This interview is with Lauren Sapala, a writing coach who specializes in personal growth and artistic development for introverted intuitive writers. She is the author of The INFJ Writer and currently blogs on writing, creativity and personality theory at www.laurensapala.com. She lives in San Francisco. I learned a lot from this interview, and I think, you will too! […]
Being an Emotional Empath
When we talk about being an emotional empath, often times the conversation online is focused on setting intentions and visualizing ourselves being surrounded by a bubble, maybe of white light that protects us. While intention is important and I believe that intention works in many ways (for example: when we do a meditation and send love or good thoughts to someone and they respond in kind the next time we meet them), when it comes to taking on stuff energetically from others, I think working on our boundaries is essential.
It is something we neglect when we focus exclusively on working with intention. Maybe because it can be hard to do, especially if we haven’t learnt about good boundaries while growing up.
This week, I want to share some passages from Sonia Choquette’s book True Balance. Sonia’s approach is grounded and practical, and her stories might help you think about what it really means when we have an overly empathic heart.
Highly Sensitive and Anxious? An Insight that Might Help
Like many other highly sensitive people, I am prone to over-thinking. Worry was my constant companion for years. A lot of it was the after-effects of trauma. I tried to think my way through situations, control things even before they happened in an effort to protect myself.
Over the years, I have done enough inner work to find my way through that paralyzing anxiety and fear. But even today, over-thinking and worrying are a part of my life. The feelings are not as intense, but they are there. I know anxiety comes in many different flavors and for many different reasons. There are the illusory fears that my mind creates that I need to get rid of. There are fears that have a basis in truth. I need to see what they are pointing to.
Highly Sensitive People and the Need for Beauty
If you are a sensitive soul, you probably have a deep need for beauty. You are nourished by every experience that seems to touch the edges of mystery. The same high sensitivity that can sometimes feel so hard and painful then becomes a portal into the deep rhythms of the world.
But, and this is a big but, having a need for beauty can sound superficial. It goes against a lot of the puritanical conditioning we are fed. We are supposed to work hard, with our noses at the grindstone. Hankering after beauty feels like such a waste of time. Is it even a real need? […]
Are you a highly sensitive person who finds it hard to meditate?
What we sometimes think of as meditation – bringing the attention to the breath, being a silent witness to our thoughts, is often hard to do. It seems like another thing to strive towards, and to maybe fail at, and then feel bad about. Sometimes, when we looking for ways to quiet our mind or to calm down, what we are looking for is some comfort and compassion.
Many of us find that hard to give to ourselves.
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