That’s where addictive habits can become a huge difficulty. It’s all too easy to begin overusing drugs, alcohol, sex. Really anything that suspends feeling or emotion and replaces it with euphoria or numbness. As an empath, you know just how fiercely you feel everything. Not only do you feel things that happen to you specifically, but you also feel everyone else’s emotions, too. Empaths rely on their keen sense of self and confidence to read people they encounter. When they meet someone who does not turn out to be as advertised, they’ll keep on walking. I Don’t Want to Be an Empath Anymore: How to Reclaim Your Power Over Emotional Overload, Maintain Boundaries, and Live Your Best Life Ora North has penned an instant classic. I Don't Want to Be an Empath Anymore is the kind of book you immediately feel understood by; the kind of book that feels so perfect and obvious, you're a little surprised it didn't exist before it did. I devoured it and then gave it to my favorite people, because I wanted them to feel understood too."

According to Merriam-Webster, catharsis is “b: a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension.”Your needs, wants, energy levels, and mental health will dictate what your personal boundaries are. When you follow them, you’ll be all the healthier and happier for it. Place that shield between you — your energy, feelings, emotions — and the energy of those around you.

Do you feel all the feels - all the time? Are you fed up with the mainstream spiritual "love and light" scene that calls for constant positivity, even in the face of true loss, trauma, and pain? If so, this book is for you. Compassionate people feel a strong desire to alleviate the pain of others. They want to help in any way that they can. Going into this book you have to have a very open mind because this is very much a New Age type of book. In this refreshingly honest guide, shamanic practitioner Ora North offers practical exercises to help you navigate your intuition and empathic sensitivities, create much-needed boundaries, and build confidence. You'll also learn to balance your emotions and energy, and harness the strength of your shadow side to embrace your whole self and live your best life. Their response is usually something like “but you’re always tired.” Or they advise me to get more sleep.The book explores the many experiences and feelings of empaths. It provides exercises and tools that help you navigate the following: The problem is that you, one person, can’t help everyone. An empath can feel the pain of every person they meet in their life, but they can’t help them all. Even if they want to. It’s so easy to get lost, overwhelmed, and have no idea what to do about it. The muddled confusion and mess of living in so many other people’s feelings can leave you with little energy to do anything about it. What I did take from this was the importance of recognizing, understanding, and embracing all of my emotions, past and present trauma, and needs. We currently live in a society that likes to push forced/toxic positivity, regardless of what may be going on in your life. I don't think it's acceptable for someone to tell me to be grateful and happy when I recognize names in obituaries almost weekly. Or being made to feel like the ongoing trauma I'm experiencing "isn't that bad" compared to something that happened 80 years ago. Or even if I didn't have stuff going on, I'm not going to be peppy 24/7; it's not my personality and I'm not going to change to make someone else feel better.

Ora North brings a raw and powerful look at the reality of being an empath. It’s not always glitter and unicorns; we must take a long, hard look at the wounds and shadows we hold; we must get real to heal. Ora skillfully guides us through this process so we can take off the spiritual mask and claim our true power as empaths.” There aren’t many, but there are a handful of people who you will meet (or have met) who can tell that you are extraordinarily empathetic. They sense your gift, your ability to understand and show compassion. Kathryn L. Robyn, healer, artist, author of Spiritual Housecleaning, and coauthor of The Emotional House“Ora North is the wise, witchy aunt I never had, who has arrived on the scene just when this heartbroken world needs her most. How I wish I could’ve read this bracing tonic of a book when I was sixteen, and so overwhelmed by confusing, painful emotions that all I could do was bury them. Ora reassures us in her straight-talking way that it’s never too late to witness and integrate our dark, scary feelings—and regain our equilibrium. Goddess bless her for doing this groundbreaking work, and for writing this compelling, enlightening book to empower sensitive souls like me!”Ora North is the wise, witchy aunt I never had, who has arrived on the scene just when this heartbroken world needs her most. How I wish I could've read this bracing tonic of a book when I was sixteen, and so overwhelmed by confusing, painful emotions that all I could do was bury them. Ora reassures us in her straight-talking way that it's never too late to witness and integrate our dark, scary feelings--and regain our equilibrium. Goddess bless her for doing this groundbreaking work, and for writing this compelling, enlightening book to empower sensitive souls like me!" I can't remember where I found out about this book, I think I just was googling about being an empath and it popped up. Kathryn L. Robyn, healer, artist, author of Spiritual Housecleaning, and coauthor of The Emotional House--Kathryn L. Robyn Grounding is a highly effective therapeutic tool that can be used in all kinds of situations by most anyone to help regulate their feelings.