Empath

Thriving... Feeling... Experiencing... Immersing yourself in the emotions of others. 

That's what it means to be an empath. You have a unique ability to feel and care about someone else's emotions. Now, if you're thinking to yourself, "That's easy, everyone can feel bad for someone and care about what they are going through," think again. There's a big difference between empathy and being sympathetic towards someone else's plight. True, most people can feel shades of empathy every now and then, but empaths have a lot more emotional potential and sensitivity. If you feel sorry for a mother who is trying to calm her screaming toddler in a grocery store, what the empath feels is 10 times stronger than what regular people feel.

Am I an empath? Or a highly-sensitive person? That's a good question, one that many empaths themselves ask when they're still trying to figure out what is going on. Chances are if you clicked on this book, then you're one of the few people in the world with a special superpower. The ability to detect, read, and process and energy and the emotions of the world and the people around you is not an ability that many have. Which makes you a very special person indeed.

Being an empath can be a wonderful thing. You're a friend, a confidant, a healer, a helper a lover, a giver, a shoulder to cry on, a listening ear. You become so many things to so many people who come to learn on you and rely on you for support. You have the ability to literally walk a mile in someone else's shoes. No one can see things from someone else's perspective the way an empath can. But being an empath is not an easy job. It can be absolutely exhausting when you don't know the right coping mechanisms and techniques to deal with your ability. This is where this book comes in.

Being an empath can be both a gift and a burden at times. At its core, being an empath. The empath's ability changes the way they interact with people and places. This heightened sense of empathy is also the reason they can form strong bonds and relationships. What is it like to be an empath? Let's find out.