago cast on your modern news media, to bring the vibration of the listener or viewer down to feelings of extreme passivity, sorrow, loss, even hopelessness.

You will need to retrain your thinking now, so as to choose only that news which you feel in your heart-space is honest and real, as well as encouraging, as your world is in many ways still steeped in third dimensional forms and vibrations.

We would also say, gather your own news!

As you get quiet and tune in inwardly, what are you feeling or sensing is happening on the Earth now?

As you tune into Lady Gaia Herself, and tune into these beautiful Golden Light particles flowing to Earth, affecting every living thing, and Ascending their frequencies to new and higher levels—what are you sensing?

Are you sensing the despair that the news reports often spark in the viewer?

Or are you feeling the aliveness of these Light particles, and the power of their Transformative presence?

Are you starting in some ways to remember lives in which you related to Nature as a collection of individual presences, roles, and personalities, all of them woven into one beautiful, shining fabric?

If you can find a bit of woods to hike in (weather permitting), or a patch of trees in a city park, or some plant or animal life on the land you live on—what do you sense there?

Right now, all of Nature is tuning in to the intergalactic messages and solar tonal vibrations being flowed to Earth and Her beings.

Nature’s beautiful living presences are rejoicing that their own prayers have been heard, and that their own voices of Creation (and yours) can now become stronger.

Much of this is palpable to the one who is willing to tune into it, and to rejoice at the New Life pouring in to everyone on Earth, whatever their circumstances.

You may have read how some of the contacts of the White Knights of the Ashtar Command at RainbowRoundtable.net, in their News Updates, speak of how “everything is getting better and brighter” on the planet.

Yet this realization is not easily reached by the one who is taken in by the dark presentations of the old order, in this great holographic field you live in.

This out-playing of thought and energy that most still take as “reality” is anything but, friends!

Yet your experiences and soul journeys are most assuredly real.

This is so, even if you rarely find time to laugh, or to enjoy the colorful brilliance of the flowers or fruits at the market, or do not see the miracles that are trees, small children, and animals.

If you will take a moment to breathe, to stop demanding that the world fix itself so you can feel better about it, something miraculous then has room to flow to you.

You may more feel than hear the tonal vibrations flowing to Earth now to lift every heart, illuminate every mind, detoxify every body.

You may become aware of the movement of many millions of ships—fleets of beings you call “ETs” (though some are family to you), and Angelics of every order, as well as Archangels and Ascended Masters, working constantly to steer the great ship you live on into a place of Peace and higher Light.

We are aware, of course, that many of you are stressed with work deadlines, family issues, health issues, bills to pay, and so on.

We are aware that you are not blissfully floating about some great starship and greeting old friends at your leisure—

Or are you?

Can you account for where your spirit and consciousness are, every moment of the night as your body is sleeping?

You cannot, for you do not see the colorful portals of Light you travel through in your spirit body each night, to meet your soul family, and to confer with them and others on your Earth mission.

You speak to them often about your soul growth in this Earth life. And where the Earth is headed now in those areas you are dedicated to assisting.

All things must change, dear ones.

So much is shifting now that does not speak to you only through your outer eyes and ears.

As you Ascend, you are regaining the ability to hear and to see inwardly, especially as you meet in meditation with your guides and higher self, your soul family, or any beautiful being of Light you wish to connect with.

Many of you are recalling the lives in which you connected easily with the Faery realm, or a Dragon friend, or spoke inwardly with animals.

Or with trees, and heard their histories.

For trees are great storytellers. And all of their stories are real ones!

All of this is real, as well as the fact that you are greatly loved and assisted now by beings who have existed for thousands, even millions of years, and whose voices are available to you if you will listen.

For some, hearing inwardly is easily accomplished—they simply call on whomever they wish to speak with, ask their question, and listen as the answer comes forth.

Others receive information in outer ways—in symbols they might see or things they read, or comments in conversation that seem to be sheer coincidence, yet they know in their heart that this is a message they are meant to receive.

Others will say to their Spirit team, “Just drop your guidance into my thinking! Infuse my thoughts with your wisdom.

“I’ll know it’s you. Those ideas will just feel Lighter, and will bring me some form of Peace I didn’t have before.”

Others receive images or messages in dreams, through oracle cards, through automatic writing or drawing—choose what you feel most comfortable with, dear ones!

But open to this higher wisdom as your new “news report,” and the one most applicable to your life.

Affirm aloud now if you wish, “I AM open to receiving Divine Knowing and Divine Wisdom at all times!”

And release the obsession with receiving information outwardly, as if that were the only way to learn about something.

As a baby, you had no faculty for such—yet look at how quickly you learned so much, and mainly from your intuition and very open connection to this Universe!

You may know the beautiful old reminder, “Listen! The Earth is singing.”

Remind yourself of this often, for indeed the Earth is singing!

And cease to crown as king or queen of your thoughts and emotional vibration anyone with a microphone or a news desk who seems to speak authoritatively on something you feel you know little about.

You know more than they do, friends! Believe us as we say that.

Because your gaze is lifted far higher than that narrow sliver of false or misleading information that the old power structure allows them to share with you.

They have no authority. All of that is yours now.

And so, will you rejoice in that, and treat all, including yourself, with great kindness now?

Your leadership as a Being of Light and higher Love is much needed, and irreplaceable in your Ascending world.

Move into that space, and give Thanks, even when all your “modern world” training says that is nonsense.

You have outgrown them.

We send much Love, dear ones—you are much further down the path than you can imagine!

All Is Well.

Namaste! We are with you, always.

Caroline Oceana Ryan

Copyright Caroline Oceana Ryan 2025
 
 
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Friday, July 19, 2024

Vibrational Co-dependency

Vibrational Co-dependency

By Matt Kahn

Posted on July 19, 2024 by 


As an energetically-sensitive empath, I spent the majority of my childhood confusing my personal feelings with the experiences of others. It was common for me to believe I wasn’t liked or “good enough”, since the emotional discord I sensed in others was interpreted as their opinion of me.

This led me to always trying to cheer people up, hoping to improve their opinion of me. While spending many years in “vibrational co-dependency”, it became common to identify with the patterns of fear woven throughout the collective, as if I had fears of my own.

Whether it was the fear of rejection, the fear of not measuring up, the fear of abandonment, the fear of my own personal power, I spent many years getting to know fear as a daunting teacher of higher learning. Even though I’ve been divinely guided by my intuitive connection to the Universe, I was never spared of learning all that I came to know for the benefit of every heart I am here to serve.

My intuition didn’t spare me a moment of fear. It merely pointed my attention toward evidence and possibilities that became the insights that evolved my consciousness. I didn’t overcome fear through a bold declaration. Instead, I spent so much of my upbringing in fear that it eventually had no power over me. I was simply too curious of each “what if” to ever remain frozen in victimhood. I began to see that fearing an outcome didn’t determine whether or not it occurred.

99% of everything I’ve ever feared never came true. Even the things I feared that did occur – never usually happened in as scary or painful of a way as I was convinced would play out. Even when something scary I thought would happen actually came to be, life moved me forward in a direction that was somehow better than however things were before.

No matter how entrenched I was in believing how anything was bound to occur, my thoughts and commitment to believing in worst case scenarios never brought any of it to life.

I began to see how each outcome was bound to occur in a way that was governed by a higher force of reality. Since that force was alive, conscious, and intelligent, I honored it with value, which allowed me to see from a very early age that everything happens to create greater value in our journeys of growth.

I didn’t always like what happened, but I was never without a deeper knowing that it’s happening for my benefit, whether or not I knew what each benefit was.

Over the years, fears would orbit my field on a more infrequent basis. It began feeling like reuniting with a precocious long-lost friend, instead of the source of my pain. Each time it came around, I knew it would leave me stronger and more rooted in clarity than before, whether I bought into each fearful possibility or watched it pass.

As I evolved, I learned how to sense other people’s experiences without making it into ideas about me. This prepared me to hone my intuitive skills in service to humanity through the offering of my heart-centered teachings.

While I credit my curiosity to moving me out of the grip of fear by playing out each horrific vision until it all dissolved into light, I equally honor fear for cultivating my deepest humility and respect for the gift of life, no matter how characters act or whatever comes to be.

May we join together as a community of heart-centered consciousness to honor fear as a daunting and relentless catalyst of evolution that activates our greatest strengths and infinite depths of courage, simply by enduring and surviving life’s most intimidating uncertainties.

Rather than viewing fear as the opposite of love, may we aim our love to all the parts in ourselves steeping in fear, as a way of reclaiming our personal power and developing the worthiness to shine our light brightly. As always, the parts in ourselves that receive more loving attention help to unravel the unconscious programs throughout the collective for the wellbeing and liberation of all.

Dearest fear, I spent most of my childhood in your presence and I believed each and every frightening possibility you expressed until I saw the perfection of destiny that our personal will can claim, but cannot alter or deny. Thank you for helping my love to become as unconditional as possible, as I dared to support and embrace the one who either waited for bad things to happen or good things to go. Thank you for introducing me to my deepest vulnerabilities, as my core strength instead of my deepest weakness.

Thank you for showing me that no matter what happens, life always expands in better ways and everything always works out, whether anyone believes it or not. I have no interest in pushing you away, but I sense that your mission is to return to the love you feel separate from, which is why you are always rooted in worrisome perspectives.

As life’s eternal liberator that you have helped me realize that I AM, I free you from the plight of your own victimhood and offer you permission to return home to the light of your highest truth. Thank you for every gift you’ve ever offered me. I set you free.

Perhaps this moment reminds us how the mastery of fully embodied awakened consciousness has nothing to do with how often we fear, but how instinctively we respond with love to whatever arises. It’s never a matter of loving the situations you are in or the conduct of any character, but embracing the vulnerabilities, worries, pain, doubts, and conflicts that each moment inspires in you.

Whatever arises, love that part of you who has a right to feel and think exactly as you do.

Whatever arises, love that. You are that. That is what you are.

Matt Kahn



P.S. I’m very excited to announce that we have a brand new website! I’m so incredibly grateful for all the creativity and love my team has put into this project. I invite you to explore it here, and let us know what you think!

Thursday, February 22, 2024

What Does it Feel Like to be in the Akashic Records?

Love Notes from the Akasha:

What Does it Feel Like to be in the Akashic Records?

Brynne E. Dippell, Ph.D.

Posted February 21, 2024



It is my greatest honor and pleasure to be able to access the divine light and wisdom of the Akashic Records, for my own soul’s journey and for those of other people. There is absolutely nothing like it.

What does it feel like to be in the Akashic Records? It is truly divine. As I am saying the prayer to access the Records, there is a tangible shift in the energy from my everyday in-the-world awareness to something that feels more expansive. There is an immediate feeling of lightness of being followed by a whoosh! as the space around me gets bigger, and a sense of sparkle and magic comes in.

Once I’m inside the Akashic Records, there is a rush of energy as I feel myself attuning to the other person completely. It is as if I am experiencing their soul essence and what they feel as they are feeling it. It is a combination of light and spaciousness and incredible energy running through me.

Oftentimes there is a rush of words that want to be expressed right away. It’s almost as if I can’t stop them. The Record Keepers, the divine beings who watch over the Records and bring the information forward, want to acknowledge the person before me in their entirety, in their full beauty, and it is breathtaking. I feel love beyond words for every aspect of who they are, and I feel complete understanding, complete acceptance of them, in all ways. And in that space, I know absolutely that only love is real.

The Record Keepers seek to reflect back to the other person the magnificence of who they are and why they are here. They want them to know what their soul purpose is and how they have affected those around them. Although I have stepped back from my human personality to bring through the wisdom and energies, I am aware of feeling in awe and honored, too.

As questions are posed from the one who has come to receive the wisdom of the Record Keepers, it flows through me purely and smoothly without effort. Everything they wish to know, it is all right here. It is all expressed in the context of love. There is no judgment. There is no sense of right or wrong. There is a beautiful, peaceful neutrality, and the perfection of every choice and every action is immediately apparent. It all makes perfect sense. It’s all a part of the whole.

The Record Keepers always wish to communicate a deep sense of love and acceptance, for this is the truth. You can do nothing wrong. It’s all an act in a larger play. They wish to take the worry or concern out of the decisions that are made. You can’t get it wrong. They always wish to say there is only love. They indicate as well that so much of this was planned before we got here, and your task is only to feel into what is right, what makes you happy, what feels easy and smooth.

The light and magic of the energy is strong throughout, and I oftentimes have a sense of excitement and elation. As we speak, we may touch upon old core wounds, and there is an incredible compassion that comes forward. It is as if the Record Keepers are wrapping each one in a blanket of love and soothing their heart.

Anything that needs to be resolved, it can flow up and out, and through divine grace be fully released. Then, we get to create the new. The Record Keepers say, “This is the fun part.” We get to breathe in the new patterns in an active process of co-creation. We fill the spaces of past experience with the diamond light of what we wish to have now. They say again, “This is the fun part. This is the creativity. It is here that the new beginnings truly start.”

As I close the Records, there is a sense of a gentle return to earth. All the love is still there, while there is a quieting, and the beautiful sense of union with the soul before me begins to recede. I notice the Record Keepers always leave a lot of love in the space we have created together.

The energy of love persists after we close the Records, even if the words we shared do not remain in my conscious mind. There is a sense of upliftment that fills the day, like a mild sunshine. I notice the quiet satisfaction the Record Keepers have in being able to assist in this way. It is as if they are saying, simply, “Good work was done today.”

When I emerge from the Records at the end of the day, everything is filled with light. I feel uplifted. The energies dissolve, but the love remains. Always, the love remains.

The ability to access the Akashic Records for ourselves is a gift that everyone possesses. It is your birthright, and a skill that can be nurtured and refined. To be filled with the light and love of the Records for upliftment, insight, and sweetness is like no other experience I know. Please take a gentle breath in and meet me in the field of love today. :)


Blessings,

Brynne


The Illumined Heart, Inc.
Spiritual Guidance for Heart & Soul
ⒸBrynne E. Dippell, Ph.D. 2024



Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Love Notes from the Akasha: My Story

Love Notes from the Akasha:

My Story

Brynne E. Dippell, Ph.D.

Posted February 20, 2024



I’m often asked what brought me to working with the Akashic Records, and I would like to share my story with you today.

As a child, I was sensitive, intuitive, and always a little bit different. :) The universe was alive and spoke to me in so many ways. A shy young girl, I spent much time alone or in the company of my animal companions, where I felt accepted and understood.

I'm an empath by nature, and as I grew, I was drawn to deeply connecting with people and listening to the stories of their lives. One of my greatest joys was bringing out what is best in others and helping them find their own beauty. In my path of service, I was first drawn to psychology. I received my Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. in the field. I loved the depth and intimacy of working with people in this way. After I completed graduate school, I was offered a counseling position at a local community clinic, and I happily accepted.

I had been seeing clients at the clinic for several years when my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. My parents divorced when I was young, and he had always been more of a good friend than a father. We were very close.

The cancer was advanced when it was detected, and there was nothing to be done. My father died five weeks later. It was shocking and heartbreaking. Losing him so unexpectedly changed me.

Within days of his passing, my father started coming to me. I began hearing messages and having unusual, visionary dreams. He would appear before me, still wearing his hospital gown. Here I was, practicing full-time as a traditional psychologist, and my deceased father was showing up in my living room.

At the same time, all kinds of strange energetic phenomena started happening: one line of a song would repeat over and over on the radio when I got into my car, feathers, coins, and symbols were showing up everywhere. Even though I had been intuitive throughout my lifetime, everything was amplified. While I knew this meant my father was alive and well on the other side, at the same time, it was scary.

I share this because many people have this experience when the spiritual world starts breaking through. It can be unnerving. These experiences compelled me to engage in a deeper exploration of my spirituality, looking for answers, as the veil between the two worlds thinned rapidly for me.

Meanwhile, I continued working as a psychologist at the clinic. Within weeks, the clients who came to me began describing spiritual experiences that did not fit within the bounds of traditional psychology. They were fascinating and profound. One Tuesday afternoon my client Annie came in, and life changed forever.

That day, Annie told me a very moving story that had taken place a few years earlier. She had experienced a lot of trauma and abuse in her early years and lived a very painful, challenging life. One night, overcome by pain, Annie decided to commit suicide. At midnight, she walked quickly to the end of a local pier, paused for a moment, and jumped off. As she slipped into the dark, icy cold water, Annie prepared to let go of life.

Suddenly, a strong light surrounded her, and she heard a voice say, "It's not your time to go." Disoriented, Annie didn't know what was happening, but felt what she described as a warm blanket of love surrounding her. She heard the voice again, louder, "It's not your time." Out of nowhere, a hand firmly grasped her shoulder and pulled her up to the surface and to shore. She crawled out of the water and looked around for her savior, but the beach was empty.

Somehow Annie knew she had been in the presence of an angel. Stunned, she collapsed to the sand and wept. She had always felt unwanted and uncared for, as if she didn't matter. To have an angel come to her at the lowest point in her life and pull her to safety changed everything in an instant. We were both deeply moved in the telling. 

A few days later, as part of our weekly case consultation meeting, l told the story to my supervisor at the clinic. I was still profoundly affected by it. My supervisor looked at me and said, "Brynne, you've got to figure out what hat you’re wearing. You've got the psychology hat, and you've got the spiritualty hat. You can’t wear both of them at the same time.”

He went on to explain that Annie had simply made up the angelic rescue story in response to her unconscious wish for an idealized father figure to save her. As I listened, I felt something change deep inside of me. I slowly walked out of his office, and it dawned on me I probably could not continue to do this work. I no longer believed psychology was the ultimate explanation.

Within a few weeks, I left the agency. I lost everything – my practice, my home, my friends. My family thought I was crazy. I even lost my own identity. It was a very confusing and painful time.

Ultimately, it took about two years for me to give up the idea of who I thought I was going to be as a professional psychologist. After I let go, I started doing spiritual counseling and energy healing, which felt much more aligned with what I came here to do. Eventually, I found a mentor who taught me to access the Akashic Records for myself and other people, and everything took off from there.

As much as I was helping people in a very real and heartfelt way as a psychologist, I wasn't in alignment with my soul. These two events - my father's passing and the supervisor’s admonition – were my cosmic wake up call. Everything changed.

Since then, I’ve had the gorgeous good fortune to be in the Akashic Records every day, accessing their light and wisdom and feeling their love and healing energies. I get to help people blossom in ways that are beyond anything I could have ever imagined.

I now open the Akashic Records on a daily basis to access divine wisdom for insight, for writing, and for healing. My life has changed in every possible way as a result. I have the richness of the universe available at all times, offering me clear guidance on how to live an uplifted, inspired life, full of possibility. I experience ever deeper gratitude and appreciation for the people closest to me. I am living in full alignment with my soul’s divine purpose.

Best of all, I know I am held in an ocean of love, always.

And now, I am delighted to guide other people to learn to access the wisdom and healing energies of the Akashic Records, so they may experience all of this, too.

It is my greatest honor and pleasure to be able to share the special magic of the Akashic Records with you. Thank you so much for hearing my story. :)

Much love,

Brynne


The Illumined Heart, Inc.
Spiritual Guidance for Heart & Soul
ⒸBrynne E. Dippell, Ph.D. 2024



Sunday, January 7, 2024

6 Triggers for Empaths and How to Protect Yourself

6 Triggers for Empaths and How to Protect Yourself

By Janey Davies, B.A. (Hons)

Posted on January 7, 2024
 
 


Empaths are highly sensitive people who can tune into other people’s feelings. Often called emotional sponges, empaths feel another person’s distress as if it were their own. They can easily burn out, becoming overwhelmed as they soak up emotional baggage. But what triggers an empath? Are certain situations more likely to provoke a response than others? Here are 6 triggers for empaths.

6 Triggers for Empaths

1. Death

One of the biggest triggers for empaths is death. Losing a loved one is devastating for everyone, but death is a huge trigger for empaths, whether the empath is grieving for their own loss or supporting someone.

Some are afraid to grieve or acknowledge the loss because they fear falling into a deep depression. The worry for empaths is that they’ll tap into these all-consuming feelings of devastation and they won’t be able pull themselves out.

However, it is necessary for empaths to experience grief so they can process the feeling of loss.

2. Being misunderstood


Empaths are authentic, understanding people who value sincerity. They often open up and reveal their own vulnerabilities to help others.

Being misunderstood is triggering for empaths because they are so honest. They’re always genuine, so to be misunderstood is heartbreaking for them. They assume people know they are not putting on an act or presenting a false front.

If this is triggering for you, try re-framing the situation; for example, change the perspective of your relationship with others. Stop seeing one as the victim and the other as the villain. Once we change the energy around the situation, it allows healing to take place.

3. Fake people or situations

Another trigger for empaths is fake people. It’s why empathic people find small talk so challenging.

Empaths are self-aware and know their strengths and weaknesses. They never hide one or exaggerate the other. You rarely see empaths posting dozens of gurning selfies on social media because they don’t need to live up to the fake hype of a perfect life.

However, this expectation of presenting a false front is also triggering. There’s an unspoken pressure to conform and be inauthentic on stage. Empaths fall into this trap as they strive to fulfill others’ needs.

If you’re triggered by fake people or situations, give yourself permission to sit in the audience, quietly clapping but not being part of the performance. And don’t forget, you can leave.

4. Helplessness

Empaths have an ingrained sense of responsibility to help others; whether this is people, animals or situations. But of course, they can’t help everyone. Charity adverts asking for donations trigger empaths because they want to help end suffering. The world’s atrocities often go unnoticed by others, but not empaths.

You have finite resources and there’s only one of you. Learn to protect, develop, and use what energy you have in the right places. You do not have unlimited energy. Remember, step away when you need to.

Otherwise, you’ll burn out and be no use to anyone. I would also add, be wary of manipulators who are happy to lead a parasitic life with sensitive people like you.

5. Over-commitment/Letting people down

This trigger for empaths follows on from helplessness. In the quest to be whatever others need, empaths often over-commit and then feel a dreadful sense of guilt when they can’t deliver what they’ve promised.

Empaths will always say yes, to their own detriment. They can get lost in other people’s narratives and neglect their own needs. But empaths sometimes need help too. Likewise, an empath feels obliged to accept an invitation and hasn’t got the energy or inclination when the time comes.

This is a trigger for empaths, as they hate to disappoint people.

To overcome this, think of yourself as the protagonist in your own story, rather than a character in someone else’s. You are as valid as anyone else, and there will be times when you are the most important person and times when you take a backseat. You don’t always have to put your needs last.

6. Being called different


Many empaths are introverted, solitary people who need time and space alone to recharge their energy. They are not at their best in crowds (I mentioned small talk is difficult for them) so they’ll be reluctant to attend large gatherings. They think on a different level than everyone else.

We label people who are different weird and ostracize them. Empaths have a few close friends, rather than a wide circle of acquaintances. They are better at one-on-one conversations than flitting from person to person. It’s hard for empaths, after all, we’re all supposed to be social butterflies these days.

Perhaps you are the black sheep of your family and you’ve never understood why, but it is triggering for you. It is OK to be different. And you are not alone; there are many more people like you out there.

What to Do If Something Triggers You as an Empath?
Where does the trigger come from?

My favorite saying about empaths is ‘You can’t pour from an empty cup.’ It is important to recognize triggers for empaths and work through where they originate from. Perhaps something in your childhood makes you susceptible to certain situations, or maybe you have always been a people-pleaser?
Look after yourself

Acknowledge you feel others’ pain, and that is a wonderful gift. However, you must take time to recharge yourself. Accept there will be times you don’t have it in you to help, and you cannot help everyone, or please everyone.

What do people really want from you?

Frequently, people just want someone to listen to them. When you allow a person to verbalize their worries, they can work through them. Don’t feel you always have to come up with solutions. Appreciate that we are all on different journeys and it’s not up to you to figure out someone’s life.

If something triggers you, imagine observing at a distance and thinking objectively, rather than getting embroiled in other people’s problems.

Final Thoughts

There are many triggers for empaths, but remember, it is not your responsibility to make other people feel happy, relaxed, or comfortable. Empaths are acutely self-aware, so why not use your triggers to further your own self-development?

References:

Janey Davies
 
 
Sub-editor & staff writer at Learning Mind
Janey Davies has been published online for over 10 years. She has suffered from a panic disorder for over 30 years, which prompted her to study and receive an Honours degree in Psychology with the Open University. Janey uses the experiences of her own anxiety to offer help and advice to others dealing with mental health issues.
 
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