#1 Practice for Ending the Cycle of Toxic Relationships
Revised: August 16, 2025 Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. ~ Carl Jung Many empaths have a history of emotional abuse and find themselves years later in a cycle of choosing toxic relationships. These toxic partners will undoubtedly share certain toxic traits with the […]
Energetic Boundaries: How Empaths Can Stay Open Without Falling Apart
Revised: July 6, 2025 Boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, leading me to a sense of ownership. Knowing what I am to own and take responsibility for gives me freedom. ~ Henry Cloud Personal energetic boundaries are […]
The Empath Mentor: Guiding You in Navigating Your Sensitivity
Revised: July 6, 2025 Empaths are not meant to assimilate into the current world, rather we are meant to shine the light of love into the darkness of self-interest, greed, and power-over. ~ Laura Rowe, Empath Mentor If you are an empath or suspect you might be, then you understand the challenges that go with […]
What is an Empath?
Revised: July 6, 2025 Sensitivity is an empath’s navigation system, let it light your way! ~ Laura Rowe, Empath “What is an empath?” you ask. An empath is someone who experiences the world they live in deeply: they have heightened senses and perceptions allowing them to perceive people and situations with great detail. An empath is […]
Living in a Toxic Culture While Building Boundaries
Revised: July 7, 2025 “No society can understand itself without looking at its shadow side.” ~ Dr. Gabor Mate on toxic culture There is a lot of discussion about boundaries in the therapeutic community these days, especially for empaths, but what I find lacking from these discussions is the honest discussion of the toxic nature […]
Developing the Intuitive Mind
Revised: August 16, 2025 The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. ~ Albert Einstein The intuitive yes is hard to hear when you first begin to sharpen this skill. It is quiet but […]
You’re Not a Narcissist—You’re an Empath with Boundaries
Revised: July 7, 2025 Narcissists are masters of pathologizing your emotions. They convince you that your emotional reactions to the abuse are the problem, rather than the abuse itself. ~ Shahida Arabi, explaining how you’re not a narcissist Over the years, I have told countless clients, “no, you’re not a narcissist.” I understand the question, […]
Demystifying Shadow Work
Revised: July 7, 2025 Your Shadow isn’t a ‘thing’ or even a ‘place’ but a relationship that you have with certain parts of yourself that you’ve hidden. By improving this relationship, you can improve your life. ~ Oli Anderson on shadow work Spiritual teachers talk about shadow work in flowery language that confuses more than it illuminates. […]
Empaths, Mental Health, and Spiritual Awakenings
Revised: July 8, 2025 On Spiritual Awakening: “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.” ~ Swami Vivekananda The Overlap between Empathic Sensitivities, Mental Illness, and Spiritual Awakening After 11 years of listening to empaths share their […]
Empathic Merging
Revised: July 8, 2025 On empathic merging: “As empaths, we are not here to be sponges or enablers. We are here to be helpers, guides, and supporters.” ~ Aletheia Luna Narcissists, Soulmates, and Owning Your Energy In a previous post, The Energy of Boundaries, I explained that empaths merge unconsciously with everyone until they learn how […]