As an empath I am often asked about how I protect myself,  what the implications are for my relationships and how I cope with the different challenges this interesting ability brings. Much has been written on these topics so I would like to explore a universal approach to this phenomenon.

As the energetic beings that we are, we are constantly in interaction with the energies around us, be that other people, environments, animals or foods, just to name a few. We pick up on, resonate with and experience life in different ways through this interaction with our ‘external’ world and it is these very interactions that give us a greater awareness of who and what we are. If we existed alone in a vacuum, we would be unable to experience and continually define ourselves. Yet for many empaths, the ability to merge with other energies often results in exactly that – an inability to define oneself in relation to something else, because that something else becomes a part of you (your energy field) in that moment. Read more here…